The Atlantic Forest of South America: biodiversity status, threats and outlook

By E. Castro. Landscape Ecology, 2006

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Primates in Fragments (2013, unknown): “Primates 51:43–51 Boyle SA, Smith AT (2010b) Can landscape and species characteristics predict primate presence in forest fragments in the Brazilian Amazon? Biol Conserv 143:1134–1143 Boyle SA, Zartman CE, Spironello WR, Smith AT (2012) Implications of habitat fragmentation on the diet of bearded sa”
Selection of Nest Trees by Cavity‐nesting Birds in the Neotropical Atlantic Forest (2011, background): “More than 90 percent of the forest has been replaced by agricultural and urban areas (Morellato & Haddad 2000); remaining forest is mostly in small fragments (Ribeiro et al. 2009) and has a history of logging (Câmara 2003).”
Differential impact of landscape transformation on pumas (Puma concolor) and jaguars (Panthera onca) in the Upper Paraná Atlantic Forest (2011, background): “The Atlantic Forest originally was a continuous mass of forest that occupied eastern and southern Brazil, eastern Paraguay and the Misiones Province in Argentina (de Gusmão Câmara, 2003), and it is considered a hotspot for biodiversity and Neotropical carnivore conservation (Mittermeier et al., 20”
Conversion of the Atlantic Forest into native and exotic tree plantations: Effects on bird communities from the local and regional perspectives (2006, unknown): “The growing rate of conversion of the native forest into monoculture tree plantations for wood and pulp production is one of the major threats to the eco-region (Di Bitetti et al., 2003; Galindo-Leal and Câmara, 2003).”
Guest Editorial, part of a Special Feature on The influence of human demography and agriculture on natural systems in the Neotropics Globalization and Land-Use Transitions in Latin America (2008, background): “This wealth is in part the result of an unsustainable exploitation of global natural resources, particularly fossil fuels and the conversion of natural systems.”
A new genus and species of rodent from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest (Rodentia: Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae: Oryzomyini), with comments on oryzomyine biogeography (2011, background): “The Atlantic Forest harbours an impressive diversity of mammals, with nearly 250–260 species currently recognized in approximately 110 genera (Galindo-Leal & Gusmão-Câmara, 2003; Wilson & Reeder, 2005).”
The Brazilian Atlantic Forest: A Shrinking Biodiversity Hotspot (2011, methodology): “As a consequence, its biota is composed of both old (pre-Pliocene) and young (Pleistocene-Holocene) species (Silva and Casteleti 2003), which probably evolved within forest refuges that persisted in”
Forest fragmentation drives Atlantic forest of northeastern Brazil to biotic homogenization (2011, background): “The northern portion of the Atlantic forest region (Silva & Casteleti, 2003) is currently reduced to a small fraction of its original pre-Colombian extent with high levels of forest fragmentation going back to the 16th century (Galindo-Leal & Camara, 2003).”
Priority areas for the conservation of Atlantic forest large mammals (2009, background): “This forest biome once extended from 4 to 32 S, likely comprising the longest latitudinal gradient of tropical forests worldwide (Galindo-Leal and Câmara, 2003; Ribeiro et al. 2009).”