Indirect Impacts of Fire on Vertebrates

The information in this CSV file represents the identification of vertebrate animals indirectly impacted by fire in Brazil. We built a database of images received by firefighters, managers and people directly involved in fighting fires and implementing prescribed burns. Additionally, databases provided by the non-governmental organization (NGO) Onçafari and the Wild Animal Rehabilitation Center (CRAS) of the State of Mato Grosso do Sul (MS) were included, and photographs collected from online news sources displayed such information. This database is supported by the citizen science initiative and is part of the first collaborator's master's research.
Each line corresponds to an animal impacted by the fire. We compiled: i) biome, ii) state, iii) location or name of the Protected Area, iv) fire event (prescribed burn or wildfire), v) class, vi) order, vii) family, viii) genus, ix) species, and x) body size. Animals were classified into three body size categories: small (less than 1 kg), medium (between 1 kg and 7 kg), and large (greater than 7 kg) (Emmons & Feer, 1997; Chiarello, 2000), based on the average weight of the species.
The type of impact was classified as: i) indirect negative, for cases in which the animals were present alive in the burned areas, but did not show signs of burns, smoke inhalation, desiccation and physiological stress, and ii) indirect positive, for situations in which the recorded individuals were foraging in the burned areas.

Chiarello, A. G. (2000). Density and population size of mammals in remnants of Brazilian Atlantic Forest. Conservation Biology, 14(6), 1649-1657. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1523-1739.2000.99071.x
Emmons, L. H. & Feer, F. (1997). Neotropical Rainforest Mammals: A Field Guide. University of Chicago Press, Chicago and London.