Tropical Birds Return to Harvested Rainforest Areas in Brazil

Tropical Birds Return to Harvested Rainforest Areas in Brazil
Wed, 22 Jun 2011 21:23:00 -0500

Bird species in rainforest fragments in Brazil that were isolated by deforestation disappeared then reappeared over a quarter-century, according to research results published today in the journal PLoS (Public Library of Science) ONE.

Scientists thought many of the birds had gone extinct.

The research was funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), and conducted in cooperation with Projeto Dinâmica Biológica de Fragmentos Florestais, ...

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