Flora of Baturité, Ceará: a Wet Island in the Brazilian Semiarid
| Autor: | Luiz Wilson Lima-Verde, Francisco Alisson da Silva Xavier, Andréa Pereira Silvera, Kátia Araújo Ribeiro, Adriana Tamie Otutumi, Morgana Maria Arcanjo Bruno, Teógenes Senna de Oliveira, Francisca Soares de Araújo, Vaneicia dos Santos Gomes, Edison Fernandes da Silva, Sarah Sued Gomes de Souza, Maria Iracema Bezerra Loiola |
|---|---|
| Jazyk: | portugalština |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: | |
| Zdroj: | Repositório Institucional da Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC) Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC) instacron:UFC Floresta e Ambiente, Vol 27, Iss 4 (2020) Floresta e Ambiente v.27 n.4 2020 Floresta e Ambiente Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) instacron:UFRJ |
| Popis: | The biota of the humid mountain ranges of the Brazilian semiarid is still poorly understood. In order to fill this scientific gap, we carried out an extensive survey along altitudinal ranges (400m - 1,000 m) on both the windward and the leeward slopes of the Baturite Mountain Range, in the state of Ceara state. We registered 400 plant species and 92 families. The Myrtaceae (36 spp.), Fabaceae (25 spp.), Rubiaceae (20 spp.) and Bromeliaceae (15 spp.) families predominated on the windward slope; while Fabaceae (19 spp.), Myrtaceae (14 spp.) and Euphorbiaceae (11 spp.) were the most abundant on the leeward slope. As we expected, the species richness of trees, shrubs, subshrubs, epiphytes and terrestrial herbs was positively correlated with the altitude (R2 > 0.60). Above 800 m, we registered 273 species exclusive to the windward slope, 81 exclusive to the leeward slope, and 46 shared species. Therefore, management actions must consider the spatial heterogeneity, distribution and taxa richness. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
| Externí odkaz: |
|