New forests: potential and contributions to biodiversity conservation

• Grant number: 20/08081-3
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: August 01, 2021
• End date: February 28, 2022
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Ecology - Ecosystems Ecology
• Principal Investigator: Ricardo Ribeiro Rodrigues
• Grantee: João Paulo Bispo Santos
• Host Institution: Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (ESALQ). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Piracicaba , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 18/18416-2 - Understanding restored forests for benefiting people and nature - NewFor, AP.BTA.TEM

Abstract

The Atlantic Forest has historically been degraded by human action. Such degradation has reduced this biome to small, degraded fragments that make a distinct contribution to biodiversity conservation. In recent decades, for various reasons, the restoration of new forests in the Atlantic Forest, dominated by natural regeneration, has outpaced deforestation. In view of this, the present study aims to evaluate the role and potential of new forests in the state of São Paulo for biodiversity conservation through structure, richness, diversity, and floristic composition. The study area comprises four typologies of native forests in São Paulo state (forest restoration plantations, natural forest regeneration, degraded forest remnant, conserved forest remnant). Six plots will be installed in each typology, where all individuals with DAP e 5 cm will be counted and identified. For evaluation of the structure, the value index of importance, basal area and the absolute and relative parameters referring to density, dominance and frequency for the community of each typology will be measured. Local diversity and equity will be obtained through the Shannon-Wiener and Pielou index,respectively. The composition will be measured by the analysis of similarity ANOSIM with the percentage of contribution of each taxon obtained by SIMPER analysis. To test the variation of species composition between typologies will be calculated at ²-diversity. (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)

ROMANELLI, JOAO PAULO; MELI, PAULA; BISPO SANTOS, JOAO PAULO; JACOB, IGOR NOGUEIRA; SOUZA, LUKAS RODRIGUES; RODRIGUES, ANDRE VIEIRA; TREVISAN, DIEGO PERUCHI; HUANG, CHUNBO; ALMEIDA, DANILO R. A.; SILVA, LUIZ G. M.; et al. Biodiversity responses to restoration across the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. Science of The Total Environment, v. 821, p. 10-pg., 2022-05-15. (21/07958-1, 18/18416-2, 20/08081-3, 19/08533-4, 18/21338-3, 13/50718-5)

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

SANTOS, João Paulo Bispo. The importance of restoration plantings, regenerated and degraded forests for the provision of ecosystem services linked to carbon and to the conservation of tree biodiversity. 2022. Master's Dissertation - Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Instituto de Biologia Campinas, SP.