Felipe de Carvalho ARAÚJO,
Natália de AGUIAR-CAMPOS,
Vinicius Andrade MAIA,
Diego Teixeira GIRARDELLI,
Rubens Manoel dos SANTOS,
Gabriela Gomes PIRES,
Nathalle Cristine Alencar FAGUNDES,
Wilder Bento da SILVA,
Alisson Borges Miranda SANTOS,
Polyanne Aparecida COELHO,
Jean Daniel MOREL,
Cléber Rodrig
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Effects of environmental heterogeneity and temporal variation on ecological relationships of vegetation in a seasonally dry tropical forest in Brazil
Effects of environmental heterogeneity and temporal variation on ecological relationships of vegetation in a seasonally dry tropical forest in Brazil
Species distribution patterns, community structure, and dynamics are determined on a small scale by soil and habitat heterogeneity. The aim of this work is to evaluate the temporal changes in composition and structure of a tree community, revealing the ecological drivers of the observed vegetation patterns. For 16 years (2000, 2005, 2010, and 2016) we monitored the temporal variations in structure and floristic composition of a semideciduous seasonal forest through 20 × 20 m2 (400 m2) plots, totaling 2.08 ha of sampledarea encompassing Cambisol (0.4 ha), Oxysol (1.12 ha), and Nitosol (0.56 ha) soil classes. These tree communities were different in floristic and structural composition and showed oscillations over the years. The individual density and temporal beta diversity did not show differences among the soil classes in any of the monitoring intervals. In the other parameters, the Cambisols differed from the other soil classes, presenting the lowest species richness, greater floristic dissimilarity, and a structural pattern characterized bythe dominance of Galipea jasminiflora (A.St.-Hil.) Engl. in all measurement years. From these results, we conclude that the temporaloscillations did not alter the original characteristics of the vegetation due to the species’ adaptations to the environment, entailing themaintenance of the habitat characteristics and the directional development of the communities.
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