| Journal: | Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias |
| Database: | PERIÓDICA |
| System number: | 000417608 |
| ISSN: | 0001-3765 |
| Authors: | Costa, Mayke B1 Menezes, Luis Fernando T. de1 Nascimento, Marcelo T2 |
| Institutions: | 1Universidade Federal do Espirito Santo, Departamento de Ciencias Agrarias e Biologicas, Sao Mateus, Espirito Santo. Brasil 2Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense, Laboratorio de Ciencias Ambientais, Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro. Brasil |
| Year: | 2017 |
| Season: | Dic |
| Volumen: | 89 |
| Number: | 4 |
| Pages: | 2687-2696 |
| Country: | Brasil |
| Language: | Inglés |
| Document type: | Artículo |
| Approach: | Experimental |
| English abstract | Seasonally dry tropical forest is one of the highly threatened biome. However, studies on the effect of fire on these tree communities are still scarce. In this context, a floristic and structural survey in three forest areas in the southeast of Brazil that were affected by fire between 14 and 25 years ago was performed with the objective of evaluating post-fire regeneration. In each site, five systematically placed plots (25 m x 25 m each) were established. The more recently burnt site had significantly lower values of richness and diversity than the other two sites. However, the sites did not differ in density and basal area. Annona dolabripetala, Astronium concinnum, Joannesia princeps and Polyandrococos caudescens were within the 10 most important species for the three sites. Comparing these data with adjacent mature forests, the results indicated differences both in structural and floristic aspects, suggesting that the time after fire was not sufficient for recuperation of these areas. The recovery process indicate at least 190 years for areas return to basal area values close to those observed in mature forests nearby |
| Disciplines: | Biología |
| Keyword: | Ecología, Bosque Atlántico, Incendios forestales, Sucesión ecológica, Estructura del bosque |
| Keyword: | Ecology, Atlantic forest, Forest fires, Ecological succession, Forest structure |
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