The seed bank of a gallery forest in Southeastern Brazil

The soil seed bank was studied in a gallery forest in Southeastern Brazil. Samples were collected from edge to edge along transects perpendicular to the river during the wet (December, 1990) and dry (August, 1991) seasons. The number of seeds found in the seed bank samples was greater in the dry sea...

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Main Authors: Maria Tereza Grombone-Guaratini, Hermógenes de Freitas Leitão Filho, Paulo Yoshio Kageyama
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Tecnologia do Paraná (Tecpar) 2004-09-01
Series:Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology
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author Maria Tereza Grombone-Guaratini
Hermógenes de Freitas Leitão Filho
Paulo Yoshio Kageyama
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Hermógenes de Freitas Leitão Filho
Paulo Yoshio Kageyama
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description The soil seed bank was studied in a gallery forest in Southeastern Brazil. Samples were collected from edge to edge along transects perpendicular to the river during the wet (December, 1990) and dry (August, 1991) seasons. The number of seeds found in the seed bank samples was greater in the dry season than in the wet season indicating that there was important variation in the seed stocks in these two periods. The similarity values between the seed bank and the community composition were low. The high density of weed species might be reflecting forest fragmentation and indicating a degree of perturbation.<br>O banco de sementes do solo foi estudado em uma floresta de galeria. As amostras de banco de sementes foram coletadas ao longo de transectos abertos perpendicularmente à área do rio durante as estações chuvosa (dezembro/1990) e seca (agosto/1991). O número de sementes encontrado nas amostras de banco de sementes proveniente da estação seca foi significativamente maior do que o número de sementes encontrado nas amostras provenientes da estação chuvosa. Os resultados obtidos evidenciaram uma variação significativa entre o estoque de sementes encontrados nos dois períodos amostrados. A similaridade entre o estoque de sementes no solo e a flora local foi baixa. A alta densidade de espécies invasoras pode refletir a fragmentação e indicar o grau de perturbação da floresta.
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spelling doaj.art-9bf0fae5eb1d4907995d2b0429884d942022-12-21T19:39:39ZengInstituto de Tecnologia do Paraná (Tecpar)Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology1516-89131678-43242004-09-0147579379710.1590/S1516-89132004000500015The seed bank of a gallery forest in Southeastern BrazilMaria Tereza Grombone-GuaratiniHermógenes de Freitas Leitão FilhoPaulo Yoshio KageyamaThe soil seed bank was studied in a gallery forest in Southeastern Brazil. Samples were collected from edge to edge along transects perpendicular to the river during the wet (December, 1990) and dry (August, 1991) seasons. The number of seeds found in the seed bank samples was greater in the dry season than in the wet season indicating that there was important variation in the seed stocks in these two periods. The similarity values between the seed bank and the community composition were low. The high density of weed species might be reflecting forest fragmentation and indicating a degree of perturbation.<br>O banco de sementes do solo foi estudado em uma floresta de galeria. As amostras de banco de sementes foram coletadas ao longo de transectos abertos perpendicularmente à área do rio durante as estações chuvosa (dezembro/1990) e seca (agosto/1991). O número de sementes encontrado nas amostras de banco de sementes proveniente da estação seca foi significativamente maior do que o número de sementes encontrado nas amostras provenientes da estação chuvosa. Os resultados obtidos evidenciaram uma variação significativa entre o estoque de sementes encontrados nos dois períodos amostrados. A similaridade entre o estoque de sementes no solo e a flora local foi baixa. A alta densidade de espécies invasoras pode refletir a fragmentação e indicar o grau de perturbação da floresta.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132004000500015Forest regenerationforest successiongallery forestsoil seed-bank
spellingShingle Maria Tereza Grombone-Guaratini
Hermógenes de Freitas Leitão Filho
Paulo Yoshio Kageyama
The seed bank of a gallery forest in Southeastern Brazil
Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology
Forest regeneration
forest succession
gallery forest
soil seed-bank
title The seed bank of a gallery forest in Southeastern Brazil
title_full The seed bank of a gallery forest in Southeastern Brazil
title_fullStr The seed bank of a gallery forest in Southeastern Brazil
title_full_unstemmed The seed bank of a gallery forest in Southeastern Brazil
title_short The seed bank of a gallery forest in Southeastern Brazil
title_sort seed bank of a gallery forest in southeastern brazil
topic Forest regeneration
forest succession
gallery forest
soil seed-bank
url http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132004000500015
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