Densidade, seleção de micro-habitat e distribuição de Phylloscartes eximius (Aves: Tyrannidae)

• Autor(a) principal: Tonetti, Vinicius Rodrigues [UNESP]
• Data de Publicação: 2015
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UNESP
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/11449/134130
• topic: Birds; Ave; Conservação biológica; Nicho (Ecologia); Mata Atlântica; Parque Estadual da Cantareira (São Paulo, SP)

Basic information about the biology of the taxa is scarce, even for endangered ones, which hinders the development of conservation strategies. Data on population density and size are among the most important for the conservation of birds. The Southern Bristle-Tyrant (Phylloscartes eximius) is a passerine bird endemic to the Atlantic Forest and its main threat is habitat loss and fragmentation. Its populations are apparently declining, what put it in the Near Threatened global threat category. However, up to date, no systematic study involving its demography has been conducted. Thus, the aim of this chapter was to estimate its density and population size at the Cantareira State Park (CSP), a stronghold for the species at São Paulo State. A hundred fixed sampling points were established within 100 m buffers created around all the CSP trails. During sampling, the distance between the observer and the birds were measured or estimated and, with the help of software DISTANCE 6.2, statistical models were created and fitted to the sampled distances. Between May and December 2014, 46 detections of the species were obtained in 600 points, sampling six times each one of the 100 points, this resulted in estimated values of 12.7 individuals/ km² and abundance of 967 individuals in the CSP. This density value is considered low when compared to other species of the genus (P. kronei; 208 indivíduos/km²), as well as other insectivorous passerines of the Atlantic Forest. As a conservation strategy, studies on the density and demographic structure of the species should be performed at other places of occurrence, and these information must be associated with long-term monitoring of the species