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| Gastauer,Markus; Meira Neto,João Augusto Alves. |
| Ecological theory predicts that, in mature ecosystems, species richness, the number of individuals and the biomass of individuals will remain in a relatively stable state of equilibrium. The aim of this study was to test that theory. In 2001 and 2010, we conducted censuses of all trees with a circumference at breast height > 10 cm in a one-hectare plot in a seasonal semideciduous old-growth forest in southeastern Brazil. We compared the two censuses in terms of species richness and diversity, computing growth, recruitment and mortality rates, as well as gains and losses of basal area. Between 2001 and 2010, species richness declined from 224 to 218 species and the basal area increased from 37.86 to 40.16 m² ha-1. Overall turnover (the mean... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Community dynamics; Habitat loss; Immigration rate; Landscape fragmentation; Species richness. |
| Ano: 2013 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-33062013000200004 |
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| Candido,Helder Marcos Nunes; Miazaki,Ângela; Pontara,Vanessa; Bueno,Marcelo Leandro; Solar,Ricardo; Gastauer,Markus; Meira-Neto,João Augusto Alves. |
| ABSTRACT The growth-survival trade-off hypothesis states that functional traits of stem, wood, leaves and fruits govern acquisitive and conservative strategies of plant species that grow/survive differently in forests. We aimed to determine whether heterogeneity during the colonization of a secondary Atlantic Forest fragment causes differences in colonization-related traits and determines taxonomic composition of subplots. A total of 5,078 subplots were censused with leaf and fruit traits and height measurements being determined for each tree of each species, and with averaged-abundance-weighted values calculated for each subplot. A dendrogram was generated from the taxonomic composition of subplots using Sorensen similarity and UPGMA clustering. A total... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Colonization; Fruit size; LEEP 50-ha plot; Leaf functional traits; Plant height; Wood density; Plant functional traits; Phytosociology. |
| Ano: 2020 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-33062020000100001 |
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| Meira-Neto,João Augusto Alves; Tolentino,Gláucia Soares; Silva,Maria Carolina Nunes Alves da; Neri,Andreza Viana; Gastauer,Markus; Magnago,Luiz Fernando Silva; Yuste,Jorge Curiel; Valladares,Fernando. |
| ABSTRACT The Cerrado is the largest savanna of South America and its physiognomy varies from savanna to woodlands. There are two main types of woodlands in the Cerrado: dystrophic woodlands, dominated by N-fixing leguminous trees (LEG), and mesotrophic woodlands dominated by non-leguminous drought-tolerant trees (DRY), which are calcicoles and sensitive to Al3+. The working hypothesis is that LEG and DRY are functional antagonists in terms of the acidification/alkalization processes involving different forms of inorganic nitrogen and pH, Ca2+ and Al3+ in soil. Tree species basal area and soil properties were used to investigate the antagonism between LEG and DRY using generalized linear models. The results suggest that LEG and DRY are antagonists. The LEG... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Aluminum toxicity; Calcicole species; Dry forests; Ecosystem function; Nitrogen fixing; Tropical savanna; Woodlands. |
| Ano: 2017 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-33062017000100011 |
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| Gastauer,Markus; Saporetti-Junior,Amílcar W.; Valladares,Fernando; Meira-Neto,João A. A.. |
| ABSTRACT Mussununga, an oligotrophic sandy savanna ecosystem, comprises distinct physiognomies along fire, water and nutrient availability gradients. Grasslands and woodlands are constrained at the opposite poles of these gradients, with grasslands occurring in areas with poorer soils and higher levels of both water-stress and fire intensity. According to the stress-dominance hypothesis, one might expect the importance of competition for community assembly to increase from grasslands to woodlands. Assuming conservation of ecological niches within evolutionary lineages, this should increase phylogenetic overdispersion from grasslands towards woodlands. To test this, we calculated phylogenetic diversity and community structure using different null models as... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Competition; Environmental filters; Mussunungas; Savanna woodlands; Stress-dominance hypothesis. |
| Ano: 2017 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-33062017000400531 |
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