Vol 15, No 29 (2007)

BRAZILIAN JOURNAL OF ORNITHOLOGY VOLUME 15 (2)

Volume 15, number 2 - June 2007
Editor: Marco Aurélio Pizo
São Leopoldo, RS
Pages: 194

Table of Contents

Article

Diamantina Tapaculo, a new Scytalopus endemic to the Chapada Diamantina, northeastern Brazil (Passeriformes: Rhinocryptidae) PDF
Marcos Ricardo Bornschein, Giovanni Nachtigall Maurício, Ricardo Belmonte Lopes, Helena Mata, Sandro L. Bonatto 24
Environmental changes in Amazonia as evidenced by geological and paleontological data PDF
Dilce de Fátima Rossetti, Peter Mann de Toledo 14
The birds found the savannas of the Brazilian state of Roraima. PDF
Marcos Pérsio Dantas, José Maria Cardoso da Silva 19
Priority Areas for Conservation of Migratory and Resident Waterbirds on the Coast of Brazilian Amazonia PDF
Antonio Augusto Ferreira Rodrigues 10
Recovery potential of understory bird communities in Amazonian rainforest fragments PDF
Philip C. Stouffer, Richard O. Bierregaard, Jr. 11
Bird migration systems in Brazilian terrestrial habitats: examples, gaps of knowledge, and directions for future studies. PDF
Maria Alice Dos Santos Alves 8
Efficiency of the point count method in bird richness evaluation. PDF
Luiz dos Anjos 5
Comparative analysis of patterns of diversification in four genera of Neotropical Parrots (Aves; Psittacidae). PDF
Camila C. Ribas, Cristina Yumi Miyaki 8
Molecular evolution of β-fibrinogen intron 7 applied to the population genetics of the Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla) on the northern Coast of Brazil PDF
Evonnildo Costa Gonçalves, Antonio Augusto Ferreira Rodrigues, Stephen Francis Ferrari, Artur Silva, Maria Paula Cruz Schneider 8
Description of two new karyotypes and cytotaxonomic considerations on Falconiformes. PDF
Marcella Mergulhão Tagliarini, Cleusa Yoshico Nagamachi, Júlio César Pieczarka, Edivaldo Herculano Correa de Oliveira 6
Hummingbirds and their flowers in the 'campos rupestres' of Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, northeastern Brazil . PDF
Caio Graco Machado, Aline Góes Coelho, Cyrio Silveira Santana, Marcos Rodrigues 13
Human impact affects negatively the seed dispersal in ornithochorous fruits: a global perspective. PDF
Vanessa Graziele Staggemeier, Mauro Galetti 7

Commentary

How many bird species are there in Brazil? Species concepts, conservation and what is to be found. PDF
Luís Fábio Silveira, Fábio Olmos 8
Species concepts and the ever lasting conflict between continuity and operationality: a proposal of guidelines for assigning species rank by the Brazilian Check-list Committee. PDF
Alexandre Aleixo 14
The barcodes initiative for birds and how Brazil can participate. PDF
Cristina Yumi Miyaki 3
A survey of Brazilian ornithological collections: current status and perspectives. PDF
Alexandre Aleixo, Fernando Costa Straube 10


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