Effect of lianas management and plant enrichment on seed rain and seedling establishment in forest fragments

• Grant number: 16/24294-1
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: January 01, 2017
• End date: December 31, 2017
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Ecology - Applied Ecology
• Principal Investigator: Marco Aurelio Pizo Ferreira
• Grantee: Reinaldo Doniseti Pinto
• Host Institution: Instituto de Biociências (IB). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Rio Claro. Rio Claro , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 13/50718-5 - Ecological restoration of riparian forests, native forest of economic production and of degraded forest fragments (in APP and RL) based on restoration ecology of reference ecosystems in order to scientifically test the precepts of the New Brazilian Forest Code, AP.BTA.TEM

Abstract

The seed rain and the subsequent seedling establishment are important processes that determine the composition, spatial distribution and vegetation structure. As such, they are important processes to be monitored in the assessment of the success of forest management activities. This project aims to assess the influence of lianas management and enrichment planting on the seed rain and seedling establishment. Seed traps and plots will be established for monitoring seeds and seedlings in three forest fragments with lianas management and enrichment planting. The abundance, species richness and composition of the seed rain and seedling will be compared between these plots and control plots. The seedling survival will also be considered in the analyses. (AU)