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Diversity of the families of Coleoptera captured with pitfall traps in five dif...
Fagundes, Camila Kurzmann; Di Mare, Rocco Alfredo; Wink, Charlote; Manfio, DaiaraThe conservationist community is giving special attention to epigean insects due to their importance in the preservation of terrestrial habitats. This work analysed the diversity, richness, abundance and similarity at the soil surface of Coleoptera composition among five environments: native forest, native grassland, Pinus elliottii plantation, Eucalyptus saligna plantation and degraded area by soil use in sout...
On the future of the giant South American river turtle Podocnemis expansa
Forero-Medina, Germán; Ferrara, Camila Rudge; Vogt, Richard Carl; Fagundes, Camila Kurzmann; Balestra, Rafael Antônio M.; Andrade, Paulo César MachadoThere is a long history of exploitation of the South American river turtle Podocnemis expansa. Conservation efforts for this species started in the 1960s but best practices were not established, and population trends and the number of nesting females protected remained unknown. In 2014 we formed a working group to discuss conservation strategies and to compile population data across the species' range. We analy...
Protected areas: A focus on Brazilian freshwater biodiversity
Azevedo-Santos, Valter Monteiro de; Frederico, Renata Guimarães; Fagundes, Camila Kurzmann; dos Santos Pompeu, Paulo; Pelicice, Fernando MayerBrazil has a variety of aquatic ecosystems and rich freshwater biodiversity, but these components have been constantly damaged by the expansion of unsustainable activities. An array of different conservation strategies is needed, especially the creation of protected areas (PAs, hereafter). However, Brazil's PAs are biased towards terrestrial ecosystems and we argue that current PAs have limited efficacy in the ...
Dinâmica populacional de Trachemys dorbigni, (Testudines: Emydidae) em ambiente...
Fagundes, Camila KurzmannInformations about the population dynamic of Trachemys dorbigni were collected from February 2006 to January 2007, in the Santa Barbara stream, Pelotas, Brazil. It was collected 377 individuals in the traps, 160 females, 146 males and 71 juveniles. The sex ratio was not different from 1:1. Males of T. dorbigni reached sexual maturity at 127 mm length. The smallest reproductive female presented 176 mm length. Th...
Feeding of Rhinodoras dorbignyi (Kröyer, 1855) (Siluriformes:Doradidae) in the ...
Fagundes, Camila Kurzmann; Behr, Everton Rodolfo; Kotzian, Carla BenderThe study of the feeding ecology of Rhinodoras dorbignyi was conducted in three sites of the Ibicuí river, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, from December 1999 to January, 2003. The specimens were sampled bimonthly. The feeding spectrum was determined combining the frequency of the occurrence with the volume of each alimentary item, in order to obtain the feeding index (IAi). The spatial analysis was based on the diet...