Plant succession, landscape management, and the ecology of frugivorous birds in abandoned Amazonian pastures

Conservation Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 491-503

  Da Silva, José Maria Cardoso ^a   Uhl, Christopher ^b,d   Murray, Gregory ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HOPE COLLEGE   (United States)

^d Inst Homem Meio Ambiente Amazonia   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRUGIVOROUS BIRD; LANDSCAPE MANAGEMENT; OLD FIELD; SUCCESSION;

BRAZIL, AMAZONIA; SOUTH AMERICA, AMAZONIA;

RAMPHOCELUS CARBO; TACHYPHONUS RUFUS; THRAUPIDAE; THRAUPIS EPISCOPUS;

EID: 0029777709     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1996.10020491.x     Document Type: Article

References (30)

1. Andrém, H., and A. Delin. 1994. Habitat selection in the Eurasian Red Squirrel, Sciurus vulgaris, in relation to forest fragments. Oikos 70:43-48.
2. Campbell, B. M., T. Lyman, and J. C. Hatton. 1990. Small-scale patterning in the recruitment of forest species during succession in tropical dry forest, Mozambique. Vegetatio 87:51-57.
3. Debussche, M., and P. Isenmann. 1994. Bird-dispersed seed rain and seedling establishment in patchy Mediterranean vegetation. Oikos 69:414-426.
4. Debussche, M., J. Escarre, and J. Lepard. 1982. Ornithochory and plant succession in mediterranean abandoned orchards. Vegetatio 48: 255-266.
5. de Almeida, O. T., and C. Uhl. 1995. Brazil's Rural Land Tax as a tool for stimulating productive and sustainable land uses in the Eastern Amazon. Land Use Policy 12:105-114.
6. di Castri, F., A. J. Hansen, and M. M. Holand, editors. 1988. A new look at ecotones. Biology International (special issue) 17:1-163.
7. Guevara, S., S. E. Purata, and E. Van Der Maarel. 1986. The role of remnant forest trees in tropical secondary succession. Vegetatio 66: 77-84.
8. Haney, J. C., and A. R. Solow. 1992. Testing for resource use and selection by marine birds. Journal of Field Ornithology 63:43-52.
9. Herrera, C. M., and P. Jordano. 1981. Prunus mahaleb and birds: The high efficiency seed dispersal system of a temperate fruiting tree. Ecological Monographs 51:203-218.
10. Martini, A. M. Z., N. de A. Rosa, and C. Uhl. 1994. An attempt to predict which Amazonia tree species may be threatened by logging activities. Environmental Conservation 21:152-162.
11. McClanahan, T. R., and R. W. Wolfe. 1987. Dispersal of ornithochorus seeds from forest edges in central Florida. Vegetatio 71:107-112.
12. McClanahan, T. R., and R. W. Wolfe. 1993. Accelerating forest succession in a fragmented landscape: the role of birds and perches. Conservation Biology 7:279-288.
13. McDonnell, J. M. 1986. Old field vegetation and the dispersal pattern of bird-disseminated woody plants. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 113:6-11.
14. McDonnell, J. M., and E. W. Stiles. 1983. The structural complexity of old field vegetation and the recruitment of bird-dispersed plant species. Oecologia 56:109-116.
15. Moermond, T. C., and J. L. Denslow. 1985. Neotropical avian frugivores: patterns of behavior, morphology, and nutrition, with consequences for fruit selection. Ornithological Monographs 36:865-897.
16. Nepstad, D., C. Uhl, and E. A. S. Serrão, 1991. Recuperation of a degraded Amazonian landscape: forest recovery and agricultural restoration. Ambio 20:248-255.
17. Nepstad, D. C., C. R. Carvalho, E. A. Davidson, P. Jipp, P. Lefebvre, G. H. Negreiros, E. D. Silva, T. A. Stone, S. Trumbore, and S. Vieira. 1995. The role of deep roots in the hydrologic and carbon cycles of Amazonian forests and pastures. Nature 372:666-699.
18. Neu, C. W., C. R. Byers and J. M. Peek. 1974. A technique for analysis of utilization-availability data. Journal of Wildlife Management 38: 541-545.
19. Novaes, F. C. 1969. Análise ecológica de uma avifauna da região do Rio Acará, Estado do Pará. Boletin 69. Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, n.s., Zoologia, Belém, Pará, Brazil.
20. Novaes, F. C. 1973. Aves de uma vegetação secundária na foz do Amazonas. Publ. Avuls. 21. Museu Goeldi, Belém, Pará, Brazil.
21. Pires, J. M., and G. T. Prance. 1985. Tipos de vegetação da Amazônia. Pages 179-202 in Publ. Avuls. 20. Museu Goeldi, Belém, Pará, Brazil.
22. Robinson, G. R., and S. N. Handel. 1993. Forest restoration on a closed landfill: rapid addition of new species by bird dispersal. Conservation Biology 7:271-278.
23. Serrão, E. A. S., and J. M. Toledo. 1990. The search for sustainability in Amazon pastures. Pages 195-214 in A. Anderson, editor. Alternatives to deforestation: Steps toward the sustainable uses of Amazon forests. Columbia University Press, New York.
24. Skole, D. L., W. H. Chomentowski, W. A. Salas, and A. D. Nobre. 1994. Physical and human dimensions of deforestation in Amazonia. Bioscience 44:314-323.
25. Uhl, C. 1988. Restoration of degraded lands in the Amazon basin. Pages 326-332 in E. O. Wilson, editor. Biodiversity. National Academy Press, Washington, D.C.
26. Uhl, C., R. Buschbacher, and E. A. S. Serrão. 1988. Abandoned pastures in eastern Amazonia. I. Patterns of plant succession. Journal of Ecology 76:663-681.
27. Uhl, C., D. Nepstad, I. C. Vieira, and J. M. C. Silva. 1991. Restauração da floresta em pastagens degradadas. Ciência Hoje 13:22-31.
28. Vieira, I. C., C. Uhl, and D. Nepstad. 1994. The role of the shrub Cordia multispicata Cham. as a 'succession faciliator' in an abandoned pasture, Paragominas, Amazonia. Vegetatio 115:91-99.
29. Wiens, J. A. 1992. Ecological flows across landscape boundaries: a conceptual overview. Pages 218-235 in A. J. Hansen and F. di Castri, editors. Landscape boundaries: consequences for biotic diversity and ecological flows. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
30. Wiens, J. A., C. S. Crawford, and J. R. Gosz. 1985. Boundary dynamics: a conceptual framework for studying landscape ecosystems. Oikos 45:421-427.