How does fire season affect Cerrado vegetation?

• Grant number: 15/06743-0
• Support type: Research Grants - Young Investigators Grants
• Duration: May 01, 2015 - February 29, 2020
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Ecology
• Principal Investigator: Alessandra Tomaselli Fidelis
• Grantee: Alessandra Tomaselli Fidelis
• Home Institution: Instituto de Biociências (IB). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Rio Claro. Rio Claro , SP, Brazil
• Assoc. researchers: Aline Redondo Martins ; Isabel Belloni Schmidt ; Lara Amaral Souza
• Associated grant(s): 18/08892-1 - 61st annual symposium of the International Association for vegetation science, AR.EXT
• Associated scholarship(s): 19/17378-2 - Analysis of germination and seed traits from Cerrado: elaboration of a database, BP.TT; 18/21300-6 - Does the protection of aerial buds in woody plants occur in response to fire in Cerrado?, BP.MS; 18/18696-5 - Evaluation of above- and belowground biomass and traits in areas with different fire histories in Cerrado, BP.IC; + associated scholarships 18/18822-0 - Above- and belowground biomass of campo sujo, BP.TT; 18/09054-0 - Invasions by African grasses and Cerrado restoration: an approach by state-and-transition models, BP.DR; 17/22618-7 - How often should we burn the Cerrado? the effect of fire frequency on Cerrado communities, BP.MS; 18/02949-1 - Germination experiments in species and soil seed bank in Cerrado, BP.TT; 17/02934-1 - After fire, where to the resprouts come from? evaluation of the bud bank and belowground organs of Cerrado, BP.PD; 17/16149-4 - The effect of fire on phenology, seed and germination traits of Cerrado species, BP.MS; 17/09914-6 - Flammability of Cerrado, BP.MS; 16/13232-5 - Digging deeper: contribution of belowground plant traits to the functioning of tropical old-growth grasslands, BP.PD; 15/01380-7 - Anatomical changes and starch allocation in response to the fire in Urochloa Brizantha RD Webster, BP.IC; 15/11176-8 - Effects of fire on germination and growth of campo sujo leguminous field seedlings, BP.IC; 15/10714-6 - How burnings at different times a year can affect invasive grasses and native Cerrado vegetation?, BP.MS - associated scholarships

Abstract

This proposal aims to study the effects of fire season on campo sujo areas in different regions of Brazil: Goiás, Tocantins and São Paulo. Therefore, this project aims to establish permanent experiment plots for long-term studies, where the fire behavior will be determined in the different seasons (beginning, middle and end of the dry season). Although the results of this project will be about the short-term changes caused on vegetation, the establishment of long-term experimental studies is of crucial importance for the understanding of fire effects on vegetation. This proposal intends to analyze the changes in vegetation flammability in the different seasons, using functional traits of the vegetation. Vegetation dynamics (above- and belowground), as well as persistence strategies will be evaluated in detail in one of the study regions (Goiás), in oder to understand how fire season affects Cerrado vegetation regeneration and dynamics, mostly the herbaceous layer. Finally, this project will analyze the effects of fire season on the productivity and carbon flux in campo sujo area, leading to a better elaboration of management plans for conservation units. A database of functional traits (morphologicaland physiological) related to fire will be elaborated. Experimental studies with permanent plots and fire experiments are rare in Brazil and thus, this proposal is novel in this issue, since it is dealing with different aspects related to fire: effects on the herbaceous layer of the vegetation (above- and belowground), fire behavior and even the elaboration of a database with functional traits related to fire. Thus, the fire effects on the vegetation can be better interpreted and generalized to other areas. (AU)

Scientific publications

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(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)

BUISSON, ELISE; LE STRADIC, SOIZIG; SILVEIRA, FERNANDO A. O.; DURIGAN, GISELDA; OVERBECK, GERHARD E.; FIDELIS, ALESSANDRA; WILSON FERNANDES, G.; BOND, WILLIAM J.; HERMANN, JULIA-MARIA; MAHY, GREGORY; ALVARADO, SWANNI T.; ZALOUMIS, NICHOLAS P.; VELDMAN, JOSEPH W. Resilience and restoration of tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and grassy woodlands. BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS, v. 94, n. 2, p. 590-609, APR 2019. Web of Science Citations: 3.

ZIRONDI, HELOIZA L.; SILVEIRA, FERNANDO A. O.; FIDELIS, ALESSANDRA. Fire effects on seed germination: Heat shock and smoke on permeable vs impermeable seed coats. FLORA, v. 253, p. 98-106, APR 2019. Web of Science Citations: 1.

MOURA, LIVIA C.; SCARIOT, ALDICIR O.; SCHMIDT, ISABEL B.; BEATTY, ROBIN; RUSSELL-SMITH, JEREMY. The legacy of colonial fire management policies on traditional livelihoods and ecological sustainability in savannas: Impacts, consequences, new directions. Journal of Environmental Management, v. 232, p. 600-606, FEB 15 2019. Web of Science Citations: 0.

DAMASCENO, GABRIELLA; SOUZA, LARA; PIVELLO, VANIA R.; GORGONE-BARBOSA, ELIZABETH; GIROLDO, PAULA Z.; FIDELIS, ALESSANDRA. Impact of invasive grasses on Cerrado under natural regeneration. Biological Invasions, v. 20, n. 12, p. 3621-3629, DEC 2018. Web of Science Citations: 3.

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PAUSAS, JULI G.; LAMONT, BYRON B.; PAULA, SUSANA; APPEZZATO-DA-GLORIA, BEATRIZ; FIDELIS, ALESSANDRA. Unearthing belowground bud banks in fire-prone ecosystems. NEW PHYTOLOGIST, v. 217, n. 4, p. 1435-1448, MAR 2018. Web of Science Citations: 31.

FELIPE DAIBES, L.; GORGONE-BARBOSA, ELIZABETH; SILVEIRA, FERNANDO A. O.; FIDELIS, ALESSANDRA. Gaps critical for the survival of exposed seeds during Cerrado fires. Australian Journal of Botany, v. 66, n. 2, p. 116-123, 2018. Web of Science Citations: 3.

FELIPE DAIBES, L.; ZUPO, TALITA; SILVEIRA, FERNANDO A. O.; FIDELIS, ALESSANDRA. A field perspective on effects of fire and temperature fluctuation on Cerrado legume seeds. SEED SCIENCE RESEARCH, v. 27, n. 2, SI, p. 74-83, JUN 2017. Web of Science Citations: 7.

RISSI, MARIANA NINNO; BAEZA, M. JAIME; GORGONE-BARBOSA, ELIZABETH; ZUPO, TALITA; FIDELIS, ALESSANDRA. Does season affect fire behaviour in the Cerrado?. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF WILDLAND FIRE, v. 26, n. 5, p. 427-433, 2017. Web of Science Citations: 9.

TALITA ZUPO; M. JAIME BAEZA; ALESSANDRA FIDELIS. The effect of simulated heat-shock and daily temperature fluctuations on seed germination of four species from fire-prone ecosystems. Acta Botanica Brasilica, v. 30, n. 3, p. 514-519, Set. 2016. Web of Science Citations: 4.