scholarly journals First avifaunal survey of a Cerrado dry forest enclave on the right bank of the São Francisco River, Minas Gerais, Brazil, with insights on geographic variation of some species

2018 ◽  
Vol 58 ◽  
pp. 15
Author(s):  
Marcelo Ferreira de Vasconcelos ◽  
Santos D’Angelo Neto

Cerrado dry forest enclaves have been treated as an endemic bird area. In the last years, some avifaunal surveys have been conducted in dry forests on the left bank of the São Francisco River, eastern Brazil. Nevertheless, there is a gap of detailed ornithological surveys in the Cerrado dry forest enclaves on the right bank of this river. Here, we present the first avifaunal survey of a Cerrado dry forest enclave on the right bank of the São Francisco River. The study area, named “Curral de Pedras”, comprises a dry forest enclave and other associated habitats in central Minas Gerais state, southeastern Brazil. We recorded 172 bird species; nine taxa have their ranges strongly associated to the Caatinga; six present their ranges associated to the Atlantic Forest and one is typical of the Cerrado. Important records are those of Campylopterus calcirupicola, a recently described species associated with dry forests of central Brazil, and Celeus ochraceus, collected in its southernmost range. Furthermore, we obtained specimens that present intermediate phenotypes between the following woodcreeper species: Lepidocolaptes squamatus / L. wagleri and Xiphocolaptes albicollis / X. falcirostris. Those records reinforce the need of further sampling and collecting activities in those dry forest enclaves aiming future researches in taxonomy, geographic variation, and phylogeography.

2013 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 243-250 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrícia de Abreu Moreira ◽  
G. Wilson Fernandes

Abstract:Many landscape features represent geographic barriers to gene flow, and promote genetic discontinuity. Rivers are effective barriers. However, most studies on this subject have focused on animals and only a few have focused on plants. We studied the genetic structure and gene flow of the tropical tree Handroanthus ochraceus (Bignoniaceae) on both banks of the São Francisco River in a Brazilian seasonally dry tropical forest. The São Francisco is located in eastern Brazil and is 600 m wide at the study site. Our hypothesis was that the river is a geographic barrier to gene flow of H. ochraceus trees. We sampled two populations on the left bank and one population on the right bank. We used seven microsatellites to genotype 212 individual plants. All populations had low polymorphism and genetic diversity, but high inbreeding. There was no genetic differentiation among populations and, consequently, the estimated gene flow was high for all pairs of populations. The genetic relatedness among individuals from populations of the same margin did not differ from the relatedness among individuals from populations of opposite margins. Hence, the São Francisco River is not an effective geographic barrier to gene flow among H. ochraceus populations.


Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4429 (1) ◽  
pp. 195
Author(s):  
MARCOS CARNEIRO NOVAES ◽  
DIOGO SILVA VILELA ◽  
VINICIUS MARQUES LOPEZ ◽  
RHAINER GUILLERMO NASCIMENTO FERREIRA

Specimens of Anacroneuria Klapálek 1909 (Plecoptera: Perlidae) and Tupiperla Froehlich 1969 (Plecoptera: Gripopterygidae) from the headwater springs of the National Integration River (São Francisco River), Serra da Canastra National Park, in Minas Gerais State, of southeastern Brazil, were studied. A new species, Anacroneuria saofrancisco n. sp. is described and the descriptions of the nymph and the female of A. saofrancisco are also presented. 


2006 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 569-572 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcos Callisto ◽  
Michael D.C. Goulart ◽  
Pablo Moreno ◽  
Rogério P. Martins

Commensalism between Corydalus Latreille, 1802 (Megaloptera, Corydalidae) and Corynoneura Winnertz, 1846 (Diptera, Chironomidae, Orthocladiinae) larvae was recorded in Indaiá stream, at 1,380 m a.s.l. (Parque Nacional da Serra do Cipó, 19º-20ºS, 43º-44ºW) and in the headwaters of São Francisco river, at 1,300-1,700 m a.s.l. (Parque Nacional da Serra da Canastra, 20º00'-20º30'S, 46º15'-47º00'W), in Minas Gerais state, Brazil. Seventy eight Corydalus larvae (range 22-88 mm) were sampled: 61 in the Indaiá stream and 17 in other two streams. Twelve Corydalus larvae (22-79 mm) in the Indaiá stream and three out of 15 larvae in the headwaters of São Francisco river (38-50 mm) had Corynoneura, larvae and pupae on their gills (3rd to 6th) and a few larvae attached to the abdominal segments of larger Corydalus larvae (> 25 mm). Sixty-nine larvae of Corynoneura were found in the regurgitated material from Corydalus. It is remarkable that by attaching to larger body size predators, prey could become free from predator bouts and could also be transported by them.


2015 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 129-135 ◽  
Author(s):  
Danielle Priscilla Correia Costa ◽  
Cassandra Moraes Monteiro ◽  
Marilia Carvalho Brasil-Sato

A total of 103 specimens of Hoplias intermedius (Günther, 1864) and 86 specimens of H. malabaricus (Bloch, 1794) from the upper São Francisco River, State of Minas Gerais were collected between April 2011 and August 2013, and their parasitic fauna were investigated. Four species of Digenea were found: metacercariae of Austrodiplostomum sp., and Ithyoclinostomum sp.; and adult specimens of Phyllodistomum spatula Odhner, 1902, and Pseudosellacotyla lutzi (Freitas, 1941) Yamaguti, 1954. The prevalence of the metacercariae was higher than that of the adult digeneans of erythrinids from the upper São Francisco River as a result of piscivorous feeding habits of these adult erythrinids. The presence of metacercariae and adult digeneans indicate that they act as intermediate and definitive hosts, respectively, in their biological cycles. Hoplias intermedius is a new host for the four species of Digenea, and the São Francisco River basin is a new location for the known geographical distributions of P. spatula and P. lutzi.


2016 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 15
Author(s):  
R. M. G. VIEIRA ◽  
C. P. DERECZYNSKI ◽  
S. C. CHOU ◽  
J. L. GOMES ◽  
A. C. PAIVA NETO

Irriga ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 269 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vágna Da Costa Pereira ◽  
Gilberto Chohaku Sediyama ◽  
Magna Soelma Beserra De Moura ◽  
Thieres George Freire Da Silva ◽  
Luciana Sandra Bastos De Souza

EFICIÊNCIA DO USO DA ÁGUA EM VIDEIRA ‘SYRAH’ IRRIGADA NO SUBMÉDIO DO VALE SÃO FRANCISCO1 VÁGNA DA COSTA PEREIRA1; GILBERTO CHOHAKU SEDIYAMA2; MAGNA SOELMA BESERRA DE MOURA3; THIERES GEORGE FREIRE DA SILVA4 E LUCIANA SANDRA BASTOS DE SOUZA51Resultado da Dissertação de Mestrado do primeiro autor2Doutoranda em Meteorologia Agrícola – Departamento de Engenharia Agrícola – Universidade Federal de Viçosa – Campus Viçosa – 36570-900 – Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brasil, [email protected]. Titular – Departamento de Engenharia Agrícola – Universidade Federal de Viçosa – Campus Viçosa – 36570-900 – Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brasil, [email protected] – Núcleo Temático de Recursos Naturais – Embrapa Semiárido – 56302-970 – Petrolina, Pernambuco, Brasil, [email protected]. Adjunto – Departamento de Ciências Agrárias – Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco – Unidade Acadêmica de Serra Talhada – 56909-535 – Serra Talhada, Pernambuco, Brasil, [email protected]. Assistente – Departamento de Ciências Agrárias – Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco – Unidade Acadêmica de Serra Talhada – 56909-535 – Serra Talhada, Pernambuco, Brasil, [email protected]  1 RESUMO O estudo teve como objetivo estimar a eficiência do uso da água (EUA) na videira ‘Syrah’ irrigada no Submédio do Vale São Francisco, com base no rendimento em função da evapotranspiração da cultura e da transpiração máxima. Para isso, a evapotranspiração da cultura foi determinada pelo balanço de energia com base no método da razão de Bowen (ETcBERB), enquanto a transpiração máxima (TR) foi estimada pelo modelo de Penman-Monteith modificado com base no índice de área foliar da cultura. Os dados micrometeorológicos foram monitorados durante um ciclo produtivo por meio de uma estação automática localizada no parreiral. A evapotranspiração de referência (ETo) também foi calculada ao longo do experimento, pelo método de Penman-Monteith parametrizado no boletim 56 da FAO. A ETo e a ETcBERB corresponderam ao valor total de 474,0 e 376,4 mm ciclo-1, com valor médio diário de 3,9 e 3,1 mm, respectivamente. A TR oscilou entre 3,5 e 0,9 mm d-1, com volume total durante o ciclo de 284,4 mm. A EUA, com base no total de água consumida e transpirada, foi de 1,17 kg m-3 e 1,55 kg m-3, respectivamente. O método do BERB e o modelo de Penman-Monteith modificado para plantas isoladas apresentaram resultados confiáveis para estimativa da EUA sob as condições climáticas da região do Submédio do Vale São Francisco. No entanto, torna-se necessário que novos estudos nesse sentido com a cultura da videira para produção de vinhos sejam realizados, principalmente nesta região Semiárida, onde a maioria das pesquisas voltadas para o manejo do vinhedo ainda estão em desenvolvimento. Palavras-chave: semiárido, evapotranspiração, razão de Bowen, transpiração máxima   PEREIRA, V. C.; SEDIYAMA, G. C.; MOURA, M. S. B.; SILVA, T. G. F.; SOUZA, L. S. B.WATER USE EFFICIENCY IN IRRIGATED "SYRAH'' GRAPE PLANTATION AT SÃO FRANCISCO RIVER VALLEY  2 ABSTRACT The objective of this work was to evaluate the water use efficiency (WUE) in  irrigated ‘Syrah’ grapevine plantation at São Francisco River valley, on the basis of yields as a function of crop evapotranspiration and maximum transpiration. To this end, the crop evapotranspiration was determined by energy balance based on the Bowen ratio method (ETcBERB), while the maximum transpiration (TR) was estimated by the modified Penman-Monteith equation based on the crop leaf area index. The micrometeorological data within the vineyard canopy were monitored using an automatic micrometeorological station, during a productive cycle. The reference evapotranspiration (ETo) was also calculated during that period using the FAO parameterized Penman-Monteith equation. The reference evapotranspiration (ETo) and the crop evapotranspiration determined by BREB method (ETcBERB), during the crop cycle, were 474.0 and 376.4 mm cycle-1, respectively, with a daily average of 3.9 and 3.1 mm. The TR rate ranged between 3.5 and 0.9 mm d-1, with total volume during 284.4 mm cycle -1. The WUE, on the basis of the total water consumed and transpiration, was 1.17 kg m-3 and 1.55 kg m-3, respectively. The BERB method and the Penman-Monteith model modified to isolated plants showed reliable results to estimate the WUE under the climatic conditions of São Francisco River valley. However, new studies on grape culture for wine production are necessary, especially in this semiarid region, where most researches focused on the vineyard management are still in development. Keywords: Bowen ratio. Evapotranspiration. Maximum transpiration. Semiarid. 


2006 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 427-433 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paulo dos Santos Pompeu ◽  
Hugo Pereira Godinho

In the Neotropics, a large proportion of fish communities of large rivers use floodplain as habitats for feeding, reproduction, and refuge. An evaluation was made of the effects of extended dry periods on the species richness, abundance and local extinction of fish species in three marginal lagoons in the middle São Francisco River, southeastern Brazil. The studied lagoons fail to receive river floods during the study period (1994-1996). A gradual reduction in richness and abundance was observed in all lagoons. Migratory fish species had the highest probability to become extinct in the two lagoons that remained with large water volume. Species tolerant to low levels of dissolved oxygen had the lowest probability of local extinction in the lagoon showing an abrupt reduction in water volume. Similar changes to those observed in the current study are likely to occur in the floodplains if dams would be constructed in this segment of the river. Adequate water releases from Três Marias reservoir, located upstream, should be considered as a management tool for producing episodic flooding on the marginal lagoons of the region.


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