Natureza & Conservação 9(1): July 2011

Brazilian Journal of Nature Conservation

ISSN 1679-0073

From the cover:

� e Pampas Deer (Ozotoceros bezoarticus) occupies a range of open habitats, in particular grassland areas and the Cerrado shrublands. � e photo was taken at the Emas National Park, one of the largest protected areas established in the Brazilian Cerrado. As most mammal species, it is threatened by habitat conversion to agriculture and cattle farming. Loyola et al. (p. 1-6) highlight major themes of applied conservation research pointing to recent advances in conservation science for mammals. Photo credit: Nathália Machado.

Natureza & Conservação / Associação Brasileira de Ciência Ecológica e Conservação (ABECO) – vol. 9, no. 1, (2011). São Carlos, SP: Editora Cubo, 2011. Brazilian Journal Nature Conservation

SemestralISSN 1679-0073

1. Ecologia. 2.Conservação da Natureza.

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Summary

Essays and Perspectives

Toward Innovative Integrated Approaches for the Conservation of MammalsRafael Dias Loyola, Eduardo Eizirik, Ricardo Bonfi m Machado,Ludmilla Moura de Souza Aguiar, Daniel Brito & Carlos Eduardo de Viveiros Grelle ......................................................... 1

The Geometry of Spatial Analyses: Implications for Conservation BiologistsVictor Lemes Landeiro & William Ernest Magnusson .......................................................................................................... 7

Plants, People, and the Conservation of Biodiversity of Potatoes in PeruGregory J. Scott ................................................................................................................................................................. 21

Research Letters

Anthropogenic Disturbance and Edge Eff ects on Anuran Assemblages Inhabiting Cloud Forest Fragments in Colombia

Paola Johanna Isaacs Cubides & José Nicolás Urbina Cardona ..................................................................................... 39

Is ex situ Conservation Suitable for Calligonum L.? A Research Program in Turpan Eremophyte Botanical Garden

Xiao Shan Kang, Bo Rong Pan, Shi Min Duan, Wei Shi & Yong Zhi Zhang ....................................................................... 47

Global Climate Change and the Production of “Pequi” Fruits (Caryocar brasiliense) in the Brazilian CerradoJoão Carlos Nabout, Gislene Oliveira, Mara Rúbia Magalhães,Levi Carina Terribile & Francisco Alberto Severo de Almeida ........................................................................................... 55

Small-sized Fish Assemblages Do not Diff er Between a Native and a Recently Established Non-indigenous Macrophyte in a Neotropical Ecosystem

Eduardo Ribeiro Cunha, Sidinei Magela Thomaz, Heloísa Beatriz Antoniazi Evangelista,Juliana Carniato, Camila Fernandes Souza & Rosemara Fugi .......................................................................................... 61

Biogeographic Distribution Patterns of South American Amphibians: A Regionalization Based on Cluster Analysis

Tiago da Silveira Vasconcelos, Miguel Ángel Rodríguez & Bradford Alan Hawkins ......................................................... 67

Identifi cation of Critical Areas for Mammal Conservation in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest Biosphere ReserveFábio Suzart de Albuquerque, Maria José Teixeira Assunção-Albuquerque,Lucía Gálvez-Bravo, Luis Cayuela, Marta Rueda & José María Rey Benayas .................................................................. 73

The Use of Non-reef Habitats by Brazilian Reef Fish Species: Considerations for the Design of Marine Protected Areas

Daniele Alves Vila-Nova, Mariana Gomes Bender, Alfredo Carvalho-Filho,Carlos Eduardo Leite Ferreira & Sergio Ricardo Floeter ................................................................................................... 79

Zooplankton Community Metrics as Indicators of Eutrophication in Urban LakesSara Lodi, Ludgero Cardoso Galli Vieira, Luiz Felipe Machado Velho,Cláudia Costa Bonecker, Priscilla de Carvalho & Luis Mauricio Bini ................................................................................ 87

Eff ect of Outdoor and Laboratorial Environment Science Activities on Middle School Students Understanding on Conservation

Ronaldo Angelini, Juliana Simião Ferreira, Cecília Santiago do Carmo Araújo & Adriana Rosa Carvalho ....................... 93

Diverse Responses of Exotic Birds to UrbanizationLawrence Edwin Conole .................................................................................................................................................... 99

Forum

Nós Realmente Precisamos de DNA Barcoding?Rosane Garcia Collevatti ................................................................................................................................................. 105

Conservação da Floresta com Araucária no Extremo Sul do BrasilMarcos Bergmann Carlucci, João André Jarenkow, Leandro da Silva Duarte & Valério De Patta Pillar ........................ 111

Avanços na Integração e Gerenciamento de Dados EcológicosDebora Pignatari Drucker ................................................................................................................................................ 115

Alterações no Código Florestal Brasileiro Favorecerão Espécies Não-Nativas de Peixes de Água DoceAndré Lincoln Barroso de Magalhães, Lilian Casatti & Jean Ricardo Simões Vitule ...................................................... 121

Ecologia Comportamental e Conservação: Uma Fraca Conexão?Lorenzo Roberto Sgobaro Zanette & Rogério Parentoni Martins ..................................................................................... 125

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