Distribuição espacial e diversidade genética em população de Mezilaurus itauba (Meisn.) Taub. ex Mez

• Autor(a) principal: Ebert, Alexandre
• Data de Publicação: 2014
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UFMT
• Texto Completo: http://ri.ufmt.br/handle/1/712
• topic: Função K de Ripley; Manejo florestal; Biodiversidade; Conservação genética; Marcadores moleculares; CNPQ::CIENCIAS AGRARIAS::RECURSOS FLORESTAIS E ENGENHARIA FLORESTAL; Ripley K function; Forest management; Biodiversity; Conservation genetics; Molecular markers

The disturbances caused by human disturbance of natural areas cause strong changes in the original structure of a forest, increase the degree of isolation between individuals affecting the reproductive system of populations. Several processes are related to the spatial distribution of individuals in a population, and that these processes reflect the genetic diversity of the population. From a genetic perspective any changes in the environment may influence the patterns of genetic structure, and the extinction of a species is the final step in a long process of ecological decline that passes through the loss of genetic diversity. In the present study evaluated the inhomogeneous spatial point patterns and genetic diversity within a natural population of fragmented Mezilaurus itauba, we sought to establish the objectives so that concludes with the statement of the hypothesis that changes in the patterns of spatial distribution individuals exert direct influence on the genetic structure of the population . The evaluation of the spatial distribution of the species was tested by K function proposed by Ripley and sought to associate genetic diversity through analysis of statistical groupings. The results indicate that the studied population presents patterns of random distribution with a tendency to aggregate for adult trees, and complete spatial randomness for the young trees. In genetic analysis showed a distribution of diversity among young people and adults, but alleles observed among adult trees were not observed between the young trees, which indicate that the operation of adult species important alleles may be lost. The paper concludes the statement that studies the genetic diversity of the population is of paramount importance for the development of strategies for the conservation of species exploited economically in the southern Brazilian Amazon.