A STUDY IN AN AREA OF TRANSITION BETWEEN SEASONALLY DRY TROPICAL FOREST AND MESOTROPHIC CERRADÃO, IN MATO GROSSO DO SUL, SOUTHWESTERN BRAZIL

Autor:	Marcelo Leandro Bueno, Carlos Rodrigo Lehn, J. A. Ratter, D. R. Neves, A. T. Oliveira Filho
Rok vydání:	2013
Předmět:	Soil test biology Ecology Species diversity Forestry Plant Science Vegetation biology.organism_classification Soil water Environmental science Species richness Soil fertility Eutrophication Anadenanthera colubrina Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics
Zdroj:	Edinburgh Journal of Botany. 70:469-486
ISSN:	1474-0036 0960-4286
DOI:	10.1017/s0960428613000164
Popis:	This study describes the tree vegetation and soils occurring in a seasonally dry tropical forest (SDTF) and mesotrophic cerradão transition in southwestern Brazil. All trees ≥ 5 cm diameter were measured in 20 plots of 20 × 25 m, 10 in SDTF, and 10 in mesotrophic cerradão. Ten soil samples of 0−20 cm depth were made per plot and mixed in plot groups to produce two composite samples. A total of 71 species was recorded. Anadenanthera colubrina had the highest importance values in both formations. Differences in soil fertility were found between SDTFs (eutrophic soils) and mesotrophic cerradão (mesotrophic soils). A non-metric multidimensional scaling and cluster analysis confirmed the soil fertility segregation, and also showed an agreement between soil fertility and variance in species composition gradients. The mesotrophic cerradão showed higher species richness since it also includes many species typical of more dystrophic and open forms of Cerrado.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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