Animal Biodiversity and Conservation in Brazil's Northern Atlantic Forest

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Animal Biodiversity and Conservation in Brazil's Northern Atlantic Forest is written by Gentil Alves Pereira Filho and published by Springer Nature. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 3031212878 (ISBN 10) and 9783031212871 (ISBN 13).

This book describes the fauna of the Pernambuco Endemism Center in Brazil's Northern Atlantic Forest, an understudied global biodiversity hotspot. Through fifteen curated chapters, it provides the latest information about the fauna of the northern portion of the Atlantic Forest, gathering important information about the faunal composition of the region for the first time. The chapters address animal biodiversity including terrestrial and aquatic vertebrates (fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals) and invertebrates (ants, butterflies, dung beetles, hervestmen, spiders, and termites). All chapters provide species lists, taxonomic aspects and richness analysis. Conservation of specific animal groups is also discussed. Finally, the book discusses human impacts on the forest and its biodiversity, emphasizing the need for conservation of this highly impacted ecosystem.