[PDF] Top 20 Tree population and community dynamics in a Brazilian tropical semideciduous forest

... changes in the ...registered in some cases of primary succession on landslides (Guariguata 1990, Dahling & Tanner 1994) and floodplains (Foster et ...old and that stability may have been ... See full document

... decrease in soil air space and, subsequently, affect physico-chemical soil traits and gaseous exchanges of microorganisms and roots (Lobo and Joly, ...2000). In these sites, only ... See full document

... the forest remnants. Forests patches of these regions have been studied in the last years, mainly focused on their floristic composition, diversity, structure and distribution (Santos et ...changes ... See full document

... slopes in site A endured more extensive interferences in the past than slopes in sites B and C (Yabeta and Gomes ...the tree community structure found today on site A is ... See full document

... variation in the structure of tropical forests because it commonly corresponds to changes in soil properties, particularly drainage, texture and nutritional status ...present in every ... See full document

... out in a fragment of tropical dense, moist, submontane forest (Veloso et ...situated in the Poço das Antas Biological Reserve (22°30’-22°35’S; 42°14’-42°19’W), within the municipality of Silva ... See full document

... Colletotrichum and Phyllosticta were isolated only from the brejo de altitude ...(2012) and Freire et ...genera. In a temperate forest in Japan, Hata et ...Colletotrichum and ... See full document

... Lepidopteran community composition associated with the two tree species studied con- firmed that lepidopterans select their food according to host plant identity more than habitat ...grouped and ... See full document

... the Brazilian Atlantic Forest: ecological findings and conservation ...changes in community composition and ecosystem functioning from plant traits: revisiting the Holy ...of ... See full document

... of tropical forests is one of the greatest threats to global ...richness and community ...loss in functional diversity in fragmented ...value and if forest fragmentation ... See full document

... sprouting in Seasonal Semideciduous Forests of Southeast Brazil, however, are still very scarce (Penha, 1998; Hayashi et ...2001), and also others kinds of vegetative propagation, such as basal ... See full document

... speciosa in the present study as the study site is not a harsh environ- ment; therefore, the occurrence of facilitation through the attenuation of deleterious microenvironmental conditions appears to be ... See full document

... variables and vegetation, three ...distribution and chemical composition of soils. The soil samples were stored in plastic bags and taken to the Federal University of Lavras Soil Analysis ... See full document

... these forest will ultimately depend upon an understanding of forest ecosystem dynamics (Sussman and Rakotozafy, ...for forest products and forest land, together with the ... See full document

... (Composition, community structure and vertical distribution of epiphytic ferns on Alsophila setosa ...Kaulf., in a Semideciduous Seasonal Forest, Morro Reuter, RS, ...Brazil). In ... See full document

... species in different locations may be affected by abiotic factors resulting in differences in the production of allelopathic ...different forest formations in the state of Paraná, ... See full document

... ecology and conservation needs of ...nets and audio-visual counts (Blake & Loiselle, ...benefits and costs (Wallace et ...on community structure (Whitman et ...species in the same ... See full document

... seedling community, as a source of seedlings for ecological restoration purposes, could be useful for many situations in the restoration of degraded areas such as restoration plantations, enrichment of low ... See full document

... of forest dynamics and their responses to silvicultural interventions has emerged as an essential tool to improve the estimates of cutting cycles and timber production (SILVA et ...2002). ... See full document

... Guianan tree species that occur at the Paracou site (Table ...included in this study. We used the procedure described in Aubry-Kientz et ...level and (iii) the tree was dead before ... See full document