Remnant vegetation diagnose aiming forest restoration and conservation in the municipality of Paulínia, São Paulo State / Caracterização da vegetação remanescente visando à conservação e restauração florestal no município de Paulínia - SP

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2009

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In biological conservation, forest fragmentation is defined as a separation or nonnatural disconnection of wide areas in spatially segregated fragments, generating a reduction of habitat types and the split of remnant habitat in smaller isolated units. The magnitude and extension of these landscape alterations are influenced by size, connectivity, shape, context and heterogeneity of fragments. Aiming environmental conservation of the municipality of Paulinia, SP, this study aimed to diagnose the remnant vegetation. The forest fragments identified in the municipality were: Seasonal Semidecidual Forest, Seasonal Semidecidual Riparian Forest, Swamp Forest and Savanna. The vegetation characterization was done through a quick floristic search based on sampling time. The 104 fragments presented a richness of 517 species, 447 of which are regional native species (Paulinia region) and 18 are non-regional native species (from other regions of Brazil); and 52 exotic species (from other countries). These fragments presented rare species as Tabebuia insignis, Pilocarpus pennatifolius, Salix humboldtiana, Handroanthus umbellatus. The floristic similarity analysis using the Sorensen method was particularly effective to separate Savanna and Swamp Forest fragments and showed a tendency for grouping some variations of Seasonal Semidecidual Forest. In order to obtain quantitative data (abundance) about the species, all different species found in each time interval in the quick floristic search were recorded. Indicatives for 517 species were obtained classifying then into rare or common in the landscape, in each forest formation, and in each fragment studied. 21.324 records were generated for a total of 801 intervals of 15 minutes sampling. Species composition varied with size and conservation degree of fragments. The influences of the forest physiognomy type, size and conservation status of fragments on species composition related to ecological succession classes and dispersion syndromes were analyzed. The ecological classes composition varied along with the size and conservation status for the fragments of Seasonal Semidecidual Forest and Seasonal Semidecidual Riparian Forest. In smaller and very degraded fragments there was a predominance of species from initial sucessional stages (pioneer and secondary species) in comparison to species from final stages of succession (climax). There was predominance of zoochory, followed by anemochory and autochory in all situations analyzed.

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florestas - restauração - paulínia (sp) paulinia proteção florestal. quick floristic search ecologia florestal comunidades vegetais plantas raras manejo florestal conservation rare species

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