Biodiversity in Agricultural Landscapes of Southeastern Brazil / / Carla Gheler-Costa, Maria Carolina Lyra-Jorge, Luciano Martins Verdade.
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 inte...
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| Year of Publication: | 2016 |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- List of Contributors
- Part I: Human Dimensions
- 1. The Multiple Facets of Agricultural Landscapes / Verdade, Luciano M. / Gheler-Costa, Carla / Lyra-Jorge, Maria Carolina
- 2. The Role of Family Farms in Environmental Conservation in Agricultural Landscapes / Comin, Fábio Henrique / Gheler-Costa, Carla
- 3. Agribusiness and Socioeconomic Drivers of Land Cover Change in Brazil / Toshiro Igari, Alexandre / Reverberi Tambosi, Leandro
- 4. Dealing with Fragmentation and Road Effects in Highly Degraded and Heterogeneous Landscapes / Ribeiro, Milton Cezar / Muylaert, Renata de Lara / Dodonov, Pavel / Ciocheti, Giordano / Magioli, Marcelo / Martello, Felipe / Rocha, Alessandro / Defane Borges, Bruno / Carvalho, Carolina / Zukeran Kanda, Claudia / Rodriguez-Castro, Karen G.
- Part II: Biodiversity Dimensions
- 5. Exploring Diversity of Soil Microorganisms: A Multidimensional Approach / Goss-Souza, Dennis / Borges, Clovis Daniel / Mendes, Lucas William / Aparecido Navarrete, Acacio / Baretta, Dilmar / Siu Mui, Tsai
- 6. The Value of Agricultural Landscape for Tropical Trees / Athayde, Eduardo A. / Cancian, Leonardo F. / Morellato, Leonor Patricia C.
- 7. Changes in Species and Genetic Diversity of Crops in Agricultural Systems, with an Emphasis on the State of São Paulo / Conde Xavier Oliveira, Giancarlo
- 8. Biodiversity Conservation of Forests and their Ecological Restoration in Highly-modified Landscapes / Vidal, Cristina Yuri / Mangueira, Julia Raquel / Turini Farah, Fabiano / Rother, Débora Cristina / Ribeiro Rodrigues, Ricardo
- 9. Freshwater Turtles in Natural, Rural and Urban Ecosystems in São Paulo State, Southeastern Brazil / Barros Molina, Flavio de / Oliveira Ferronato, Bruno de / Souza, Franco Leandro de
- 10. Fish Parasites and their Use as Environmental Research Indicators / Azevedo, Rodney Kozlowiski de / Doro Abdallah, Vanessa
- 11. Capybaras (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) in Anthropogenic Environments: Challenges and Conflicts / Abreu Bovo, Alex Augusto de / Ferraz, Katia Maria P. M. B. / Verdade, Luciano M. / Moreira, José Roberto
- 12. The Influence of Agricultural and Forest Landscapes on the Diversity of Lepidoptera / Silva-Brandão, Karina L. / Bandini Ribeiro, Danilo / Monteiro de Brito, Mariana / Arab Olavarrieta, Alberto José / Freitas, André V. L.
- 13. Stream Fish Diversity in an Agricultural Landscape of Southeastern Brazil / Gerhard, Pedro / Verdade, Luciano M.
- Part III: Case Studies
- 14. Patterns of Leaf-litter Amphibian Diversity in a Silvicultural Landscape of Southeastern Brazil / Lopes, Paula C. / Marques, Thiago S. / Martin, Paula S. / Gheler- Costa, Carla / Verdade, Luciano M.
- 15. Bird Diversity in Relation to Land Use in Agricultural Landscapes of Southeastern Brazil / Penteado, Marli / Yamashita, Carlos / Marques, Thiago S. / Verdade, Luciano M.
- 16. Howler Monkeys in an Urban Brazilian Forest: Ecology and Daily Feeding Patterns / Lunardelli, Maria Cecília / Lyra-Jorge, Maria Carolina / Gheler-Costa, Carla
- 17. Wildlife and Landscape Geometry in Silvicultural Landscapes / Timo, Thiago P. de C. e / Costa, Júlio César / Gheler-Costa, Carla / Lyra-Jorge, Maria Carolina / Urbano, Mariana R. / Verdade, Luciano M.
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Index