Floristic and structural characterization of six fragments of the seasonal semidecidual forest in the environmental protection area of Souzas and Joaquim Egídio, Campinas, SP

• Grant number: 99/06999-0
• Support Opportunities: BIOTA-FAPESP Program - Regular Research Grants
• Start date: April 01, 2001
• End date: June 30, 2003
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Ecology
• Principal Investigator: Luiza Sumiko Kinoshita
• Grantee: Luiza Sumiko Kinoshita
• Host Institution: Instituto de Biologia (IB). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The proposed project aims at discovering and comparing the floristic composition, phytosociological structure and state of conservation of ten fragments of seasonal semidecidual forest in the municipality of Campinas, SP. Among the fragments chosen for the study is the Ribeirão Cachoeira forest, the second largest fragment in the municipality with 236.2ha. The others are distributed in three classes of size: 10-15ha; 16-25ha and 26-45ha, with three fragments in each class. The sampling will be carried out using the quadrant points method, in which will be included individual trees with a diameter at chest height > 5 cm.We will analyze qualitative aspects of the state of conservation of the fragments as index of the canopy cover (obtained through hemispheric photos); state of the canopy (evaluated through categorization of the trees sampled in current trees, past trees and future trees); degree of infestation by lianas and occurrence of disturbance factors (fire, cattle and wood extraction). After the collection of this data it is hoped to analyze questions such as: the correspondence between the patterns of variation of the vegetation and the pattern of variations of the abiotic components and the relationship between the classifications found in the literature on the state of conservation of the fragments with qualitative parameters measured in the field. (AU)

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

DOS SANTOS‚ K.; KINOSHITA‚ L.S.; SANTOS‚ F.A.M.. Tree species composition and similarity in semideciduous forest fragments of southeastern Brazil. Biological Conservation, v. 135, n. 2, p. 268-277, 2007. (99/06999-0)