Understory bird community from Wildlife Protected Areas of the Quedas do Rio Bonito Ecological Park / Comunidade de aves de sub-bosque do Parque Ecológico Quedas do Rio Bonito

The bird diversity is threatened and many studies have focused on preservation and conservation efforts. For example, few public Wildlife Protected Areas are created, which increase the requirement for private initiatives to support the conservation challenge. The Quedas do Rio Bonito Ecological Park is a private protected areas located in the south of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Here, we present the median richness (54 bird species, 20 families and seven orders) of this protected area in relation to other studies in southeastern Brazil, as well as seasonal variations, similarities between areas and the estimation of understory stratum richness. Therefore, this article presents arguments to support future studies, since knowledge about the community in different areas is primordial to Biological Conservation projects.

A diversidade de aves está ameaçada e muitos estudos têm se concentrado em esforços de preservação e conservação. No entanto, poucas áreas protegidas públicas de vida selvagem são criadas, o que aumenta a necessidade de iniciativas privadas para apoiar o desafio da conservação. O Parque Ecológico Quedas do Rio Bonito é uma dessas áreas privadas protegidas localizada no sul de Minas Gerais, Brasil. Aqui, apresentamos a riqueza mediana (54 espécies, 20 famílias alocadas em sete ordens) desta área protegida em relação a outros estudos no sudeste do Brasil, bem como foram observadas variações sazonais, semelhanças entre áreas e a estimativa de riqueza do estrato do subbosque. Portanto, este artigo apresenta argumentos para auxiliar futuros estudos, uma vez que o conhecimento sobre a comunidade em diferentes áreas é primordial para projetos de Conservação Biológica.

Understory bird community from Wildlife Protected Areas of the Quedas do Rio Bonito Ecological Park / Comunidade de aves de sub-bosque do Parque Ecológico Quedas do Rio Bonito

The bird diversity is threatened and many studies have focused on preservation and conservation efforts. For example, few public Wildlife Protected Areas are created, which increase the requirement for private initiatives to support the conservation challenge. The Quedas do Rio Bonito Ecological Park is a private protected areas located in the south of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Here, we present the median richness (54 bird species, 20 families and seven orders) of this protected area in relation to other studies in southeastern Brazil, as well as seasonal variations, similarities between areas and the estimation of understory stratum richness. Therefore, this article presents arguments to support future studies, since knowledge about the community in different areas is primordial to Biological Conservation projects.(AU)

A diversidade de aves está ameaçada e muitos estudos têm se concentrado em esforços de preservação e conservação. No entanto, poucas áreas protegidas públicas de vida selvagem são criadas, o que aumenta a necessidade de iniciativas privadas para apoiar o desafio da conservação. O Parque Ecológico Quedas do Rio Bonito é uma dessas áreas privadas protegidas localizada no sul de Minas Gerais, Brasil. Aqui, apresentamos a riqueza mediana (54 espécies, 20 famílias alocadas em sete ordens) desta área protegida em relação a outros estudos no sudeste do Brasil, bem como foram observadas variações sazonais, semelhanças entre áreas e a estimativa de riqueza do estrato do subbosque. Portanto, este artigo apresenta argumentos para auxiliar futuros estudos, uma vez que o conhecimento sobre a comunidade em diferentes áreas é primordial para projetos de Conservação Biológica.(AU)

Successful pregnancy in a CKD patient on a low-protein, supplemented diet: an opportunity to reflect on CKD and pregnancy in Mexico, an emerging country.

Pregnancy is probably the most important challenge in young women with chronic kidney disease (CKD). The challenge is greater in developing countries, in which access to dialysis is uneven, and prenatal care for CKD patients is not uniformly available. This case report summarizes some of the challenges faced by pregnant CKD women in a developing country. A 35-year-old woman, affected by an undiagnosed kidney disease, experienced preeclampsia at 24 years of age, and started dialysis in emergency at age 31 in the context of severe preeclampsia in her second pregnancy. Following slow recovery of kidney function, after 18 months of dialysis she started a moderately restricted, supplemented, low-protein diet, which allowed her to discontinue dialysis. A few months after dialysis discontinuation, she started a new pregnancy in the presence of severely reduced kidney function (serum creatinine 4.6 mg/dl at the last pre-pregnancy control). Interestingly, she discontinued nephrology and nutritional follow-up, mainly because she was worried that she would be discouraged from continuing the pregnancy, but also because she continued to feel well. She self-managed her diet in pregnancy and delivered a healthy baby, with normal intrauterine growth, at term; while the last laboratory data confirmed the presence of severe kidney function impairment, she is still dialysis-free at the time of the present report. Her story, with its happy ending, underlines the importance of dedicated programs for CKD pregnancies in developing countries and confirms the safety of moderately protein-restricted diets in pregnancy.