“…For this, the Bray-Curtis similarity was correlated with data of spatial coordinates of each study site, using the Monte Carlo method with 1000 random permutations to evaluate the significance of the Mantel test (Zar, 2009). (Souza et al, 2016), SP5 -Jacareí (Faria et al, 2007), SP6 -Assis (Rossatto et al, 2008), SP7 -Ipiranga (Rossetti et al, 2010), MG1 -Divinópolis, MG2 -Formiga, MG3 -Itaúna, MG4 -Pará de Minas (Oliveira et al, 2016), MG5 -Uberlândia (Silva et al, 2002), MG6 -Arcos (Oliveira et al, 2016), MG7 -São João Evangelista (Brandão et al, 2011), RJ1-Nova Iguaçu (Rocha et al, 2004), RJ2 -Tijuca (Freitas et al, 2015), RJ3 -Rio de Janeiro (Souza & Cintra, 2007), ES1 -Jerônimo Monteiro (Silva et al, 2012), ES2 -Vargem Alta (Scaramussa, 2013), and ES3 -Cachoeiro do Itapimirim (Mazioli, 2012).…”