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“ Second growth as habitat to nocturnal birds: comparing occurrence between primary forest and disturbed environments ". Mônica Sberze Ribas Gonçalo Ferraz Mario Cohn-Haft. Future second growth sites?. Amazon deforestation. Fearnside , unp. data. Impacts of deforestation on forest species.
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“Second growth as habitat to nocturnal birds: comparing occurrence between primary forest and disturbed environments" Mônica Sberze Ribas Gonçalo Ferraz Mario Cohn-Haft
Future second growth sites? • Amazon deforestation Fearnside, unp. data
Impacts of deforestation on forest species www.seppo.net
Increase in second growth area • Wright e Muller Landau 2006
Objective • Compare the occupancy of primary forest and second growth sites by nocturnal birds.
Focal species Nyctibiidae Nyctibiusgriseus Nyctibiusleucopterus Caprimulgidae Nyctidromusalbicollis Caprimulgusnigrescens Strigidae Glaucidiumharhyi Lophostrixcristata Cohn-Haft et al. 1997
Analysis that incorporate reality of the sampling process • Estimate occupancy (Ψ) accounting for imperfect detection (p) Likelihood approach: What is the probability of obtaining a line of data given a model? 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 • Co-variables – logit (Ψ) = β0 + β1cap Mackenzie et al. 2002, Hines 2004
Nyctibiidae pair – comparison between primary forest and second growth
Is second growth suitable for forest species? • Expected (G. hardyi, M. watsonii, N. griseus, N. leucopterus, N. albicollis) • Surprises (L. cristata, P. perspicillata, C. nigrescens e N. bracteatus) • What exactly are they doing there?
Aknowledgments • Rita Mesquita • Ajudantes de campo