ARTIFICIAL PERCHES FOR ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION: CONTRIBUTIONS OF BRAZILIAN UNIVERSITIES

  • Huilquer Francisco Vogel UEM http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3993-7824
  • Ana Paula Weiwanko Graduanda em Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual do Paraná, campus União da Vitória.
  • Jairo José Zocche Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Ambientais – PPG-CA Universidade do Extremo Sul Catarinense - UNESC Av. Universitária, 1105 – Bairro Universitário Criciúma - Santa Catarina CEP: 88806-000 - Caixa Postal 3167
Palavras-chave: Nucleação, Avifauna, Chuva de sementes

Resumo

The use of artificial perches as a nucleation technique is an alternative method of promoting the low-cost restoration of degraded environments in a short period of time. To better understand the results obtained from the use of artificial perches, this study aimed to: (1) quantify, (2) spatialize and (3) synthesize Brazilian academic literature concerning environmental restoration projects that used artificial perches. Twenty studies carried out between 1997 and 2014 were identified from several universities. Among them, 40% (n = 8) were undergraduate papers written at the end of the respective course, 35% (n = 7) constituted Master’s dissertations, 15% (n = 3) were Doctoral thesis, and 10% (n = 2) were monographs’ specialization. This research was distributed over four terrestrial Brazilian biomes, with 60% (n = 12) of the studies carried out in the Atlantic Rainforest biome and 20% (n = 4) in the Cerrado biome. The rate of publication was 1.17 per year, which demonstrates that studies on artificial perches in nucleation are scarce. Although most of the analyzed documents emphasized increased deposition of seeds under the perches, it is necessary to improve understanding of ecological filters in limiting the establishment of post-dispersal seedlings.

Biografia do Autor

Huilquer Francisco Vogel, UEM
Biólogo e Geógrafo Especialista em Geografia Mestre em Ciências Biológicas Doutorando em Ciências Ambientais
Ana Paula Weiwanko, Graduanda em Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual do Paraná, campus União da Vitória.
Licenciada em Ciências Biológicas na Universidade Estadual do Paraná – UNESPAR, Brasil.
Jairo José Zocche, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Ambientais – PPG-CA Universidade do Extremo Sul Catarinense - UNESC Av. Universitária, 1105 – Bairro Universitário Criciúma - Santa Catarina CEP: 88806-000 - Caixa Postal 3167
Pós-Doutor em Biologia da Conservação, docente permanente do Programa de Pós-graduação em Ciências Ambientais – PPG-CA da Universidade do Extremo Sul Catarinense – UNESC, Brasil.
Publicado
2018-03-29
Seção
Meio Ambiente