ARTIFICIAL PERCHES FOR ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION: CONTRIBUTIONS OF BRAZILIAN UNIVERSITIES

Authors

  • Huilquer Francisco Vogel Colegiado de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual do Paraná-campus União da Vitória. Praça Coronel Amazonas, s/n. CEP: 84600-000, União da Vitória, Paraná. 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

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17765/2176-9168.2018v11n1p143-160

Keywords:

Nucleation, Avian fauna, Seed rain

Abstract

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.

Author Biographies

Huilquer Francisco Vogel, Colegiado de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual do Paraná-campus União da Vitória. Praça Coronel Amazonas, s/n. CEP: 84600-000, União da Vitória, Paraná.

Doutor em Ciências Ambientais, docente permanente do curso de Ciências Biológicas da Universidade Estadual do Paraná – UNESPAR, Brasil

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.

Downloads

Published

2018-03-29

How to Cite

Vogel, H. F., Weiwanko, A. P., & Zocche, J. J. (2018). ARTIFICIAL PERCHES FOR ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION: CONTRIBUTIONS OF BRAZILIAN UNIVERSITIES. Revista Em Agronegócio E Meio Ambiente, 11(1), 143–160. https://doi.org/10.17765/2176-9168.2018v11n1p143-160

Issue

Section

Environment