The influence of land use on edge effect in an Atlantic forest fragment in north-east Brazil

Although the edge effect is a phenomenon much studied in tropical forests, the effects of edge creation in open ombrophilous forests of the Atlantic Forest of northeastern Brazil are little discussed. Plant communities with large canopy openness, including periods with partial loss of leaves may res...

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Autores principales:	Prado Moura,Flávia de B, Gonzales,Mateus, Lima,Micheline M, Carneiro Vital,Marcos V
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Universidad Austral de Chile, Facultad de Ciencias Forestales 2012
Materias:	rain forest fragmentation edge effect Atlantic forest Brazil
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spelling	oai:scielo:S0717-920020120003000092014-11-05The influence of land use on edge effect in an Atlantic forest fragment in north-east BrazilPrado Moura,Flávia de BGonzales,MateusLima,Micheline MCarneiro Vital,Marcos V rain forest fragmentation edge effect Atlantic forest Brazil Although the edge effect is a phenomenon much studied in tropical forests, the effects of edge creation in open ombrophilous forests of the Atlantic Forest of northeastern Brazil are little discussed. Plant communities with large canopy openness, including periods with partial loss of leaves may respond differently to the impacts of edge formation because species may be more light-tolerant. The matrix can have a direct influence on the edge effect. Most studies available examine the consequences of the interface between forest and agricultural areas or pasturelands. However, the effects of the creation of a water body have been little studied, despite being frequent in the last century. In this study, we analyze the edge effect in two faces of a fragment, the first edge in contact with sugarcane crop, and the second with a lake formed by a dam. To neutralize the effect of selective logging and avoid counting species established before the edge formation, we analyzed the composition and density of the juvenile layer (≤ 1m). The results pointed out that the construction of a dam (water body) has caused an edge effect in the forest fragment, which seems to be not relevant in the area adjacent to sugarcane cultivation.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessUniversidad Austral de Chile, Facultad de Ciencias ForestalesBosque (Valdivia) v.33 n.3 20122012-01-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-92002012000300009en10.4067/S0717-92002012000300009
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spellingShingle	rain forest fragmentation edge effect Atlantic forest Brazil Prado Moura,Flávia de B Gonzales,Mateus Lima,Micheline M Carneiro Vital,Marcos V The influence of land use on edge effect in an Atlantic forest fragment in north-east Brazil
description	Although the edge effect is a phenomenon much studied in tropical forests, the effects of edge creation in open ombrophilous forests of the Atlantic Forest of northeastern Brazil are little discussed. Plant communities with large canopy openness, including periods with partial loss of leaves may respond differently to the impacts of edge formation because species may be more light-tolerant. The matrix can have a direct influence on the edge effect. Most studies available examine the consequences of the interface between forest and agricultural areas or pasturelands. However, the effects of the creation of a water body have been little studied, despite being frequent in the last century. In this study, we analyze the edge effect in two faces of a fragment, the first edge in contact with sugarcane crop, and the second with a lake formed by a dam. To neutralize the effect of selective logging and avoid counting species established before the edge formation, we analyzed the composition and density of the juvenile layer (≤ 1m). The results pointed out that the construction of a dam (water body) has caused an edge effect in the forest fragment, which seems to be not relevant in the area adjacent to sugarcane cultivation.
author	Prado Moura,Flávia de B Gonzales,Mateus Lima,Micheline M Carneiro Vital,Marcos V
author_facet	Prado Moura,Flávia de B Gonzales,Mateus Lima,Micheline M Carneiro Vital,Marcos V
author_sort	Prado Moura,Flávia de B
title	The influence of land use on edge effect in an Atlantic forest fragment in north-east Brazil
title_short	The influence of land use on edge effect in an Atlantic forest fragment in north-east Brazil
title_full	The influence of land use on edge effect in an Atlantic forest fragment in north-east Brazil
title_fullStr	The influence of land use on edge effect in an Atlantic forest fragment in north-east Brazil
title_full_unstemmed	The influence of land use on edge effect in an Atlantic forest fragment in north-east Brazil
title_sort	influence of land use on edge effect in an atlantic forest fragment in north-east brazil
publisher	Universidad Austral de Chile, Facultad de Ciencias Forestales
publishDate	2012
url	http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-92002012000300009
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The influence of land use on edge effect in an Atlantic forest fragment in north-east Brazil

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