Bird Species Detection in Fragmented and Continuous Landscapes of São Paulo

Bird survey data from the Vale do Paraíba and Serra do Mar regions in São Paulo, Brazil, collected between December 2015 and February 2017. The dataset records detections of 267 bird species across 34 fragmented and 15 near-continuous landscapes, using a nine-point grid system with four temporal replicates per point. Survey points were stratified by habitat type, including native forest, forest edge, and surrounding matrix habitats of Eucalyptus plantation or pasture.

Use Cases

• Analyzing species richness and composition across native forest, edge, and matrix habitats.
• Modeling the impact of forest fragmentation and plantation/pasture matrices on bird communities.
• Comparing avian biodiversity between fragmented and continuous land-use landscapes.
• Studying temporal detection patterns using the four replicate point counts.

Strengths

• Structured sampling design with explicit stratification by habitat (fragment interior, edge, matrix) and land-use type (plantation, pasture).
• Records a substantial number of species (267) across a defined set of landscapes (49 total).
• Includes temporal replication with four survey replicates per point.

Limitations

• Column names and data structure are not provided in the available metadata, limiting immediate usability.
• Key metadata such as row count, file size, license, and author are missing from most platform entries.

Provenance

Source

Environmental Information Data Centre

Collection Method

Bird species surveyed using point counts on a nine-point grid system with points separated by 75m.

Time Range

December 2015 to February 2017

Freshness

2026-04-16 10:14:10.073480

Geography

Vale do Paraíba and Serra do Mar regions, state of São Paulo, Brazil