Composition and Functional Diversity of the Urban Flora of Alfenas-MG, Brazil

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Autor(a) principal: Monalisa-Francisco,Nathalia
Data de Publicação: 2019
Outros Autores: Ramos,Flavio Nunes
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Floresta e Ambiente
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Resumo: ABSTRACT Urban tree cover has important environmental and social functions and can act as ecological refuges. The objective of the present study was to investigate the taxonomic and functional diversities of urban plant communities in Alfenas, Minas Gerais State, Brazil. We sampled all trees DBH ≥ 3 cm in eight different urban green areas, recording 1,138 individuals and 119 species; two species were dominant: Poincianella pluviosa (Fabaceae) and Syagrus romanzoffiana (Arecaceae). The high species richness encountered reflected, in part, the presence of exotic species, which corresponded to 40% of the species and 25% of the total abundance. The functional diversity index (HF') was considered low, with the predominant functional traits among the species being small size, entomophily, zoochory, evergreen leaves, and dry fruits. We recommend that future urban afforestation projects incorporate strategies that increase the use of regional species as well as the functional diversity/complexity of those environments.
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spelling Composition and Functional Diversity of the Urban Flora of Alfenas-MG, Brazilfunctional diversitygreen areasregional speciesurban ecologyurban treesABSTRACT Urban tree cover has important environmental and social functions and can act as ecological refuges. The objective of the present study was to investigate the taxonomic and functional diversities of urban plant communities in Alfenas, Minas Gerais State, Brazil. We sampled all trees DBH ≥ 3 cm in eight different urban green areas, recording 1,138 individuals and 119 species; two species were dominant: Poincianella pluviosa (Fabaceae) and Syagrus romanzoffiana (Arecaceae). The high species richness encountered reflected, in part, the presence of exotic species, which corresponded to 40% of the species and 25% of the total abundance. The functional diversity index (HF') was considered low, with the predominant functional traits among the species being small size, entomophily, zoochory, evergreen leaves, and dry fruits. We recommend that future urban afforestation projects incorporate strategies that increase the use of regional species as well as the functional diversity/complexity of those environments.Instituto de Florestas da Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro2019-01-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontext/htmlhttp://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2179-80872019000300131Floresta e Ambiente v.26 n.3 2019reponame:Floresta e Ambienteinstname:Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)instacron:UFRJ10.1590/2179-8087.111017info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessMonalisa-Francisco,NathaliaRamos,Flavio Nuneseng2019-06-26T00:00:00Zoai:scielo:S2179-80872019000300131Revistahttps://www.floram.org/PUBhttps://old.scielo.br/oai/scielo-oai.phpfloramjournal@gmail.com||floram@ufrrj.br||2179-80871415-0980opendoar:2019-06-26T00:00Floresta e Ambiente - Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)false
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Composition and Functional Diversity of the Urban Flora of Alfenas-MG, Brazil
title Composition and Functional Diversity of the Urban Flora of Alfenas-MG, Brazil
spellingShingle Composition and Functional Diversity of the Urban Flora of Alfenas-MG, Brazil
Monalisa-Francisco,Nathalia
functional diversity
green areas
regional species
urban ecology
urban trees
title_short Composition and Functional Diversity of the Urban Flora of Alfenas-MG, Brazil
title_full Composition and Functional Diversity of the Urban Flora of Alfenas-MG, Brazil
title_fullStr Composition and Functional Diversity of the Urban Flora of Alfenas-MG, Brazil
title_full_unstemmed Composition and Functional Diversity of the Urban Flora of Alfenas-MG, Brazil
title_sort Composition and Functional Diversity of the Urban Flora of Alfenas-MG, Brazil
author Monalisa-Francisco,Nathalia
author_facet Monalisa-Francisco,Nathalia
Ramos,Flavio Nunes
author_role author
author2 Ramos,Flavio Nunes
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Monalisa-Francisco,Nathalia
Ramos,Flavio Nunes
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv functional diversity
green areas
regional species
urban ecology
urban trees
topic functional diversity
green areas
regional species
urban ecology
urban trees
description ABSTRACT Urban tree cover has important environmental and social functions and can act as ecological refuges. The objective of the present study was to investigate the taxonomic and functional diversities of urban plant communities in Alfenas, Minas Gerais State, Brazil. We sampled all trees DBH ≥ 3 cm in eight different urban green areas, recording 1,138 individuals and 119 species; two species were dominant: Poincianella pluviosa (Fabaceae) and Syagrus romanzoffiana (Arecaceae). The high species richness encountered reflected, in part, the presence of exotic species, which corresponded to 40% of the species and 25% of the total abundance. The functional diversity index (HF') was considered low, with the predominant functional traits among the species being small size, entomophily, zoochory, evergreen leaves, and dry fruits. We recommend that future urban afforestation projects incorporate strategies that increase the use of regional species as well as the functional diversity/complexity of those environments.
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