Assessment of trunk and branch density depending on the landscape, relief and age of the fragment.

• Grant number: 23/17952-6
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: March 01, 2024
• End date: February 28, 2025
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Ecology
• Principal Investigator: Milton Cezar Ribeiro
• Grantee: Carolina Baggio Alcântara
• Host Institution: Instituto de Biociências (IB). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Rio Claro. Rio Claro , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 21/10195-0 - Contribution of payment for ecosystem services on multi-dimensions within Atlantic Forest, AP.TEM

Abstract

It is believed that environmental aspects such as relief characteristics, age of the fragment and landscape structure can influence the variance in wood density. This density indicates functional diversity, ecological succession and the presence of endemic species, in addition to participating in carbon regulation and representing, for this reason, a significant role in identifying conservation areas. Therefore, the variation in wood density is relevant to ecological and forest dynamics models and, therefore, the present research project intends to evaluate the difference between trunk and branch density across these environmental variables. With this, it is expected to present, using generalized linear models (GLM), whether the difference between the density of the trunk and the branch can answer how this relationship varies with environmental aspects.