Several advancements have been made in conservative programs involving wildlife translocations an... more Several advancements have been made in conservative programs involving wildlife translocations and the assessment of potential disease transmission risk. Other circumstances, such as the vast number of species received at screening facilities from various regions, rescued after being hit by automobiles, taken by the public, or confiscated by authorities from illegal commerce, have raised the likelihood of zoonosis spreading, emergence, or reemergence. Aside from the notorious necessity of improving processes for managing wildlife, having access to as much information as possible regarding the incidence of dangerous illnesses on each species can be a very useful tool for reducing disease risk. The evolution of methods for wildlife translocations, especially involving mammals, was shown in this work. We also examined some characteristics of sylvatic animals as reservoir hosts of zoon-osis, and lastly, various tables were shown, listing a variety of mammals hosts and associated parasitic protozoa.
In Brazil, the number of animals killed by vehicle collision surpasses 475 millions/year, but the... more In Brazil, the number of animals killed by vehicle collision surpasses 475 millions/year, but the actual number may be even higher since roadkill data in the country is scarce and punctual. Using a standard protocol, the project Caminhos da Fauna monitored since 2006 the avifauna roadkill in the BR-040 (RJ/MG) highway, southeastern Brazil. Here, we present a checklist of the avifauna registered during the 10-year monitoring program, including the list of roadkills, indicating threatening status at regional, national, and global levels, and the number of records/species. We registered 1,317 individuals belonging to 180 species, 21 orders, and 48 families. Another 247 individuals could not be identified. For seven families roadkills were higher than 50 individuals: Thraupidae, Cuculidae, Strigidae, Tyrannidae, Psittacidae, Columbidae, and Turdidae. The most collected species were Crotophaga ani (n = 106; Cuculidae), followed by Psittacara leucophthalmus (n = 61; Psittacidae), Piaya cayana (n = 56; Cuculidae), and Asio clamator (n = 44; Strigidae). Five species were under threat: Penelope obscura, Primolius maracana, Pteroglossus bailloni, Ramphastos vitellinus, and Sicalis flaveola. Most species were geographically widespread, while other 13 (7.2%) were endemic. Given the considerable amount of data obtained, further efforts of the same motivation in other Brazilian roads and express transportation systems should be encouraged.
Roads and highways can work as barriers to the movement of many species, thereby preventing the i... more Roads and highways can work as barriers to the movement of many species, thereby preventing the individuals from accessing feeding and reproduction sites and the immediate risk of colliding wild species with vehicles. Identifying the impacts of roads on wildlife can contribute to the establishment of actions that promote conservation. In Brazil, data on collisions between bats and vehicles are scarce and underestimated in the literature. We described bat roadkill from 2008 to 2019 on a stretch of the BR-040 highway, which crosses an area of Atlantic Forest. Roadkill species were identified and the sites with high collision frequencies were characterized. A total of 923 individuals of 57 species and five families of chiropterans were identified. Frugivore bats showed the largest number of affected individuals, with Artibeus lituratus, a common species in the study region, with the highest number of roadkills. The diet and foraging behaviour were the most likely factors explaining most of the bats killed on the highway. The highest roadkill rate was documented in the fall, and the critical points located nearby the APA Petrópolis and REBIO of Tinguá, environmental protection areas. We reinforce the need to mitigate these roadkills, ensuring that road systems, which constitute municipal, state and federal highways, are built to prevent major disturbance of habitat and displacement routes of these species. We believe in the need for mitigations, and considering the various species involved, we suggest speed bumps construction reducing the speed limit, installing bridges, and signaling the presence of wildlife, before the stretches identified as hotspots. Los caminos y carreteras pueden funcionar como barreras para el movimiento de muchas especies, impidiendo así el acceso de los individuos a los sitios de alimentación y reproducción y el riesgo inmediato de colisión de especies silvestres con vehículos. Identificar los impactos de los caminos sobre la vida silvestre puede contribuir al establecimiento de acciones que promuevan la conservación. En Brasil, los datos sobre colisiones entre murciélagos y vehículos son escasos y subestimados en la literatura. Describimos murciélagos atropellados entre 2008 y 2019 en un tramo de la carretera BR-040, que atraviesa un área de Mata Atlántica. Se identificaron las especies de animales atropellados y se caracterizaron los sitios con alta frecuencia de colisión. Se identificaron un total de 923 individuos de 57 especies y cinco familias de quirópteros. Los murciélagos frugívoros mostraron el mayor número de individuos afectados, con Artibeus lituratus, una especie común en la región de estudio, con el mayor número de atropellamientos. La dieta y el comportamiento de búsqueda de alimento fueron los factores más probables que explicaron la mayoría de los murciélagos muertos en la carretera. La mayor tasa de atropellamientos se registró en otoño, y los puntos críticos se ubicaron en las cercanías de APA Petrópolis y REBIO de Tinguá, áreas de protección ambiental. Reforzamos la necesidad de mitigar estos atropellamientos, asegurando que los sistemas viales, que constituyen las carreteras municipales, estatales y federales, se construyan para evitar que se alteren el hábitat y las rutas de desplazamiento de estas especies. Creemos en la necesidad de mitigaciones y considerando las diversas especies involucradas. Sugerimos la construcción de topes para reducir el límite de velocidad, instalar puentes y señalizando la presencia de fauna, antes de los tramos identificados como hotspots.
In the past decade, we have been witnessing an unprecedented expansion of roads and other transpo... more In the past decade, we have been witnessing an unprecedented expansion of roads and other transportation infrastructure, especially in developing countries in South America and southeastern Asia. However, comprehensive information on roadkills is not available for many countries. Mammalian carnivores are especially vulnerable to roadkill events due to their relatively large body size, high dispersion capacity, and low density. In this way, we analysed the spatial patterns of roadkills of four medium-sized carnivorous mammals, including two threatened species (the crab-eating fox, Cerdocyon thous; the maned wolf, Chrysocyon brachyurus; the ocelot, Leopardus pardalis and the jaguarundi, Herpailurus yagouaroundi), at a high-traffic road immersed in the Atlantic Forest biome, a globally recognized biodiversity hotspot. We aimed at identifying whether roadkills were spatially clustered forming hotspots and analysed which landscape characteristics (percentage of urban areas, forest cover, herbaceous cover, crop fields, and proximity to water bodies) explained roadkill distribution over 12 years. Roadkills were concentrated in two areas of the BR-040 highway and were associated with areas with high percentage of herbaceous vegetation (except for the crab-eating fox). Overall, species avoided altered areas such as crop fields and urban areas, and only the ocelot had roadkills directly associated with continuous forest areas. The present study demonstrates the importance of long-term monitoring programs in evaluating the pattern of roadkills in a complex landscape and, for the first time, we were able to identify areas with a high probability of roadkill for two felid species, the ocelot and the jaguarundi.
In the past decade, we have been witnessing an unprecedented expansion of roads and other transpo... more In the past decade, we have been witnessing an unprecedented expansion of roads and other transportation infrastructure, especially in developing countries in South America and southeastern Asia. However, comprehensive information on roadkills is not available for many countries. Mammalian carnivores are especially vulnerable to roadkill events due to their relatively large body size, high dispersion capacity, and low density. In this way, we analysed the spatial patterns of roadkills of four medium-sized carnivorous mammals, including two threatened species (the crab-eating fox, Cerdocyon thous; the maned wolf, Chrysocyon brachyurus; the ocelot, Leopardus pardalis and the jaguarundi, Herpailurus yagouaroundi), at a high-traffic road immersed in the Atlantic Forest biome, a globally recognized biodiversity hotspot. We aimed at identifying whether roadkills were spatially clustered forming hotspots and analysed which landscape characteristics (percentage of urban areas, forest cover, herbaceous cover, crop fields, and proximity to water bodies) explained roadkill distribution over 12 years. Roadkills were concentrated in two areas of the BR-040 highway and were associated with areas with high percentage of herbaceous vegetation (except for the crab-eating fox). Overall, species avoided altered areas such as crop fields and urban areas, and only the ocelot had roadkills directly associated with continuous forest areas. The present study demonstrates the importance of long-term monitoring programs in evaluating the pattern of roadkills in a complex landscape and, for the first time, we were able to identify areas with a high probability of roadkill for two felid species, the ocelot and the jaguarundi.
Wild animals infected with Paracoccidioides brasiliensis represent important indicators of this f... more Wild animals infected with Paracoccidioides brasiliensis represent important indicators of this fungal agent presence in the environment. The detection of this pathogen in road-killed wild animals has shown to be a key strategy for eco-epidemiological surveillance of paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM), helping to map hot spots for human infection. Molecular detection of P. brasiliensis in wild animals from PCM outbreak areas has not been performed so far. The authors investigated the presence of P. brasiliensis through nested-PCR in tissue samples obtained from road-killed animals collected nearby a human PCM outbreak spot, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil and border areas. Eighteen species of mammals were analyzed: Dasypus novemcinctus (nine-banded armadillo, n = 6), Cerdocyon thous (crab-eating fox, n = 4), Coendou spinosus (hairy dwarf porcupine, n = 2), Lontra longicaudis (Neotropical river otter, n = 1), Procyon cancrivorus (crab-eating raccoon, n = 1), Galactis cuja (lesser grison, n = ...
A distribuicao de Galictis cuja abrange varios paises da America do Sul, incluindo o Brasil, onde... more A distribuicao de Galictis cuja abrange varios paises da America do Sul, incluindo o Brasil, onde habita a Mata Atlântica, parte da Caatinga e parte do Cerrado. Aqui, analisamos especimes de G. cuja de localidades nos estados brasileiros do Rio de Janeiro, Minas Gerais, Bahia e no Distrito Federal, a maioria deles encontrada atropelada em rodovias. A diversidade genetica foi estimada com base em sequencias de DNA do gene mitocondrial citocromo b (mt-cyb). A analise do mt-cyb identificou alta diversidade haplotipica, embora com baixa diversidade de nucleotideos, sugerindo que a populacao esta em expansao e confirmando a presenca de fluxo genico. O cariotipo de dois especimes de Galictis cuja mostrou que 2n = 38 e FNa = 66. Nossos dados mostraram que G. cuja e frequente nas areas de Mata Atlântica investigadas, sendo um mamifero comumente atropelado nas rodovias. Eles sugerem que G. cuja tem um papel como disseminador de parasitas zoonoticos.
Ants, an ecologically successful and numerically dominant group of animals, play key ecological r... more Ants, an ecologically successful and numerically dominant group of animals, play key ecological roles as soil engineers, predators, nutrient recyclers, and regulators of plant growth and reproduction in most terrestrial ecosystems. Further, ants are widely used as bioindicators of the ecological impact of land use. We gathered information of ant species in the Atlantic Forest of South America. The ATLANTIC ANTS data set-which is part of the ATLANTIC SERIES data papers-is a compilation of ant records from collections (18,713 records), unpublished data (29,651 records), and published sources (106,910 records; 1059 references), including papers, theses, dissertations, and book chapters published from 1886 to 2020. In total, the data set contains 153,818 ant records from 7,636 study locations in the Atlantic Forest, representing 10 subfamilies, 99 genera, 1,114 ant species identified with updated taxonomic certainty, and 2,235 morphospecies codes. Our data set reflects the heterogeneity in ant records, which include ants sampled at the beginning of the taxonomic history of myrmecology (the nineteenth and twentieth centuries) and more recent ant surveys designed to address specific questions in ecology and biology. The data set can be used by researchers to develop strategies to deal with different macroecological and regional-wide questions, focusing on assemblages, species occurrences and distribution patterns. Furthermore, the data can be used to assess the consequences of changes in land use in the Atlantic Forest on different ecological processes. No copyright restrictions apply to the use of this data set, but we request that authors cite this data paper when using these data in publications or teaching events.
Mortality from collision with vehicles is the most visible impact of road traffic on wildlife. Mo... more Mortality from collision with vehicles is the most visible impact of road traffic on wildlife. Mortality due to roads (hereafter road-kill) can affect the dynamic of populations of many species and can, therefore, increase the risk of local decline or extinction. This is especially true in Brazil, where plans for road network upgrading and expansion overlaps biodiversity hotspot areas, which are of high importance for global conservation. Researchers, conservationists and road planners face the challenge to define a national strategy for road mitigation and wildlife conservation. The main goal of this dataset is a compilation of geo-referenced road-kill data from published and unpublished road surveys. This is the first Data Paper in the BRAZIL series (see ATLANTIC, NEOTROPICAL, and BRAZIL collections of Data Papers published in Ecology), which aims make public road-kill data for species in the Brazilian Regions. The dataset encompasses road-kill records from 45 personal communicati...
We believe that in tropics we need a community approach to evaluate road impacts on wildlife, and... more We believe that in tropics we need a community approach to evaluate road impacts on wildlife, and thus, suggest mitigation measures for groups of species instead a focal-species approach. Understanding which landscape characteristics indicate road-kill events may also provide models that can be applied in other regions. We intend to evaluate if habitat or matrix is more relevant to predict road-kill events for a group of species. Our hypothesis is: more permeable matrix is the most relevant factor to explain road-kill events. To test this hypothesis, we chose vertebrates as the studied assemblage and a highway crossing in an Atlantic Forest region in southeastern Brazil as the study site. Logistic regression models were designed using presence/absence of road-kill events as dependent variables and landscape characteristics as independent variables, which were selected by Akaike’s Information Criterion. We considered a set of candidate models containing four types of simple regressio...
The Tijuca National Park contains a forest fragment of Atlantic Forest, inserted in the urban are... more The Tijuca National Park contains a forest fragment of Atlantic Forest, inserted in the urban area of Rio de Janeiro. The PARNA Tijuca is considered one of the largest urban forests in the world and has great significance for the conservation of nature. And over the years, it has become an important recreational area, sports and point of national and international tourist attraction. It also has cascades, waterfalls and numerous fountains / spouts, exerting a major attraction for attendees. The aim of this study was to analyze the water quality of the sources of the Tijuca National Park in the city of Rio de Janeiro / RJ. This study was conducted on 21 October 2015, before a prior authorization of SISBIO / number of ICMbio 50788-1 which were visited, 22 natural sources of which 3 were dry, with the possible sample of 19 water points in different locations the PARNA Tijuca. These samples were submitted to analysis of physical-chemical, radioactive and microbiological parameters. Of the 19 evaluated sources, 4 had suggestive growth fermenting bacteria lactose making them unfit for consumption and with respect to other parameters, all they presented according to the ordinance 2914/2011.
Revista brasileira de parasitologia veterinaria = Brazilian journal of veterinary parasitology : Orgao Oficial do Colegio Brasileiro de Parasitologia Veterinaria
The current study aimed to investigate the helminth parasites of a population of Galictis cuja (C... more The current study aimed to investigate the helminth parasites of a population of Galictis cuja (Carnivora, Mustelidae) that occur in Atlantic Forest in the Southeastern region of Brazil. We necropsied 18 specimens of G. cuja, collected between January 2009 and May 2014, ran over victims on BR-040 highway, between the municipalities of Duque de Caxias, state of Rio de Janeiro and Juiz de Fora, state of Minas Gerais, localities inserted in Atlantic rainforest Biome. A total of six species of helminths were identified: Dioctophyme renale, Molineus elegans, Physaloptera sp., Strongyloides sp., Platynosomum illiciens, and Pachysentis gethi. Molineus elegans, Physaloptera sp. and P. illiciens were recorded for the first time in this host. Data provided in the current study when compared to the previous reports of parasitism by helminths in G. cuja in Brazil demonstrate that this study is the most representative with this host species.
Several advancements have been made in conservative programs involving wildlife translocations an... more Several advancements have been made in conservative programs involving wildlife translocations and the assessment of potential disease transmission risk. Other circumstances, such as the vast number of species received at screening facilities from various regions, rescued after being hit by automobiles, taken by the public, or confiscated by authorities from illegal commerce, have raised the likelihood of zoonosis spreading, emergence, or reemergence. Aside from the notorious necessity of improving processes for managing wildlife, having access to as much information as possible regarding the incidence of dangerous illnesses on each species can be a very useful tool for reducing disease risk. The evolution of methods for wildlife translocations, especially involving mammals, was shown in this work. We also examined some characteristics of sylvatic animals as reservoir hosts of zoon-osis, and lastly, various tables were shown, listing a variety of mammals hosts and associated parasitic protozoa.
In Brazil, the number of animals killed by vehicle collision surpasses 475 millions/year, but the... more In Brazil, the number of animals killed by vehicle collision surpasses 475 millions/year, but the actual number may be even higher since roadkill data in the country is scarce and punctual. Using a standard protocol, the project Caminhos da Fauna monitored since 2006 the avifauna roadkill in the BR-040 (RJ/MG) highway, southeastern Brazil. Here, we present a checklist of the avifauna registered during the 10-year monitoring program, including the list of roadkills, indicating threatening status at regional, national, and global levels, and the number of records/species. We registered 1,317 individuals belonging to 180 species, 21 orders, and 48 families. Another 247 individuals could not be identified. For seven families roadkills were higher than 50 individuals: Thraupidae, Cuculidae, Strigidae, Tyrannidae, Psittacidae, Columbidae, and Turdidae. The most collected species were Crotophaga ani (n = 106; Cuculidae), followed by Psittacara leucophthalmus (n = 61; Psittacidae), Piaya cayana (n = 56; Cuculidae), and Asio clamator (n = 44; Strigidae). Five species were under threat: Penelope obscura, Primolius maracana, Pteroglossus bailloni, Ramphastos vitellinus, and Sicalis flaveola. Most species were geographically widespread, while other 13 (7.2%) were endemic. Given the considerable amount of data obtained, further efforts of the same motivation in other Brazilian roads and express transportation systems should be encouraged.
Roads and highways can work as barriers to the movement of many species, thereby preventing the i... more Roads and highways can work as barriers to the movement of many species, thereby preventing the individuals from accessing feeding and reproduction sites and the immediate risk of colliding wild species with vehicles. Identifying the impacts of roads on wildlife can contribute to the establishment of actions that promote conservation. In Brazil, data on collisions between bats and vehicles are scarce and underestimated in the literature. We described bat roadkill from 2008 to 2019 on a stretch of the BR-040 highway, which crosses an area of Atlantic Forest. Roadkill species were identified and the sites with high collision frequencies were characterized. A total of 923 individuals of 57 species and five families of chiropterans were identified. Frugivore bats showed the largest number of affected individuals, with Artibeus lituratus, a common species in the study region, with the highest number of roadkills. The diet and foraging behaviour were the most likely factors explaining most of the bats killed on the highway. The highest roadkill rate was documented in the fall, and the critical points located nearby the APA Petrópolis and REBIO of Tinguá, environmental protection areas. We reinforce the need to mitigate these roadkills, ensuring that road systems, which constitute municipal, state and federal highways, are built to prevent major disturbance of habitat and displacement routes of these species. We believe in the need for mitigations, and considering the various species involved, we suggest speed bumps construction reducing the speed limit, installing bridges, and signaling the presence of wildlife, before the stretches identified as hotspots. Los caminos y carreteras pueden funcionar como barreras para el movimiento de muchas especies, impidiendo así el acceso de los individuos a los sitios de alimentación y reproducción y el riesgo inmediato de colisión de especies silvestres con vehículos. Identificar los impactos de los caminos sobre la vida silvestre puede contribuir al establecimiento de acciones que promuevan la conservación. En Brasil, los datos sobre colisiones entre murciélagos y vehículos son escasos y subestimados en la literatura. Describimos murciélagos atropellados entre 2008 y 2019 en un tramo de la carretera BR-040, que atraviesa un área de Mata Atlántica. Se identificaron las especies de animales atropellados y se caracterizaron los sitios con alta frecuencia de colisión. Se identificaron un total de 923 individuos de 57 especies y cinco familias de quirópteros. Los murciélagos frugívoros mostraron el mayor número de individuos afectados, con Artibeus lituratus, una especie común en la región de estudio, con el mayor número de atropellamientos. La dieta y el comportamiento de búsqueda de alimento fueron los factores más probables que explicaron la mayoría de los murciélagos muertos en la carretera. La mayor tasa de atropellamientos se registró en otoño, y los puntos críticos se ubicaron en las cercanías de APA Petrópolis y REBIO de Tinguá, áreas de protección ambiental. Reforzamos la necesidad de mitigar estos atropellamientos, asegurando que los sistemas viales, que constituyen las carreteras municipales, estatales y federales, se construyan para evitar que se alteren el hábitat y las rutas de desplazamiento de estas especies. Creemos en la necesidad de mitigaciones y considerando las diversas especies involucradas. Sugerimos la construcción de topes para reducir el límite de velocidad, instalar puentes y señalizando la presencia de fauna, antes de los tramos identificados como hotspots.
In the past decade, we have been witnessing an unprecedented expansion of roads and other transpo... more In the past decade, we have been witnessing an unprecedented expansion of roads and other transportation infrastructure, especially in developing countries in South America and southeastern Asia. However, comprehensive information on roadkills is not available for many countries. Mammalian carnivores are especially vulnerable to roadkill events due to their relatively large body size, high dispersion capacity, and low density. In this way, we analysed the spatial patterns of roadkills of four medium-sized carnivorous mammals, including two threatened species (the crab-eating fox, Cerdocyon thous; the maned wolf, Chrysocyon brachyurus; the ocelot, Leopardus pardalis and the jaguarundi, Herpailurus yagouaroundi), at a high-traffic road immersed in the Atlantic Forest biome, a globally recognized biodiversity hotspot. We aimed at identifying whether roadkills were spatially clustered forming hotspots and analysed which landscape characteristics (percentage of urban areas, forest cover, herbaceous cover, crop fields, and proximity to water bodies) explained roadkill distribution over 12 years. Roadkills were concentrated in two areas of the BR-040 highway and were associated with areas with high percentage of herbaceous vegetation (except for the crab-eating fox). Overall, species avoided altered areas such as crop fields and urban areas, and only the ocelot had roadkills directly associated with continuous forest areas. The present study demonstrates the importance of long-term monitoring programs in evaluating the pattern of roadkills in a complex landscape and, for the first time, we were able to identify areas with a high probability of roadkill for two felid species, the ocelot and the jaguarundi.
In the past decade, we have been witnessing an unprecedented expansion of roads and other transpo... more In the past decade, we have been witnessing an unprecedented expansion of roads and other transportation infrastructure, especially in developing countries in South America and southeastern Asia. However, comprehensive information on roadkills is not available for many countries. Mammalian carnivores are especially vulnerable to roadkill events due to their relatively large body size, high dispersion capacity, and low density. In this way, we analysed the spatial patterns of roadkills of four medium-sized carnivorous mammals, including two threatened species (the crab-eating fox, Cerdocyon thous; the maned wolf, Chrysocyon brachyurus; the ocelot, Leopardus pardalis and the jaguarundi, Herpailurus yagouaroundi), at a high-traffic road immersed in the Atlantic Forest biome, a globally recognized biodiversity hotspot. We aimed at identifying whether roadkills were spatially clustered forming hotspots and analysed which landscape characteristics (percentage of urban areas, forest cover, herbaceous cover, crop fields, and proximity to water bodies) explained roadkill distribution over 12 years. Roadkills were concentrated in two areas of the BR-040 highway and were associated with areas with high percentage of herbaceous vegetation (except for the crab-eating fox). Overall, species avoided altered areas such as crop fields and urban areas, and only the ocelot had roadkills directly associated with continuous forest areas. The present study demonstrates the importance of long-term monitoring programs in evaluating the pattern of roadkills in a complex landscape and, for the first time, we were able to identify areas with a high probability of roadkill for two felid species, the ocelot and the jaguarundi.
Wild animals infected with Paracoccidioides brasiliensis represent important indicators of this f... more Wild animals infected with Paracoccidioides brasiliensis represent important indicators of this fungal agent presence in the environment. The detection of this pathogen in road-killed wild animals has shown to be a key strategy for eco-epidemiological surveillance of paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM), helping to map hot spots for human infection. Molecular detection of P. brasiliensis in wild animals from PCM outbreak areas has not been performed so far. The authors investigated the presence of P. brasiliensis through nested-PCR in tissue samples obtained from road-killed animals collected nearby a human PCM outbreak spot, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil and border areas. Eighteen species of mammals were analyzed: Dasypus novemcinctus (nine-banded armadillo, n = 6), Cerdocyon thous (crab-eating fox, n = 4), Coendou spinosus (hairy dwarf porcupine, n = 2), Lontra longicaudis (Neotropical river otter, n = 1), Procyon cancrivorus (crab-eating raccoon, n = 1), Galactis cuja (lesser grison, n = ...
A distribuicao de Galictis cuja abrange varios paises da America do Sul, incluindo o Brasil, onde... more A distribuicao de Galictis cuja abrange varios paises da America do Sul, incluindo o Brasil, onde habita a Mata Atlântica, parte da Caatinga e parte do Cerrado. Aqui, analisamos especimes de G. cuja de localidades nos estados brasileiros do Rio de Janeiro, Minas Gerais, Bahia e no Distrito Federal, a maioria deles encontrada atropelada em rodovias. A diversidade genetica foi estimada com base em sequencias de DNA do gene mitocondrial citocromo b (mt-cyb). A analise do mt-cyb identificou alta diversidade haplotipica, embora com baixa diversidade de nucleotideos, sugerindo que a populacao esta em expansao e confirmando a presenca de fluxo genico. O cariotipo de dois especimes de Galictis cuja mostrou que 2n = 38 e FNa = 66. Nossos dados mostraram que G. cuja e frequente nas areas de Mata Atlântica investigadas, sendo um mamifero comumente atropelado nas rodovias. Eles sugerem que G. cuja tem um papel como disseminador de parasitas zoonoticos.
Ants, an ecologically successful and numerically dominant group of animals, play key ecological r... more Ants, an ecologically successful and numerically dominant group of animals, play key ecological roles as soil engineers, predators, nutrient recyclers, and regulators of plant growth and reproduction in most terrestrial ecosystems. Further, ants are widely used as bioindicators of the ecological impact of land use. We gathered information of ant species in the Atlantic Forest of South America. The ATLANTIC ANTS data set-which is part of the ATLANTIC SERIES data papers-is a compilation of ant records from collections (18,713 records), unpublished data (29,651 records), and published sources (106,910 records; 1059 references), including papers, theses, dissertations, and book chapters published from 1886 to 2020. In total, the data set contains 153,818 ant records from 7,636 study locations in the Atlantic Forest, representing 10 subfamilies, 99 genera, 1,114 ant species identified with updated taxonomic certainty, and 2,235 morphospecies codes. Our data set reflects the heterogeneity in ant records, which include ants sampled at the beginning of the taxonomic history of myrmecology (the nineteenth and twentieth centuries) and more recent ant surveys designed to address specific questions in ecology and biology. The data set can be used by researchers to develop strategies to deal with different macroecological and regional-wide questions, focusing on assemblages, species occurrences and distribution patterns. Furthermore, the data can be used to assess the consequences of changes in land use in the Atlantic Forest on different ecological processes. No copyright restrictions apply to the use of this data set, but we request that authors cite this data paper when using these data in publications or teaching events.
Mortality from collision with vehicles is the most visible impact of road traffic on wildlife. Mo... more Mortality from collision with vehicles is the most visible impact of road traffic on wildlife. Mortality due to roads (hereafter road-kill) can affect the dynamic of populations of many species and can, therefore, increase the risk of local decline or extinction. This is especially true in Brazil, where plans for road network upgrading and expansion overlaps biodiversity hotspot areas, which are of high importance for global conservation. Researchers, conservationists and road planners face the challenge to define a national strategy for road mitigation and wildlife conservation. The main goal of this dataset is a compilation of geo-referenced road-kill data from published and unpublished road surveys. This is the first Data Paper in the BRAZIL series (see ATLANTIC, NEOTROPICAL, and BRAZIL collections of Data Papers published in Ecology), which aims make public road-kill data for species in the Brazilian Regions. The dataset encompasses road-kill records from 45 personal communicati...
We believe that in tropics we need a community approach to evaluate road impacts on wildlife, and... more We believe that in tropics we need a community approach to evaluate road impacts on wildlife, and thus, suggest mitigation measures for groups of species instead a focal-species approach. Understanding which landscape characteristics indicate road-kill events may also provide models that can be applied in other regions. We intend to evaluate if habitat or matrix is more relevant to predict road-kill events for a group of species. Our hypothesis is: more permeable matrix is the most relevant factor to explain road-kill events. To test this hypothesis, we chose vertebrates as the studied assemblage and a highway crossing in an Atlantic Forest region in southeastern Brazil as the study site. Logistic regression models were designed using presence/absence of road-kill events as dependent variables and landscape characteristics as independent variables, which were selected by Akaike’s Information Criterion. We considered a set of candidate models containing four types of simple regressio...
The Tijuca National Park contains a forest fragment of Atlantic Forest, inserted in the urban are... more The Tijuca National Park contains a forest fragment of Atlantic Forest, inserted in the urban area of Rio de Janeiro. The PARNA Tijuca is considered one of the largest urban forests in the world and has great significance for the conservation of nature. And over the years, it has become an important recreational area, sports and point of national and international tourist attraction. It also has cascades, waterfalls and numerous fountains / spouts, exerting a major attraction for attendees. The aim of this study was to analyze the water quality of the sources of the Tijuca National Park in the city of Rio de Janeiro / RJ. This study was conducted on 21 October 2015, before a prior authorization of SISBIO / number of ICMbio 50788-1 which were visited, 22 natural sources of which 3 were dry, with the possible sample of 19 water points in different locations the PARNA Tijuca. These samples were submitted to analysis of physical-chemical, radioactive and microbiological parameters. Of the 19 evaluated sources, 4 had suggestive growth fermenting bacteria lactose making them unfit for consumption and with respect to other parameters, all they presented according to the ordinance 2914/2011.
Revista brasileira de parasitologia veterinaria = Brazilian journal of veterinary parasitology : Orgao Oficial do Colegio Brasileiro de Parasitologia Veterinaria
The current study aimed to investigate the helminth parasites of a population of Galictis cuja (C... more The current study aimed to investigate the helminth parasites of a population of Galictis cuja (Carnivora, Mustelidae) that occur in Atlantic Forest in the Southeastern region of Brazil. We necropsied 18 specimens of G. cuja, collected between January 2009 and May 2014, ran over victims on BR-040 highway, between the municipalities of Duque de Caxias, state of Rio de Janeiro and Juiz de Fora, state of Minas Gerais, localities inserted in Atlantic rainforest Biome. A total of six species of helminths were identified: Dioctophyme renale, Molineus elegans, Physaloptera sp., Strongyloides sp., Platynosomum illiciens, and Pachysentis gethi. Molineus elegans, Physaloptera sp. and P. illiciens were recorded for the first time in this host. Data provided in the current study when compared to the previous reports of parasitism by helminths in G. cuja in Brazil demonstrate that this study is the most representative with this host species.
TEMA Quirópteros PALAVRAS_CHAVE Morcegos; monitoramento; atropelamento; Brasil. OBJETIVO O objeti... more TEMA Quirópteros PALAVRAS_CHAVE Morcegos; monitoramento; atropelamento; Brasil. OBJETIVO O objetivo deste trabalho é apresentar uma compilação dos registros de atropelamentos de morcegos no Brasil. METODOLOGIA Três fontes foram utilizadas no levantamento das espécies de morcegos e o impacto das rodovias: (i) fontes bibliográficas, (ii) consulta a coleções zoológicas (Museu Nacional do Rio de Janeiro, Coleção Adriano Lúcio Peracchi da Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro (UFRRJ) e a coleção do Laboratório de Diversidade de Morcegos da UFRRJ) e (iii) relatos anedóticos dos autores coligidos durante consultorias e monitoramentos. RESULTADOS Registramos 89 óbitos em 16 diferentes estradas, pavimentadas ou em leito natural em todas as regiões brasileiras. Obtivemos 21 espécies distribuídas em quatro diferentes famílias, sendo Phyllostomidae a mais representativa, com 63 registros (71,5%), dos quais o gênero Artibeus corresponde a 18 (22,7%). Não foi observada relação entre a biomassa média das espécies e o número de registros (r2=0,066, F=1,273, p=0,274, N=20),
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= 44; Strigidae). Five species were under threat: Penelope obscura, Primolius maracana, Pteroglossus bailloni, Ramphastos vitellinus, and Sicalis flaveola. Most species were geographically widespread, while other 13 (7.2%) were endemic. Given the considerable amount of data obtained, further efforts of the same motivation in other Brazilian roads and express transportation systems should be encouraged.
= 44; Strigidae). Five species were under threat: Penelope obscura, Primolius maracana, Pteroglossus bailloni, Ramphastos vitellinus, and Sicalis flaveola. Most species were geographically widespread, while other 13 (7.2%) were endemic. Given the considerable amount of data obtained, further efforts of the same motivation in other Brazilian roads and express transportation systems should be encouraged.