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Faria,Luciene Carrara Paula; Carrara,Lucas Aguiar; Amaral,Frederico Queiroga do; Vasconcelos,Marcelo Ferreira de; Diniz,Mauro Guimarães; Encarnação,Christiane Duarte; Hoffmann,Diego; Gomes,Henrique Belfort; Lopes,Leonardo Esteves; Rodrigues,Marcos. |
The Cerrado is now considered the most threatened biome of South America. Northwestern Minas Gerais state, in southeastern Brazil, still harbors large areas of extreme importance for biological conservation of the Cerrado. The current study provides the first thorough assessment of the avifauna of a large remnant of Cerrado vegetation in this region, the Fazenda Brejão. Data are based on a bird survey conducted from November 1998 to January 2007. This area is a private property of 20.000 ha preserved that lies in a region recognized for its palm groves, a pristine Cerrado (savannah-like vegetation) and gallery forests. Bird censuses were carried out through random transects censuses, mist-net captures and recording bird vocalizations. It was recorded 273... |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Avian inventory; Biodiversity; Cerrado; São Francisco river. |
Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1676-06032009000300023 |
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