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Abstract: Despite their negative environmental impacts, human-modified environments such as agricultural and urban landscapes can have a relevant role on biodiversity conservation as complements of protected areas. Such anthropized landscapes may have endangered, valuable, and nuisance species, although most of them do not fit in any of these categories. Therefore, in such environments we must deal with the same decision-making process concerning the same possible interventions proposed by Caughley (1994) to wildlife management, which are related to biological conservation, sustainable use, control/coexistence, and monitoring. Such decision-making process should be based on good science and good governance. On such context, the first step should be to implement multifunctional landscapes, which keep their primary mission of human use, but incorporate a second but fundamental mission of biological conservation. In this study we present a summary of the research carried out at the Biota Program of Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP) in this field since the late 1990's and propose priorities for biodiversity research and governance in multifunctional landscapes for the near future.
Resumo Apesar de seus impactos ambientais negativos, ambientes modificados pelo homem, como paisagens agrícolas e urbanas, podem ter um papel relevante na conservação da biodiversidade como complementos de áreas protegidas. Tais paisagens antropizadas podem ter espécies ameaçadas, valiosas e incômodas, embora a maioria delas não se enquadre em nenhuma dessas categorias. Portanto, em tais ambientes devemos lidar com o mesmo processo de tomada de decisão sobre as mesmas possíveis intervenções propostas por Caughley (1994) para o manejo da vida selvagem, que estão relacionadas à conservação biológica, uso sustentável, controle/coexistência e monitoramento. Esse processo de tomada de decisão deve ser baseado em boa ciência e boa governança. Neste contexto, o primeiro passo deverá ser a implementação de paisagens multifuncionais, que mantenham a sua missão primordial de uso humano, mas que incorporem uma segunda, mas fundamental missão de conservação biológica. Neste estudo apresentamos um resumo das pesquisas realizadas no Programa Biota da Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP) neste campo desde o final da década de 1990 e propomos prioridades para pesquisa e governança da biodiversidade em paisagens multifuncionais para o futuro próximo.
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Abstract:Roads immersed in conservation areas will increase in number, size, and traffic over the next decade, and thus, understanding their effects on forest-dependent wildlife is crucial for improving current management practices and reducing the negative impacts of roads on sensitive species. We examined the influence of route 32 (a.k.a. Guápiles Highway) on temporal and spatial changes in the structure of the avifauna of Braulio Carrillo National Park, Costa Rica, a site crossed by this road along 25 km. The highway connects the capital city of San José with the Harbor of Limón in the Caribbean Sea (142 km). Although the road is narrow (12 m in width and comprised by two lanes along most of the route) it services over 1.5 million motor vehicles per year, 12 % are heavy trucks and trailers. We expected the highway to divide the avifauna, and thus to observe significant differences in species structure on opposite sides of the road. We described changes in bird diversity between wet and dry seasons at Las Palmas and Ceibo trails located on opposite sides of the highway (14 point counts per trail), and evaluated how abundance and diversity varied with road distance. Censuses took place during wet and dry seasons from 2002 to 2005. We listed 245 species and 6 035 observations during the 4-yr survey. Rare species dominated the avifauna (65 % of species < 5 observations), and species overlap between trails was high (Sorensen= 71 %; Morisita= 0.96). Species accumulation curves varied little among trails, yielding 190 species. Resident species represented 70 % of observations, followed by elevational (15 %) and long-distance migrants (1-2 %). Understory species were the most abundant (60 %) followed by canopy birds (30 %). Species turnover rate was 55 % between seasons, but species composition between trails remained homogeneous. Overall, birds were avoiding the road (abundance increased away from the road) although other diversity parameters (richness, dominance, Shannon index, and equitability) were not influenced by road proximity. Although the avifauna remained homogeneous on both sides of the road, which did not support the fragmentation hypothesis, the highway reduced the abundance and diversity of specialized understory insectivores associated with primary forests near the road. This highway will expand outside the National Park (from 2 to 4 lanes along 107 km from Río Frío to Limón) in the next years, which will increase traffic volume and road impacts within the Park. Roads are increasing across highly diverse tropical areas justifying the need for management practices based on the identification of sensitive groups. Rev. Biol. Trop. 64 (4): 1383-1399. Epub 2016 December 01.
Resumen:Las carreteras inmersas en áreas de conservación van a aumentar en número, tamaño, y volumen de tráfico en la próxima década, por lo que comprender los efectos de las mismas sobre la fauna dependiente de bosque es crucial para mejorar las prácticas de manejo y reducir los impactos negativos de los caminos sobre las especies más frágiles. Examinamos la influencia de la ruta 32 (conocida como la carretera a Guápiles) sobre los cambios temporales y espaciales en la estructura de la avifauna del Parque Nacional Braulio Carrillo, Costa Rica, el cual es atravesado por esta carretera a lo largo de 25 km. La carretera conecta la ciudad capital de San José con el puerto de Limón en el Caribe (142 km). Aunque la calle es estrecha (12 m de ancho en dos carriles en la mayor parte de la ruta) da servicio a más de 1.5 millones de vehículos por año, 12 % de los cuales es transporte pesado. Esperábamos que la carretera fragmentara a la avifauna, y por lo tanto que hubieran diferencias significativas en la estructura de las especies en lados opuestos de la ruta. Describimos los cambios en la diversidad de aves entre las estaciones secas y húmedas en los senderos Las Palmas y Ceibo situados en lados opuestos de la carretera (14 puntos de conteo por sendero), y evaluamos cómo la abundancia y la diversidad variaron con la distancia hacia la carretera. Los censos se realizaron durante las estaciones húmedas y secas desde el 2002 al 2005. Encontramos 245 especies y 6 035 observaciones durante el período de 4 años. Las especies raras dominaron la avifauna (65 % de las especies < 5 observaciones), y mostraron un alto traslape entre senderos (Sorensen= 71 %; Morisita= 0.96). Las curvas de acumulación de especies variaron poco entre senderos, generando 190 especies. Las especies residentes representaron el 70 % de las observaciones, seguidas migrantes de elevación (15 %) y especies migratorias latitudinales (1-2 %). Las especies de sotobos que fueron las más abundantes (60 %), seguidas por las aves de dosel (30 %). La tasa de recambio de especies fue del 55 % entre estaciones, pero la composición de especies entre senderos permaneció homogénea. El patrón general consistió en que las aves evitaron la carretera (la abundancia aumentó lejos de la carretera), aunque otros parámetros de diversidad (riqueza, dominancia, el índice de Shannon y la equidad) no fueron influenciados por la proximidad de la calle. Si bien los resultados no apoyaron la hipótesis de la fragmentación, la carretera redujo la abundancia y diversidad de insectívoros especializados de sotobosque asociados a bosque primario. Esta carretera se expandirá fuera del Parque Nacional (de 2 a 4 carriles a lo largo de 107 km de Río Frío a Limón) en los próximos años, lo que aumentará el impacto del volumen de tráfico dentro del parque. Las carreteras cercanas a zonas protegidas están aumentando en los trópicos, por lo que es crucial desarrollar alternativas de manejo basadas en la respuesta de los grupos sensibles a estos impactos.