Potential of the seedling community of a forest fragment for tropical forest restoration

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Autor(a) principal: Viani,Ricardo Augusto Gorne
Data de Publicação: 2009
Outros Autores: Rodrigues,Ricardo Ribeiro
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Scientia Agrícola (Online)
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Resumo: Forest restoration projects are usually planted with a reduced number of species as compared to standing forests, largely due to the low availability of native species in seedling nurseries. In the present study, the potential of the native seedling community as a source of seedlings for forest restoration is analyzed. To do so, the seedling community from a forest fragment located in the southeast of Brazil was evaluated. Individuals (tree and shrub species) up to 30 cm height were measured and identified in 20 4 × 4 m plots. Altogether, 6,136 individuals (17 individuals m-2) belonging to 119 species were sampled. The seedling community showed a spatial heterogeneity with respect to the density of individuals and composition of species, and also a spatial aggregation for the 10 most abundant species. Several species that occurred in high densities in the seedling community are not presently available in regional forest nurseries and are therefore not used in restoration projects. This result and the high number of individuals and species found in the fragment suggest a great potential of this type of forest remnants as a source of highly diverse seedling banks for use in restoration projects.
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Potential of the seedling community of a forest fragment for tropical forest restoration
title Potential of the seedling community of a forest fragment for tropical forest restoration
spellingShingle Potential of the seedling community of a forest fragment for tropical forest restoration
Viani,Ricardo Augusto Gorne
ecological restoration
natural regeneration
transplants
seedling production
forest nurseries
title_short Potential of the seedling community of a forest fragment for tropical forest restoration
title_full Potential of the seedling community of a forest fragment for tropical forest restoration
title_fullStr Potential of the seedling community of a forest fragment for tropical forest restoration
title_full_unstemmed Potential of the seedling community of a forest fragment for tropical forest restoration
title_sort Potential of the seedling community of a forest fragment for tropical forest restoration
author Viani,Ricardo Augusto Gorne
author_facet Viani,Ricardo Augusto Gorne
Rodrigues,Ricardo Ribeiro
author_role author
author2 Rodrigues,Ricardo Ribeiro
author2_role author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Viani,Ricardo Augusto Gorne
Rodrigues,Ricardo Ribeiro
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv ecological restoration
natural regeneration
transplants
seedling production
forest nurseries
topic ecological restoration
natural regeneration
transplants
seedling production
forest nurseries
description Forest restoration projects are usually planted with a reduced number of species as compared to standing forests, largely due to the low availability of native species in seedling nurseries. In the present study, the potential of the native seedling community as a source of seedlings for forest restoration is analyzed. To do so, the seedling community from a forest fragment located in the southeast of Brazil was evaluated. Individuals (tree and shrub species) up to 30 cm height were measured and identified in 20 4 × 4 m plots. Altogether, 6,136 individuals (17 individuals m-2) belonging to 119 species were sampled. The seedling community showed a spatial heterogeneity with respect to the density of individuals and composition of species, and also a spatial aggregation for the 10 most abundant species. Several species that occurred in high densities in the seedling community are not presently available in regional forest nurseries and are therefore not used in restoration projects. This result and the high number of individuals and species found in the fragment suggest a great potential of this type of forest remnants as a source of highly diverse seedling banks for use in restoration projects.
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