How much do we know about the endangered Atlantic Forest? Reviewing nearly 70 years of information on tree community surveys
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Resumo: | The structure of the Atlantic Forest (AF) has been studied for almost 70 years. However, the related existing knowledge is spread over hundreds of documents, many of them unpublished and/or difficult to access. Synthesis initiatives are available, but they are restricted to only a few parts or types of the AF or are focused on species occurrence. Here, we conducted an extensive review to compile quantitative tree community surveys on all types of the AF until 2013 and to study where and how these surveys were conducted. We found 1157 relevant references, containing 2441 forest surveys published since 1945. These surveys corresponded to 2.24 million trees and 1817 ha of forests sampled. This total sampled area represents only 0.01 % of the AF remnants, showing how limited our knowledge is on AF structure. For Paraguay and the Brazilian states of Bahia and Mato Grosso do Sul this proportion was much smaller. The same was true for evergreen rainforests, Brejos de altitude and deciduous forests and most probably for the rare cloud, swamp, Caxetal and Mussununga forests for which no accurate remnant estimates were found. Since the 1980s, the amount of AF area sampled each year has increased continuously, but approximately 100 years will be necessary to sample at least 1 % of the AF. Thus, we urgently need an enormous amount of high-quality quantitative data to overcome our limited knowledge of the AF and to support conservation programs aiming to safeguard this threatened biodiversity hotspot. |
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How much do we know about the endangered Atlantic Forest? Reviewing nearly 70 years of information on tree community surveysForest inventoriesMata AtlânticaPhytosociologySampling methodsTropical forestThe structure of the Atlantic Forest (AF) has been studied for almost 70 years. However, the related existing knowledge is spread over hundreds of documents, many of them unpublished and/or difficult to access. Synthesis initiatives are available, but they are restricted to only a few parts or types of the AF or are focused on species occurrence. Here, we conducted an extensive review to compile quantitative tree community surveys on all types of the AF until 2013 and to study where and how these surveys were conducted. We found 1157 relevant references, containing 2441 forest surveys published since 1945. These surveys corresponded to 2.24 million trees and 1817 ha of forests sampled. This total sampled area represents only 0.01 % of the AF remnants, showing how limited our knowledge is on AF structure. For Paraguay and the Brazilian states of Bahia and Mato Grosso do Sul this proportion was much smaller. The same was true for evergreen rainforests, Brejos de altitude and deciduous forests and most probably for the rare cloud, swamp, Caxetal and Mussununga forests for which no accurate remnant estimates were found. Since the 1980s, the amount of AF area sampled each year has increased continuously, but approximately 100 years will be necessary to sample at least 1 % of the AF. Thus, we urgently need an enormous amount of high-quality quantitative data to overcome our limited knowledge of the AF and to support conservation programs aiming to safeguard this threatened biodiversity hotspot.Departamento de Ecologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo (USP)Departamento de Ecologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)Departamento de Biologia, Setor de Ecologia e Conservação, Universidade Federal de Lavras (UFLA)Departamento de Botânica, Setor de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR), PO Box 19031Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)Departamento de Ecologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)Universidade de São Paulo (USP)Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)Universidade Federal de Lavras (UFLA)Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR)Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)de Lima, Renato A. F.Mori, Danilo P.Pitta, GregoryMelito, Melina O.Bello, Carolina [UNESP]Magnago, Luiz F.Zwiener, Victor P.Saraiva, Daniel D.Marques, Márcia C. M.de Oliveira, Alexandre A.Prado, Paulo I.2018-12-11T16:39:16Z2018-12-11T16:39:16Z2015-09-23info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/article2135-2148application/pdfhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10531-015-0953-1Biodiversity and Conservation, v. 24, n. 9, p. 2135-2148, 2015.1572-97100960-3115http://hdl.handle.net/11449/16802510.1007/s10531-015-0953-12-s2.0-849419946772-s2.0-84941994677.pdfScopusreponame:Repositório Institucional da UNESPinstname:Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)instacron:UNESPengBiodiversity and Conservation1,2431,243info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess2023-09-30T06:03:15Zoai:repositorio.unesp.br:11449/168025Repositório InstitucionalPUBhttp://repositorio.unesp.br/oai/requestopendoar:29462024-08-05T13:33:35.567597Repositório Institucional da UNESP - Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)false |
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How much do we know about the endangered Atlantic Forest? Reviewing nearly 70 years of information on tree community surveys |
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How much do we know about the endangered Atlantic Forest? Reviewing nearly 70 years of information on tree community surveys |
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How much do we know about the endangered Atlantic Forest? Reviewing nearly 70 years of information on tree community surveys de Lima, Renato A. F. Forest inventories Mata Atlântica Phytosociology Sampling methods Tropical forest |
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How much do we know about the endangered Atlantic Forest? Reviewing nearly 70 years of information on tree community surveys |
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How much do we know about the endangered Atlantic Forest? Reviewing nearly 70 years of information on tree community surveys |
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How much do we know about the endangered Atlantic Forest? Reviewing nearly 70 years of information on tree community surveys |
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How much do we know about the endangered Atlantic Forest? Reviewing nearly 70 years of information on tree community surveys |
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How much do we know about the endangered Atlantic Forest? Reviewing nearly 70 years of information on tree community surveys |
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de Lima, Renato A. F. |
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de Lima, Renato A. F. Mori, Danilo P. Pitta, Gregory Melito, Melina O. Bello, Carolina [UNESP] Magnago, Luiz F. Zwiener, Victor P. Saraiva, Daniel D. Marques, Márcia C. M. de Oliveira, Alexandre A. Prado, Paulo I. |
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Mori, Danilo P. Pitta, Gregory Melito, Melina O. Bello, Carolina [UNESP] Magnago, Luiz F. Zwiener, Victor P. Saraiva, Daniel D. Marques, Márcia C. M. de Oliveira, Alexandre A. Prado, Paulo I. |
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Universidade de São Paulo (USP) Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp) Universidade Federal de Lavras (UFLA) Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR) Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) |
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de Lima, Renato A. F. Mori, Danilo P. Pitta, Gregory Melito, Melina O. Bello, Carolina [UNESP] Magnago, Luiz F. Zwiener, Victor P. Saraiva, Daniel D. Marques, Márcia C. M. de Oliveira, Alexandre A. Prado, Paulo I. |
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Forest inventories Mata Atlântica Phytosociology Sampling methods Tropical forest |
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Forest inventories Mata Atlântica Phytosociology Sampling methods Tropical forest |
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The structure of the Atlantic Forest (AF) has been studied for almost 70 years. However, the related existing knowledge is spread over hundreds of documents, many of them unpublished and/or difficult to access. Synthesis initiatives are available, but they are restricted to only a few parts or types of the AF or are focused on species occurrence. Here, we conducted an extensive review to compile quantitative tree community surveys on all types of the AF until 2013 and to study where and how these surveys were conducted. We found 1157 relevant references, containing 2441 forest surveys published since 1945. These surveys corresponded to 2.24 million trees and 1817 ha of forests sampled. This total sampled area represents only 0.01 % of the AF remnants, showing how limited our knowledge is on AF structure. For Paraguay and the Brazilian states of Bahia and Mato Grosso do Sul this proportion was much smaller. The same was true for evergreen rainforests, Brejos de altitude and deciduous forests and most probably for the rare cloud, swamp, Caxetal and Mussununga forests for which no accurate remnant estimates were found. Since the 1980s, the amount of AF area sampled each year has increased continuously, but approximately 100 years will be necessary to sample at least 1 % of the AF. Thus, we urgently need an enormous amount of high-quality quantitative data to overcome our limited knowledge of the AF and to support conservation programs aiming to safeguard this threatened biodiversity hotspot. |
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