Open AccessStructural and compositional shifts in Cerrado fragments in up to 11 years monitoring
Author(s) -
Natielle Gomes Cordeiro,
Kelly Marianne Guimarães Pereira,
Marcela de Castro Nunes Santos Terra,
José Márcio de Mello
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
acta scientiarum. biological sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.16
H-Index - 23
eISSN - 1807-863X
pISSN - 1679-9283
DOI - 10.4025/actascibiolsci.v42i1.48357
Subject(s) - basal area , jaccard index , floristics , diversity index , forestry , arboreal locomotion , vegetation (pathology) , geography , ecology , plant community , species richness , mathematics , physical geography , biology , statistics , medicine , pathology , cluster analysis , habitat
The Cerrado has a wide diversity of fauna and flora, and the knowledge of its horizontal structure, in different time intervals allows the prediction of its structural and floristic characteristics. The aim of this study was to evaluate the changes in structure and composition of tree community in three fragments of Cerrado with low anthropization, in an interval of 11 years at Minas Gerais state. Rectangular plots of fixed size were sampled, measuring stem diameter and height of all living arboreal individuals with diameter at 1.30 meters above ground (DBH) ≥ 5 cm. The tree vegetation dynamics study of the areas was performed, as well as the floristic analysis and the diametric structure. Considering all fragments and years of measurement, the recruitment of trees surpassed its mortality. The basal area varied between 3.67 and 13.07 m².ha-1. The studied areas, considering all fragments and years of measurement, showed a Shannon diversity index (H') from 3.43 to 3.87 nat.ind-1 and Pielou equitability index (J') ranged an interval between 0.77 and 0.82. The similarity calculated by the Jaccard index (J), when performed per plot considering the three fragments, showed a value of 0.2653. Also, related to the development and growth of the study areas, it can be inferred that all fragments and their respective years of measurement had a J-inverse pattern. In conclusion, it can be inferred that the three fragments maintained a representative growth in number of individuals and basal area.