Estrutura e diversidade da família Lauraceae na Mata Atlântica do Parque Estadual da Serra do Mar, São Paulo, Brasil

• Ano de defesa: 2014
• Autor(a) principal: Kamimura, Vitor de Andrade [UNESP]
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
• Palavras-chave em Português: Plant ecology; Ecologia vegetal; Lauraceae; Comunidades vegetais; Analise multivariada; Biodiversidade; Mata Atlântica; Parque Estadual da Serra do Mar (SP)
• Link de acesso: http://hdl.handle.net/11449/108717

The floristic and structural compositions of Lauraceae were analyzed along a gradient of altitude (10 to 1.093m) in the Atlantic Forest. We aimed to respond how the altitudinal variations influence the vegetation patterns (diversity and structure) of Lauraceae, and how this family contributes to the richness and composition of the tree community as a whole. For this, we compiled data from 15 floristic surveys (1-ha plots), carried at different altitudes in the Atlantic Rainforest of southeastern of Brazil. The surveys included all trees with dbh ≥4.8cm, followed by a review of the collected specimens of Lauraceae. In analyzes, we considered two topographical variables for altitudinal effects, average elevation and elevational range of each plot. We registered a total of 22.895 live trees, 859 species and 70 families. Lauraceae contributed 4.3% of the total individuals, and showed the fourth highest species richness in the area (6.4% of total species). We found the highest diversity of Lauraceae in the mountaintop region, and a positive correlation was found for the variation in number of individuals and family´s species with the increment of altitude, supported by models of significant regressions (p <0.05). In the gradient studied, we found a substitution of Fabaceae family by Lauraceae, and the family presented uniform spatial distribution pattern, which was different only in areas with high elevational range (>50m), with a tendency to random distribution in these areas. To both categories (family and community), the mean height varied positively along the gradient studied for both Lauraceae and the tree community. However, for total basal area, Lauraceae revealed the highest values in areas above 1.000 m, while the tree community showed the highest values in areas of medium elevation. Considering the floristic similarity as a criterion for grouping of areas, there are different arrays among plots for each category assessed. We found...