Bird communities in two fragments of semideciduos forest in rural São Paulo state

A quali-quantitative survey was done in two fragments (75 and 100 ha) of semideciduous forest in rural São Paulo State. The aim was to characterize the bird community according to richness, abundance, and occurrence frequency in these areas. The qualitative survey showed 145 species in the Estação Ecológica de São Carlos - EESCar (Brotas) - and 173 in the Fazenda Santa Cecília - FSC (Patrocínio Paulista), while the quantitative survey showed the presence of 60 and 72 species in EESCar and FSC respectively. The isolation and the lower environmental quality of the EESCar fragment may be responsible for the lower number of species in this area compared to that of FSC. Abundance index value analysis (IPA) showed that both areas have a large number of species with low IPA and few species with intermediate or high IPA compared to the pattern observed in other surveys. At FSC, a larger number of occurrences of species in danger of extinction in São Paulo State was also observed. Apparently, the FSC fragment had better environmental quality for sheltering a larger number of species, including the endangered ones. The study of the community of birds is important in planning management and conservation of natural areas.

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The importance of protected areas for conservation of bare-faced curassow (Crax fasciolata spix, 1825) (Galliformes: Cracidae) in the São Paulo State, Brazil

Biota Neotropica ◽

10.1590/1676-0611-bn-2018-0524 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 18 (3) ◽

Author(s):

Ana Paula Nascimento Gomes ◽

Larissa Fornitano ◽

Rômulo Theodoro Costa ◽

Thaís Angeli ◽

Kimberly Danielle Rodrigues de Morais ◽

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Keyword(s):

Protected Areas ◽

Action Plan ◽

Sao Paulo ◽

Sampling Effort ◽

São Paulo ◽

Conservation Action ◽

Semideciduous Forest ◽

Cerrado Biome ◽

Paulo State ◽

São Paulo State

Abstract The Bare-faced Curassow Crax fasciolata (Cracidae:Cracinae) is a vulnerable species that was classified as critically endangered by the São Paulo State -Brazil, in 2008. Specialists recommended "searches for areas where there may be a few remaining populations and protection of the last remaining semideciduous forest in the State". Protected areas were investigated in the Cerrado and semideciduous forest in São Paulo State by camera trapping to evaluate the presence of the Bare-faced Curassow. Eight protected areas in Cerrado biome were investigated, but the Bare-faced Curassows was recorded only at Furnas do Bom Jesus State Park (2,069 ha), São Paulo State despite the large sampling effort in larger protected areas such as the Santa Bárbara Ecological Station (2,712 ha) and Jataí Ecological Station (9,074 ha); the largest protected area of Cerrado biome in São Paulo State. This record of C. fasciolata is important for the Conservation Action Plan for the Cracid family and shows the importance of monitoring biodiversity and conserving even relatively small remnants of native vegetation for the conservation of this species.

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Anura, Estação Ecológica de Jataí, São Paulo state, southeastern Brazil

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10.15560/5.3.495 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 5 (3) ◽

pp. 495 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Vitor Hugo Mendonça do Prado ◽

Fernando Rodrigues Da Silva ◽

Natacha Yuri Nagatani Dias ◽

José Salatiel Rodrigues Pires ◽

Denise De Cerqueira Rossa-Feres

Keyword(s):

Sao Paulo ◽

The State ◽

Water Bodies ◽

Southeastern Brazil ◽

São Paulo ◽

Semideciduous Forest ◽

Paulo State ◽

Anuran Species ◽

Exploratory Survey ◽

São Paulo State

The Estação Ecológica de Jataí comprises one of the largest mesophytic semideciduous forest and savanna remnants in the state of São Paulo. However, anuran surveys on this site have not been registered in the literature. As result of an exploratory survey conducted in water bodies in the mesophytic semideciduous forest and surroundings in December 2006, we recorded 21 anuran species belonging to five families and 10 genera. These findings contribute to the knowledge of the anuran fauna associated to the mesophytic semideciduous forest of São Paulo state, Brazil.

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First record of Croton echinocarpus (Euphorbiaceae: Crotoneae) in São Paulo state, Brazil

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10.15560/11.4.1684 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 11 (4) ◽

pp. 1684 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Maria Beatriz Rossi Caruzo ◽

Rafaela Freitas Dos Santos

Keyword(s):

First Record ◽

Sao Paulo ◽

São Paulo ◽

Distribution Map ◽

Paulo State ◽

Number Of Species ◽

São Paulo State

Croton is the second largest genus of Euphorbiaceae with about 1200 species worldwide. Brazil has around 350 species of Croton in all kinds of habitats, but with a great number of species concentrated in the eastern part of the country. The present work increases the number of Croton species in São Paulo to 38, due to our recent discovery of Croton echinocarpus in this state. We also provide comments on the taxonomy, photographs and a distribution map for this species.

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Entomogen galls in a Seasonal Semideciduous Forest area in Sorocaba, Southeast of São Paulo State, Brazil

Biota Neotropica ◽

10.1590/1676-0611-bn-2018-0523 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 18 (4) ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Leticia Salvioni Ansaloni ◽

Julia Rodrigues Salmazo ◽

Maria Virginia Urso Guimarães

Keyword(s):

Host Plants ◽

Sao Paulo ◽

Forest Area ◽

São Paulo ◽

Semideciduous Forest ◽

Paulo State ◽

Copaifera Langsdorffii ◽

São Paulo State ◽

First Time ◽

Seasonal Semideciduous Forest

Abstract: In this paper we studied the occurrence of insect galls and gall makers in a Seasonal Semideciduous Forest area in Sorocaba Municipality, Southeast of São Paulo State, Brazil. One hundred and thirteen morphotypes of galls on 54 species of host plants of 24 different families were found. The families of host plants richer in gall morphotypes were Fabaceae (N = 26) and Malpighiaceae (N = 19); the super host plants species were Copaifera langsdorffii Desf. (Fabaceae) (N = 16), Stigmaphyllon lalandianum (Aubl.) Marchand (Malpighiaceae) (N = 11), Protium heptaphyllum A. Juss. (Burseraceae) (N = 10), Serjania lethalis A.St.-Hil. (Sapindaceae) (N = 5). Most of the galls were found empty, but insects of the family Cecidomyiidae (Diptera) were responsible for the induction of 92% (N = 11) of the galls and Hymenoptera (N = 1) for 8%. We registered insects of the order Hymenoptera (N = 11) as parasitoids and as successors Hemiptera (N = 8), Acari (N = 7), Psocoptera (N = 4), Hymenoptera (Formicidae, N = 2), Collembola and Thysanoptera (N = 1 each). Two species of Cecidomyiidae with inquiline habit were also obtained, Neolasioptera sp. and Trotteria sp. Five plant species were registered as hosts for cecidomyiids for the first time: Aloysia virgata (Ruiz & Pav.) Juss., Calliandra foliolosa Benth., Myrcia splendens (Sw.) DC., Serjania lethalis A.St.-Hil., and Tapirira guianiensis Aubl. This is the first study of gall characterization, gall makers and associated fauna of the Southeast of the State of São Paulo.

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