Brazilian Journal of Enviromnent
Open Access Journal
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2017-2021
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Open Access Journal
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2017-2021
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Tecnologias e Estudos Ambientais | Vol. 13 Issue 2 (2025)
She holds a degree in Biology from the Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Mexico (2004), a master's degree in Ecology and Conservation from the Federal University of Sergipe (2010), a PhD in Development and Environment (PRODEMA) from the Federal University of Sergipe (2014). He was a researcher/coordinator of the Fauna Management at Airports Project, at Santa Maria de Aracaju-SE airport. She has experience in the areas of Ornithology, Conservation Biology, Ecology and Wildlife Management. Currently Adjunct Professor-A, at the Center for Education and Agrarian and Earth Sciences, Sertão campus of the Federal University of Sergipe.
Graduated in Animal Science from the Faculty of Agrarian and Veterinary Sciences - UNESP / Jaboticabal / SP (2005) and Master's degree in Genetics and Animal Breeding from the same Institution (2008). PhD in Genetics with a double degree from the Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP/IBILCE) and Université Claude Bernard Lyon1 - France. Experience in molecular genetics, expression analyses, phylogenetic analysis methodologies, in situ hybridization, bioinformatics, annotation and in silico analysis of Transposition Elements. He was a Junior Postdoctoral Fellow by CAPES at the Federal University of Grande Dourados, a Postdoctoral Fellow by the São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP), at the Center for Research and Conservation of Cervids (NUPECCE) - UNESP - Jaboticabal/SP campus. He is currently an Adjunct Professor at the Undergraduate Center in Animal Science at the Federal University of Sergipe (UFS), Sertão campus, developing research with conservation and fauna of the caatinga.
Published in August 24, 2025
The caatinga, known as the “white forest” in Tupi-Guarani, covers 10.1% of Brazil and has been impacted by human activity, such as urbanization and farming, requiring ecological restoration. Primary and secondary ecological succession is crucial in this process, and birds can serve as bioindicators, relating to the environmental quality of the region. The present study aims to evaluate the richness of the avifauna of two forests in the Caatinga at different stages of succession and to record the species present. Two locations were compared, one in a Legal Reserve (LR) undergoing a recent process of ecological succession and the other in a Conservation Area (CA). The Mackinnon Lists methodology was used to survey the birds, using binoculars and a field guide. The results were 68 species and 485 individuals in the CA and 76 species and 599 individuals in the LR. Although bird richness is higher in RL than in AC, despite these differences in the number of species, there are similarities in alpha (Shannon-Wienner) and beta (Morisita-Horn and Sorensen) diversity. When analyzing the eight trophic guilds recorded, there were small differences between the locations, with a predominance of insectivores and omnivores in RL, with the presence of granivores due to the open areas, while in AC there was a dominance of carnivores, frugivores and nectarivores, indicating greater environmental quality.
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Copyright (c) 2025 Afonso Da Silva Santos Neto, Juan Manuel Ruiz Esparza Aguilar, Elias Alberto Gutierrez Carnelossi
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