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Avifauna of the Serra de Itabaiana National Park revisited: additions and delet...
Silva, Cleverton da; Ruiz-Esparza, Juan; Azevedo, Cristiano Schetini de; Ribeiro, Adauto de SouzaThe Serra de Itabaiana National Park (PARNASI) is known as an important conservation area in the ecotone between the Atlantic Forest and Caatinga in Northeast Brazil and is one of the main areas of fauna and flora studies in Sergipe. For this reason, there are some studies on its avifauna, which date back to its creation in 2005. However, after 15 years of establishment of PARNASI, an update of the inventory of...
Birds of prey (Accipitriformes and Falconiformes) of Serra de Itabaiana Nationa...
Silva, Cleverton da; Azevedo, Cristiano Schetini de; Ruiz-Esparza, Juan; Ribeiro, Adauto de SouzaBirds of prey are important for maintaining ecosystems, since they can regulate the populations of vertebrates and invertebrates. However, anthropic activities, like habitat fragmentation, have been decreasing the number of birds of prey, affecting the habitat ecological relations and, decreasing biodiversity. Our objective was to evaluate species of birds of prey (Accipitriformes and Falconiformes) in a protec...
Non-volant mammals of the Ibura National Forest, northeastern Brazil
Beltrão-Mendes, Raone; Cunha, Mônica Alves; Silva, Caroline; Bastos, Paulo Cezar Reys; Ruiz-Esparza, Juan; Brandão, Marcus ViniciusLess than 10% of the original Atlantic Forest cover now remains standing in the Brazilian state of Sergipe, although few scientific studies have focused on its mammalian diversity. The present study describes the diversity of non-volant mammals found in the Ibura National Forest (INF), based on live trapping, and direct and indirect observations. We sampled the IBF on six days per month between June 2012 and Au...
Uroderma magnirostrum Davis, 1968 (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae): First record fr...
Rocha, Patrício Adriano da; Feijó, José Anderson; Ruiz-Esparza, Juan; Ferrari, Stephen FrancisThis study provides the first record of Uroderma magnirostrum Davis, 1968 from the state of Sergipe in the Brazilian northeast, based on the capture of two specimens, one male and one female. The morphometric data and morphological characters were consistent with those recorded for the species at other Brazilian sites. This record extends the distributional range of the species within South America approximatel...
Birds of the Grota do Angico Natural Monument in the semi-arid caatinga scrubla...
Ruiz-Esparza, Juan; Gouveia, Sidney Feitosa; Rocha, Patrício Adriano da; Mendes, Raone Beltrão; Ribeiro, Adauto de Souza; Ferrari, Stephen FrancisMedicinal plants are an important source of treatment for many ailments, although little is known of the potential genotoxic effects of most species. In the present study, two species from diverse and medicinally important genera - Maytenus rigida Mart., Celastraceae, and Aristolochia birostris Ducht, Aristolochiaceae - were analyzed to identify potentially significant secondary metabolites and the possible eff...
Species diversity and seasonal variation in the composition of a bat community ...
Rocha, Patrício Adriano da; Ruiz-Esparza, Juan; Ribeiro, Adauto Souza; Ferrari, StephenThe caatinga scrublands are relatively poorly-studied, and few data are available on the biome’s chiropteran fauna. The present study focuses on the bat community of the arboreal caatinga of Serra da Guia. Bats were trapped in mist-nets on three new moon nights per month between October, 2008, and September, 2009. Atotal of 157 individuals were captured, representing 12 species. Species richness estimated by J...
Birds of the Grota do Angico Natural Monument in the semi-arid Caatinga scrubla...
Ruiz-Esparza, Juan; Gouveia, Sidney Feitosa; Rocha, Patrício Adriano da; Beltrão-Mendes, Raone; Ribeiro, Adauto de Souza; Ferrari, Stephen FrancisAn inventory of the avian fauna of the Grota do Angico Natural Monument in the Caatinga of northern Sergipe, Brazil, revealed the presence of at least 140 species, including nine that are endemic to the Caatinga and seasonal forest adjacent. Despite the limited scope of the study (two expeditions in July and August, 2008), the species richness recorded at the site appeared to be typical of the region and the Ca...