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Cotton, Peter Angus. "The hummingbird-plant community of a lowland Amazonian rainforest". Thesis, University of Oxford, 1993. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.334213.
Texto completoSanchez, Garduno Cecilia Maria. "Reproductive ecology of Brosimum alicastrum (Moraceae) in the neotropical rainforest". Thesis, Imperial College London, 2005. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.419805.
Texto completoGerber, Brian Daniel. "Comparing density analyses and carnivore ecology in Madagascar's southeastern rainforest". Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/36035.
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McCarthy, John F. "The fourth circle: A political ecology of Sumatra's rainforest frontier". Thesis, McCarthy, John F. (2000) The fourth circle: A political ecology of Sumatra's rainforest frontier. PhD thesis, Murdoch University, 2000. https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/51163/.
Texto completoDoust, Susan Jillian. "Seed and seedling ecology in the early stages of rainforest restoration /". [St. Lucia, Qld.], 2004. http://www.library.uq.edu.au/pdfserve.php?image=thesisabs/absthe18410.pdf.
Texto completoDavis, Andrew J. "The ecology and behaviour of rainforest dung beetles in northern Borneo". Thesis, University of Leeds, 1993. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.395782.
Texto completoNakabayashi, Miyabi. "Feeding ecology of three frugivorous civets in Borneo". 京都大学 (Kyoto University), 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2433/199151.
Texto completoEllwood, Martin David Farnon. "The ecology and diversity of the animal communities of a rainforest canopy epiphyte". Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2003. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.619518.
Texto completoNagamitsu, Teruyoshi. "Community ecology of floral resource partitioning by eusocial bees in an Asian tropical rainforest". 京都大学 (Kyoto University), 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/2433/157161.
Texto completoKyoto University (京都大学)
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博士(理学)
甲第7176号
理博第1950号
新制||理||1049(附属図書館)
UT51-98-G105
京都大学大学院理学研究科動物学専攻
(主査)教授 山村 則男, 教授 堀 道雄, 教授 湯本 貴和
学位規則第4条第1項該当
Ruitenbeek, Herman Jack. "Evaluating economic policies for promoting rainforest conservation in developing countries". Thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), 1990. http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/19/.
Texto completoHausmann, Franziska. "The utility of linear riparian rainforest for vertebrates on the Atherton and Evelyn Tablelands, North Queensland /". Click here to access, 2004. http://www4.gu.edu.au:8080/adt-root/public/adt-QGU20050115.105740.
Texto completoFacsimile of the author's original dissertation. Pagination of document: x, 121 leaves. Includes bibliographical references. Also available online via the World Wide Web.
Keen, Eric Michael. "Whales of the rainforest| Habitat use strategies of sympatric rorqual whales within a fjord system". Thesis, University of California, San Diego, 2017. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10256131.
Texto completoThe energy needs of rorqual whales (f. Balaenopteridae) govern their relationship to marine habitats during the foraging season. However, their cryptic foraging strategies and extreme feeding behaviors complicate our effort to identify and protect habitats “critical” for rorquals. What is the relationship between rorquals and their habitat, and how must that shape conservation strategies? I addressed this question in the case of sympatric humpback (Megaptera novaeangliae) and fin whales ( Balaenoptera physalus) in the marine territory of the Gitga’at First Nation in the Kitimat Fjord System of British Columbia. For three summers (2013-2015) I studied whales, their prey, and their environment aboard the RV Bangarang using oceanographic station sampling, systematic transect surveys, and opportunistic focal follows of whales (Chapter 1). Ocean sampling demonstrated the strong coupling of water features with offshore patterns in storm forcing and regional meteorology (Chapter 2). By combining these surveys with a long-term Gitga’at dataset, area humpback whales were found to practice a structured and persistent pattern in seasonal habitat use, which demonstrates how complex and habitat-specific a rorqual’s habitat use can be (Chapter 3). Both humpback and fin whales were found to respond to changes in krill supply in aggregative and behavioral thresholds that are set by a combination of intrinsic energetic needs and the context of local prey supply (Chapter 4). Associations with non-prey habitat features were markedly different in the two species (Chapter 5). Humpback distribution was more closely coupled to that of their prey and other habitat features, while fin whale distribution was driven broadly by site fidelity. Novel spatial analytics were used to identify the most probable environmental cues used by foraging whales (Chapter 6). Both species were found to be particularly sensitive to the depth of prey layers, which is governed largely by oceanographic features (Chapter 7). This coupling of habitat features and feeding performance influences the competitive dynamics of rorqual whales. The findings in this case study advance general theories on marine predator ecology and conservation, and have direct implications for the management of Gitga’at territory and the identification of fin whale critical habitat in Pacific Canada.
Moran, Catherine. "Consequences of Rainforest Fragmentation for Frugivorous Vertebrates and Seed Dispersal". Thesis, Griffith University, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/367385.
Texto completoThesis (PhD Doctorate)
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Griffith School of Environment
Faculty of Science, Environment, Engineering and Technology
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Hausmann, Franziska. "The Utility of Linear Riparian Rainforest for Vertebrates on the Atherton and Evelyn Tablelands, North Queensland". Thesis, Griffith University, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/365964.
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Master of Philosophy (MPhil)
Australian School of Environmental Studies
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Greenwood, David Robert. "The foliar physiognomic analysis and taphonomy of leaf beds derived from modern Australia rainforest". Title page, contents and abstract only, 1987. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09PH/09phg8165.pdf.
Texto completoPalmer, Gary John. "Interactions Between Rainforest Trees and Their Vertebrate Seed Predators in Continuous and Fragmented Habitat". Thesis, Griffith University, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/366525.
Texto completoThesis (PhD Doctorate)
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Griffith School of Environment
Science, Environment, Engineering and Technology
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Cornelius, Cintia. "Genetic and demographic consequences of human-driven landscape changes on bird populations the case of Aphrastura spinicauda (Furnariidae) in the temperate rainforest of South America /". Diss., St. Louis, Mo. : University of Missouri--St. Louis, 2006. http://etd.umsl.edu/r1821.
Texto completoNaito, Yoko. "Reproductive ecology and early demography of two dipterocarp species in a lowland tropical rainforest of Peninsular Malaysia". Kyoto University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/2433/136600.
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博士(農学)
甲第13873号
農博第1688号
新制||農||953(附属図書館)
学位論文||H20||N4340(農学部図書室)
UT51-2008-C789
京都大学大学院農学研究科森林科学専攻
(主査)教授 太田 誠一, 教授 井鷺 裕司, 教授 大澤 晃
学位規則第4条第1項該当
Marshall, Jonathan Coid y n/a. "Factors Influencing the Composition of Faunal Assemblages in Rainforest Stream Pools". Griffith University. Australian School of Environmental Studies, 2001. http://www4.gu.edu.au:8080/adt-root/public/adt-QGU20040218.150407.
Texto completoMarshall, Jonathan Coid. "Factors Influencing the Composition of Faunal Assemblages in Rainforest Stream Pools". Thesis, Griffith University, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/366983.
Texto completoThesis (PhD Doctorate)
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Australian School of Environmental Studies
Full Text
Roberts, Patrick. "Fruits of the forest : human stable isotope ecology and rainforest adaptations in Late Pleistocene and Holocene Sri Lanka". Thesis, University of Oxford, 2016. https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:9f314a01-b062-4a9c-9f55-7db943294866.
Texto completoWoebbe, Eric. "Survey of a Neotropical anuran assemblage (Pacaya-Samiria Reserve, Peru)". Wright State University / OhioLINK, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1493154522047725.
Texto completoMaunsell, Sarah. "Food Webs along Elevational Gradients: Interactions among Leaf Miners, Host Plants and Parasitoids in Australian Subtropical Rainforest". Thesis, Griffith University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/368145.
Texto completoThesis (PhD Doctorate)
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Griffith School of Environment
Science, Environment, Engineering and Technology
Full Text
Hausmann, Franziska y n/a. "The Utility of Linear Riparian Rainforest for Vertebrates on the Atherton and Evelyn Tablelands, North Queensland". Griffith University. Australian School of Environmental Studies, 2004. http://www4.gu.edu.au:8080/adt-root/public/adt-QGU20050115.105740.
Texto completoCoelho, Luís Francisco Mello. "Ecologia de hemiepífitas estranguladoras no Parque Estadual da Ilha do Cardoso /". Rio Claro : [s.n.], 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/87846.
Texto completoBanca: Leila Cunha de Moura
Banca: Fernando Roberto Martins
Resumo: Hemiepífitas estranguladoras são plantas que crescem sobre árvores (hospedeiros) e posteriormente enviam raízes para conexão com o solo. Depois de alcançar o estoque de água e nutrientes do solo se desenvolvem até atingir um grande porte e se tornarem capazes de se auto sustentar. Durante seu desenvolvimento competem com os hospedeiros por oportunidades de expansão da copa e por água e nutrientes do solo, além de afetarem negativamente a translocação de água e nutrientes pelo sistema vascular de seu hospedeiro devido à constrição provocada no fuste e galhos do hospedeiro pelo sistema de raízes estrangulantes típico dessas plantas. Apesar de serem componentes importantes de florestas tropicais, estudos sobre a estrutura populacional de hemiepífitas estranguladoras são raros, aspecto este que norteou os objetivos do presente trabalho, que tem como proposta levantar a riqueza e densidade das hemiepífitas estranguladoras, analisar e comparar a estrutura populacional e as formas de utilização do dossel florestal entre os gêneros estudados. O estudo foi conduzido nas áreas de Floresta Tropical Pluvial da Serra do Mar e de Floresta Tropical Pluvial de Planície Litorânea, ambas situadas no Parque Estadual da Ilha do Cardoso (PEIC), no extremo sul do litoral paulista. Os dois gêneros amostrados causam dano letal ao hospedeiro e não diferem quanto ao tipo ou freqüência do impacto sobre os hospedeiros, apesar dos diferentes padrões morfológicos do sistema de raízes estrangulantes de cada gênero. As hemiepífitas estranguladoras ocorrem em alta densidade na Ilha do Cardoso e, pelos aspectos de sua ecologia aqui investigados, exercem importante papel na estrutura e regeneração do dossel florestal
Abstract: Strangling hemiepiphytes are plants that grow in trees (hosts) and later send their roots to connect with the soil. After reaching the water supply and nutrients in the soil, they evolve to a considerable size and are capable of self-support. Throughout their development they compete with their hosts for opportunities to expand their crowns and to get water and soil nutrients, besides negatively affecting water and nutrients translocation through the vascular system of their host by constricting the host trunk and branch using the root-constrictor system typical of such plants. Therefore, they can cause premature death of their hosts. Despite being important elements in tropical forests, studies of the population structure of strangling hemiepiphytes are rare. This study aims at investigating the richness and density of these strangling hemiepiphytes to further compare population structure of two genera and the ways each uses the forest canopy. The study was conducted in the Plain Tropical Forest and in the Slope Tropical Forest areas within the Cardoso Island State Park (PEIC), situated in the extreme south of the coast of the state of São Paulo, southeast Brazil. Both sampled genera cause lethal damage to the host and do not differ in terms of type or frequency of impact over the hosts, despite the different morphological patterns in the strangling roots systems of each genus. The strangling hemiepiphytes occur in a high density on Cardoso island, and, because of their distinctive biological aspects discussed above, play an important role in the structuring and regeneration of forest canopy
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Jessen, Rosa Raquel. "Behavior and Ecology of Neotropical Tree Squirrels in Seasonally Flooded Forests in the Peruvian Amazon". Thesis, The University of Arizona, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/293536.
Texto completoMota, Mateus Ribeiro. "Filogeografia do complexo pitcairnia flammea (Bromeliaceae) /". Rio Claro, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/190854.
Texto completoResumo: A filogeografia surgiu como uma ponte entre várias disciplinas evolutivas, como a genética populacional, filogenia e biogeografia, estabelecendo ligações entre os estudos micro e macro evolutivos. A filogeografia tem sido cada vez mais utilizada para estudar a evolução de regiões com altos índices de diversidade, como a região Neotrópical. Os Neotrópicos apresentam uma grande variedade de biomas, incluindo a Floresta Atlântica, a segunda maior floresta tropical da América do Sul, contendo mais de 60% de todas as espécies terrestres do planeta. Um número crescente de estudos filogeográficos com espécies da Floresta Atlântica nos ajudado a entender os processos evolutivos que gradualmente formaram essa grande biodiversidade. Realizamos análises filogeográficas, avaliando padrões de estrutura e diversidade genética, tempo de divergência das linhagens e a demografia histórica do complexo de espécies Pitcairnia flammea (Bromeliaceae), grupo adaptado a inselbergs neotropicais naturalmente fragmentados, baseados em conjuntos de dados de microssatélites nucleares e sequências plastidiais. Nossos resultados mostraram baixa a moderada diversidade genética nuclear dentro de populações de P. flammea, e alta estrutura genética populacional, com poucos haplótipos de DNA plastidial compartilhados entre populações, indicando fluxo gênico limitado e baixa conectividade entre afloramentos rochosos. Não encontramos nenhuma estrutura filogeográfica clara, além de duas linhagens evolutivas que di... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo)
Abstract: Phylogeography has emerged as a bridge between several evolutionary disciplines, such as population genetics, phylogeny and biogeography, establishing the link between micro and macroevolutionary studies. Phylogeography has been increasingly used to study the evolution of regions with high diversity indexes, such as the Neotropic region. The Neotropics presents a wide variety of biomes, including the Atlantic Rainforest, the second largest tropical rainforest in South America containing more than 60% of all terrestrial species on the planet. An increasing number of phylogeographic studies in Atlantic Rainforest species have helped us to understand the evolutionary process that gradually formed such great biodiversity. We performed phylogeographic analyses, assessing genetic structure patterns, timing of lineage divergence and historical demography of Pitcairnia flammea species complex (Bromeliaceae), which are adapted to naturally fragmented Neotropical inselbergs, based on nuclear microsatellites and plastid sequence data sets. Our results showed low to moderate nuclear genetic diversity within P. flammea populations, and high population genetic structure, with few plastid DNA haplotype shared among populations, indicating limited gene flow and low connectivity among rock outcrops. We found no clear phylogeographic structure, besides two evolutionary lineage which diverged approximately 2 Mya., suggesting an important role of early Pleistocene climatic changes in the diversi... (Complete abstract click electronic access below)
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Nightingale, Joanne M. "Modelling carbon dynamics within tropical rainforest environments using the 3-PG and 3-PGS ecosystem process models /". [St. Lucia, Qld.], 2004. http://www.library.uq.edu.au/pdfserve.php?image=thesisabs/absthe18498.pdf.
Texto completoRahman, Dede Aulia. "New insights into ecology and conservation status of Bawean deer (Axis kuhlii) and red muntjac (Muntiacus muntjak) in Indonesian tropical rainforest". Thesis, Toulouse 3, 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016TOU30136.
Texto completoThe aim of this study was to investigate the ecology of two medium-sized tropical deer, the Bawean deer Axis kuhlii and the red muntjac Muntiacus muntjac in Bawean Island Nature Reserve and Wildlife Sanctuary and Ujung Kulon National Park respectively, and to update their conservation status. We used for the first time a new monitoring technique, camera trapping, together with classical ecological field methods for estimating population size, investigating habitat use, predicting range, and identifying activity pattern. Results show that camera traps were initially expensive but they lightened the field work and provided much information for further analyses. Moreover, camera trapping provided a higher number of records and accurate species identification than other methods. For estimating population size we used a random encounter model (REM), a technique accurate for estimating density of elusive, rare and unmarked species contrary to photographic capture-recapture techniques which require both unique mark and good photographs for individual recognition, and compared the results with those obtained by faecal pellet group count. Both methods provided similar population density estimates, higher in the dry than in the wet season, and a population size of ca. 227-416 deer. The range of Bawean deer established dramatically narrower than previously reported, faecal pellet group count bringing additional data to camera trapping. Both deer species were mainly recorded in secondary forests; Analysis with Maximum entropy model (Maxent) showed that anthropogenic (for both species) and climatic (for red muntjac only) variables were the main predictors of habitat use. Finally, using time data recorded by camera traps, we investigated the activity pattern related to sex and environmental conditions. The believed nocturnal Bawean deer was predominantly photographed during the day, and its nocturnal activity was linked to luminosity. Red muntjac also showed some diurnal activity with higher peaks after sunrise and before sunset, and a nocturnal activity which was not influenced by luminosity. No difference was observed between males and females for both species. Whereas red muntjac is listed "Least concern" by IUCN even if local conservation measures should be undertaken in our study area, Bawean deer should remain "Critically endangered" as the population is still small and the main threats, habitat loss due to illegal logging and human disturbance by dogs and hunters, are ongoing
Sjödin, Henrik. "Effects of commercial use of tropical rainforest on communities of riparian frogs on Borneo: an identification of relevant environmental and microclimatic factors". Thesis, Umeå universitet, Institutionen för ekologi, miljö och geovetenskap, 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-30917.
Texto completoEdenborg, Fanny. "Differences in forest structure in relation to energy-efficient cookstoves in the Kakamega forest, Kenya". Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Biologi, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-167491.
Texto completoCoelho, Luís Francisco Mello [UNESP]. "Ecologia de hemiepífitas estranguladoras no Parque Estadual da Ilha do Cardoso". Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/87846.
Texto completoConselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)
Hemiepífitas estranguladoras são plantas que crescem sobre árvores (hospedeiros) e posteriormente enviam raízes para conexão com o solo. Depois de alcançar o estoque de água e nutrientes do solo se desenvolvem até atingir um grande porte e se tornarem capazes de se auto sustentar. Durante seu desenvolvimento competem com os hospedeiros por oportunidades de expansão da copa e por água e nutrientes do solo, além de afetarem negativamente a translocação de água e nutrientes pelo sistema vascular de seu hospedeiro devido à constrição provocada no fuste e galhos do hospedeiro pelo sistema de raízes estrangulantes típico dessas plantas. Apesar de serem componentes importantes de florestas tropicais, estudos sobre a estrutura populacional de hemiepífitas estranguladoras são raros, aspecto este que norteou os objetivos do presente trabalho, que tem como proposta levantar a riqueza e densidade das hemiepífitas estranguladoras, analisar e comparar a estrutura populacional e as formas de utilização do dossel florestal entre os gêneros estudados. O estudo foi conduzido nas áreas de Floresta Tropical Pluvial da Serra do Mar e de Floresta Tropical Pluvial de Planície Litorânea, ambas situadas no Parque Estadual da Ilha do Cardoso (PEIC), no extremo sul do litoral paulista. Os dois gêneros amostrados causam dano letal ao hospedeiro e não diferem quanto ao tipo ou freqüência do impacto sobre os hospedeiros, apesar dos diferentes padrões morfológicos do sistema de raízes estrangulantes de cada gênero. As hemiepífitas estranguladoras ocorrem em alta densidade na Ilha do Cardoso e, pelos aspectos de sua ecologia aqui investigados, exercem importante papel na estrutura e regeneração do dossel florestal.
Strangling hemiepiphytes are plants that grow in trees (hosts) and later send their roots to connect with the soil. After reaching the water supply and nutrients in the soil, they evolve to a considerable size and are capable of self-support. Throughout their development they compete with their hosts for opportunities to expand their crowns and to get water and soil nutrients, besides negatively affecting water and nutrients translocation through the vascular system of their host by constricting the host trunk and branch using the root-constrictor system typical of such plants. Therefore, they can cause premature death of their hosts. Despite being important elements in tropical forests, studies of the population structure of strangling hemiepiphytes are rare. This study aims at investigating the richness and density of these strangling hemiepiphytes to further compare population structure of two genera and the ways each uses the forest canopy. The study was conducted in the Plain Tropical Forest and in the Slope Tropical Forest areas within the Cardoso Island State Park (PEIC), situated in the extreme south of the coast of the state of São Paulo, southeast Brazil. Both sampled genera cause lethal damage to the host and do not differ in terms of type or frequency of impact over the hosts, despite the different morphological patterns in the strangling roots systems of each genus. The strangling hemiepiphytes occur in a high density on Cardoso island, and, because of their distinctive biological aspects discussed above, play an important role in the structuring and regeneration of forest canopy.
Brown, Calum. "Spatial patterns and species coexistence : using spatial statistics to identify underlying ecological processes in plant communities". Thesis, University of St Andrews, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/3084.
Texto completoFischer, Georg [Verfasser]. "Ecology, biogeography and responses to habitat degradation of a highly diverse rainforest ant community and taxonomy of Afrotropical Pheidole Westwood (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) / Georg Fischer". Bonn : Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Bonn, 2012. http://d-nb.info/1044846739/34.
Texto completoBourguignon, Thomas. "The Anoplotermes group in French Guiana :systematics, diversity and ecology". Doctoral thesis, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/210132.
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VALLE, Ivana Cola. "An?lise dos m?ltiplos usos e das estrat?gias de conserva??o na Bacia do Rio Aldeia Velha, RJ". Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, 2011. https://tede.ufrrj.br/jspui/handle/jspui/1282.
Texto completoThe landscape should be interpreted with the objective of identify which areas are most suitable for the development of the various socioeconomic activities and as areas of environmental protection in order to contribute to sustainable development. This work aims to conduct an integrated analysis of the structural features of the landscape in an area in Rio de Janeiro State?s Coastal Atlantic Forest, evaluating the influence of different forms of land use and occupancy of lands on the conservation of biodiversity and maintenance of environmental balance in the basin of Aldeia Velha river. Through a systemic approach, was analyzed the interactive units of the landscape by instruments used in environmental monitoring programs to evaluate the effectiveness of strategies for maintenance of biodiversity in an area of great ecological relevance, covering part of the territory of Brazil?s first Biological Reserve, Biological Reserve Po?o das Antas, home of endemic and endangered species extinction, due maintly to the reduction of its habitat in lownlands areas. Was quantified the effects of negative and positive impacts in the region, regarding the effects of human activities related to the creation of Reserves and Environmental Protection Areas. Methods used were effective and the results indicated the effectiveness of the area occupied by the Biological Reserve for an increase in forest cover and for the maintenance of benthic biodiversity, as well as the priority sites for restoration and conservation of forest cover to ensure the environmental quality. Thus, it is intended to strengthen appropriate management conditions to subsidize projects that take into account the processes of occupation and nature conservation, environmental fragility and the consequences of degradation of the Atlantic Forest in the biodiversity and quality of life in the study watershed.
A paisagem deve ser interpretada com o objetivo de identificar os espa?os mais adequados para o desenvolvimento das diversas atividades socioecon?micas e as ?reas destinadas ? prote??o, de modo a contribuir com o desenvolvimento sustent?vel. Este trabalho tem como objetivo realizar uma an?lise integrada das caracter?sticas estruturais da paisagem em uma regi?o de Mata Atl?ntica litor?nea fluminense, avaliando a influ?ncia das diferentes formas de uso/ocupa??o do solo sobre a conserva??o da biodiversidade e a manuten??o do equil?brio ambiental na bacia do rio Aldeia Velha (RJ). Atrav?s de uma abordagem sist?mica, analisou-se as unidades interativas da paisagem atrav?s de instrumentos utilizados em programas de monitoramento ambiental na avalia??o da efetividade das estrat?gias para a manuten??o da biodiversidade em uma ?rea de grande relev?ncia ecol?gica, que abrange parte do territ?rio da primeira Reserva Biol?gica do Brasil, a REBIO Po?o das Antas, abrigo de esp?cies end?micas e amea?adas de extin??o em decorr?ncia principalmente da diminui??o de seu habitat em ?reas de baixada. Foram quantificados os efeitos dos impactos negativos e positivos na ?rea de estudo, em fun??o das atividades humanas e relacionados ? cria??o de Reservas e ?reas e de prote??o ambiental. Os m?todos utilizados mostraram-se eficientes e os resultados indicaram uma relevante contribui??o da Reserva Biol?gica para um incremento na cobertura florestal e para a manuten??o da biodiversidade bent?nica na por??o do territ?rio protegido inserido na bacia. Entretanto, foram identificados locais priorit?rios para recupera??o e conserva??o da cobertura florestal, como em ?reas de mata ciliar e na zona de amortecimento da Reserva Biol?gica, essenciais para o equil?brio din?mico da bacia, caracterizada como de alta fragilidade/ susceptibilidade ? dist?rbios. Dessa forma, pretende-se fortalecer as condi??es de manejo adequadas e subsidiar projetos em que os processos de ocupa??o levem em conta conserva??o da natureza, fragilidade ambiental e conseq??ncias da degrada??o da Mata Atl?ntica sobre a biodiversidade e a qualidade de vida na bacia em estudo.
Freudmann, Anita. "Phylogeography, habitat and resource use of Nyctimene robinsoni". Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2020. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/203859/1/Anita_Freudmann_Thesis.pdf.
Texto completoLaps, Rudi Ricardo. "Efeito da fragmentação e alteração do habitat na avifauna da região da Reserva Biologica de Una, Bahia". [s.n.], 2006. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/315763.
Texto completoTese (doutorado) Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Biologia
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Resumo: A Floresta Atlântica é um dos ecossistemas mais ameaçados no mundo e as unidades de conservação são importantes para manutenção da biodiversidade nesta paisagem altamente fragmentada. A avifauna da Floresta Atlântica do sul da Bahia é rica, com muitos endemismos e espécies ameaçadas de extinção. Nós investigamos a composição da avifauna da RBU e áreas adjacentes com o objetivo de medir a importância dessa UC para a proteção das espécies, assim como a resposta da comunidade aos diferentes hábitats (cabrucas, capoeiras e fragmentos florestais). Nós comparamos os resultados obtidos para aves, morcegos, lagartos, anuros e samambaias dentro dessa matriz predominatemente florestal com uma segunda área com paisagem oposta (fragmentos florestais imersos em matriz de cabrucas). Resultados: Nós encontramos 333 espécies de aves, incluindo 17 ameaçadas. A escassez de aves cinegéticas indica que a pressão de caça é alta na região. As cabrucas (plantações de cacau sob floresta raleada) exibem riqueza e abundância de aves maior que os demais hábitats investigados, com a presença de espécies generalistas invasoras. Frugívoros e insetívoros de copas foram abundantes e ricos nas cabrucas. Entretanto, insetívoros e frugívoros de sub-bosque são sensíveis à simplificação do hábitat deste sistema agroflorestal e muitas espécies desapareceram. O efeito de borda agiu significantemente para algumas espécies, com insetívoros generalistas aumentando sua riqueza e abundância, porém com alguns insetívoros e frugívoros de sub-bosque diminuindo próximo às bordas. Algumas espécies podem ser indicadores de florestas, já que ocorrem somente em interior de fragmentos. O amplo consenso sobre a importância de plantações sombreadas (cabrucas) para a conservação da biodiversidade deve ser tomado com cautela, porque algumas espécies evitam esse hábitat, mas as florestas secundárias (capoeiras) podem ser importantes para conectar fragmentos em uma paisagem. Uma comparação de pequenos fragmentos e cabrucas em duas paisagens contrastantes mostrou que a conversão de florestas em cabrucas impactaram diferentemente o padrão de dominância de espécies e guildas de aves e morcegos, porém as assembléias nas cabrucas geralmente refletem aquelas observadas em florestas próximas. A riqueza e composição de espécies foram diferentes nas paisagens analisadas, e ambos hábitats (florestas e cabrucas) de Uruçuca/Ilhéus mostraram perda de espécies florestais comparados com os mesmos hábitats em Una. Nosso estudo mostra que, apesar das cabrucas serem matrizes permeáveis para muitas espécies, elas não são substitutas das florestas. Há diferenças pronunciadas entre as duas paisagens com respeito à habilidade das cabrucas manterem a riqueza de espécies. Independente do grupo biológico considerado, uma representatividade maior de floresta nativa na paisagem influencia positivamente a riqueza de espécies encontradas nas cabrucas. O contexto da paisagem também influencia a variabilidade espacial da composição de espécies para alguns grupos biológicos, reforçando a importância e a vulnerabilidade de pequenas manchas florestais remanescentes em paisagens dominadas por cabrucas. Estes resultados apontam a necessidade de preservar áreas de hábitat primário mesmo em paisagens onde as práticas de uso da terra são geralmente favoráveis à conservação da biodiversidade
Abstract: The Brazilian Atlantic forest is one of more threatened ecosystems in the world, and the conservation units are very important in maintenance of biodiversity in a landscape highly fragmented. The avifauna of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest of southern Bahia State is very rich, with many endemisms and threatened species. We explore the composition of avifauna of UBR and adjacent areas, and investigated the bird communities in different habitats nearby UBR with aim to measure its importance for species protection. We compare these results obtained by birds, bats, lizards, frogs and ferns in a forested matrix with a second area with opposite landscape (forest fragments in a cabruca matrix). Results: We found 333 species, including 17 species threatened. The paucity of game birds, like cracids an tinamous, indicate that the hunt pressure is high in the region. The shaded cocoa plantation exhibited greater richness and abundance of birds, with the presence of generalist species that invaded this habitat. Canopy insectivores and frugivores were highly profuse in cocoa plantations. However, understory insectivores and frugivores are sensible to habitat simplification of this agroforest system, and many species vanished. Edge effect was significant for some species, with generalist insectivores showing increase in richness and abundance, but some understory insectivores and frugivores decrease near edges. Some species can be used as forest indicators, since it occurred only in interior of fragments. The widely consensus about the importance of shaded plantations for conservation of biodiversity must take in caution, because some species avoid this habitat, but the early secondary forest can be important to connect fragments in this highly patchy landscape. A comparison of small fragments and cabrucas from contrastant landscapes showed that the conversion of forest to cabrucas impacted the dominance pattern of species and guilds differently regarding birds and bats, but species assemblages in cabrucas generally reflect those observed in nearby forests. Species richness and composition were different in these landscapes, and both habitats from Uruçuca showed losses of forest-dwelling species compared with those habitats from Una. Our study has shown that, although cabrucas can be permeable matrices for many species from the local biota, they are not forest surrogates. There were pronounced differences between the two landscapes with regard to the ability of cabrucas to maintain species richness. Irrespective of the biological group considered, a greater representation of native forest in the landscape positively influences the species richness reported in cabrucas. Landscape context also influenced the spatial variability of species composition for some biological groups, stressing the importance, and the vulnerability of the small forest patches remaining in landscapes dominated by shade plantations. These results point to the need to preserve sufficient areas of primary habitat even in landscapes where land use practices are generally favorable to the conservation of biodiversity
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Ecologia de Comunidades
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Krepschi, Victor Gasperotto. "Caracterização da dieta da lontra neotropical (Lontra longicaudis, Carnivora: Mustelidae) em três rios de Mata Atlântica do Sul do Brasil: uma análise espacial e temporal". Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Parana, 2012. http://tede.unioeste.br:8080/tede/handle/tede/727.
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The diet of Otter longicaudis was characterized by fecal analysis and spatial and temporal aspects in their main prey consumption were analyzed. The study was conducted systematically in three rivers of the Iguaçu National Park, an Atlantic forest reserve located in southern Brazil. For a year, samples were taken monthly along three sections totaling 46 km, in order to find fecal samples. The analysis of 367 fecal samples collected showed a piscivorous diet, which includes four main fish families: Characidae Cichlidae, Pimelodidae and Loricariidae, with consumption of crustacean belonging to the family Trichodactilidae. Mollusks, birds, mammals, reptiles and insects were found in the diet. Seeds, vegetable fibers and materials of anthropogenic origin were also found. Differences in diet composition were found between the Iguaçu River and the other, which is probably related to the physical characteristics of these rivers reflecting distinct prey items available. The crabs were used as complementary resources for neotropical otters, when the consumption of their main prey (fish) decreased. An increased frequency of occurrence of prey categories was recorded in spring and summer, except for crabs and molluscs in two of the three rivers, which contrasts with the high consumption of fish during all seasons. Correlation was found between precipitation and consumption of fish families, which in turn seems to be due changings and the river otter and the habits of those arrested. In this region, otters depend on the features of the aquatic environment, forecasting the Mayor attention to the maintenance of rivers, shores and natural features (such as flow regimes and water), especially the river Gonçalves Dias, borders the east side of the National Park Iguaçu, with areas of heavy anthropogenic land use
A dieta de Lontra longicaudis foi caracterizada por análise fecal e aspectos espaciais e temporais no consumo de suas presas principais foram analisados. O estudo foi realizado sistematicamente em três rios do Parque Nacional do Iguaçu, uma reserva de Mata Atlântica localizado no sul do Brasil. Durante um ano, foram amostragens realizadas mensalmente ao longo de três trechos, totalizando 46 km, a fim de encontrar amostras fecais. A análise de 367 amostras fecais coletadas apresentaram uma dieta piscívoro, que inclui quatro principais famílias de peixes: Characidae, Cichlidae, Pimelodidae e Loricariidae, com consumo de crustáceo pertencente à família Trichodactilidae. Moluscos, aves, mamíferos, répteis e insetos foram detectados na dieta. Sementes, fibras vegetais e materiais de origem antrópica também foram encontradas. Diferenças na composição da dieta foram encontradas entre rio Iguaçu e os outros, que provavelmente está relacionado com as características físicas desses rios refletindo distinta presa disponibilidade itens. Os caranguejos foram utilizados como recursos complementares para as lontras neotropicais, quando o consumo de sua principal presa (peixes) diminuiu. Uma freqüência aumentado da ocorrência de categorias de presas foi registrada na primavera e no verão, com exceção de caranguejos e moluscos, em dois dos três rios, o que contrasta com o elevado consumo de peixes ao longo todas as estações. Correlação foi encontrada entre a precipitação eo consumo de famílias de peixes, o que por sua vez parece ser changings devido o rio e os hábitos da lontra e essas presas. Nesta região, as lontras dependem dos recursos do ambiente aquático, prevendo a atenção prefeito para a manutenção dos rios, margens e características naturais (como fluxo e regimes de água), em especial do rio Gonçalves Dias, fronteiras do leste lado do Parque Nacional do Iguaçu, com áreas de uso da terra pesada antrópica
Ruiz, Winston Franz Rios. "Biogeografia de bactérias da filosfera de Maytenus robusta na Mata Atlântica". Universidade de São Paulo, 2010. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/11/11138/tde-14022011-084227/.
Texto completoBiogeography studies the distribution of organisms in relation to space and time, favoring the understanding of the mechanisms that generate and keep the diversity, speciation, extinction and dispersion of species. Among the tropical forests, the Atlantic Forest constitutes a highly diverse vegetation mosaic, in which the phyllosphere represents one of the most common habitats for microorganisms. The goal of this work was to evaluate the structure and diversity of the bacterial community from the phyllosphere of Maytenus robusta in the Carlos Botelho State Park, Ilha do Cardoso State Park and Assis Ecologic Station, São Paulo state, Brazil. The leaves were collected in two different seasons of the year, dry season and rainy season. The structure of the bacterial community was evaluated through PCR-DGGE of the 16S rRNA gene V3 region, and the diversity by sequencing of the V1-V3 region of the same gene. The similarities between the structures of the bacterial community were determined based on the presence or absence of bands detected in the gels after PCR-DGGE. The hierarchical clustering generated using the Jaccard coefficient and the UPGMA method showed the existence of distinct bacterial communities in the M. robusta phyllosphere of the sampled areas. The existence of biogeographic patterns was determined through regression analyses, using the community structure similarity data geographic distance among the sampled trees. The negative correlation observed in most of the cases provides evidence to support the hypothesis that the similarity between the bacterial communities from phyllosphere of plants of the same species decreases as the distance among trees increased, within the same biome. The spacial-temporal evaluation of the structure of the bacterial communities, performed by the NMDS analyses, showed the occurrence of spacial but not temporal effects on the structure of the bacterial communities of M. robusta phyllosphere. The taxonomic affiliation of 1,470 bacterial 16S rRNA gene clones obtained from the M. robusta phyllosphere, in different areas and seasons, as well as the multiple comparisons of libraries showed that the bacterial communities in the phyllosphere were distinct from each other, and that Proteobacteria and Acidobacteria phyla were the most frequent. Only 1% of the bacterial Operational Taxonomic Units were common among the individuals evaluated. Based on the results obtained it is possible to conclude that, in each biome, plants of same species have unique bacterial communities, suggesting the existence of endemism, high levels of speciation and low dispersal of bacterial communities in the evaluated areas.
Kefa, Christopher Amutabi. "Assessing the Impacts of Bioenergy Extraction and Human Land Use of the Biodiversity of Kakamega Tropical Rainforest, Kenya". Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1465254368.
Texto completoVogliotti, Alexandre. "História natural de Mazama bororo (Artiodactyla; Cervidae) através de etnozoologia, monitoramento fotográfico e rádio-telemetria". Universidade de São Paulo, 2004. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/91/91131/tde-29072004-161012/.
Texto completoThe species Mazama bororo was proposed in 1996 based on the unique karyotype (2n=32-34) found in some captive animals. The present study began in 1998 and intended to confirm the occurrence of this species in nature as well as to develop deer capture methods adequate in forest environments and to obtain basic ecological information using etnozoological approach, camera traps and radio-collared animals. For this purpose research was carried out several in municipalities and in public or private conservation units along the Paranapiacaba Ridge, southern region of São Paulo State, Brazil. Interviews accomplished with hunters and heart of palm gatherers from this region indicated the existence of 3 Mazama's species: M. americana, M. gouazoubira and M. bororo. These interviews also supplied general information about the ecology, behavior, diet and reproduction of these deer species and the hunting techniques employed in the region. Camera traps allowed the observation of the twilight and nocturnal habits of M. bororo and of some patterns of habitat utilization, probably related to anti-predatory strategies, reproduction and resources availability along the year. In spite of the intense efforts, all techniques employed for capture in this study had a low capture index. The interception technique, using fixed or dismountable traps and resulting in the capture of 4 animals, was the most efficient. Home ranges of two M. bororo (females) and a M. gouazoubira (male) were estimated in the Intervales State Park (PEI) and its outskirts by radio-telemetry. The home ranges of M. bororo were considerably smaller and covered by well preserved native vegetation. M. gouazoubira many times occupied degraded areas, indicating distinct habitat preferences between these species. Not proven evidences of the existence of M. americana in the studied region rise important questions regarding M. bororo preservation; there is an urgent need for intensive studies to confirm this simpatry, to determine the niches of both species and to define the geographical distribution of Mazama bororo in the last Atlantic Rain Forest remainders of the Brazil.
Arnhem, Eric. "Eco-ethological response of great apes and other rainforest mammals to selective logging in Cameroon". Doctoral thesis, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/210369.
Texto completoThis thesis reports results of a longitudinal monitoring of abundances of nine mammal species in a forest concession over a four years period. From 2003 to 2006, four wildlife censuses have been conducted in the active core of FMU 10.030 allocated to the logging company PALLISCO. Our study area covers 176 sq-km and include several logging compartments and unlogged areas.
The diversity of specific responses to the introduction of human activities into the habitat is at the scale of the biological diversity of the habitat itself. A particular attention was paid to two emblematic species of the Cameroonian forests, western lowland gorillas G.g. gorilla and the common chimpanzees Pan troglodytes. During this work, we studied 1) how logging at industrial scale affects the spatial distribution of nine mammal species, including great apes, in timber production forests of South-eastern Cameroon, and 2) the nature of pressures exerted on animal populations within an active forest concession (anthropic, ecological, ethologic, etc).
Our first results indicate that the extraction of valuable timber species generates a spatial reorganization of gorillas and chimpanzees, inducing local modifications of population densities. This spatial reorganization seems to be mainly due to human activities per se rather than to modifications of the habitat structure or changes in the availability of fruits for these species. Compared with other mammals, great apes are at the two extreme opposites of a gradient of sensitivity to the habitat disturbances created by logging. Gorillas, as well as other "generalist" species like duikers, seem to thrive in logged forests, probably attracted in these areas by the secondarisation of the vegetation. Their densities decrease temporarily in logging compartments during logging operations but these species recover quickly, suggesting a repulsive effect of the human presence in the forest rather than a major alteration of the habitat quality for them. Rather "specialist" species seem to react by increasing the size of their foraging area. These are the sitatungas Tragelpahus spekei and bushpigs Potamochoerus porcus, two typical species of swamp forest with Raffia spp. and semi-inundated forests. These particular biotopes in the heart of the production forests seem to be playing the role of refuge zone for these species. Finally, two species were identified as being explicitly vulnerable to logging activities: the chimpanzees and forest elephants Loxodonta africana cyclotis. Their abundances did not recover to original values during the period of study indicating that they still undergo some kind of ecological and/or anthropic pressures after the end of logging operations that is strongly adverse to them.
In order to contrast the ecological and/or anthropic factors ruling gorillas' and chimpanzees' spatial distribution in the habitat, we have used a spatial modelling technique called “Ecological Niche Factor Analysis - ENFA". ENFA-generated models for these two species mainly retained anthropic variables to explain great apes local repartition in the study area. For gorillas, it was mainly explained by the local pattern of logging compartments and the time that passed since the end of logging operations. Globally, this species avoids the areas of forests showing a high rate of human frequentation and is attracted to old logged areas. As for the chimpanzees, their spatial distribution is influenced mainly by the presence of roads which are largely avoided. The periphery of logged compartment seems to be a zone of convergence for chimpanzee communities that have probably been driven out from logging compartments during operations, but these movements of populations would be limited to short distances. The vulnerability of the chimpanzees is consequently explained by the absence of demographic mechanisms enabling them to avoid the disturbed zones while reducing the territorial conflicts.
The general trend in great ape abundances in an active logging concession confirms that even closely related species can show divergent capacities of survival when confronted to human disturbances. Our work highlights that chimpanzee communities demonstrate some spatial inertia, contrarily to gorillas which easily manage to avoid human activities. This inertia would be probably at the origin of its sensitivity to current forestry practices. Our results confirm White & Tutin (2001)'s socio-ecological explanation for the vulnerability of chimpanzees to logging in forests of Central Africa. Knowing this, it is imperative to set up concrete conservation actions aiming at maintaining the chimpanzee populations of in Cameroonian timber production forests.
Practically, selective logging would easily be compatible with the preservation of the majority of rainforests mammals if concrete measures aiming at decreasing the negative impacts of logging were effectively applied. As a general rule, the proximity between logged areas and some zones that can serve as refuge seems to be a determining factor of the persistence of rainforests mammals in logged forests. A line of thought would be thus to ensure safe shifts of populations towards these zones in order to guarantee the avoidance of disturbances and, later, the recovery of densities in logged forests. In this sense, our main recommendation consists in promoting a delimitation of logging compartments into narrow strips so as to reduce the distance to be walked by an animal to geographically avoid human disturbances. Additionally, it is necessary to set up well-designed biomonitoring programmes to follow up trends in wildlife abundances and promote a flexible management that can be adapted according to the evidence of detrimental events to wildlife.
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Avec plus de ¾ de la surface forestière du Cameroun allouée à l'exploitation forestière, la survie de nombreuses espèces de mammifères dépendra de la façon dont seront gérés les massifs de forêt de production de ce pays dans les décennies à venir. Les mesures de gestion à appliquer devraient être orientées systématiquement vers une minimisation des impacts négatifs sur l'écosystème dans son ensemble, y compris sur les populations animales résidant dans ces forêts. Ceci nécessite une compréhension détaillée de la réponse de la grande et moyenne faune à l'exploitation forestière sélective telle qu'elle est effectivement pratiquée en Afrique Centrale.
Cette thèse de doctorat rapporte les résultats d'un suivi longitudinal, sur une période de quatre ans, des abondances de neuf espèces de mammifères au sein d'une concession forestière du Sud-est Cameroun. Au total, quatre recensements de la faune ont été réalisés entre 2003 et 2006 dans la partie active de l'UFA 10.030 allouée à la société PALLISCO. La zone étudiée couvre 176 km2 et englobe plusieurs parcelles annuelles d'abattage ainsi que des compartiments non exploités.
La diversité des réponses spécifiques vis-à-vis de l'introduction d'activités humaines dans l'habitat est à l'échelle de la diversité biologique de l'habitat lui-même. Une attention particulière a été portée sur deux espèces emblématiques des forêts camerounaises, les gorilles des plaines occidentales G.g. gorilla et les chimpanzés communs Pan t. troglodytes. Durant ce travail, nous avons étudié 1) comment l'exploitation forestière à l'échelle industrielle affecte la distribution spatiale de neuf espèces de mammifères, dont les grands singes, dans les massifs de forêt de production du Sud-est Cameroun, et 2) de quelle nature sont les pressions exercées sur les populations animales au sein d'une concession forestière active (anthropique, écologique, éthologique, etc.).
Nos premiers résultats indiquent que l'extraction d'essences précieuses dans les forêts camerounaises génère notamment une réorganisation de la distribution spatiale des gorilles et des chimpanzés, induisant des modifications locales de densité de population. Cette réorganisation spatiale semble être due aux activités humaines elles-mêmes plutôt qu'aux modifications de la structure de l'habitat ou à une diminution de la disponibilité de certaines ressources alimentaires importantes pour ces espèces. Comparés à d'autres mammifères, les grands singes se placent aux deux extrêmes d'un gradient de sensibilité aux perturbations de l'habitat causés par l'exploitation forestière. Les gorilles, ainsi que d'autres espèces "généralistes" comme les céphalophes, semblent prospérer dans les forêts exploitées, probablement attirés dans ces zones par la secondarisation de la végétation. Leurs densités diminuent ponctuellement dans les parcelles d'abattage pendant les opérations d'extraction, mais retrouvent très vite leur niveau initial. Ceci suggère un effet répulsif de la présence humaine sur ces espèces plutôt qu'une altération majeure de la qualité de l'habitat pour ces dernières. D'autres espèces plus "spécialistes" semblent réagir en augmentant la taille de leurs aires de fourragement. Il s'agit des sitatungas Tragelpahus spekei et des potamochères Potamochoerus porcus, deux espèces appréciant les biotopes humides (marécages à Raphia spp. des zones de forêt inondées, etc.). Ces biotopes particuliers, non-affectés par l'exploitation forestière, au coeur des forêts de production semblent servir de refuge pour ces espèces. Enfin, deux espèces ont été identifiées comme étant explicitement très vulnérables aux activités d'exploitation: les chimpanzés et les éléphants des forêts Loxodonta africana cyclotis. Leurs abondances n'ont pas recouvré les valeurs originelles durant la période d'étude, indiquant que ces espèces subissent encore des pressions écologiques et/ou anthropiques jusqu'à quatre ans après la fin des activités d'exploitation forestière.
Afin de contraster les facteurs écologiques et/ou anthropiques régissant la distribution spatiale des gorilles et des chimpanzés, nous avons fait usage d'une technique de modélisation spatiale appelée "Ecological Niche Factor Analysis – ENFA". Les modèles ENFA pour ces deux espèces ont principalement retenu les variables anthropiques pour expliquer la distribution spatiale des grands singes dans l'aire d'étude. Il a ainsi été démontré que la répartition des gorilles était en grande partie expliquée par l'agencement local des AACs et le temps qui s'est écoulé depuis la fin des opérations d'extraction dans celles-ci. De manière générale, cette espèce évite les zones présentant un haut taux de fréquentation humaine et préfère les forêts exploitées quelques années auparavant. Quant aux chimpanzés, leur distribution spatiale est principalement expliquée par la présence de routes et pistes forestières qui sont amplement évitées. La périphérie des zones exploitées semble être une zone de convergence pour les chimpanzés qui y seraient vraisemblablement refoulés lors des perturbations, mais ces mouvements seraient limités à de courtes distances. La vulnérabilité des chimpanzés s'expliquerait dès lors par l'absence de mécanismes démographiques leur permettant d'éviter les zones affectées tout en réduisant les conflits territoriaux résultant d'une réorganisation spatiale.
La tendance globale des variations d'abondance des grands singes au sein d'une concession forestière en cours d'exploitation confirme que même des espèces très proches phylogénétiquement peuvent faire preuve de capacités différentes de survie face aux perturbations anthropiques. Il ressort de nos observations que les communautés de chimpanzés font preuve d'une certaine inertie spatiale, contrairement aux gorilles qui parviennent à éviter les activités humaines. Cette inertie serait probablement à l'origine de sa vulnérabilité face aux pratiques forestières actuelles. Nos résultats viennent confirmer l'hypothèse socio-écologique émise par White & Tutin (2001). Face à ce malheureux constat, il est impératif de mettre en place des mesures concrètes de gestion visant à maintenir les populations de chimpanzés dans les forêts de production camerounaises.
Pratiquement, l'exploitation sélective serait compatible avec la conservation de la plupart des mammifères si certaines mesures de gestion visant à diminuer les impacts négatifs étaient rapidement mises en application. La proximité entre les zones exploitées et les zones pouvant servir de refuge semble être un facteur déterminant de la survie de nombreuses espèces de mammifères dans les forêts de production du Cameroun. Une ligne de réflexion serait donc d'assurer les mouvements de populations vers ces zones-refuge sans heurts afin de garantir l'émigration des populations animales en dehors des zones affectées et la recolonisation ultérieure des forêts exploitées. En ce sens, notre principale recommandation consiste à promouvoir un découpage en assiettes de coupe en bandes relativement étroites (<2,5 km) de façon à réduire la distance à parcourir pour éviter géographiquement les perturbations anthropiques. De même, il serait nécessaire de mettre en place des programmes de suivi régulier des abondances faunistiques afin de permettre une gestion adaptative qui s'ajusterait au vu d'événements critiques pour la faune.
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Narezi, Gabriela. "A agroecologia como estratégia de gestão de Unidades de Conservação de Uso Sustentável no Vale do Ribeira − SP, Brasil". Universidade de São Paulo, 2012. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/91/91131/tde-21122012-101140/.
Texto completoThis paper presents reflections regarding different management models designed for protected natural areas. Our research is particularly focused in debates about Sustainable Conservation Units in Sao Paulo State in Brazil. Vale do Ribeira is an area that has one of the largest continuous remnants of Atlantic Rainforest of the country. There are several disputes over different management models for those areas. The study of Sustainable Development Reserves (Reservas de Desenvolvimento Sustentável - RDS) implementation allows analyzing the latest forms of recognition of the right of residence of traditional populations within protected natural areas in Brazil, especially in the Atlantic rainforest in the southern coastal area of Sao Paulo state. In this perspective, this study sought to analyze the integration of agroecology as a management strategy amid environmental conflicts. The research methodology included bibliographic analysis and collection of primary data through field notes; oral histories obtained in management and land use participatory spaces at Despraiado RDS in the context of restructuration of Juréia- Itatins Ecological Station in Conservation Units Mosaics; and semi-structured interviews with the managers and researchers of Vale do Ribeira Conservation Units. The research also included a doctoral internship at Institute des Hautes Études sur l\'Amerique latine, at Université Sorbonne Nouvelle, in France where it was possible to analyze the strategies of land management practices of two French Regional Natural Parks. That experience was the base to analyze the conciliation between conservation and development in this study. From the data collected it was possible to characterize and interpret the social organization, the history of traditional agricultural production practices, of environmental conflicts related to the management of Despraiado RDS and intensive agricultural practices in degraded areas. In this context, it was possible to find evidence that the way of life and agricultural production of the area favor local sensitivity in regard of an agroecological transition process. However, the disputes over the implementation of the RDS analyzed in this study, shows that the perspective of nature conservation along with development faces many obstacles to its propagation even though agroecology is in the forefront of the discussion. The enactment of the lawsuit declaring the creation of Juréia-Itatins Conservation Unit Mosaic an unconstitutional act, reinforces the manifestation of preservationists\' interests in the management of this Sao Paulo State territory. Even with the impact of successful agroecological experiences at Vale do Ribeira, socio-biodiversity conservation initiatives and cultural valorization of sustainable development of traditional populations are still rudimentary at Conservation Units in the State of Sao Paulo.
Stark, Scott C. "On the Mechanistic Connection of Forest Canopy Structure with Productivity and Demography in the Amazon". Diss., The University of Arizona, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/265347.
Texto completoJeffs, Christopher. "Natural enemies and the diversity of plant communities". Thesis, University of Oxford, 2016. https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:49c80db9-6590-4e06-b86f-24d225046969.
Texto completoQuitmeyer, Andrew J. "Digital naturalism: Designing a digital media framework to support ethological exploration". Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/54327.
Texto completoPrado, Vânia Luísa Spressola. "Ecologia Política da comida e nutrição em duas comunidades quilombolas do Vale do Ribeira (Estado de São Paulo, Brasil)". Universidade de São Paulo, 2011. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/41/41134/tde-06062011-073004/.
Texto completoQuilombolas are African slave descendants. The Ribeira Valley is one of the most important areas of concentration of Quilombos in Southern Brazil. The Ribeira Quilombolas are settled in remote areas along the Ribeira River system covered by Atlantic rain forest vegetation, one of the worlds biodiversity hotspots. Since the first settlements (18th Century), they have been historically dependent on shifting cultivation of rice, maize, manioc and beans. However, since 1970\'s their life style has been profoundely affected by changes in regional political economy, such as the opening of a roadway, the establishment of conservation areas in the region and the setting-up of rural schools. Some of the local trends consist of replacing shifting cultivation and increasing household income mainly through agricultural intensification, wage labour and government cash transfer programs. In order to grasp the way changes in economic strategies have affected the nutritional patterns, we collected data of diet, anthropometry and time allocation of individuals from two Quilombola peri-urban/rural communities. People from the first community have become more oriented to commercial crops, wage labor and handicrafts than people from the other one, still more tied to subsistence agriculture and the gathering of non-timber forestall products. Despite the differences in productive strategies, we found the same diet and physical activity patterns: the energy-protein core consisted of the same energy rich and processed foodstuff or foods from domesticated animals, and Quilombolas seem to have had their energy demands reduced, probably because of the decrease of agricultural activities. However, only men are still significantly involved in agricultural oriented activities. We concluded that regardless of the economic strategy adopted, both communities are undergone Nutrition Transition process (a global trend that consists of increasing the comsumption of energy rich foodstuff and of decreasing of energy expenditure levels (Popkin e Gordon-Larsen, 2004)) and women might be more impacted by the process than men. Additionally, government cash transfer programs seem to affect the diet and physical activities patterns found.
Guitet, Stéphane. "Diversité des écosystèmes forestiers de Guyane française : distribution, déterminants et conséquences en termes de services écosystémiques". Thesis, Montpellier, 2015. http://www.theses.fr/2015MONTS183/document.
Texto completoFrench Guiana forest presents a high originality in terms of biodiversity, a good state of preservation, a strong contribution to the overall Amazonian carbon stocks and a very fast socio-economic dynamic. However, our knowledge about forest ecosystems diversity remains insufficient to ensure an optimal management of the various ecosystems and of the services they may provide across the territory. This thesis aims to answer this central issue by studying the diversity of forest ecosystems at the scale of the entire forested area of French Guiana. Specifically we targeted highlighting the factors that determine ecosystems variability and evaluating the consequences of this variability in terms of ecosystem services and management.Firstly, we bring out complex patterns of diversity at different scales including strong floristic variation at the regional scale, using a recent forest inventories campaign (2006-2013) that has been conducted according to a stratified sampling design which includes 3,132 0.2ha-plots covering the whole territory. Our results verify the hypothesis of a strong control of forest beta and alpha diversity by geomorphology, especially at the landscape scale and for dominant species (Simpson metric). This first step required several preliminary methodological developments including an assessment of the taxonomic uncertainty in forest inventories, and spatial models to accurately characterize the geomorphological context at various scales.Secondly, we aimed at interpreting the influence of geomorphological landscapes on the composition of forest vegetation by exploring the relationship between geomorphology and soils. Using about 450 soil sampling locations coupled with the forest inventory plots, we demonstrated that nature and properties of soils are dependent on geomorphological landscapes and locally distributed along regional elevation gradients. A significant soil filtering effect was found underlying the geomorphological influence on forest composition and diversity. However, a major part of this influence proved to be independent of soil filtering and is interpreted as a combination of two mechanisms at two different time-scales: (i) the control of forest turn-over by the geomorphological dynamics during the Late Quaternary and (ii) the integration of biogeographic effects under the influence of tectonic evolution and ancient climate changes.Last of all, we addressed the consequences of the analysed biotic and abiotic variations, which combine into habitats diversity on forest management and on the variability of ecosystem services provided by forests, particularly for carbon storage in biomass and soils. The amount of carbon stored is highly variable at local scale but proves to be significantly influenced by habitats diversity at the landscape level. This regulation service is related with the local species richness (pertaining to the category of support services) and the amount of usable wood (pertaining to the category of supply services). Complex relationships, including correlations and compromises, are evidenced between these different services. This illustrates the variability of the responses of ecosystem services to the habitats diversity.Finally our work allowed us to provide a new typology of natural habitats present in French Guiana forest and to propose suggestions in order to improve land uses and multifunctional forest management in French Guiana
Aubry-Kientz, Mélaine. "Quelle sera la réponse des forêts tropicales humides à l’augmentation des températures et aux changements de pluviométrie ? : Modéliser la dynamique forestière pour identifier les processus sensibles en Guyane française". Thesis, Antilles-Guyane, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014AGUY0802/document.
Texto completoIn 2013 the intergovernmental panel on climate change (ipcc) publishes its fifth report. This report underlines that an increase of temperature and a strengthening of drought and extreme rainfall are expected in tropical regions. This work was made in this context of climate changes, and aimed to study the response of the rainforest to predicted climate changes. To do this, i used the data from the study site of Paracou French Guiana to build an individual based dynamics model based on the functional traits of trees. This model was first applied to species with a commercial interest in French Guiana, in natural and logged forest and adding a water stress index as predictor. Water stress decreases growth and increases mortality, while logging had the opposite effect. The model was then applied to the community in natural forest for identifying potential climate drivers and impacted processes. Growth is impacted by the water stress and temperature and mortality is imp acted by the water stress and the total rainfall. These results allowed us to build a climate dependent model of forest dynamics and to run simulations of the evolution of a community under different scenarios for the next century. Simulations showed a decrease of growth and a small decrease of mortality. This resulted in a substantial decrease of basal area, squared diameter and fresh biomass