PRESERVATION OF PRIMARY FOREST CHARACTERISTICS DESPITE FRAGMENTATION AND ISOLATION IN A FOREST REMNANT FROM VIÇOSA, MG, BRAZIL
| dc.creator | Markus Gastauer | |
| dc.creator | Marcos Eduardo Guerra Sobral | |
| dc.creator | João Augusto Alves Meira-Neto | |
| dc.date | 2015 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T03:18:34Z | |
| dc.description | According to its owners, the Forest of Seu Nico (FSN) from the Viçosa municipality, MinasGerais, Brazil, never has been logged and is therefore considered a primary forest. Nevertheless, the forestpatch suffered impacts due to selective wood and non-timber extraction, fragmentation and isolation. Aimof this study was to test if the FSN, despite impacts, preserved characteristics of primary forests, which areelevated percentages of non-pioneer (>90%), animal-dispersed (>80 %), understory (>50%) and endemic species(~40%). For that, all trees with diameter at breast height equal or major than 3.2 cm within a plot of 100x 100 m were identified. With 218 tree species found within this hectare, the FSN’s species richness is outstandingfor the region. The percentages of non-pioneer (92 %), animal-dispersed (85 %), understory (55 %) and endemicspecies (39.2 %) from the FSN fulfill the criteria proposed for primary forest. Therefore, we conclude thatthe FSN maintained its characteristics as a primary forest which highlights its importance for the conservationof biotic resources in the region, where similar fragments are lacking or not described yet. | |
| dc.format | application/pdf | |
| dc.identifier | 0100-6762 | |
| dc.identifier | https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=48843584001 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/430027 | |
| dc.language | en | |
| dc.publisher | Universidade Federal de Viçosa | |
| dc.relation | http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=488 | |
| dc.rights | Revista Árvore | |
| dc.source | Revista Árvore (Brasil) Num.6 Vol.39 | |
| dc.subject | Agrociencias | |
| dc.title | PRESERVATION OF PRIMARY FOREST CHARACTERISTICS DESPITE FRAGMENTATION AND ISOLATION IN A FOREST REMNANT FROM VIÇOSA, MG, BRAZIL | |
| dc.type | artículo científico |