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Nota Técnica

Effect of artificial perches and the avifauna

involved in the ecological restoration of a mined area
in the south of Brazil

Efeito de poleiros artificiais e a avifauna envolvida na restauração

ecológica de área minerada no sul do Brasil

Marcela Peuckert Kamphorst Leal da SilvaI

Ana Paula Moreira RovedderI
Everton Rodolfo BehrI
Roselene Marostega FelkerII
Jaqueline Beatriz Brixner DreyerI
Djoney ProcknowIII
I
Santa Maria Federal University, Santa Maria, RS, Brazil
Santa Catarina Environment Institute, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil
II

III
Recôncavo da Bahia Federal University, Cruz das Almas, BA, Brazil

ABSTRACT

The present study analyzed the effect of artificial perches in the supply of vegetal propagules and in
the avifauna attraction in degraded area due to mining, in Rio Grande do Sul, Southern Brazil. The seed
rain was sampled monthly from December, 2014 to April, 2015, in four collector tables arranged under
artificial perches and in four control collector tables (without perches). We compared the seeds number
by the Mann-Whitney U test (5% probability level) and used the Spearman correlation to calculate the
association degree among the visitor birds on perches and the seeds number sampled in the collectors
under perches. The avifauna monitoring was performed during the same period by fixed point method,
totalizing 40 hours of sampled effort. The treatments differed statistically, with registration of 1588
seeds in the tables under perches and 237 seeds in the tables without perches. The sampling of seed
rain in the perches followed the pattern of avifauna visitation, presenting high value to coefficient of
association degree (0.975). We observed nine species of birds in the study area, and the Tyrannidae
family was predominant. The species observed visiting the artificial perches were Knipolegus lophotes
and Tyrannus melancholicus, both from Tyrannidae family. The number of sampled seeds demonstrates
that artificial perches were efficient to return seed rain in the mined areas. The Tyrannidae family
demonstrates to be the most effective group of birds to dispersion of seeds in the local of study.

Keywords: Nucleation; Dispersion; Seeds

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RESUMO

O presente estudo analisou o efeito de poleiros artificiais no aporte de propágulos vegetais e na

atração da avifauna em área degradada pela mineração, no Rio Grande do Sul, Sul do Brasil. A chuva
de sementes foi amostrada mensalmente de dezembro de 2014 a abril de 2015, em quatro mesas
coletoras dispostas sob poleiros artificiais e em quatro mesas coletoras testemunhas (sem poleiros).
Comparamos o número de sementes pelo teste U de Mann-Whitney (nível de probabilidade de 5%)
e usamos a correlação de Spearman para calcular o grau de associação entre as aves visitantes nos
poleiros e o número de sementes amostradas nos coletores sob poleiros. O monitoramento da avifauna
foi realizado no mesmo período pelo método de ponto fixo, totalizando 40 horas de esforço amostral. Os
tratamentos diferiram estatisticamente, com registro de 1588 sementes nas mesas sob poleiros e 237
sementes nas mesas testemunhas. A amostragem da chuva de sementes nos poleiros seguiu o padrão
de visitação da avifauna, apresentando alto valor para o coeficiente de grau de associação (0,975).
Observamos nove espécies de aves na área de estudo, sendo a família Tyrannidae predominante. As
espécies observadas visitando os poleiros artificiais foram Knipolegus lophotes e Tyrannus melancholicus,
ambos da família Tyrannidae. O número de sementes amostradas demonstra que os poleiros artificiais
foram eficientes para o retorno da chuva de sementes nas áreas mineradas. A família Tyrannidae
demonstra ser o grupo de aves mais eficaz para dispersão de sementes no local de estudo.

Palavras-chave: Nucleação; Dispersão; Sementes

1 INTRODUCTION

Mined areas become susceptible to serious environmental alterations, which can

cause degradation. In degraded areas by mining, the resiliency degree of ecosystems

depends on degradation intensity and may prevent the re-establishment of ecological

functions (Martins, 2013), demanding ecological restoration strategies. The ecological

restoration can be understood as a practice that begins or accelerates the recovering

of an ecosystem that was degraded, damaged or destroyed, having as main objective

the re-establishment of self-regulation potential (SER, 2004).

In ecological restoration, we apply different nucleation techniques to help the

natural process to restore degraded areas. A viable alternative is the use of perches to

attract bird dispersers. Artificial perches are an effective strategy to increase seed rain,

because birds, when using these structures, defecate and/or regurgitate the seeds,

performing nucleation function and collaborating with restoration process (Tomazzi;

Castellani, 2016).

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The avifauna has a fundamental role in the maintenance of the dynamical

balance and in the increase of ecological interactions (Campos; Miranda Neto; Peixoto;

Godinho; Silva, 2012; Rocha; Silva; Martins; Volpato, 2015). This way, it is important

to consolidate the knowledge about fauna and flora interactions, aiming to restore

degraded areas more efficiently and more compatible with the natural characteristics

of the Brazilian ecosystems (Martins; Miranda Neto; Ribeiro, 2015).

Several studies about artificial perches evaluate the seed rain, but do not describe

the avifaunal groups that use them (Dias; Umetsu; Breier, 2014; Tomazi; Castellani,

2016; Iguatemy; Vilarinhos; Oda; Conde; Zaú, 2020). In degraded areas by mining,

this perspective is even more innovating, since the perception that the low degree of

resiliency, common in these areas, would not be compatible with the perches technique.

However, there is lack of scientific results that prove this hypothesis. Therefore, the

present studie aimed to evaluate the efficiency of artificial perches to attract avifauna

and restore seed rain in degraded area by mining with exposed saprolite, improving the

understanding about artificial perches contribution in ecological restoration projects.

2 MATERIAL AND METHODS

The present study was carried out in degraded area due to mining, in the

metropolitan region of Porto Alegre city, Rio Grande do Sul, Southern Brazil.

The region of study presents elements of Decidual Seasonal Forest and

Semidecidual Seasonal Forest. The natural vegetation occurs like forest disjunctions,

presenting the dominant stratum predominantly deciduous, with more than 50% of

the specimens without leaves in the cold period (IBGE, 2012). The climate is Humid

subtropical with dry summer (ST UMv) (Alvares, 2013). The annual average temperature

is 18.5°C and the annual precipitation is 1.335 mm (MDA, 2007).

The area presents abandoned mining pits with exposed saprolite that was
not colonized by vegetation for 15 years after the end of mining activities, which
demonstrates the low degree of local resiliency. The saprolite is from granitic origin, with

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quartzite predominance. The particle size analysis by the pipette method (EMBRAPA,
2017) presented 56% of coarse sand, 8% of fine sand, 16% of silt and 20% of clay.

Table 1 – Floristic inventory of forest fragments in the surrounding of mined area,

Southern Brazil

Species Botanical Family

Actinostemon concolor (Spreng.) Müll.Arg. Euphorbiaceae
Allophylus edulis (A. St-Hil., Cambess. & A. Juss.) Radlk. ex Warm. Sapindaceae
Blepharocalyx salicifolius (Kunth) O.Berg Myrtaceae
Campomanesia rhombea O.Berg Myrtaceae
Casearia decandra Jacq. Salicaceae
Chrysophyllum marginatum (Hook. & Arn.) Radlk Sapotaceae
Daphnopsis fasciculata (Meisn.) Nevling Thymelaeaceae
Erythroxylum deciduum A.St.-Hil. Erythroxylaceae
Eugenia uruguayensis Cambess. Myrtaceae
Ficus cestrifolia Schott Moraceae
Gochnatia polymorpha (Less.) Cabr. Asteraceae
Lithraea brasiliensis Marchand Anacardiaceae
Miconia sellowiana Naudin Melastomataceae
Myrcia multiflora (Lam.) DC. Myrtaceae
Myrcia palustris DC. Myrtaceae
Myrcianthes gigantea (D. Legrand) D. Legrand Myrtaceae
Myrsine umbellata Mart. Primulaceae
Nectandra lanceolata Nees Lauraceae
Nectandra megapotamica (Spreng.) Mez Lauraceae
Ocotea pulchella (Nees) Mez Lauraceae
Psychotria sp. Rubiaceae
Scutia buxifolia Reissek Rhamnaceae
Sebastiania brasiliensis Spreng. Euphorbiaceae
Sebastiania commersoniana (Baill.) L.B. Sm. & Downs Euphorbiaceae
Styrax leprosus Hook. & Arn. Styracaceae
Symplocos uniflora (Pohl) Benth. Symplocaceae
Trichilia elegans A. Juss. Meliaceae
Xylosma prockia (Turcz.) Turcz. Salicaceae
Zanthoxylum rhoifolium Lam. Rutaceae

Source: Authors (2015)

We used artificial perches of dry type, constituted by four bamboo sticks, buried and

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tied among them, and being left free superior lateral branches for the landing of the birds.

Four perches were installed, with average height of four meters, arranged at random.

Based on the perches collector tables of seeds were installed with dimensions of 1m²,

one meter high from the ground and with sombrite at background for draining water. As

control treatment, four collector tables without perches were arranged, also at random.

The monitoring of avifauna occurred from December, 2014 to April, 2015.

During this period, the observations were performed monthly, during the morning and

afternoon shifts, totalizing 40h of observation. The method chosen for monitoring the

avifauna was of direct observation by fixed point with simultaneous observation of the

four perches. This method is widely used in projects of monitoring of birds worldwide,
besides that, presents better characteristics of cost-benefit when compared to other

methods (Bispo; Aguiar; Nobre; Machado; Cohn-Haft; Develey; Laranjeiras; Lemos;

Uehara-Prado, 2016). For the monitoring of birds it was used a binocular, audio

recorder and photographic camera with optical zoom of 26x. Besides the monitoring

of avifauna in the artificial perches it was also registered the avifauna species that

have interacted with the area.

The seeds deposited were collected with the help of tweezers, allocated in plastic

bags and they passed by screening in the Núcleo de Estudos e Pesquisas em Recuperação

de Áreas Degradadas - NEPRADE, of Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM).

The individuals of avifauna observed in the place of study were identified

and classified in relation to the species, family, and trophic group (Willis, 1979;

Telino-Júnior, 2005).

For the data analysis of supply of propagules it was performed the normality test

of Anderson-Darling, which demonstrated that data base did not present normality.

The treatments were compared by the Mann-Whitney U test to the level of 5% of

probability by trough Assistat 7.7 software (Silva; Azevedo, 2016).

To calculate the association degree among the visiting birds of the artificial

perches and the seeds number sampled in the collectors under the perches, it was

performed the Spearman correlation through the SPSS 22.0 software.

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3 RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS

The total number of seeds sampled in the collectors was of 1825, being 1588

seeds (87.01%) sampled in the perches and 237 seeds (12.99%) in the collector tables

without perches, with significant difference by the Mann-Whitney test, to the level of

5% of significance.

Sampling of seed rain in the artificial perches accompanied the pattern of

avifauna visitation, presenting a high coefficient value by the Spearman correlation

(0.975) for association between the propagules number and the observation of the

perches use by avifauna (Figure 1).

Figure 1 – Correlation between avifauna visitation in the perches and seed number

sampled under the perches in degraded area by mining in Southern Brazil

Source: Authors (2015)

The study area presented exposed saprolite during 15 years without

demonstrating process of re-colonization. Considering this scenery, the results with

artificial perches show efficiency to re-establish seed rain by avifauna. The technique

appears to be a potential strategy for ecological restoration of the study area, when

implemented in conjunction with other nucleation strategies (Silva, 2015), that become

tools of great magnitude to attract several species of fauna, helping in the acceleration

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of ecological restoration, besides that, they are strategies of low cost (Martins, 2013).

In research with artificial perches in the Southeast of Brazil, Dias, Umetsu and

Breier (2014) obtained 81.33% of the seeds sampled in the collectors under the perches

and 18.67% of the seeds sampled in the collectors without perches. It is possible that

the two forest fragments, although small and with elevated edge effect, are acting as

sources of propagules. However, the most important fact that evinces is that, even with

the fragments of the surrounding, probably, there was not supply of propagules in the

area before the installation of the perches, once that there was not vegetal cover over

the saprolitic ground for 15 years. It is to be assumed that, although the inhospitable

condition of the exposed saprolite, if there was a constant supply of propagules as the

registered in the perches, there would be vegetation in the area, even though incipient.

Nine species of birds belonging to seven families were observed in the area,

being differentiated by the trophic group, as shown in Table 2. The most representative

family in the visitation of the area was Tyrannidae, counting 33.33%, while the families

Cathartidae, Columbidae, Ardeidae, Turdidae, Thraupidae and Passerellidae counted

11.11% each.

Table 2 – Avifauna sampled in degraded area by mining during the ecological restoration

initial process, in Southern Brazil. Trophic group: D (Detritivore), I (insectivore), G

(granivore), O (omnivore)

Species Family Trophic group

Butorides striata (Linnaeus, 1758) Ardeidae O
Cathartes aura (Linnaeus, 1758) Cathartidae D
Coereba flaveola (Linnaeus, 1758) Thraupidae O
Knipolegus lophotes (Boie, 1828) Tyrannidae I
Patagioenas picazuro (Temminck, 1813) Columbidae O
Pitangus sulphuratus (Linnaeus, 1766) Tyrannidae O
Turdus rufiventris (Vieillot, 1818) Turdidae O
Tyrannus melancholicus (Vieillot, 1819) Tyrannidae I
Zonotrichia capensis (Statius Muller, 1776) Passerellidae G

Source: Authors (2015)

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During the 40 hours monitoring, we observed a total of 14 visits in the artificial

perches, performed by Knipolegus lophotes and Tyrannus melancholicus, both of

Tyrannidae family (Figure 2).

Figure 2 – Avifauna visiting the artificial perches during ecological restoration in mining

area in Southern Brazil: Tyrannus melancholicus (a) and Knipolegus lophotes (b)

Source: Authors (2015)

The avifauna presented a seasonal behavior in the use of artificial perches. The

greatest number of observations occurred in January (50%), followed by February

(21.43%), March (14.29%) and April (7.14%). December presented low value for

avifaunal visitation, due to installation the artificial perches occurred noise pollution

and inhibited the avifauna approximation (Figure 1).

The low species number can be explained for the eucalyptus plantings

surrounding the area, that probabily can be acting as a filter, preventing that the

specialist frugivorous species remain in the place. Marsden, Whiffin and Galetti (2001)

explain that due to the eucalyptus stands not having a sparse low story, usually, they

can serve as barrier for that several bird species. On the other hand, for birds with

forest habits, eucalyptus stands can be useful for their displacement, as they simulate

their natural habitat (Biz; Cornelius; Metzer, 2017), favoring the gene flow of species

with zoochoric dispersion. Dispersal is considered one of the most complex ecological

processes, involving the interaction between disperser behavior and landscape

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structure. Fragmented landscapes can alter the dispersal behavior of avifauna.

Cornelius, Awade, Cândia-Gallardo, Sievingc and Metzger (2017) demonstrated that

birds adapted to fragmented landscapes are slower and more thorough in exploring

this type of habitat when compared to continuous habitats, which may influence

the interest in artificial perches in open areas, such as the one in the present study.

Behavioral plasticity may favor birds adapted to fragmented landscapes. intensive use

of artificial perches can express adaptability.

Five species of birds are classified as omnivorous, among the nine identified.

According to Francisco and Galetti, (2002) omnivore species guarantee high frequencies

of visits and high consumption rates, developing an important role in the dispersion of

seeds in altered environments.

The behavioral plasticity, as in the Tyrannidae family, favors the survival, even

in altered environments (Martins-Oliveira, 2012). The artificial perches, allied to the

opened aspect of the study area, atracted the Tyrannidae species, contributing to the

seed rain results. Study performed by Padovezi, Rodriguez and Horbach (2014) relates

Tyrannidae species as more representative in study areas with diverse degradation

levels, in the Southeast Brazil. Brodt, (2009) also in the Southern Brazil, found great

predominance of Tyrannidae family in visits to artificial perches, reaching 94.6% of

the total observed, being Tyrannus melancholicus the most observed species. RIbeiro,

Goulart and Marini (2002) showed that Knipolegus lophotes besides feeding with

insects, also feeds with small fruit, evincing its generalist habit what is appreciated in

restoration projects.

The relation between Tyrannidae family and degraded areas demonstrates that

strategies to attract these species must considered in restoration projects. Even in

lower ecosystem resilience, these strategies can accelerate de ecological process, like

secondary succession, an aim of the effective ecological restoration.

Species that use perches present frequent returning to these structures (Silveira;

Souto; Damasceno; Mucida; Pereira, 2015), increasing the probability of seed rain. This

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fact makes that, even being few species, the frequency that individuals are attracted by

the perches guarantees its efficiency.

The decrease of bird visits throughout the months was due to Tyrannidae

are considered the greatest representatives inside the category of intra-continental

migrants, migrating with the arrival of the cold season (Chesser, 1994). Brazil has 133 bird

families; 37 of those with at least one species migratory or partially migratory. Among

these families, Tyrannidae presente the most number of migratory species (33 spp.)

(Somenzari; Whitney, 2018). We can expect that after the winter, the representatives

of species return to the place of study, taking up its contribution to the seed rain and

consequently to the restoration of the degraded area.

4 CONCLUSIONS

Tyrannidae family is the most effective birds group in the seed dispersion in the

study areas.

The seed rain in the perches demonstrates the relevance to atract the birds in

ecological restoration projects.

The use of artificial perches was efficient to supply of vegetal propagules in the

study area. We suggest using of these perches, even in areas with elevated levels of

degradation and low levels of ecosystem resiliency.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The authors thank to the Company CMPC Celulose Riograndense by the

concession of the area for studies and the financial support in the execution of the

project.

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Authorship Contribution

1 Marcela Peuckert Kamphorst Leal da Silva

Forest Engineer, Doctor’s in agricultural engineering

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9134-2863 • [email protected]
Contribution: Conceptualization; Data curation; Formal analysis; Investigation;
Methodology; Project administration; Visualization; Writing – original draft; Writing –
review & editing

2 Ana Paula Moreira Rovedder

Forest Engineer, Doctor’s in soil science

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2914-5954 • [email protected]
Contribution: Conceptualization; Funding acquisition; Project administration;
Supervision; Writing – original draft

3 Everton Rodolfo Behr

Zootechnist, Doctor’s in zoology

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4861-8670 • [email protected]
Contribution:Conceptualization; Data curation; Methodology; Visualization; Writing –
original draft

4 Roselene Marostega Felker

Forest Engineer, Doctor’s in forest engineering

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3944-4381 • [email protected]
Contribution: Conceptualization; Data curation; Visualization; Writing – original draft

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5 Jaqueline Beatriz Brixner Dreyer

Forest Engineer, Doctor’s in forest engineering

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5390-9582 • [email protected]
Contribution: Conceptualization; Formal analysis; Visualization; Writing – original draft;
Writing – review & editing

6 Djoney Procknow

Forest Engineer, Doctor’s in agricultural engineering

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0128-125X • [email protected]
Contribution: Conceptualization; Formal analysis; Visualization; Writing – original draft;
Writing – review & editing

How to quote this article

SILVA, M. P. K. L.; ROVEDDER, A. P. M.; BEHR, E. R.; FELKER, R. M.; DREYER, J. B. B.; PROCKNOW,
D. Effect of artificial perches and the avifauna involved in the ecological restoration of a mined
area in the south of Brazil. Ciência Florestal, Santa Maria, v. 33, n. 4, e70924, p. 1-14, 2023. DOI
10.5902/1980509870924. Available from: https://doi.org/10.5902/1980509870924. Accessed
in: day month abbr. year.

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