| Journal: | Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias |
| Database: | PERIÓDICA |
| System number: | 000420581 |
| ISSN: | 0001-3765 |
| Authors: | Bao, Francielli1 Leandro, Thales D1 Rocha, Maira da2 Santos, Vanessa S. dos3 Stefanello, Thiago H4 Arruda, Rafael5 Pott, Arnildo4 Damasceno-Junior, Geraldo A4 |
| Institutions: | 1Universidade Estadual Paulista "Julio de Mesquita Filho", Instituto de Biociencias, Rio Claro, Sao Paulo. Brasil 2Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia, Laboratorio de Botanica, Manaus, Amazonas. Brasil 3Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Centro de Ciencias Biologicas e da Saude, Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul. Brasil 4Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Instituto de Biociencias, Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul. Brasil 5Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Instituto de Ciencias Naturais, Humanas e Sociais, Sinop, Mato Grosso. Brasil |
| Year: | 2018 |
| Season: | Mar |
| Volumen: | 90 |
| Number: | 1 |
| Pages: | 85-98 |
| Country: | Brasil |
| Language: | Inglés |
| Document type: | Artículo |
| Approach: | Analítico, descriptivo |
| English abstract | The Brazilian Pantanal is an extensive wetland with heterogeneous habitats, primarily due to the river-floodplain system and plants with differential adaptations and reproductive strategies. Factors such as altitude, distance among plant formations, and flood pulse must be considered to better understand its diversity. Aiming to assess the influence of biogeographic patterns in this system, we analyzed the floristic composition of six areas along the Paraguay River, including residual relieves, verifying the pattern of similarity, and effects of distance and altitude. We recorded 356 species in 87 families, mostly perennial (75%), and some annuals (15%) and pluriannuals (5%). Herbaceous plants were the most represented (48%), followed by arboreal (23%), shrubby (15%) and epiphytic (14%) habits, only 12% being endemic to Brazil. The studied areas showed low floristic similarity, but higher resemblance of species between neighboring areas, and no relation with altitude. The upper Paraguay River is diverse, with high spatial variability of species, predominantly perennial. The river-floodplain connectivity may be a determinant factor in species richness and occurrence of endemic species |
| Disciplines: | Biología |
| Keyword: | Ecología, Botánica, Humedales, Llanuras de inundación, Análisis florístico, Biodiversidad, Biogeografía, Brasil |
| Keyword: | Ecology, Botany, Wetlands, Floodplains, Floristic analysis, Biodiversity, Biogeography, Brazil |
| Full text: | Texto completo (Ver HTML) |
