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
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 Cohn-Haft et al Nyctibiidae Nyctibius griseus Nyctibius leucopterus Strigidae Glaucidium harhyi Lophostrix cristata Caprimulgidae Nyctidromus albicollis Caprimulgus nigrescens
Study area
Sampling points
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? Co-variables – logit (Ψ) = β0 + β1cap Mackenzie et al. 2002, Hines 2004
Co-variables incorporated to the models Null ModelAlternative models Ψ(.)p(.) Ψ(SG)p(.) Ψ(SG)p(dry season) Ψ(SG)p(moon height) Ψ(SG)p(dry season + moon height) Ψ(.)p(dry season) Ψ(.)p(moon height) Ψ(.)p(dry season + moon height)
Influence of second growth in occupancy
Caprimulgidae and Strigidae pairs
Nyctibiidae pair – comparison between primary forest and second growth
Nyctibiidae pair – second growth modeling occurrence
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