An Ecological Comparison of Floristic Composition in Seasonal Semideciduous Forest in Southeast Brazil: Implications for Conservation | Zendy

Sérgio de Faria Lopes | Zendy; Ivan Schiavini | Zendy; Ana Paula de Oliveira | Zendy; Vagner Santiago do Vale | Zendy

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An Ecological Comparison of Floristic Composition in Seasonal Semideciduous Forest in Southeast Brazil: Implications for Conservation

Author(s) -

Sérgio de Faria Lopes,

Ivan Schiavini,

Ana Paula de Oliveira,

Vagner Santiago do Vale

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

international journal of forestry research

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.314

H-Index - 8

eISSN - 1687-9376

pISSN - 1687-9368

DOI - 10.1155/2012/537269

Subject(s) - floristics , detrended correspondence analysis , ecology , geography , arboreal locomotion , diameter at breast height , fabaceae , indicator species , myrtaceae , canonical correspondence analysis , ordination , taxon , biology , forestry , species richness , habitat

We examined floristic patterns of ten seasonal semideciduous forest sites in southeastern Brazil and conducted a central sampling of one hectare for each site, where we took samples and identified all individual living trees with DBH (diameter at breast height, 1.30 m) ≥4.8 cm. Arboreal flora totaled 242 species, 163 genera, and 58 families. Fabaceae (38 species) and Myrtaceae (20 species) were families with the largest number of species. Only Copaifera langsdorffii and Hymenaea courbaril occurred at all sites. Multivariate analysis (detrended correspondence analysis and cluster analysis) using two-way indicator species analysis (TWINSPAN) indicated the formation of a group containing seven fragments in which Siparuna guianensis was the indicator species. This analysis revealed that similarities between studied fragments were due mainly to the successional stage of the community

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