Bird Conservation in Brazil

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Rapid avifaunal collapse along the Amazonian deforestation frontier (2006, background): “The Brazilian Amazon retains at least 1300 resident bird species, of which 263 species are endemic and 20 are threatened (Mittermeier et al., 1999; Marini and Garcia, 2005).”
Effects of habitat degradation on the abundance, richness and diversity of raptors across Neotropical biomes (2009, background): “Considered a biodiversity hotspot containing most of Brazil’s threatened species (Myers et al., 2000; Marini and García, 2005), the largest part of this original formation is currently restricted to Argentina (Holz andPlacci, 2003),wheredisperseurbanization, subsistence agriculture and monospecific ”
The live bird trade in Brazil and its conservation implications: an overview (2012, background): “Illegal trade in animals is the greatest threat to the Brazilian wild fauna after habitat loss and subsistence hunting (Redford 1992, Rocha 1995, Marini and Garcia 2005).”
Relative effects of fragment size and connectivity on bird community in the Atlantic Rain Forest: Implications for conservation (2008, background): “Birds are one of the most studied taxonomic group in the Atlantic Rain Forest (Brooks and Balmford, 1996; Goerck, 1997; Marini and Garcia, 2005).”