Temporal changes in bird communities in areas with different histories of fire disturbance in highland grasslands of Brazil.

ABSTRACT: Despite the importance and ubiquity of grasslands, the degradation and the loss of these habitats have negatively affected bird populations throughout the world. The use of fire to manage grassland areas in some regions of southern Brazil can help to maintain these areas but can also influence the bird community in different ways. We assessed temporal changes in richness, abundance, and composition of bird communities in areas with different histories of fire disturbance in highland grasslands of southern Brazil, the most extensive remnant of grassland of the Atlantic Forest domain. We censused birds during four breeding seasons (2015-2018), through point counts in areas burned only once in the last ten years (OF, n = 3), areas burned annually (AF, n = 2), and areas without fire in the las

SUBMITTER: Chiarani E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7710053 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature