scholarly journals Common Vampire Bat (Desmodus rotundus) feeding on Lowland Tapir (Tapirus terrestris) in an Atlantic Forest remnant in southeastern Brazil

2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ariana Pignaton Gnocchi ◽  
Ana Carolina Srbek-Araujo
Keyword(s):  
Atlantic Forest ◽  
The Body ◽  
Southeastern Brazil ◽  
Public Health Issue ◽  
Desmodus Rotundus ◽  
Wild Mammals ◽  
The North ◽  
Forest Remnant ◽  
Tapirus Terrestris ◽  
Vampire Bat

Abstract There are few studies on the diet of Common Vampire Bat (Desmodus rotundus), despite its wide geographic distribution. The species is considered exclusively hematophagous, and medium and large-sized mammals are their main prey. In this study we report evidences of Common Vampire Bat feeding on Lowland Tapir (Tapirus terrestris) in a protected area located in the north of the state of Espírito Santo, southeastern Brazil, from camera trap records. The bat tried to access the Lowland Tapir by the posterior dorsolateral side of the body, and used the mean stratum of the vegetation as a point of support and observation between the consecutive offensives on the prey. In the same reserve, there were also two events of bat offensives on domesticated ox (Bos sp.). But in these cases the attacks occurred from the scapular region of the prey. The record here reported represents the first documented attack of Desmodus rotundus on Tapirus terrestris in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest and one of the first records in the South America as a whole. Previous records were in the Pantanal (Brazil) and in the Amazon rainforest (Ecuador). The feeding on wild and domestic prey by Desmodus rotundus in the same locality may favor the transmission of rabies to populations of wild mammals, as well as to domestic animals, and may represent an economic and public health issue with negative effects also for wildlife.

scholarly journals Amphibians and reptiles of the Parque Estadual Turístico do Alto Ribeira (PETAR), SP: an Atlantic Forest remnant of Southeastern Brazil

2010 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 257-274 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cybele de Oliveira Araujo ◽  
Thais Helena Condez ◽  
Rafael Parelli Bovo ◽  
Fernanda da Cruz Centeno ◽  
Amom Mendes Luiz
Keyword(s):  
Atlantic Forest ◽  
Legal Protection ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
Southeastern Brazil ◽  
Mountain Range ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
The South ◽  
Paulo State ◽  
Forest Remnant ◽  
São Paulo State

The herpetofauna of São Paulo State, Brazil, can be characterized as the most well-known in the country. However, despite the large number of studies in this area, there are still many sampling gaps within biomes such as the Atlantic Forest that are considered global conservation priorities due to the high rate of endemism and human disturbance. As a result of political and historical pressure, this biome has been reduced to less than 12% of its original extent and, despite its importance for global biodiversity conservation, only a small percentage of its original vegetation cover (1%) has some form of legal protection. This is the case of the Parque Estadual Turístico do Alto Ribeira (PETAR) which, together with the Parque Estadual de Intervales, Parque Estadual Carlos Botelho and Mosaico de Unidades de Conservação de Jacupiranga, forms of an ombrophilous forest continuum of 360 thousand ha in the south of São Paulo State. This study presents a list of amphibians and reptiles from the PETAR, with information on the local distribution and habitat use of the species. The survey was conducted from October to December 2009, completing a total of 15 sampling days using four complementary methods of active sampling: visual encounters, auditory encounters, searches by car and incidental encounters. We recorded a total of 91 species belonging to 53 genera and 24 families. This high diversity can be attributed to the existence of a wide variety of habitats and microhabitats in this region, such as the various aquatic sites used by many species of anuran amphibians. Moreover, the PETAR features a large altitudinal gradient (80 - 1,160 m elevation) that gives a large climatic, geological and hydrological heterogeneity to the area. This inventory is an important contribution to the expansion of knowledge about these assemblages in the Atlantic Forest to the south of Serra de Paranapiacaba mountain range, and provides support for the conservation of these groups in São Paulo State.

Seasonality and habitat influence on bat assemblage structure in an urban Atlantic Forest remnant from Southeastern Brazil

Mammalia ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 81 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Roberto Leonan M. Novaes ◽  
Renan F. Souza ◽  
Saulo Felix ◽  
André C. Siqueira ◽  
Rafael S. Laurindo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Atlantic Forest ◽  
Capture Rate ◽  
Species Abundance ◽  
Assemblage Structure ◽  
Southeastern Brazil ◽  
Feeding Guilds ◽  
Forest Fragment ◽  
Historical Processes ◽  
Forest Remnant ◽  
Ombrophilous Forest

AbstractThe Brazilian Atlantic Forest is a severely threatened biodiversity hotspot and many remnants exist only as fragments. In order to understand how bat assemblage structure within a forest fragment surrounded by an urban matrix might respond to seasonality and different habitats, we sampled bats over 39 nights in the forest fragment of Gericinó-Mendanha Massif, Rio de Janeiro State. From February 2006 to January 2010, we captured 874 bats, belonging to 25 species and eight different feeding guilds. Frugivorous species were the most abundant, representing 83.33% of captures, and the gleaning insectivores were the least abundant (1.47%). We did not find changes in bat species composition between seasons, although capture rate was higher in the rainy season. However, we did find significant differences in species abundance between seasons. The habitat influence did not significantly differentiate the assemblages, but species richness was higher in the mature ombrophilous forest. The community composition indicates that this conservation unit is an important remaining fragment for maintaining the diversity and richness of bats, although it is possible that historical processes of environmental exploitation have already resulted in a loss of species.

scholarly journals Diversity of the euglossine bee community (Hymenoptera, Apidae) of an Atlantic Forest remnant in southeastern Brazil

2011 ◽  
Vol 55 (1) ◽  
pp. 109-115 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guilherme do Carmo Silveira ◽  
Anderson Machado Nascimento ◽  
Silvia Helena Sofia ◽  
Solange Cristina Augusto
Keyword(s):  
Atlantic Forest ◽  
Southeastern Brazil ◽  
Forest Remnant ◽  
Euglossine Bee ◽  
Bee Community

scholarly journals Bryophytes of the Parque Estadual da Serra do Brigadeiro, an Atlantic Forest Remnant in Southeastern Brazil

Hoehnea ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Libia Mayerly Cifuentes-García ◽  
Pedro Bond Schwartsburd ◽  
Denilson Fernandes Peralta
Keyword(s):  
Species Richness ◽  
Atlantic Forest ◽  
Endemic Species ◽  
Minas Gerais ◽  
Tree Bark ◽  
Southeastern Brazil ◽  
Floristic Survey ◽  
Forest Remnant ◽  
Minas Gerais State ◽  
First Time

ABSTRACT The objective was to present the floristic survey of the bryophytes of the Parque Estadual da Serra do Brigadeiro. It included an evaluation of the species richness, as well as information about the substrate preference of each species and its geographic distributions in Brazil. We found 208 taxa of bryophytes: one hornwort, 88 liverworts and 119 mosses. This richness represents ca. 26% of the bryoflora of Minas Gerais State and ca. 13% of that known for Brazil. Eighteen of the bryophytes species are endemic to Brazil, whereas 19 species are recorded for the first time in Minas Gerais. The bryoflora showed preference for tree bark (30%) and rock (23%) as substrates. Our data show that the Parque Estadual da Serra do Brigadeiro is an important area for the diversity conservation of Brazilian bryophytes and maintenance of endemic species of the country.

scholarly journals Physalaemus maximus Feio, Pombal Jr. and Caramaschi, 1999 (Anura: Leiuperidae): distribution extension and advertisement call

Check List ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 507 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juliana Peres ◽  
José Eduardo Simon
Keyword(s):  
Atlantic Forest ◽  
Geographic Distribution ◽  
Carrier Frequency ◽  
First Record ◽  
The State ◽  
Southeastern Brazil ◽  
Advertisement Call ◽  
Espírito Santo ◽  
Forest Remnant ◽  
Espirito Santo

This study provides the first record of Physalaemus maximus in the state of Espírito Santo, southeastern Brazil. Physalaemus maximus was recorded in the Municipality of Castelo (1100 m a.s.l.), where it was observed in explosive reproduction in an Atlantic Forest remnant on 06 January 2010. The advertisement call of P. maximus consisted of a single multipulsed note, with carrier frequency emitted in 1,250 Hz and mean duration of 2.10 s. The record from Castelo extends in approximately 140 km eastward from the previous geographic distribution admitted for the species.

scholarly journals Tropical dendrochronology applied to invasive tree species in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest

2019 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 91-101
Author(s):  
Carolina Nogueira Xavier ◽  
Daniela Granato-Souza ◽  
Ana Carolina M. C. Barbosa ◽  
José Reinaldo Moreira da Silva
Keyword(s):  
Atlantic Forest ◽  
Tree Species ◽  
Anthropogenic Activities ◽  
Adaptive Strategy ◽  
Southeastern Brazil ◽  
Ecological Aspects ◽  
Forest Remnant ◽  
Tropical Dendrochronology ◽  
Invasive Tree ◽  
Invasive Tree Species

AbstractThe Atlantic Forest is one of the largest and most biodiverse rainforests of South America but anthropogenic activities are drastically changing these landscapes. The invasion of alien or exotic species is one of the greatest threats to biodiversity. There are few studies of invasive species in tropical Brazilian ecosystems. This research examines growth and ecological aspects of Syzygium cumini and Clitoria fairchildiana, two invasive tree species in the Pedra Branca State Park, an Atlantic Forest remnant in southeastern Brazil. Both species were successfully dated, indicating an average age of 58 and 31 years, respectively. A positive relationship between growth and precipitation of the previous growing season suggests an ecological adaptive strategy, which could be facilitating their invasion into the environment. Cumulative growth diameter curves indicate slow and fast growth rates for S. cumini and C. fairchildiana, respectively. Growth release episodes detected in the tree rings indicate increased anthropogenic disturbances over the last 50 years.

Species composition and seasonal variation in abundance of Phyllostomidae bats (Chiroptera) in an Atlantic Forest remnant, southeastern Brazil

Mammalia ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Luiz Antonio Costa Gomes ◽  
Alexandra dos Santos Pires ◽  
Mayara Almeida Martins ◽  
Elizabete Captivo Lourenço ◽  
Adriano Lucio Peracchi
Keyword(s):  
Seasonal Variation ◽  
Species Composition ◽  
Atlantic Forest ◽  
Southeastern Brazil ◽  
Forest Remnant

scholarly journals Feeding habits of Enyalius perditus (Squamata: Leiosauridae) in an Atlantic Forest remnant in southeastern Brazil

2016 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thiago Maia-Carneiro ◽  
Tatiana Motta-Tavares ◽  
Davor Vrcibradic ◽  
Mara C. Kiefer ◽  
Thiago A. Dorigo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Leaf Litter ◽  
Atlantic Forest ◽  
Rio De Janeiro ◽  
Local Food ◽  
Feeding Habits ◽  
The State ◽  
Southeastern Brazil ◽  
Ecological Aspects ◽  
Forest Remnant

Feeding habits of Enyalius perditus (Squamata: Leiosauridae) in an Atlantic Forest remnant in southeastern Brazil. In the present study, we aimed to provide information regarding feeding habits and other ecological aspects of Enyalius perditus in an Atlantic Forest remnant in the state of Rio de Janeiro, southeastern Brazil. Enyalius perditus individuals in Rio de Janeiro fed predominantly upon arthropods such as caterpillars, isopods, and spiders, as is typical of lizards in the genus. There were no pronounced variations in the main types of prey consumed between this and other populations of E. perditus studied in spite of potential differences in local food supplies between environments. The individuals consumed fragments of dead leaves, ingested prey commonly found in leaf litter (e.g., Isopoda and Coleoptera larvae), and were sometimes

scholarly journals Medium- and large-sized mammals in Mata Atlântica State Park, southeastern Goiás, Brazil

Check List ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 1802 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ednaldo Cândido Rocha ◽  
Kálita Luis Soares ◽  
Ismael Martins Pereira
Keyword(s):  
Atlantic Forest ◽  
Protected Area ◽  
In Situ Conservation ◽  
Mammal Species ◽  
Mata Atlântica ◽  
Wild Mammals ◽  
Cerrado Biome ◽  
Forest Remnant ◽  
Mata Atlantica

The purpose of this study was to carry out an inventory of medium and large-sized mammal species occurring in the Mata Atlântica State Park (MASP). Located in Água Limpa municipality, state of Goiás, the MASP occupies an important area with a seasonal forest remnant, which is considered an enclave of the Atlantic Forest within the Cerrado biome. From October 2012 to December 2013, MASP’s area was randomly surveyed for evidence of mammal presence. Records of 23 species of wild mammals were obtained, seven of them listed as nationally endangered. Medium and large-sized mammal species composition is characteristic of the Cerrado biome, and no endemic species of the Atlantic Forest were recorded. Richness and diversity of the mammal species recorded in MASP show the importance of this protected area for in situ conservation.

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