Anthropic disturbances as the main driver of a semideciduous seasonal forest fragment in Minas Gerais

• Autor(a) principal: Silva, Tainá Mamede Cirne
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Outros Autores: Carvalho, Warley Augusto Caldas, Terra, Marcela de Castro Nunes Santos, Santos, Rubens Manoel dos, Santos, Alisson Borges Miranda, Souza, Cléber Rodrigo de
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UFLA
• Texto Completo: http://repositorio.ufla.br/jspui/handle/1/41501
• topic: Floristic composition; Forest dynamics; Long-term ecological studies; Phytosociological structure; Tropical forest; Composição florística; Dinâmica florestal; Estudos ecológicos de longa duração; Estrutura fitossociológica; Floresta tropical

The new environmental conditions imposed by disturbance events often create a mosaic of spots in different successional stages. Our objective was to describe the temporal variation of a semideciduous seasonal forest based on its anthropic disturbance history, verifying possible changes in forest dynamics and structure. We sampled the arboreal vegetation with a diameter at breast height (1.3 m above the ground; DBH) ≥ 5 cm in 15 permanent plots of 20 × 20 m where we performed four inventories (2003, 2005, 2007 and 2015). We observed a density decrease and a basal area increase, which indicates the late successional stage of the analyzed tree community. The phytosociological structure, richness and species diversity of the tree community did not show changes throughout the monitoring. However, the Protium spruceanum predominance may be a response to the environmental changes caused by the mining occurred in the area 250 years ago. The anthropic disturbances enduring influences make this type of work indispensable because it allows the ecological processes understanding, allowing a factual management of the forests by the its effective management and conservation.