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| Author(s): |
Luciana Spinelli de Araujo
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Press: | Piracicaba. , ilustrações. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (ESALA/BC) |
| Defense date: | 2008-06-18 |
| Examining board members: |
Gerd Sparovek;
Ricardo Ribeiro Rodrigues;
João Roberto dos Santos;
Rozely Ferreira dos Santos;
Marcos Silveira
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| Advisor: | Gerd Sparovek |
| Field of knowledge: | Biological Sciences - Ecology |
| Indexed in: | Banco de Dados Bibliográficos da USP-DEDALUS; Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações - USP |
| Location: | Universidade de São Paulo. Biblioteca Central da Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz; ESALQ-BC/t633.587; A663p |
| Abstract | |
The so-called region \"Continuous from Paranapiacaba\", a representative remnant of the Atlantic Forest, is constituted by São Paulo State Parks Intervales (PEI), Carlos Botelho, Alto Ribeira and Ecological Station of Xitué. These forests that have dominant bamboo occurrences, are presently integrating the landscape at large sections within these conservation units in the southern São Paulo State. The objective of this work is to describe the scenery of such forests from the analysis of patterns and conditioning factors of the landscape at PEI. As a working hypothesis, it was assumed that the dominant occurrence of bamboo is a consequence of historical perturbations. The temporal analysis of aerial photographs covering the timeframe 1960 to 2000 presented at Chapter 2 allowed the mapping and characterization of the different processes of land occupation within the park. The landscape dynamics is associated to two main types of perturbation factors, namely to small-scale clear-cutting and to the exploitation of palm tree Euterpe edulis, which occurs disorderly, intensely and recurrently at the extensive area between the administration office and the bases of Carmo and São Pedro. From the characterization of vegetation, discussed at Chapter 3, the present landscape patterns of PEI were associated to forest areas with and without dominant occurrences of bamboo from species Guadua tagoara, Chusquea oxylepis, Chusquea sp. and Merostachys sp., which interfere at the forest structure. The landscape patterns related to the dominant and dynamic occurrence and to the histories of life from the different species of bamboo can be seen at the different patterns identified on the QuickBird image presented at Chapter 4, allowing mapping of the large clearings occupied by populations of bamboos internally synchronized. The relation between this dominance of bamboos with some natural and human factors is presented at Chapter 5 and the results are directed towards the model that the dominance event is increased by natural or human perturbations, and when bamboos are established they are themselves the perturbation agent of the ecosystem, resulting in a possible permanent homogenization of the landscape. The integration of information from different scales of observation allows the understanding of the context from this bamboo forest, evidencing the need of adequate scales to study these landscapes. At the local scale, considering the individuals and populations, it was possible to characterize the phenological phases, especially of the massive reproduction cycles and of the recovery processes of dominant species. At the scale of community, one can observe the interactions between bamboo species with the associated occurrence and superposition of reproductive cycles of some of these species, and its interference at the forest structure. At the landscape scale, the population patterns and communities of bamboos were identified at the images, permitting the discussion of this dominance pattern in relation to other areas with bamboo, but at distinct forest physiognomies. The results found in this study contribute to understand the bamboo forest dynamics of this region, permitting the definition of indicators from the dominance process, of importance for the management of this remnant from the Atlantic Forest. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 03/12485-7 - The occurrence of bamboo formations on the wooded hillside of the Atlantic Rainforest and their influence on local diversity |
| Grantee: | Luciana Spinelli Araujo |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate |