Effects of fire on herbaceous vegetation dynamics of Cerrado at the Parque Estadual do Jalapão: a functional approach

• Grant number: 08/10049-9
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
• Start date: April 01, 2009
• End date: August 31, 2011
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Ecology - Ecosystems Ecology
• Principal Investigator: Vânia Regina Pivello
• Grantee: Alessandra Tomaselli Fidelis
• Host Institution: Instituto de Biociências (IB). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Cerrado is comprised by a group of different physiognomies, from grassland until forest vegetation types. Fire is a very important ecological factor affecting vegetation dynamics. Therefore, studies about the effects of fire on vegetation dynamics and diversity cannot be ignored. Although it is a very polemic issue, fire is still used to stimulate resprouting for cattle raising. Moreover, it is used as a tool on the management of some species, such as "capim dourado". This species plays an important role on the local economy of Jalapão region, which is based on handcraft production.This proposal aims to evaluate the effects of fire on vegetation dynamics of "campo úmido" (wetlands) and "campo limpo" (grassland physiognomy) from Cerrado at the Parque Estadual do Jalapão, using plant functional types analyses based on plant traits and the spatial analyses. Therefore, up-to-date methods of vegetation analyses will be applied, as well as the elaboration of a data bank of plant traits. The spatial analysis is an excellent tool to detect aggregation patterns and thus, it will be performed in order to evaluate the effect of fire on species and plant functional types distribution and degree of clustering in Cerrado vegetation. As a result, this proposal intends to fill in the gap in studies about fire in Brazilian vegetation, using modern and ecologically relevant tools. (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)

SCHMIDT, ISABEL B.; FIDELIS, ALESSANDRA; MIRANDA, HELOISA S.; TICKTIN, TAMARA. How do the wets burn? Fire behavior and intensity in wet grasslands in the Brazilian savanna. BRAZILIAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY, v. 40, n. 1, p. 167-175, MAR 2017. (08/10049-9)

DORNELAS, MARIA; ANTAO, LAURA H.; MOYES, FAYE; BATES, AMANDA E.; MAGURRAN, ANNE E.; ADAM, DUSAN; AKHMETZHANOVA, ASEM A.; APPELTANS, WARD; ARCOS, JOSE MANUEL; ARNOLD, HALEY; et al. BioTIME: A database of biodiversity time series for the Anthropocene. GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY, v. 27, n. 7, p. 760-786, JUL 2018. (13/50718-5, 15/06743-0, 99/09635-0, 13/50714-0, 15/10714-6, 08/10049-9)

SCHMIDT, ISABEL B.; FIDELIS, ALESSANDRA; MIRANDA, HELOISA S.; TICKTIN, TAMARA. How do the wets burn? Fire behavior and intensity in wet grasslands in the Brazilian savanna. Rev. bras. Bot., v. 40, n. 1, p. 9-pg., 2017-03-01. (08/10049-9)

FICHINO, BETANIA; FIDELIS, ALESSANDRA; SCHMIDT, ISABEL; PIVELLO, VANIA. Effects of high temperatures on the germination of Syngonanthus nitens seeds: implications for management. Acta Botanica Brasilica, v. 26, n. 2, p. 508-511, APR-JUN 2012. (08/10049-9)

FIDELIS, ALESSANDRA; DI SANTI LYRA, MARIA FERNANDA; PIVELLO, VANIA REGINA. Above- and below-ground biomass and carbon dynamics in Brazilian Cerrado wet grasslands. JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE, v. 24, n. 2, p. 356-364, MAR 2013. (08/10049-9, 09/14978-7)

FICHINO, BETANIA; FIDELIS, ALESSANDRA; SCHMIDT, ISABEL; PIVELLO, VANIA. Effects of high temperatures on the germination of Syngonanthus nitens seeds: implications for management. Acta Botanica Brasilica, v. 26, n. 2, p. 4-pg., 2012-04-01. (08/10049-9)

FICHINO, BETANIA SANTOS; DOMBROSKI, JULIA R. G.; PIVELLO, VANIA R.; FIDELIS, ALESSANDRA. Does Fire Trigger Seed Germination in the Neotropical Savannas? Experimental Tests with Six Cerrado Species. Biotropica, v. 48, n. 2, p. 181-187, MAR 2016. (08/10049-9)