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Legend: 
Status of Sample Points 
© Year 1, Absence 
• Year 1, Presence 
A Year 2, Absence 
A Year 2, Presence 
0 Year 3, Absence 
■ Year 3. Presence 
L_ Atlantic Forest Biorrm 
Road Network 
.Internal Road s and Trails 
——Main Roads 
Hydrographic Network 
— Streams 
^HWater Bodies 
FIG. I. Vale Natural Reserve showing trapping locations sampled for Red-billed Curassows during the first year 
(circles), second year (triangles), and third year (squares). Filled symbols indicate where curassows were photographed 
empty symbols = where they were not, 
State of Espi'rito Santo (I9 06'-19 18'S,39 45’- 
40 19' W) (Fig. 1), This reserve (— 22.000 ha) 
includes about 5 % of the remaining forest in the 
state (Funda?ao SOS Mata Atlantica and IN PE 
2005) and is adjacent to the Sooretama Biological 
Reserve, which includes another 24,250 ha. The 
combined reserves comprise one relatively large 
block ot native vegetation and. together, are one of 
the most important forest fragments in the state and 
one of the largest protected areas of Atlantic Forest 
north ol Rio de Janeiro State. The reserves are 
within the central corridor of the Atlantic Forest, 
which is considered one of the most important 
areas lor Atlantic Forest conservation in Brazil 
(Ministerio do Meio Ambiente et al. 2000) and a 
part of the Discovery Coast World Heritage Site, 
defined by UNESCO in 1999. 
Vale Nature Reserve is relatively flat wi 
elevation ranging from 28 to 65 m above sea lev 
and is notable for its Tabulciro forests (lowlar 
forest on Hat terrain) (Jesus and Rolim 2005). T1 
chmate is tropical, hot and humid with a rail 
season from October to March and a dry seasc 
2005) e Th APnl anJ September (Jesus and Rolii 
e average annual temperature is 23.3 
with an average annual range of 14.8-34.2 < 
Average annual rainfall is 1.202 mm with high 
variation (Jesus and Rolim 2005). 
The reserve is in technically dense rainionS 
(1BGE 1993) or perennial seasonal forest accordi - 
to other authors (Jesus and Rolim 2005). The 
is an intermediate stage between the former aid 
semi-deciduous seasonal forest. In addition 
Tabuleiro forests and occasional open he-’- 
(Native), a local vegetation type (Mussununsu 
forest in sandy soils) is also present. Surrounds 
the reserve are mostly pastures and crops. ■ 
daily for cultivation of fruit (Jesus and R- 
2005) and Eucalyptus. 
Data Collection .—Camera traps were in 7 - 
from June 2005 to October 2008. Cam Ti*^ 
(Forestry Suppliers Inc., Jackson. MS. OS A l * 
used during the first year and was 
association with Tigrinus Cameras (Tignnus R- 
search Equipment, Timbo. Santa Catarina. Bn 
in the second year: only Tigrinus Camera’' 1 '' 1 ' 
used in the third year. Both brands used 
cameras loaded with 36 exposures of 400 
01m. Camera traps were operational 24 hrs/da} 
were adjusted to trigger at minimum intern ' 
