Multifunctional soil recovery during the restoration of Brazil’s Atlantic Forest after bauxite mining

Author(s):  
Denise T. G. Bizuti ◽  
Agnès Robin ◽  
Thaís M. Soares ◽  
Vanessa S. Moreno¹ ◽  
Danilo R. A. Almeida ◽  
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2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diego Balestrin ◽  
Sebastião V Martins ◽  
Pedro M Villa

Abstract Background: Tropical forests are important carbon sinks at the global scale. They are important reservoirs of terrestrial carbon and play a fundamental role in global climate regulation. We evaluated the tree species diversity and dominance patterns in stem and carbon stocks in a Brazilian Atlantic forest restored after bauxite mining exploration in the state of Minas Gerais, south-eastern Brazil.Methods: Aboveground carbon was estimated for a permanent 1-ha forest restored after 14 years, measuring all trees with a circumference at breast height (CBH) ≥ 15 cm, planted during restoration. We studied species richness, community composition and stem- and carbon-dominant species based on two categorical functional attributes associated with forest regeneration (successional strategy and dispersal syndrome).Results: The restored forest obtained a high carbon accumulation (~58 Mg ha -1 ), between two and three times more than second-growth forests with the same or more time for natural regeneration, when compared with other restored Brazilian seasonal semideciduous Atlantic Forest stands. The restored forest presented a marked local carbon dominance, with ~7.5% of the tree species of the community representing 50% of the total aboveground carbon (AGC). Anemochoric and zoochoric species presented a similar pattern of carbon dominance, while the initial second-growth species presented a higher carbon storage capacity than the pioneer species.Conclusions: Our findings stress the importance of analysing the relative contributions of species, classified by functional attributes and by their dominance, to ecosystem functioning at fine-scale active restoration.


Author(s):  
Diego Balestrin ◽  
Sebastião Venâncio Martins ◽  
Pedro Manuel Villa ◽  
Luiz Henrique Elias Cosimo ◽  
Wesley da Silva Fonseca

Planta Medica ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 76 (12) ◽  
Author(s):  
I Castro-Gamboa ◽  
R Burgos ◽  
P Cardoso ◽  
F Carnevale ◽  
A Pilon ◽  
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Planta Medica ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 72 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
DHS Silva ◽  
CV Plaza ◽  
V da S. Bolzani ◽  
AJ Cavalheiro ◽  
I Castro-Gamboa

2020 ◽  
Vol 45 (3) ◽  
pp. 537-543
Author(s):  
Karinne Sampaio Valdemarin ◽  
Jair Eustáquio Quintino Faria ◽  
Fiorella Fernanda Mazine ◽  
Vinicius Castro Souza

Abstract—A new species of Eugenia from the Atlantic forest of Brazil is described and illustrated. Eugenia flavicarpa is restricted to the Floresta de Tabuleiro (lowland forests) of Espírito Santo state and is nested in Eugenia subg. Pseudeugenia. Considering all other species of the subgenus that occur in forest vegetation types of the Atlantic forest phytogeographic domain, Eugenia flavicarpa can be distinguished mainly by the combination of smooth leaves with indumentum on both surfaces, with two marginal veins, usually ramiflorous inflorescences, pedicels 4.5‐9.7 mm long, flower buds 3.5‐4 mm in diameter, and by the calyx lobes that are 2‐3 mm long with rounded to obtuse apices. Morphological analyses were performed to explore the significance of quantitative diagnostic features between the new species and the closely related species, Eugenia farneyi. Notes on the habitat, distribution, phenology, and conservation status of Eugenia flavicarpa are provided, as well as a key for all species of Eugenia subg. Pseudeugenia from forest vegetation of the Atlantic forest phytogeographic domain.


Author(s):  
HINDURAO KAMBLE PRASHANT ◽  
M. BHOSALE SHRIKANT ◽  
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2020 ◽  
Vol 129 (1) ◽  
pp. 98 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jober Fernando Sobczak ◽  
Italo Diego Paiva Arruda ◽  
Emily Oliveira Fonseca ◽  
Paulo Julião Queiroz Rabelo ◽  
Francisco Ageu de Sousa Nóbrega ◽  
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2020 ◽  
Vol 147 (2) ◽  
pp. 199
Author(s):  
Diogo Henrique Costa-Rezende ◽  
Aristóteles Góes-Neto ◽  
Elisandro Ricardo Drechsler-Santos

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