The importance of palm swamps for carbon storage in a multifunctional landscape in the Brazilian savanna

Soares, Danúbia Magalhães; Nascimento, André R. Terra; Alves, Gabriel Sousa; Oliveira, Cláudio Henrique Eurípedes de

doi:10.1007/s10113-021-01854-3

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“…High levels of moisture and environmental and biological diversity make veredas important for the maintenance of wildlife resources (Brandão et al 1991; Soares et al 2021b), environmental services, such as carbon immobilization (Soares et al 2021a; Wantzen et al 2012), and hydrological balance (Munhoz et al 2011). The relationship between the chemical characteristics of the soil and the zones of the veredas is complex and may be influenced by other factors such as geomorphical characteristics (Ramos et al 2006; Campos et al 2013), and surrounding land use (Sousa et al 2015).…”

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Plant communities in veredas: distribution of native tree/shrubby regeneration and of the invasive species Pinus caribaea Morelet

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This work aimed to identify: (1) heterogeneity patterns in veredas, considering tree/shrubby regeneration and chemical and physical characteristics of the soil;(2) how the vereda zones (edge, intermediate and core) can influence the tree/ shrubby regeneration and (3) which microenvironmental characteristics determine the distribution of native tree/shrubby regenerants and of the invasive species Pinus caribaea Morelet. For this, we collected environmental and biophysical data and sampled the regeneration of tree/shrubby species in 30 plots in two different veredas. The moisture and chemical characteristics of the soil, and regeneration composition were similar among the vereda zones, but showed important variations among sample units. In addition to soil moisture, soil chemical elements and canopy coverage characteristics also formed environmental gradients. The native tree/shrubby species occupied different positions along the environmental gradient of the veredas. The invasive species P. caribaea was more concentrated in less declined sites, in more basic and more humid soils, together with most native species. In general, the results demonstrate the absence of clear zoning, as well as the importance of environmental heterogeneity and the control of biological invasion for the maintenance of native tree/shrub regeneration.

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