Diversity, floristic and structural patterns of cerrado vegetation in Central Brazil

Felfili, Jeanine Maria; Júnior, Manoel Cláudio da Silva; Sevilha, Anderson Cássio; Fagg, Christopher William; Walter, Bruno Machado Teles; Nogueira, Paulo Ernane; Rezende, Alba Valéria

doi:10.1023/b:vege.0000048090.07022.02

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“…This result meets literature findings (Barreira et al 2002, Ratter et al 2003, Felfili et al 2004, Medeiros et al 2007, Mendonça et al 2008, as expected, since it is the third largest botanical family of flowering plants (angiosperms), formed by an opulent and cosmopolitan group of plants (APG III 2009). Among the other ruling families in richness, Myrtaceae (six), Erythroxylaceae (five), Annonaceae (five), Bignoniaceae (five), Vochysiaceae (five) and Rubiaceae (four) can also be listed.…”

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“…For adult stratum, the richness found in this study, even that estimated by jackknife, can be considered low according to literature (Ratter et al 2003, Felfili et al 2004, Scolforo et al 2008. Nevertheless, natural regeneration had superior values compared with those normally found for the same environment (Barreira et al 2002, Medeiros et al 2007).…”

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“…Cerrado diversity patterns were described by Felfili and Silva-Júnior (2001), Ratter et al (2003), Felfili et al (2004), Bridgewater et al (2004) and Felfili and Silva-Júnior (2005), among others, as proving the high alpha and beta diversity of this vegetation. This way, the scientific community is performing considerable efforts and a growing number of investigative studies in Cerrado vegetation areas, mainly in stricto sensu type.…”

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“…Specifically for stricto sensu Cerrado physiognomy, Felfili et al (2004) stated that richness rarely exceeds 100 species per hectare by plot method. Studying beta diversi- ty in Central Brazil, these authors found an average of 73 species per hectare.…”

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“…Estudos aprofundados do componente herbáceo-arbustivo são importantes, pois muitos autores têm relatado variações significativas em sua composição entre as diferentes regiões de cerrado, seja no próprio Estado de São Paulo (Tannus & Assis 2004) ou em áreas do Brasil central (Felfili et al 2004). A flora do Cerrado é considerada muito rica e, em vista do acelerado desaparecimento do cerrado, a ampliação do conhecimento de sua vegetação se faz urgente, frente à necessidade de priorizar áreas para a preservação e dar suporte aos trabalhos de manejo visando à conservação ou à restauração do ecossistema em áreas que tenham sido desmatadas.…”

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Flora fanerogâmica não-arbórea do cerrado na Estação Ecológica de Assis, Estado de São Paulo

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Toniato²,

Durigan³

2008

Rev. bras. Bot.

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-(Non-arboreal phanerogamic cerrado flora of Assis Ecological Station, state of São Paulo). The cerrado vegetation in São Paulo State is restricted to a few remnants which non-arboreal flora has rarely been studied. The present study aimed at characterizing the non-arboreal phanerogamic flora occurring in distinct "cerrado" vegetation types (wet camp, cerrado sensu stricto, woodland cerrado and riparian forest) at Assis Ecological Station (22°33'65" to 22°36'68" S and 50°22'29" to 50°23'00" W), Assis municipality, São Paulo State, Brazil, and, by comparison with other "cerrado" sites in the state, verifying possible occurrence of endemic or rare species. A floristic survey was carried out and a total of 301 species, 199 genera and 61 families of non-arboreal phanerogamic plants were found. The richest families for the studied life forms in the area were: Fabaceae, Asteraceae, Bignoniaceae and Poaceae. Richness in the physiognomies, in decreasing order, was 146 species in the cerrado sensu stricto (48.8%), 48 species in the woodland cerrado (15.9%), 47 in the wet camp (15.6%), and, at last, the riparian forest, with 15 species (5.0%). Compared to other cerrado areas, the diversity of the local non-arboreal flora is high. There is, also, a high number of species (102 or 34%) exclusive from the studied area. High proportions of non-arboreal species occurring in a single locality have been also observed in other studies, indicating that either endemism can be higher among these life-forms than among arboreal species or inventory methods were not adequate to survey the total richness of the studied areas. Conservation strategies and botanical inventories must especially consider the non-arboreal flora, since arboreal species are both more widespread and proportionally better known.Key words -cerrado vegetation, conservation, diversity, floristic inventory RESUMO -(Flora fanerogâmica não-arbórea do cerrado na Estação Ecológica de Assis, Estado de São Paulo). A vegetação de cerrado no Estado de São Paulo sobrevive em poucas áreas naturais remanescentes cuja flora, exceto pelas espécies arbóreas, é pouco conhecida. O presente estudo teve como objetivo caracterizar a flora fanerogâmica não-arbórea das diferentes fisionomias da vegetação (campo úmido, cerrado sensu stricto, cerradão e mata ciliar) na Estação Ecológica de Assis (22°33'65" e 22°36'68" S e 50°22'29" e 50°23'00" W), Estado de São Paulo, Brasil, e compará-la a outras áreas de cerrado no estado, para verificar possíveis endemismos ou a presença de espécies raras, que mereçam providências especiais de manejo para sua conservação. Nas diferentes fisionomias da vegetação no interior da unidade de conservação foram registradas 301 espécies fanerógamas não-arbóreas, pertencentes a 199 gêneros e 61 famílias. As famílias com os maiores números de espécies foram: Fabaceae, Asteraceae, Bignoniaceae e Poaceae. A riqueza de espécies foi decrescente do cerrado sensu stricto (146 espécies ou 48,8%), seguido pelo cerradão (48 espécies ou 15,9%), campo úmido (47 espé...

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Mapping woody plant community turnover with space‐borne hyperspectral data – a case study in the Cerrado

Leitão

Schwieder

Pedroni

et al. 2018

Remote Sens Ecol Conserv

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Effective conservation measures require the knowledge on the spatial patterns of species communities and their turnover. This knowledge is, however, many times lacking, particularly so for complex systems. On the other hand, recent developments have resulted in tools that enable the mapping of these patterns from remote sensing data, such as Sparse Generalized Dissimilarity Modelling (SGDM). SGDM is a two-stage approach, which combines a Sparse Canonical Component analysis and a Generalized Dissimilarity Modelling (GDM), thus being designed to deal with high-dimensional data to predict community turnover in GDM. In this study, we use space-borne hyperspectral data to map woody plant community patterns collected in two study sites in the Cerrado (Brazilian savannah), namely, the Parque Estadual da Serra Azul (PESA) in Mato Grosso state and Parque Nacional da Chapada dos Veadeiros (PNCV) in Goi as state. Field data were collected in both study sites, following a systematic sampling scheme adapted for the Cerrado. The Cerrado is the most diverse of all the world's savannahs, and while holding a high diversity and endemism of species, this biome is mostly unprotected and understudied. We used Hyperion data acquired over the two study sites, which were subject to data pre-processing (including radiometric and geometric corrections, as well as correction for sensor errors) and quality screening before analysis. Our models were used to map woody plant community patterns and turnover for the study areas. We also inspected the Hyperion spectral bands which most contributed in the SGDM, for each site. Furthermore, the modelled patterns were interpreted with respect to the ecological characteristics of the respective species, this way further enhancing our understanding of this complex system. This study has demonstrated that this approach is suitable for mapping woody plant communities in heterogeneous systems, based on combined field and space-borne hyperspectral data.

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Diversity, floristic and structural patterns of cerrado vegetation in Central Brazil

Cited by 136 publications

References 14 publications

Analyses of temporal diversity patterns in a stricto sensu Cerrado fragment

Analyses of temporal diversity patterns in a stricto sensu Cerrado fragment

Flora fanerogâmica não-arbórea do cerrado na Estação Ecológica de Assis, Estado de São Paulo

Mapping woody plant community turnover with space‐borne hyperspectral data – a case study in the Cerrado

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