Species representativeness of Fabaceae in restrictive soils explains the difference in structure of two types of Chaco vegetation
AUTOR(ES)
Baptista, Mozart Sávio Pires; Assunção, Vivian Almeida; Bueno, Marcelo Leandro; Casagrande, José Carlos; Sartori, Ângela Lúcia Bagnatori
FONTE
Acta Bot. Bras.
DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO
2020-09
RESUMO
ABSTRACT The distributions of species of Fabaceae are strongly related to the soil. Their presence can alter restrictive conditions and favour the establishment of other species. However, it is still not known how the relationship between species of Fabaceae and edaphic factors interact in structuring woody Chaco vegetation. In this context, we aimed to test the hypothesis that restrictive edaphic conditions can explain the difference in floristic patterns of two types of vegetation through their species representativeness of Fabaceae. We analysed floristic consistency between wooded and forested Chaco to address how spatial and environment components might explain differences between them along with the effects of the interaction between Fabaceae and the soil. We observed that the association between environmental and spatial variables was more important than any individual factor in explaining the structuring of the communities. Both the percentage of species of Fabaceae present and the soil influence the structure of the two types of vegetation. Species of Fabaceae have greater potential as indicators in the wooded Chaco. Therefore, we suggest the interaction between soil types and species of Fabaceae plays a role during the structuring of the communities through the establishment of these species in more restrictive soils.
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