Evaluation of the potential of top soil and hay transfer to restore the grassland savanna

• Grant number: 12/09048-3
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: September 01, 2012
• End date: September 30, 2013
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Ecology - Ecosystems Ecology
• Principal Investigator: Giselda Durigan
• Grantee: Natashi Aparecida Lima Pilon
• Host Institution: Instituto Florestal. Secretaria de Meio Ambiente, Infraestrutura e Logística (São Paulo - Estado). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated scholarship(s): 13/02042-2 - Transfer of top soil and hay as ecological restoration technique for vegetation of campo cerrado and types of grassland sites in the Mediterranean, BE.EP.IC

Abstract

The restoration of forest ecosystems in Brazil has been successful with techniques that are based on the planting of tree seedlings. However, these techniques have not been successful in the Cerrado, so the search for innovative techniques of restoration is necessary, especially for grassland physiognomies. Studies in different parts of the world point out the implementation of topsoil and hay transfer as successful techniques for restoring grassland plant communities. To verify whether these techniques have the potential for application in the Brazilian Cerrado, we will collect material (topsoil and hay) from the Ecological Station of Santa Barbara and will set up an experiment in Assis State Forest. We will test three treatments - 1) topsoil, 2) hay and 3) topsoil + hay, and maintain control plots in a randomized block experiment with five replicates. We expect that at least a portion of the native flora of the native Cerrado grassland can be recovered by these techniques and we hope to indicate the most promising technique among those to be tested.(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)

LIMA PILON, NATASHI A.; BUISSON, ELISE; DURIGAN, GISELDA. Restoring Brazilian savanna ground layer vegetation by topsoil and hay transfer. RESTORATION ECOLOGY, v. 26, n. 1, p. 73-81, JAN 2018. (12/09048-3)