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Avifauna and biogeographical affinities of a carrasco-dominated landscape in north-eastern Brazil: providing baseline data for future monitoring

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 April 2021

HEVANA SANTANA DE LIMA Open the ORCID record for HEVANA SANTANA DE LIMA [Opens in a new window] ,
FLOR MARIA GUEDES LAS-CASAS Open the ORCID record for FLOR MARIA GUEDES LAS-CASAS [Opens in a new window] ,
JONATHAN RAMOS RIBEIRO Open the ORCID record for JONATHAN RAMOS RIBEIRO [Opens in a new window] ,
WEBER ANDRADE GIRÃO ,
DANIELE MARIZ Open the ORCID record for DANIELE MARIZ [Opens in a new window]  and
LUCIANO N. NAKA Open the ORCID record for LUCIANO N. NAKA [Opens in a new window]
HEVANA SANTANA DE LIMA*
Affiliation:
Laboratório de Ecologia & Evoluçao de Aves, Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Animal UFPE, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Av. Prof. Nelson Chaves, s/n - Cidade Universitária, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil.
FLOR MARIA GUEDES LAS-CASAS
Affiliation:
Laboratório de Ecologia & Evoluçao de Aves, Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil. Ciências Biológicas, Centro de Estudos Superiores de Zé Doca, Universidade Estadual do Maranhão, Rua Rio Branco, s/n – Centro, Zé Doca, Maranhão, Brazil.
JONATHAN RAMOS RIBEIRO
Affiliation:
Laboratório de Ecologia & Evoluçao de Aves, Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil.
WEBER ANDRADE GIRÃO
Affiliation:
AQUASIS, Associação de Pesquisa e Preservação de Ecossistemas Aquáticos, Caucaia, Ceará, Brazil.
DANIELE MARIZ
Affiliation:
Laboratório de Ecologia & Evoluçao de Aves, Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil.
LUCIANO N. NAKA
Affiliation:
Laboratório de Ecologia & Evoluçao de Aves, Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil.
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*Author for correspondence; e-mail: hevana.lima@ufpe.br
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Summary

The carrasco is a dense, shrubby vegetation type that covers the higher parts of table-top mountains in north-eastern Brazil. The vegetation of this phytophysiognomy is often considered to have biogeographical and ecological affinities with the cerrado of Central Brazil, but the biogeographical affinities of its avifauna remain unclear. In recent years, deforestation due to local economic activities has been particularly severe in some carrasco-dominated landscapes. In 2013, we initiated avian surveys at the Fazenda Pau D‘Arco, a privately owned property located on top of the Araripe Plateau, to evaluate the effects of a legal forest management program on the avifauna. Here, we present the results of four years of avian inventories to: i) characterize a well-preserved patch of carrasco vegetation; ii) assess avian biogeographical affinities of this vegetation type; iii) identify associations between managed/unmanaged areas and bird species; and iv) provide baseline data for future avian monitoring studies. Using different survey methods, we provide a list of 148 bird species, including several dry-forest specialists and caatinga endemics. Biogeographically, the avifauna of the carrasco represents a subsample of the Caatinga dry forest, lacking cerrado elements. Forest management significantly affected the distribution of several bird species in the study area. We found that 1/5 of the species (24) recorded during our standardized surveys were significantly associated with either unmanaged (14 species) or managed (10 species) areas. Species such as the Ceará Leaftosser Sclerurus cearensis, a globally vulnerable species, have only been detected in non-managed areas and therefore can be negatively affected by the management program. We also present data on 16 avian taxa with ecological and conservation concerns. By presenting a fairly complete and documented list of the avifauna, we characterize the carrasco avifauna and offer the tools to evaluate the effects of forest management on this poorly known vegetation type.

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loggingCaatingaBrazilian dry forestforest management
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Research Article
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Bird Conservation International , Volume 32 , Issue 2 , June 2022 , pp. 275 - 291
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© The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of BirdLife International

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