Biodiversity status, threats, and outlook state of the hotspots by galindoleal, carlos isbn. The forests here feature a high diversity of species and high levels of endemism. The atlantic forest of south america presents a detailed assessment of the state of biodiversity in the atlantic forest. The forests of america, however slighted by man, must have been a great delight to god. The atlantic collection includes a series of data papers about the community composition and distribution of plants and animals from the atlantic forest. Strong and characteristic environmental gradients typifying atlantic forest of south america translate into coincident gradients of richness of bat assemblages. The two main ecoregions in the hotspot are the coastal atlantic forest, the narrow strip of about 50100 kilometers along the coast, which covers about 20 percent. Quantitative representation of beta diversity turnover as interpolated simpson a or d bc. Gradients of bat diversity in atlantic forest of south. The inland portion of the atlantic forest is known as the interior atlantic forest or paranaense rainforest, which covers the southeast of brazil, the east of paraguay and the northeast of. We therefore collated hundreds of assemblages of both dung beetles and medium to largebodied mammals throughout. The atlantic forest region of southeast brazil is jam packed full of amazingly colorful and confiding endemic birds species. The atlantic forest stretches from northeast brazil, south along the brazilian atlantic coastline and inland into northeast argentina and eastern paraguay. The data were extracted from 389 bibliographic references articles, books, theses, and dissertations representing inventories of amphibian communities from 1940 to 2017.
Neotropical sites, a biomescale analysis for the entire atlantic forest of south america would strengthen our understanding of how relictual sets of mammal species can affect dung beetle cooccurrences and codeclines. Tree and shrub compositional variation in the atlantic forest of south america. To minimize boundary effects, the meteorological measurements were made 1 mile west of a narrow break in the forest at the rio leon in colombia, south america. Areas of endemism for passerine birds in the atlantic. In the northwest it is joined to north america by the isthmus of panama, a land bridge narrowing to about 50 miles 80 km at one point.
The forests also stretch inland into argentinas misiones province and paraguay. It is related to oecomys trinitatis, but has thicker fur. The 25 protected areas that make up the site some 470,000 ha in total display the biological wealth and evolutionary history of the last remaining atlantic forests. The atlantic forest hocicudo oxymycterus dasytrichus is a species of rodent in the family cricetidae. In south america, industry and urbanization has advanced dramatically in the last few decades, having drastic effects over native forests such as the atlantic forest. In addition, the emerged brazilian continental shelf played a major, yet neglected, role on the evolution of this. It lives in a variety of habitats including in the atlantic forest, cerrado and caatinga ecoregions. The atlantic forest of south america is one of the most endangered major ecoregions worldwide, with only 11. Spanning two hemispheres and four major climatic zones, among its countries are brazil, colombia, peru and venezuela, four of. Oecomys catherinae, also known as the atlantic forest oecomys, is a species of rodent in the genus oecomys from eastern brazil. The atlantic forest of brazil, paraguay, and argentina is one of the most devastated and most highly threatened ecosystem on the planet. Harvesting and conservation of heart palm sandra e. It is found only in southeastern brazil, where it lives in the atlantic forest and associated wetlands at altitudes from sea level to 800 m.
The challenge of jaguar conservation in the atlantic forest of south america skip to main content thank you for visiting. The atlantic forest is one of the five most diverse hotspots in the world. This tropical and subtropical rainforest once stretched along the atlantic coast of brazil from the city of natal south to the city of porto alegro. Aim to use the method of parsimony analysis of endemism to identify areas of endemism for passerine birds in the atlantic forest, south america, and to compare the locations of these areas with areas previously identified for birds as well as other. Pdf 118 years of ornithological knowledge of a forgotten. Download wildlife conservation society birds of brazil pdf. Swallowtailed manakin at guapi assu winter can be a beautiful time to bird southeast brazil. The tropical and subtropical forests along the coast and interior of south america used to have one of the largest forests in the world the atlantic forest with more than 1. Codeclining mammaldung beetle faunas throughout the. The atlantic forest in south america stretches along the atlantic coast of the country from the state of rio grande do norte to the state of rio grande do sul. Although data were characterized by heterogeneous sampling efforts, relationships of species richness with seasonality of temperature were strong and easily detectable.
Chediack and miguel franco baqueiro the effects of dams on biodiversity in the atlantic forest colleen fahey and penny f. Although only a small part of the original forests remains, it is still one of the most diverse ecosystems on the planet, second only to the amazon. The whole extension of the south american atlantic forest domain plus forest intrusions into the neighbouring cerrado and pampa domains, which comprises rain forests core habitat and five marginal habitats, namely high elevation forests, rock outcrop dwarf. We present a data set containing information about amphibian communities sampled throughout the atlantic forest biome in south america. The atlantic forest was one of the largest rainforests of the americas, originally covering around 150 million ha, with great diverse environmental conditions. Climate change adaptation in latin america pp 317 cite as. South america is bounded by the caribbean sea to the northwest and north, the atlantic ocean to the northeast, east, and southeast, and the pacific ocean to the west.
The colours of the map have no absolute meaning, only the colour differences between localities are meaningful. Wildscreens arkive project was launched in 2003 and grew to become the worlds biggest encyclopaedia of life on earth. Neotropical forest expansion during the last glacial. Nick athanas report and photos by nick athanas photo left. Status, drivers and options for sustainable land use under climate change. The dataset comprises 170 surveys of medium to large terrestrial mammals using camera traps conducted in 144 areas by 74 studies, covering six vegetation types of tropical and subtropical atlantic forest of south america brazil and argentina, and present data on species composition and richness. Presentation mode open print download current view. This short tour can be either an easy addon to our pantanalamazon trip, or a superb weeklong getaway for people who can only travel for short periods of time. In the birds of brazil field guides, the wildlife conservation society brings together a top international team to do justice to the incredible diversity of brazilian birds. With the help of over 7,000 of the worlds best wildlife filmmakers and photographers, conservationists and scientists, featured multimedia factfiles for more than 16,000 endangered species. Center for applied biodiversity science at conservation international. The two main ecoregions in the hotspot are the coastal atlantic forest, the narrow strip of about 50100.
Areas of endemism for passerine birds in the atlantic forest, south america. Mata atlantica is a south american forest that extends along the atlantic coast of brazil from rio grande do norte state in the north to rio grande do sul state in the south, and inland as far as paraguay and the misiones province of argentina, where the region is known as selva misionera. Here, we show that the atlantic forest of eastern south america probably expanded, rather than contracted, during the last glacial period. Atlantic forest the environmental literacy council. Location the atlantic forest, eastern south america.