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(Reference retrieved automatically from SciELO through information on FAPESP grant and its corresponding number as mentioned in the publication by the authors.)

Microclimate of Atlantic forest fragments: regional and local scale heterogeneity

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Author(s):
Flavio Nunes Ramos [1] ; Flavio Antonio Maës Santos [2]
Total Authors: 2
Affiliation:
[1] Universidade Estadual de Campinas. Instituto Biológico. Departamento de Botânica - Brasil
[2] Universidade Federal de Alfenas. Departamento de Farmácia - Brasil
Total Affiliations: 2
Document type: Journal article
Source: Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology; v. 49, n. 6, p. 935-944, 2006-11-00.
Abstract

The aim of this work was to investigate whether (i) the organisms within different fragments, on regional scale (separated by up to 100 km), could be submitted to similar climatic conditions (rainfall and temperature), and whether (ii) the edge formation in forest fragments could stimulate microclimatic changes (canopy cover, air temperature and soil humidity), on local scale. The organisms within different fragments, on regional scale, were submitted to different climatic conditions, and the edge formation in the forest fragment stimulated microclimatic changes, on local scale, although in a heterogenic way. Not just the distance from the edge influenced the microclimatic differences. Probably, the edge age, location, the matrix structure, as well as, gap proximity could change the microclimatic even within edges. (AU)