Publications
| understanding the motivations for keeping wild birds in the semi-arid region of brazil. | birds are kept as pets around the world, and bird-keeping is an ancient and widespread practice, constituting one of the main reasons for the decline of some species. in the semi-arid region of brazil, this practice is very common and continues despite being designated as illegal in recent decades. this study aimed to identify the species and families of songbirds used as pets in the semi-arid region of brazil, characterize the maintenance of the exploited species in captivity, and evaluate the ... | 2018 | 29891010 |
| ethno-ornithology and conservation of wild birds in the semi-arid caatinga of northeastern brazil. | the utilization of birds as pets has been recognized as one of the principal threats to global avifauna. most of the information about the use and sale of birds as pets has been limited to areas of high biodiversity and whose impacts of anthropic actions have been widely broadcast internationally, for example for the amazon forest and forest remnants of southeast asia. the caatinga predominates in the semi-arid region of brazil, and is one of the semi-arid biomes with the greatest biological div ... | 2013 | 23445769 |