Microclimate of Atlantic forest fragments: regional and local scale heterogeneity

Autor(es)

Flavio Nunes Ramos ^[1] ; Flavio Antonio Maës Santos ^[2]

Afiliação do(s) autor(es)

^[1] Universidade Estadual de Campinas. Instituto Biológico. Departamento de Botânica - Brasil

^[2] Universidade Federal de Alfenas. Departamento de Farmácia - Brasil

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology; v. 49, n. 6, p. 935-944, 2006-11-00.

Resumo

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)

• Processo FAPESP: 01/11225-6 - Polinização e qualidade de sementes produzidas por Psycothria tenuinervis (Rubiaceae) em fragmentos de Mata Atlântica: efeito da distância de bordas antrópicas e naturais
• Beneficiário: Flavio Antonio Maës dos Santos
• Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Regular