Tree community variation in a tropical continental island according to slope aspect and human interference

Gonçalves, Nathan Borges; Nettesheim, Felipe Cito; Conde, Marilena Menezes Silva

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Tree community variation in a tropical continental island according to slope aspect and human interference

Associating description of unrecorded tropical tree community structure to sampling approaches that can help determine mechanisms behind floristic variation is important to further the comprehension of how plant species coexist at tropical forests. Thus, this study had the goals of (i) evaluating tr...

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Autor principal:	Gonçalves, Nathan Borges
Outros Autores:	Nettesheim, Felipe Cito, Conde, Marilena Menezes Silva
Grau:	Artigo
Idioma:	English
Publicado em:	Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 2020
Assuntos:	Biodiversity Biomass Brasil Classification Human Population Density Rainforest Tree Tropic Climate Biodiversity Biomass Brasil Humans Population Density Rainforest Trees Tropical Climate
Acesso em linha:	https://repositorio.inpa.gov.br/handle/1/14872

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spelling	oai:repositorio:1-14872 Tree community variation in a tropical continental island according to slope aspect and human interference Gonçalves, Nathan Borges Nettesheim, Felipe Cito Conde, Marilena Menezes Silva Biodiversity Biomass Brasil Classification Human Population Density Rainforest Tree Tropic Climate Biodiversity Biomass Brasil Humans Population Density Rainforest Trees Tropical Climate Associating description of unrecorded tropical tree community structure to sampling approaches that can help determine mechanisms behind floristic variation is important to further the comprehension of how plant species coexist at tropical forests. Thus, this study had the goals of (i) evaluating tree community structure on the continental island of Marambaia (23°4’37.09”S; 43°59’2.15”W) and (ii) testing the prediction that there are local scale changes in a tropical tree community structure between slopes facing different geographic orientation and with distinct human interference history. We established 60 (0.6 ha) sampling units in three different slope sites with distinct predominant geographic orientation and human interference. We sampled all woody trees with diameter at breast height (dbh) ≥ 5 cm. We found a total of 1.170 individuals representing 220 species, 120 genera and 50 families. The overall tree community structure and structural descriptors (abundance of individuals, basal area, species richness and diversity) varied extensively between the sites. The evidence presented here supports that local scale topography variations and human interference history can be important factors contributing to the known floristic heterogeneity of the Atlantic Rainforest. Future work on the study area should focus on disentangling effects from distinct causal factors over tree community variation and species occurrence. © 2018, Academia Brasileira de Ciencias. All rights reserved. 2020-05-07T13:44:02Z 2020-05-07T13:44:02Z 2018 Artigo https://repositorio.inpa.gov.br/handle/1/14872 10.1590/0001-3765201820150471 en Volume 90, Número 1, Pags. 17-30 Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Brazil http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/br/ application/pdf Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências
institution	Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia - Repositório Institucional
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language	English
topic	Biodiversity Biomass Brasil Classification Human Population Density Rainforest Tree Tropic Climate Biodiversity Biomass Brasil Humans Population Density Rainforest Trees Tropical Climate
spellingShingle	Biodiversity Biomass Brasil Classification Human Population Density Rainforest Tree Tropic Climate Biodiversity Biomass Brasil Humans Population Density Rainforest Trees Tropical Climate Gonçalves, Nathan Borges Tree community variation in a tropical continental island according to slope aspect and human interference
topic_facet	Biodiversity Biomass Brasil Classification Human Population Density Rainforest Tree Tropic Climate Biodiversity Biomass Brasil Humans Population Density Rainforest Trees Tropical Climate
description	Associating description of unrecorded tropical tree community structure to sampling approaches that can help determine mechanisms behind floristic variation is important to further the comprehension of how plant species coexist at tropical forests. Thus, this study had the goals of (i) evaluating tree community structure on the continental island of Marambaia (23°4’37.09”S; 43°59’2.15”W) and (ii) testing the prediction that there are local scale changes in a tropical tree community structure between slopes facing different geographic orientation and with distinct human interference history. We established 60 (0.6 ha) sampling units in three different slope sites with distinct predominant geographic orientation and human interference. We sampled all woody trees with diameter at breast height (dbh) ≥ 5 cm. We found a total of 1.170 individuals representing 220 species, 120 genera and 50 families. The overall tree community structure and structural descriptors (abundance of individuals, basal area, species richness and diversity) varied extensively between the sites. The evidence presented here supports that local scale topography variations and human interference history can be important factors contributing to the known floristic heterogeneity of the Atlantic Rainforest. Future work on the study area should focus on disentangling effects from distinct causal factors over tree community variation and species occurrence. © 2018, Academia Brasileira de Ciencias. All rights reserved.
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author	Gonçalves, Nathan Borges
author2	Nettesheim, Felipe Cito Conde, Marilena Menezes Silva
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title	Tree community variation in a tropical continental island according to slope aspect and human interference
title_short	Tree community variation in a tropical continental island according to slope aspect and human interference
title_full	Tree community variation in a tropical continental island according to slope aspect and human interference
title_fullStr	Tree community variation in a tropical continental island according to slope aspect and human interference
title_full_unstemmed	Tree community variation in a tropical continental island according to slope aspect and human interference
title_sort	tree community variation in a tropical continental island according to slope aspect and human interference
publisher	Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências
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Tree community variation in a tropical continental island according to slope aspect and human interference

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