Artificial Perches: Ecological and Functional Aspects of its Contribution in the Atlantic Forest

Autor: Mariana de Andrade Iguatemy, Joana Alvarez Vilarinhos, Gabriela Akemi Macedo Oda, Marilena de Menezes Silva Conde, André Scarambone Zaú
Jazyk: English<br />Portuguese
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Floresta e Ambiente, Vol 27, Iss 2 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2179-8087
DOI: 10.1590/2179-8087.030118
Popis: Abstract Ecological restoration through conventional plantation techniques can create forests with low biodiversity. As such, one way to overcome possible shortcomings of the restoration process is to use nucleation techniques, such as artificial perches. These structures attract the avifauna and increase the deposition of seeds associated with feces or bird regurgitation. Seed rain and seedlings regeneration were monitored under artificial perches and control areas in a degraded area of Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. In this study, 46 morphospecies of seeds were identified. Under the perches, greater abundance and richness of seeds were found with certain ecological and functional traits that support the role of artificial perches as a biological diversity core. Seedling establishment was low under the perches and control areas. This suggests that integrated actions to improve soil conditions should be applied to enhance seedling establishment.
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