Vascular epiphytic component of “Brejo de altitude” in northeastern Brazil: floristic composition and phytosociological structure
The Brazilian Northeastern Brejos is an important area of biodiversity in the Atlantic Forest. However, little is known about the species composition of epiphytes in this type of vegetation. The present study aims to characterize the floristic and phytosociological structure of vascular epiphytic co...
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| author | Randolpho Gonçalves Dias-Terceiro Vitor Serrano Gomes Marcelo Costa de Menezes Layon Oreste Demarchi Juliano Ricardo Fabricante Manoel Bandeira Albuquerque |
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| description | The Brazilian Northeastern Brejos is an important area of biodiversity in the Atlantic Forest. However, little is known about the species composition of epiphytes in this type of vegetation. The present study aims to characterize the floristic and phytosociological structure of vascular epiphytic components in an area of the Brazilian Northeastern Brejo. All epiphytes occurring in the area were collected and compared with other studies through NMDS analysis. For the epiphyte phytosociological structure, sixty 10 × 10 m sampling plots were installed. The floristic survey of epiphytes recorded 23 species, distributed in 19 genera and ten families. In plots, 65 host individuals were sampled, and the occurrence of 197 vascular epiphytes, distributed in 12 species, 12 genera and five families was recorded. The floristic composition differs from other areas of the Atlantic Forest, including the northeast, making the Brejo a very peculiar area and with the utmost need of a plan for the conservation of these species. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7f4c6258637f451b9ed1369462ea58c02022-12-21T17:23:56ZengUniversidade Federal de Santa CatarinaBiotemas0103-16432175-79252021-03-0134110.5007/2175-7925.2021.e76492Vascular epiphytic component of “Brejo de altitude” in northeastern Brazil: floristic composition and phytosociological structureRandolpho Gonçalves Dias-Terceiro0Vitor Serrano Gomes1Marcelo Costa de Menezes2Layon Oreste Demarchi3Juliano Ricardo Fabricante4Manoel Bandeira Albuquerque5Claretiano Education Network (Campus Manaus), Maromba Street 79, Manaus - AM, 69050-150, BrazilEnvironmental inspector of the municipal secretary of environment of João Pessoa, Municipal Administrative Center - R. Diógenes Chianca, 1777 - Água Fria, João Pessoa - PB, 58073-480, BrazilGraduating in Environmental Management, IFPB Campus João Pessoa Avenida Primeiro de Maio 720, Jaguaribe, João Pessoa - PB, 58015-435National Institute of Amazon Researches (INPA), Postgraduate in Botany, Av. André Araujo 2936, 69067–375, Manaus, BrazilLaboratory of Ecology and Conservation of Biodiversity (LECoB), Department of Biosciences (DBCI), University Campus Prof. Alberto Carvalho, Federal University of Sergipe (UFS), Itabaiana-SE, 49506-036, BrazilPlant Ecology Laboratory, Department of Phytotechnics and Environmental Sciences, Federal University of Paraíba, Areia-PB, 58397-000, BrazilThe Brazilian Northeastern Brejos is an important area of biodiversity in the Atlantic Forest. However, little is known about the species composition of epiphytes in this type of vegetation. The present study aims to characterize the floristic and phytosociological structure of vascular epiphytic components in an area of the Brazilian Northeastern Brejo. All epiphytes occurring in the area were collected and compared with other studies through NMDS analysis. For the epiphyte phytosociological structure, sixty 10 × 10 m sampling plots were installed. The floristic survey of epiphytes recorded 23 species, distributed in 19 genera and ten families. In plots, 65 host individuals were sampled, and the occurrence of 197 vascular epiphytes, distributed in 12 species, 12 genera and five families was recorded. The floristic composition differs from other areas of the Atlantic Forest, including the northeast, making the Brejo a very peculiar area and with the utmost need of a plan for the conservation of these species.https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/biotemas/article/view/76492Brejos NordestinosCommunity ecologyEpiphytes of the Brazilian NortheastEpiphyte flora |
| spellingShingle | Randolpho Gonçalves Dias-Terceiro Vitor Serrano Gomes Marcelo Costa de Menezes Layon Oreste Demarchi Juliano Ricardo Fabricante Manoel Bandeira Albuquerque Vascular epiphytic component of “Brejo de altitude” in northeastern Brazil: floristic composition and phytosociological structure Biotemas Brejos Nordestinos Community ecology Epiphytes of the Brazilian Northeast Epiphyte flora |
| title | Vascular epiphytic component of “Brejo de altitude” in northeastern Brazil: floristic composition and phytosociological structure |
| title_full | Vascular epiphytic component of “Brejo de altitude” in northeastern Brazil: floristic composition and phytosociological structure |
| title_fullStr | Vascular epiphytic component of “Brejo de altitude” in northeastern Brazil: floristic composition and phytosociological structure |
| title_full_unstemmed | Vascular epiphytic component of “Brejo de altitude” in northeastern Brazil: floristic composition and phytosociological structure |
| title_short | Vascular epiphytic component of “Brejo de altitude” in northeastern Brazil: floristic composition and phytosociological structure |
| title_sort | vascular epiphytic component of brejo de altitude in northeastern brazil floristic composition and phytosociological structure |
| topic | Brejos Nordestinos Community ecology Epiphytes of the Brazilian Northeast Epiphyte flora |
| url | https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/biotemas/article/view/76492 |
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