Biodiversity in Agricultural Landscapes of Southeastern Brazil

Open Access Published by De Gruyter Open Poland 2016

Biodiversity in Agricultural Landscapes of Southeastern Brazil

Edited by: Carla Gheler-Costa , Maria Carolina Lyra-Jorge and Luciano Martins Verdade

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110480849

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About this book

The state of São Paulo, Brazil, is one of the most densely populated and developed areas in South America. Such development is evident both in terms of industrialization and urbanization, as well as in agriculture, which is heavily based on sugar cane, Eucalyptus plantations and livestock. This intense land use has resulted in great alteration of the original land cover and fragmentation of natural ecosystems. For these reasons, it is almost a paradox that jaguar, a species that requires large areas of pristine forest to exist, is still found in some parts of the state of São Paulo. It is possible that wild animals could leave in coexistence with intense land use, or is it the case that such rare encounters with large wild animals in São Paulo will disappear in the near future?
All ecologists are aware of the problems of habitat changes caused by humans, but it was not until recent years that researchers started to consider that the land used for production could also serve as an important habitat for many different kinds of wild species. This book is about this new approach to conservation. It also highlights the important role that sciences could and should have in this discussion in order to better understand the problems and propose possible solutions.

Biodiversity, Agroecosystems, Brazil

Author / Editor information

Carla Gheler-Costa – PhD, Applied Ecology
Maria Carolina Lyra-Jorge – PhD, Ecology
Luciano Martins Verdade – PhD, Wildlife Management

Topics

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Contents Open Access Download PDF	V
Preface Open Access Download PDF	XIV
List of Contributors Open Access Download PDF	XVI
Part I: Human Dimensions
1. The Multiple Facets of Agricultural Landscapes Luciano M. Verdade, Carla Gheler-Costa and Maria Carolina Lyra-Jorge Open Access Download PDF	2
2. The Role of Family Farms in Environmental Conservation in Agricultural Landscapes Fábio Henrique Comin and Carla Gheler-Costa Open Access Download PDF	14
3. Agribusiness and Socioeconomic Drivers of Land Cover Change in Brazil Alexandre Toshiro Igari and Leandro Reverberi Tambosi Open Access Download PDF	28
4. Dealing with Fragmentation and Road Effects in Highly Degraded and Heterogeneous Landscapes Milton Cezar Ribeiro, Renata de Lara Muylaert, Pavel Dodonov, Giordano Ciocheti, Marcelo Magioli, Felipe Martello, Alessandro Rocha, Bruno Defane Borges, Carolina Carvalho, Claudia Zukeran Kanda and Karen G. Rodriguez-Castro Open Access Download PDF	43
Part II: Biodiversity Dimensions
5. Exploring Diversity of Soil Microorganisms: A Multidimensional Approach Dennis Goss-Souza, Clovis Daniel Borges, Lucas William Mendes, Acacio Aparecido Navarrete, Dilmar Baretta and Tsai Siu Mui Open Access Download PDF	66
6. The Value of Agricultural Landscape for Tropical Trees Eduardo A. Athayde, Leonardo F. Cancian and Leonor Patricia C. Morellato Open Access Download PDF	87
7. Changes in Species and Genetic Diversity of Crops in Agricultural Systems, with an Emphasis on the State of São Paulo Giancarlo Conde Xavier Oliveira Open Access Download PDF	112
8. Biodiversity Conservation of Forests and their Ecological Restoration in Highly-modified Landscapes Cristina Yuri Vidal, Julia Raquel Mangueira, Fabiano Turini Farah, Débora Cristina Rother and Ricardo Ribeiro Rodrigues Open Access Download PDF	136
9. Freshwater Turtles in Natural, Rural and Urban Ecosystems in São Paulo State, Southeastern Brazil Flavio de Barros Molina, Bruno de Oliveira Ferronato and Franco Leandro de Souza Open Access Download PDF	151
10. Fish Parasites and their Use as Environmental Research Indicators Rodney Kozlowiski de Azevedo and Vanessa Doro Abdallah Open Access Download PDF	163
11. Capybaras (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) in Anthropogenic Environments: Challenges and Conflicts Alex Augusto de Abreu Bovo, Katia Maria P. M. B. Ferraz, Luciano M. Verdade and José Roberto Moreira Open Access Download PDF	178
12. The Influence of Agricultural and Forest Landscapes on the Diversity of Lepidoptera Karina L. Silva-Brandão, Danilo Bandini Ribeiro, Mariana Monteiro de Brito, Alberto José Arab Olavarrieta and André V. L. Freitas Open Access Download PDF	190
13. Stream Fish Diversity in an Agricultural Landscape of Southeastern Brazil Pedro Gerhard and Luciano M. Verdade Open Access Download PDF	206
Part III: Case Studies
14. Patterns of Leaf-litter Amphibian Diversity in a Silvicultural Landscape of Southeastern Brazil Paula C. Lopes, Thiago S. Marques, Paula S. Martin, Carla Gheler- Costa and Luciano M. Verdade Open Access Download PDF	226
15. Bird Diversity in Relation to Land Use in Agricultural Landscapes of Southeastern Brazil Marli Penteado, Carlos Yamashita, Thiago S. Marques and Luciano M. Verdade Open Access Download PDF	243
16. Howler Monkeys in an Urban Brazilian Forest: Ecology and Daily Feeding Patterns Maria Cecília Lunardelli, Maria Carolina Lyra-Jorge and Carla Gheler-Costa Open Access Download PDF	269
17. Wildlife and Landscape Geometry in Silvicultural Landscapes Thiago P. de C. e Timo, Júlio César Costa, Carla Gheler-Costa, Maria Carolina Lyra-Jorge, Mariana R. Urbano and Luciano M. Verdade Open Access Download PDF	293
List of Figures Open Access Download PDF	328
List of Tables Open Access Download PDF	332
Index Open Access Download PDF	334

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter Open Poland
Audience: Professionals from the fileds of biology, ecology, agronomy; nature conservationists; wildlife managers
Pages
- Main content: 366
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 26
- Coloured Illustrations: 26
- Tables: 36
Keywords: biodiversity; agroecosystems; Brazil

eBook

Published: April 11, 2016
ISBN: 9783110480849

Hardcover

Published: April 25, 2016
ISBN: 9783110480832