South America holds 30% of the world's avifauna, with the Atlantic Forest representing one
of the richest regions of the Neotropics. Here we have compiled a data set on Brazilian …

The story of the discovery of nearly 300 bird species new to science since 1960. Amazing as
it might sound, ornithologists are still discovering several bird species each year that are …

As aves encantam os seres humanos há muitos milênios, seja pela beleza de suas
plumagens, pelo seu canto ou pela capacidade de voar. No entanto, não são apenas esses …

During the past 100 years in densely populated south-eastern Brazil, wetlands have been
severely transformed due to urbanization, agriculture and mining. The recently discovered …

Breeding biology data are crucial for avian life history theory, but this information is
unavailable for nearly half of the current living tropical bird species. Predation is the main …

Current thinking suggests that survival, and consequently lifespan of organisms, can be
understood in terms of trade-offs between self-maintenance and reproduction, and …