2015
DOI: 10.4025/actascibiolsci.v37i1.23141
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<b>Biological spectrum and dispersal syndromes in an area of the semi-arid region of north-eastern Brazil

Abstract: ABSTRACT. The biological spectrum and diaspores dispersal syndromes of the species recorded in a stretch of vegetation in a semi-arid region within the Cariri Environment Protection Area, Boa Vista, Paraíba State (northeast) Brazil, are described. Collections were made from fertile specimens, preferentially bearing fruit, over a 15-month period. Life forms and syndromes were determined by field observations using specialized literature. One hundred and sixty-six species, distributed into 123 genera and 41 fami… Show more

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“…In areas of scrub, the ratios of dispersion syndromes were associated with decreasing precipitation and stratification of vegetation, with zoochoric dispersion being the most important during rainy periods and autochoric and anemochoric dispersion being important during dry periods (GRIZ; MACHADO, 2001;RODAL, 2009). On the other hand, the non-predominance of anemochoric species rejects what is expected to prevail in semi-arid environments, since the anemochoric species richness is high (GRIZ; MACHADO, 2001;VIEIRA;SCARIOT, 2006;LIMA;MELO, 2015), which may be explained in the present study by the proximity of the preserved area.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 58%
“…In areas of scrub, the ratios of dispersion syndromes were associated with decreasing precipitation and stratification of vegetation, with zoochoric dispersion being the most important during rainy periods and autochoric and anemochoric dispersion being important during dry periods (GRIZ; MACHADO, 2001;RODAL, 2009). On the other hand, the non-predominance of anemochoric species rejects what is expected to prevail in semi-arid environments, since the anemochoric species richness is high (GRIZ; MACHADO, 2001;VIEIRA;SCARIOT, 2006;LIMA;MELO, 2015), which may be explained in the present study by the proximity of the preserved area.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 58%
“…Regarding the genera most frequent in the CMNP, Chamaecrista has half of the native species described for the Cerrado, the probable radiation center of plant taxa (Rando et al 2016, Souza et al 2018. In addition, autochoric and anemochoric plants tend to predominate in open and dry environments (Amaral et al 2013, Lima & Melo 2015, which may explain the representativeness of the genera Cyperus, Croton, Rhynchospora, Bulbostylis and Polygala in the Cerrado of the CMNP. The flora of the CMNP presented all the woody species considered most frequent in the Brazilian Cerrado, including Bowdichia virgilioides Kunth and Qualea grandiflora Mart., according to Françoso et al ( 2016), who carried out the last synthesis of floristic knowledge of the Cerrado.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…O território da APA é de 18.560 ha, localizado entre os municípios de Boa Vista, Cabaceiras e São João do Cariri, delimitado por segmentos de reta, denominados de vértices V1 a V6, e por limites naturais constituídos por trechos do Rio Taperoá e pelo Riacho Gangorra; também pertence à área da APA, uma faixa contínua de 1.000 m contada a partir do leito destes cursos d'água, no sentido exterior das Áreas de Preservação Ambiental (Fialho et al 2010). A Caatinga dessa área é composta por uma fitofisionomia predominantemente arbustivoarbórea, apresentando trechos de solo exposto e segundo Andrade-Lima (1981) As análises morfo-taxonômicas foram feitas, exclusivamente, através dos exames das exsicatas dos espécimes obtidos durante este estudo e nos trabalhos desenvolvidos na APA (Lima & Melo 2015, Machado-Filho 2011. Em níveis de gênero e espécie, as identificações foram fundamentadas na literatura especializada, principalmente através dos estudos de Barbosa-Fevereiro (1977), Irwin & Barneby (1982), Barneby (1991), Córdula et al (2009), Fortuna-Perez (2009) e Queiroz (2006, além de outros de cunho taxonômico sobre Leguminosae.…”
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