Floristic composition and dispersal syndrome: How can environmental factors affect the Cracidae refuge in a secondary Atlantic Forest fragment?
The Atlantic Forest is a threatened biodiversity hotspot. Anthropogenic and environmental factors affect this biodiversity, including floristics and, consequently, the seed dispersal syndrome. The objective was to evaluate the influence of environmental factors on floristic composition, seed dispers...
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| author | Maria Paula Miranda Xavier Rufino Carlos Moreira Miquelino Eleto Torres Fabiano Rodrigues de Melo Lívia Thaís Moreira de Figueiredo Samuel José Silva Soares da Rocha Bruno Leão Said Schettini Paulo Henrique Villanova Mariany Filipini de Freitas José Cola Zanuncio Lucas Abreu Kerkoff Felipe Corrêa Ribeiro Otávio Miranda Verly Walter da Silva Costa |
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| description | The Atlantic Forest is a threatened biodiversity hotspot. Anthropogenic and environmental factors affect this biodiversity, including floristics and, consequently, the seed dispersal syndrome. The objective was to evaluate the influence of environmental factors on floristic composition, seed dispersal syndrome and potential for wild fauna refuge, especially birds of the Cracidae family, in a Private Reserve of Natural Heritage (RPPN) in the Atlantic Forest. The study was carried out in a forest fragment of 631 ha in the RPPN Fazenda Macedônia in Ipaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Twenty-three plots (10 × 50 m) were inventoried at three sampling levels with the plots being selectively distributed, considering the different geoenvironments. Environmental factors were divided into edaphic (soil chemical and physical) and landscape (altitude, slope, terrain exposure and edge distance) variables. Species composition and plot groupings by smallest dissimilarity were calculated. The dispersal syndrome and the type of zoochoric dispersal were determined for tree species. The species dispersed by birds had records of occurrence in the verified cracid diet. Two hundred and forty-nine species from 138 genera and 46 tree families were recorded. The dissimilarity between plots ranged from 0.4 to 1.0 forming four groups. Floristic composition was influenced by soil variables (soil pH, available potassium and magnesium, exchangeable aluminum, effective and potential CEC, remaining phosphorus, organic matter and silt) and landscape (altitude). The zoochoric dispersal syndrome was the most frequent, with ornithochory (68.09%) being the most important within this group. In the RRPN, 35 species of tree were recorded in the cracids diet. Tree species composition of varied with edaphic variables and with altitude. The wide distribution of species recorded in cracid diets reaffirms the fragment's potential for the establishment and conservation of these birds, highlighting the importance of creating and protecting private conservation areas, such as the RPPN Fazenda Macedônia. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ed997263de2e47708df6fb56df848fa62023-02-27T04:07:40ZengElsevierTrees, Forests and People2666-71932023-03-0111100374Floristic composition and dispersal syndrome: How can environmental factors affect the Cracidae refuge in a secondary Atlantic Forest fragment?Maria Paula Miranda Xavier Rufino0Carlos Moreira Miquelino Eleto Torres1Fabiano Rodrigues de Melo2Lívia Thaís Moreira de Figueiredo3Samuel José Silva Soares da Rocha4Bruno Leão Said Schettini5Paulo Henrique Villanova6Mariany Filipini de Freitas7José Cola Zanuncio8Lucas Abreu Kerkoff9Felipe Corrêa Ribeiro10Otávio Miranda Verly11Walter da Silva Costa12Department of Forest Engineering, Federal University of Viçosa, Peter Henry Rolfs Avenue, Viçosa, Minas Gerais 36570-900, Brazil; Corresponding author.Department of Forest Engineering, Federal University of Viçosa, Peter Henry Rolfs Avenue, Viçosa, Minas Gerais 36570-900, BrazilDepartment of Forest Engineering, Federal University of Viçosa, Peter Henry Rolfs Avenue, Viçosa, Minas Gerais 36570-900, BrazilForest Engineering Sector, School of Agronomy, Federal University of Goiás, Esperança Avenue, Goiania, Goiás 74690-900, BrazilDepartment of Forest Sciences, Federal University of Lavras, Minas Gerais State, Doutor Sylvio Menicucci Avenue, Lavras, Minas Gerais 37200-900, BrazilDepartment of Forest Engineering, Federal University of Viçosa, Peter Henry Rolfs Avenue, Viçosa, Minas Gerais 36570-900, BrazilDepartment of Forest Engineering, Federal University of Viçosa, Peter Henry Rolfs Avenue, Viçosa, Minas Gerais 36570-900, BrazilDepartment of Forest Engineering, Federal University of Viçosa, Peter Henry Rolfs Avenue, Viçosa, Minas Gerais 36570-900, BrazilDepartment of Entomology/BIOAGRO, Federal University of Viçosa, Peter Henry Rolfs Avenue, Viçosa, Minas Gerais 36570-900, BrazilDepartment of Forest Engineering, Federal University of Viçosa, Peter Henry Rolfs Avenue, Viçosa, Minas Gerais 36570-900, BrazilDepartment of Forest Engineering, Federal University of Viçosa, Peter Henry Rolfs Avenue, Viçosa, Minas Gerais 36570-900, BrazilDepartment of Forest Engineering, Federal University of Viçosa, Peter Henry Rolfs Avenue, Viçosa, Minas Gerais 36570-900, BrazilCelulose Nipo-Brasileira S. A., BR 381 Highway, Km 172, Belo Oriente, Minas Gerais 35196-000, BrazilThe Atlantic Forest is a threatened biodiversity hotspot. Anthropogenic and environmental factors affect this biodiversity, including floristics and, consequently, the seed dispersal syndrome. The objective was to evaluate the influence of environmental factors on floristic composition, seed dispersal syndrome and potential for wild fauna refuge, especially birds of the Cracidae family, in a Private Reserve of Natural Heritage (RPPN) in the Atlantic Forest. The study was carried out in a forest fragment of 631 ha in the RPPN Fazenda Macedônia in Ipaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Twenty-three plots (10 × 50 m) were inventoried at three sampling levels with the plots being selectively distributed, considering the different geoenvironments. Environmental factors were divided into edaphic (soil chemical and physical) and landscape (altitude, slope, terrain exposure and edge distance) variables. Species composition and plot groupings by smallest dissimilarity were calculated. The dispersal syndrome and the type of zoochoric dispersal were determined for tree species. The species dispersed by birds had records of occurrence in the verified cracid diet. Two hundred and forty-nine species from 138 genera and 46 tree families were recorded. The dissimilarity between plots ranged from 0.4 to 1.0 forming four groups. Floristic composition was influenced by soil variables (soil pH, available potassium and magnesium, exchangeable aluminum, effective and potential CEC, remaining phosphorus, organic matter and silt) and landscape (altitude). The zoochoric dispersal syndrome was the most frequent, with ornithochory (68.09%) being the most important within this group. In the RRPN, 35 species of tree were recorded in the cracids diet. Tree species composition of varied with edaphic variables and with altitude. The wide distribution of species recorded in cracid diets reaffirms the fragment's potential for the establishment and conservation of these birds, highlighting the importance of creating and protecting private conservation areas, such as the RPPN Fazenda Macedônia.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666719323000067Seasonal Semideciduous ForestAnimal-plant interactionAtlantic ForestPrivate conservation areas |
| spellingShingle | Maria Paula Miranda Xavier Rufino Carlos Moreira Miquelino Eleto Torres Fabiano Rodrigues de Melo Lívia Thaís Moreira de Figueiredo Samuel José Silva Soares da Rocha Bruno Leão Said Schettini Paulo Henrique Villanova Mariany Filipini de Freitas José Cola Zanuncio Lucas Abreu Kerkoff Felipe Corrêa Ribeiro Otávio Miranda Verly Walter da Silva Costa Floristic composition and dispersal syndrome: How can environmental factors affect the Cracidae refuge in a secondary Atlantic Forest fragment? Trees, Forests and People Seasonal Semideciduous Forest Animal-plant interaction Atlantic Forest Private conservation areas |
| title | Floristic composition and dispersal syndrome: How can environmental factors affect the Cracidae refuge in a secondary Atlantic Forest fragment? |
| title_full | Floristic composition and dispersal syndrome: How can environmental factors affect the Cracidae refuge in a secondary Atlantic Forest fragment? |
| title_fullStr | Floristic composition and dispersal syndrome: How can environmental factors affect the Cracidae refuge in a secondary Atlantic Forest fragment? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Floristic composition and dispersal syndrome: How can environmental factors affect the Cracidae refuge in a secondary Atlantic Forest fragment? |
| title_short | Floristic composition and dispersal syndrome: How can environmental factors affect the Cracidae refuge in a secondary Atlantic Forest fragment? |
| title_sort | floristic composition and dispersal syndrome how can environmental factors affect the cracidae refuge in a secondary atlantic forest fragment |
| topic | Seasonal Semideciduous Forest Animal-plant interaction Atlantic Forest Private conservation areas |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666719323000067 |
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