Effects of reduced impact logging on bat biodiversity in terra firme forest of lowland Amazonia

2007 ◽  
Vol 138 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 269-285 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivan Castro-Arellano ◽  
Steven J. Presley ◽  
Luis Nelio Saldanha ◽  
Michael R. Willig ◽  
Joseph M. Wunderle
Mycorrhiza ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rejane de Oliveira Freitas ◽  
Erika Buscardo ◽  
Laszlo Nagy ◽  
Alex Bruno dos Santos Maciel ◽  
Rosilaine Carrenho ◽  
...  

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 279-295 ◽  
Author(s):  
Corina Buendía ◽  
Axel Kleidon ◽  
Stefano Manzoni ◽  
Björn Reu ◽  
Amilcare Porporato

Abstract. Phosphorus (P) availability decreases with soil age and potentially limits the productivity of ecosystems growing on old and weathered soils. Despite growing on ancient soils, ecosystems of lowland Amazonia are highly productive and are among the most biodiverse on Earth. P eroded and weathered in the Andes is transported by the rivers and deposited in floodplains of the lowland Amazon basin creating hotspots of P fertility. We hypothesize that animals feeding on vegetation and detritus in these hotspots may redistribute P to P-depleted areas, thus contributing to dissipate the P gradient across the landscape. Using a mathematical model, we show that animal-driven spatial redistribution of P from rivers to land and from seasonally flooded to terra firme (upland) ecosystems may sustain the P cycle of Amazonian lowlands. Our results show how P imported to land by terrestrial piscivores in combination with spatial redistribution of herbivores and detritivores can significantly enhance the P content in terra firme ecosystems, thereby highlighting the importance of food webs for the biogeochemical cycling of Amazonia.


Nativa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 802
Author(s):  
Ronaldo Oliveira dos Santos ◽  
Rubiene Neto Soares ◽  
Bruno Costa do Rosário ◽  
Robson Borges de Lima ◽  
Jadson Coelho de Abreu

O objetivo deste estudo foi analisar a variação da estrutura diamétrica de uma comunidade arbórea em floresta densa de terra firme e dos principais grupos de espécies de estágios iniciais e tardios de sucessão, bem como caracterizar a estrutura vertical da floresta. Em 2016, foram inventariadas todas as árvores com DAP ≥ 10 cm e mensuradas suas alturas. Em 2017, as árvores foram reamostradas. A estrutura diamétrica foi analisada por meio do quociente “q” De Liocourt para: a comunidade, principais espécies de maior VI e os grupos ecológicos (GE). A análise da estrutura vertical da vegetação foi feita pela distribuição do número de árvores nos estratos, utilizando-se três métodos: (I) – Sanquetta (1995), (II) - Souza (1990), e (III) – Souza et al. (2003). A estrutura diamétrica da comunidade e dos GE no período avaliado foi caracterizada por árvores de pequeno porte nas menores classes de diâmetro. O Método II não trouxe bons resultados sobre o comportamento das espécies no estrato médio por apresentar fortes tendências em concentrar um maior número de indivíduos nesse estrato. Os resultados da estrutura altimétrica e diamétrica demonstraram indicativos que a exploração antrópica no passado alterou a estrutura da floresta.Palavras-chave: espécies amazônicas, “q” De Licocourt, estratificação, incremento. STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS IN A DENSE OF TERRA FIRME FOREST, SOUTHEAST OF AMAPÁ, BRAZIL ABSTRACT:The study aimed to analyze the variation of the diameter structure of a arboreal community in a dense terra firme forest and the main groups of species of early and late stages of succession, as well as characterize the vertical structure of the forest. In 2016, all trees with DBH ≥ 10 cm were inventoried and their heights measured indirectly. In 2017, the trees were re-measured. The diametric structure was analyzed using the "q" De Liocourt quotient for: the community, major species of higher (VI) and ecological groups (EG). The analysis of the vertical structure of the vegetation was made by the distribution of the number of trees in the strata, using three methods: (I) – Sanquetta (1995), (II) - Souza (1990), and (III) – Souza et al. (2003). The diametric structure of the community and the EG during the period evaluated was characterized by small trees in the smallest diameter classes. Method II did not bring good results on the behavior of the species in the middle stratum because it presents strong tendencies to concentrate a greater number of individuals in this stratum. The results of the altimetric and diametric structure have demonstrated that antropic exploration in the past has altered the structure of the forest.Keywords: amazonian species, “q” De Licocourt, stratification, increment.


CERNE ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 403-412
Author(s):  
Ana Maria Moreira Fernandes ◽  
Maria de Lourdes Pinheiro Ruivo ◽  
Antônio Carlos Lola Costa

Phytotaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 338 (1) ◽  
pp. 130 ◽  
Author(s):  
JULIEN ENGEL ◽  
DANIEL SABATIER

A new species of Humiriaceae, Vantanea maculicarpa, growing in French Guiana terra-firme forest is described and illustrated. This new species is distinguished from all other species of Vantanea by fruits covered by white lenticels, a character so far unknown in this genus. It also presents a pubescent intrastaminal disk, a feature encountered in two other Vantanea species only: it is further distinguished from V. parviflora, the morphologically most similar species, by more stamens and from V. ovicarpa by a much smaller rough endocarp with five valves. A key to the species of French Guiana and the IUCN status Least Concern (LC) are proposed.


PLoS ONE ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (11) ◽  
pp. e0224406 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erika Ramos Martins ◽  
Ingrit Elida Collantes Díaz ◽  
Mateus Luís Barradas Paciencia ◽  
Sergio Alexandre Frana ◽  
Márcia Ortiz Mayo Marques ◽  
...  

Biotropica ◽  
1990 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 420 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fabio Bassini ◽  
Peter Becker

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