DEMOGRAFIA DE Tangara cayana (AVES:
THRAUPIDAE) EM UM FRAGMENTO DE RESTINGA NO EXTREMO
NORTE DE DISTRIBUIÇÃO DA MATA ATLÂNTICA.
Taxas de sobrevivência, Aves tropicais, Traupidae, Desenho Robusto, MARK
For many decades, ornithologists have sought to understand how species differentiate their
life history traits, both between populations and between species, through an environmental
gradient, thus leading to demographic studies around the world. However, there are still
gaps in information about life history traits for species in tropical regions, as well as
variables that influence them. Efficient conservation and management programs depend on
this type of information. We measured demographic parameters of a tropical Thraupide,
Tangara cayana, in the northern end of the Atlantic Forest distribution. We estimated
apparent survival, detection, dispersion and population size, also testing how transient
individuals, rainfall, and sex of individuals influenced population survival rates. We insert
historical capture-mark- recapture in the MARK program, following the method of Robust
Design. Between November 2010 and November 2014 we marked 127 individuals of T.
cayana, from which we could observe a lower annual survival of transients (2% to 4%),
followed by young (12% to 34%) and adults (males = 29% to 54%, females = 30% to
55%). The dispersion parameters (y’= 71%, y” = 73%) and detection (capture = 26%,
recapture = 5%) were constant, with no temporal variation. The population density was 1.7
individuals / ha. We find a negative relationship between rainfall and survival. The
demographic parameters estimated showed low values for a tropical bird, which may be
linked to the great capacity of dispersion of the species, leading us to the perspective that
these demographic patterns are still unclear, requiring further studies on habitats in these
regions.