Home Backyards and its Importance in the Preservation of Synanthropic Fauna in Municipalities of Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil

Authors

  • Manuellem de Freitas Rios Faculdade de Educação Tecnológica do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (FAETERJ), Paracambi/RJ
  • Marcos Pires Mendes Faculdade de Educação Tecnológica do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (FAETERJ), Paracambi/RJ

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.19180/2177-4560.v13n12019p153-167

Keywords:

Urban backyards, Synanthropic animals, Biodiversity, Atlantic Forest

Abstract

In environments suffering from environmental degradation, synanthropic animals, or who live in cities, usually find food and housing in domestic yards, which have been scarce, but have various contributions to the ecological balance. This study aims to identify the presence of the synanthropic fauna in urban backyards, as well as to verify if there is an association between floristic and faunistic diversity. Visits and interviews were made, forming a survey of reports of synanthropic animals. Each yard presented particularities. Thirty species of animals - with highlights for insects and birds -, influence of the backyard’s permeability, species not found and incomprehension of the population as to the importance of the synanthropic fauna were reported.

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Author Biographies

  • Manuellem de Freitas Rios, Faculdade de Educação Tecnológica do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (FAETERJ), Paracambi/RJ
    Tecnóloga em Gestão Ambiental (FAETERJ Paracambi) – Japeri/RJ – Brasil.
  • Marcos Pires Mendes, Faculdade de Educação Tecnológica do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (FAETERJ), Paracambi/RJ
    Especialista em Ciências Biológicas (FISIG). Tecnólogo em Gestão Ambiental (FAETERJ Paracambi) – Japeri/RJ – Brasil.

Published

27-06-2019

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Original articles

How to Cite

Home Backyards and its Importance in the Preservation of Synanthropic Fauna in Municipalities of Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil. Boletim do Observatório Ambiental Alberto Ribeiro Lamego, [S. l.], v. 13, n. 1, p. 153–167, 2019. DOI: 10.19180/2177-4560.v13n12019p153-167. Disponível em: https://editoraessentia.iff.edu.br/index.php/boletim/article/view/11944.. Acesso em: 22 jul. 2024.

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