Microclimate in understories of a mango orchard and a degraded area in the Eastern Amazon
Changes in land use alter regional microclimate. This study compared the microclimate in understories of a mango orchard and a degraded area in the municipality of Salinópolis, in the northeast of the Brazilian State Pará, eastern Amazon. In both environments, the microclimate was monitored through...
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| author | Juliana Chagas Rodrigues Izildinha Souza Miranda Adriano Marlisom Leão de Sousa |
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| description | Changes in land use alter regional microclimate. This study compared the microclimate in understories of a mango orchard and a degraded area in the municipality of Salinópolis, in the northeast of the Brazilian State Pará, eastern Amazon. In both environments, the microclimate was monitored through collecting data on the following variables: maximum, minimum and average air temperature, air thermal amplitude and vapor pressure deficit. The microclimate was monitored daily during four seasons: early rainy season, late rainy season, early dry season and late dry season, between December 2015 and November 2016. Vegetation coverage was the most important factor to soften maximum and average air temperature in the understories. Lower values of meteorological variables were observed in the mango orchard understory, especially during late rainy season and late dry season, except for minimum air temperature, which was lower in the understory of the degraded area, especially during the late rainy season. The microclimate in the understory differed between both environments, and mango orchards may ameliorate the understory microclimate more efficiently than degraded areas; therefore, the mango orchard can be used as an alternative for the rehabilitation of degraded areas. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-83e0583c784c4e348f32d5f18e3375e22022-12-22T00:34:38ZengInstituto de Pesquisas Ambientais em Bacias Hidrográficas (IPABHi)Revista Ambiente & Água1980-993X2018-08-0113411010.4136/ambi-agua.2129Microclimate in understories of a mango orchard and a degraded area in the Eastern AmazonJuliana Chagas Rodrigues0Izildinha Souza Miranda1Adriano Marlisom Leão de Sousa2Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (Esalq-USP), Piracicaba, SP, Brasil Programa de Pós-Graduação em Engenharia de Sistemas Agrícolas (PPGESA).Universidade Federal Rural da Amazônia (UFRA), Belém, PA, Brasil Instituto Socioambiental e dos Recursos Hídricos (ISARH). Universidade Federal Rural da Amazônia (UFRA), Belém, PA, Brasil Instituto Socioambiental e dos Recursos Hídricos (ISARH). Changes in land use alter regional microclimate. This study compared the microclimate in understories of a mango orchard and a degraded area in the municipality of Salinópolis, in the northeast of the Brazilian State Pará, eastern Amazon. In both environments, the microclimate was monitored through collecting data on the following variables: maximum, minimum and average air temperature, air thermal amplitude and vapor pressure deficit. The microclimate was monitored daily during four seasons: early rainy season, late rainy season, early dry season and late dry season, between December 2015 and November 2016. Vegetation coverage was the most important factor to soften maximum and average air temperature in the understories. Lower values of meteorological variables were observed in the mango orchard understory, especially during late rainy season and late dry season, except for minimum air temperature, which was lower in the understory of the degraded area, especially during the late rainy season. The microclimate in the understory differed between both environments, and mango orchards may ameliorate the understory microclimate more efficiently than degraded areas; therefore, the mango orchard can be used as an alternative for the rehabilitation of degraded areas.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1980-993X2018000400309&lng=pt&nrm=iso&tlng=enair relative humidityair temperaturethermal comfort |
| spellingShingle | Juliana Chagas Rodrigues Izildinha Souza Miranda Adriano Marlisom Leão de Sousa Microclimate in understories of a mango orchard and a degraded area in the Eastern Amazon Revista Ambiente & Água air relative humidity air temperature thermal comfort |
| title | Microclimate in understories of a mango orchard and a degraded area in the Eastern Amazon |
| title_full | Microclimate in understories of a mango orchard and a degraded area in the Eastern Amazon |
| title_fullStr | Microclimate in understories of a mango orchard and a degraded area in the Eastern Amazon |
| title_full_unstemmed | Microclimate in understories of a mango orchard and a degraded area in the Eastern Amazon |
| title_short | Microclimate in understories of a mango orchard and a degraded area in the Eastern Amazon |
| title_sort | microclimate in understories of a mango orchard and a degraded area in the eastern amazon |
| topic | air relative humidity air temperature thermal comfort |
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