| This study describes the initial measures taken to reconstitute the forest cover in a burned area of Araucaria Forest by means of planting seeds and seedlings of Araucaria angustifolia (parana pine) and Ocotea porosa (imbuia). The study area is located at the Experimental Station of Caçador, in Caçador, State of Santa Catarina, Brazil. Species were systematically arranged in lines and rows over the experimental area and a spacing of 5 x 5 m between trees belonging to the same species was adopted. There were planted 123 parana-pines and 96 imbuias. Thirty-five trees, which remained after the fire, were also left in the area. Parana-pines were firstly planted by seed, but due to the attack of Cebus apella nigritus on the newly emerged plants, it was... |
