Uso e diversidade genética em populações naturais de biriba (Eschweilera ovata [Cambess.] Miers): subsídios ao manejo e conservação da espécie. / Use and diversity genetic in natual populations of biriba (eschweilera ovata [cambess.] miers): subsidies to management and conservation of specie.

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2004

RESUMO

The exploitation of non-timber resources from tropical forest has been an alternative income to local human communities. Among the tree species which are exploited in the Atlantic forest, the “biriba” – Eschweilera ovata (Cambess.) Miers – has been used to manufacture the arc of “berimbau”. The genetic conservation and the sustainable management of E. ovata populations are necessary to guarantee the longterm exploitation of this resource in an ecological, as well economic and social point of view. Adequate management strategies can be planned by getting information about the population genetic structure and mating system of the species. The aim of this study was to evaluate the mating system and the population genetic structure of E. ovata, using the allozyme electrophoresis technique. Three populations under different levels of human action in an area of natural occurrence of E. ovata near Salvador, Bahia state, were chosen. The results of the evaluation of the mating system of E. ovata, obtained for two population, indicate that the species reproduces itself through outcrossing. The outcrossing rate ($ t m ) varied from 98.5% to 99.9%. These values are higher than that average estimates observed in tropical tree species. Inbred crosses were observed in the progenies. Almost 100% of the inbreeding observed in the non-disturbed population and 76.8% in the exploited population was due to crossing among related individuals. Selffertilization was also observed. The estimated value of the coefficient of the coancestrality among the progenies ( $qF ) varied from 0.191 to 0.211. The estimates of self- fertilization correlation ( s rˆ ) were low and statistically similar and non significant in both populations (the values varied from 0.100 to 0.107). The expected number of pollen donors was extremely low, having an average of two pollen donors by mother-tree. The average effective number of variance (Ne(v)) was 2.13. With this estimate was possible to conclude that it is necessary to collect about 23 adult trees in these populations to keep an effective size of 50. The effective population size was similar to the number of individuals sampled. The genetic divergence among the adult populations ( $ q pA ) was 2.5%, showing the genetic diversity is mainly distributed within populations (97.5%). The genetic divergence among the populations obtained from the progenies ( $ q pP ) was also lower, 1.4% (0.1 to 3.5%). The average number of alleles by loci was 2.14 in the adult populations and 2.41 in the progenies. The percentage of polymorphic loci was 85.4% in the adults and 81.8% in the progenies. The expected heterozigosity varied form 0.354 to 0.431 and the observed heterozigosity varied from 0.332 to 0.371. The values of observed heterozigosity were inferior to the expected heterozigosity, indicating that there are more homozygous individuals than expected by the Hardy Weinberg Equilibrium. The spatial autocorrelation analysis of E. ovata shows that there is intrapopulational genetic structure in the studied populations of adult individuals. Closer individuals show a higher probability of being genetic related. The results obtained in this study are helpful to infer about the genetic conservation and the management of the species.

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manejo florestal forest management biriba electrophoresis atlantic conservation genetic diversidade genética biriba mata atlântica forest ecology eletroforese conservação genética genetic diversity ecologia florestal

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