Forest destructuring as revealed by the temporal dynamics of fundamental species - Case study of Santa Genebra Forest in Brazil

dc.contributorUniversidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
dc.creatorFarah, F. T.
dc.creatorRodrigues, R. R.
dc.creatorSantos, F. A. M.
dc.creatorTamashiro, J. Y.
dc.creatorShepherd, G. J.
dc.creatorSiqueira, T.
dc.creatorBatista, J. L. F.
dc.creatorManly, B. J. F.
dc.date2014-12-03T13:11:03Z
dc.date2016-10-25T20:12:01Z
dc.date2014-12-03T13:11:03Z
dc.date2016-10-25T20:12:01Z
dc.date2014-02-01
dc.date.accessioned2017-04-06T06:25:56Z
dc.date.available2017-04-06T06:25:56Z
dc.identifierEcological Indicators. Amsterdam: Elsevier Science Bv, v. 37, p. 40-44, 2014.
dc.identifier1470-160X
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/112790
dc.identifierhttp://acervodigital.unesp.br/handle/11449/112790
dc.identifier10.1016/j.ecolind.2013.09.011
dc.identifierWOS:000329385300005
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2013.09.011
dc.identifier.urihttp://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/923545
dc.descriptionVariation in the composition of the tree population is common throughout the history of a well-preserved forest community, with this natural process maintaining the forest structure and giving rise to ecological processes necessary for the perpetuation of the ecosystem. However, fragmentation of forests can lead to the collapse of such a structure, especially when natural thinning of the dominant tree species is accompanied by other significant changes. This paper traces changes in the composition of the community of a forest of relevant ecological interest in Campinas (SP, Brazil) as that forest moves toward deterioration as indicated by a massive loss of individuals of fundamental species composing the canopy and subcanopy. The death of trees of the species traditionally forming the canopy, the result of natural processes, was probably intensified by anthropic factors, and led to a general destructuring of the community. The aim of this paper is to demonstrate that the dynamics of these fundamental species can be used as an indicator of the conservation of the ecosystem, as well as indicating the installation of a process which will lead to the collapse of the structure if adequate measures of adaptive management are not taken before the destructuring is irreversible. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
dc.descriptionConselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)
dc.descriptionCoordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherElsevier B.V.
dc.relationEcological Indicators
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.subjectSecondary forest
dc.subjectAtlantic forest
dc.subjectSeasonal semideciduous forest
dc.subjectFundamental species
dc.subjectRegime shift
dc.subjectAspidosperma polyneuron
dc.titleForest destructuring as revealed by the temporal dynamics of fundamental species - Case study of Santa Genebra Forest in Brazil
dc.typeOtro


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