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VEGETATION SUCCESSION IN THE CERRADO–AMAZONIAN FOREST TRANSITION ZONE OF MATO GROSSO STATE, BRAZIL

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 December 2015

P. S. Morandi ,
B. H. Marimon-Junior ,
E. A. de Oliveira ,
S. M. Reis ,
M. B. Xavier Valadão ,
M. Forsthofer ,
F. B. Passos  and
B. S. Marimon
P. S. Morandi
Affiliation:
Programa de Pós-graduação em Biodiversidade e Biotecnologia, Rede BIONORTE, Campus de Nova Xavantina-MT, 78690-000, Brasil.
B. H. Marimon-Junior
Affiliation:
Programa de Pós-graduação em Biodiversidade e Biotecnologia, Rede BIONORTE, Campus de Nova Xavantina-MT, 78690-000, Brasil. Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso – UNEMAT, Campus de Nova Xavantina-MT, 78690-000, Brasil. Programa de Pós-graduação em Ecologia e Conservação – UNEMAT, Campus de Nova Xavantina-MT, 78690-000, Brasil.
E. A. de Oliveira
Affiliation:
Programa de Pós-graduação em Biodiversidade e Biotecnologia, Rede BIONORTE, Campus de Nova Xavantina-MT, 78690-000, Brasil.
S. M. Reis
Affiliation:
Programa de Pós-graduação em Biodiversidade e Biotecnologia, Rede BIONORTE, Campus de Nova Xavantina-MT, 78690-000, Brasil.
M. B. Xavier Valadão
Affiliation:
Programa de Pós-graduação em Ecologia e Conservação – UNEMAT, Campus de Nova Xavantina-MT, 78690-000, Brasil.
M. Forsthofer
Affiliation:
Programa de Pós-graduação em Ecologia e Conservação – UNEMAT, Campus de Nova Xavantina-MT, 78690-000, Brasil.
F. B. Passos
Affiliation:
Programa de Pós-graduação em Biodiversidade e Biotecnologia, Rede BIONORTE, Campus de Nova Xavantina-MT, 78690-000, Brasil.
B. S. Marimon*
Affiliation:
Programa de Pós-graduação em Biodiversidade e Biotecnologia, Rede BIONORTE, Campus de Nova Xavantina-MT, 78690-000, Brasil. Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso – UNEMAT, Campus de Nova Xavantina-MT, 78690-000, Brasil. Programa de Pós-graduação em Ecologia e Conservação – UNEMAT, Campus de Nova Xavantina-MT, 78690-000, Brasil.
*
*Author for correspondence. E-mail: biamarimon@unemat.br
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Abstract

The occurrence of cerrado (as tree and shrub savanna is called in Brazil) and forest formations side by side is common at the southern margin of the Brazilian Amazonian Forest, and previous studies have demonstrated the advance of forests over cerrado areas. The aim of the present study is to provide an accurate documentation of the transition process between the two major biomes. Tree data (≥ 5 cm diameter at 0.3 m above soil level) from three plots of cerrado sensu stricto lying near three of cerradão (the taller, denser form of cerrado) were inventoried starting in 2002 in an area of 1.5 ha made up of 150 subplots of 10 × 10 m (50 in each area). This showed that the most important species of the cerradão were invading areas previously occupied by smaller, lower forms of cerrado (although it is sometimes difficult to define which are ‘forest’ and which ‘cerrado’ species as many are flexible in size – for instance Emmotum nitens can often be intermediate, establishing in cerrado that develops into cerradão and on to forest). Some typical species such as Eriotheca gracilipes and Emmotum nitens, established since the first inventories, have increased their populations (between 27 and 210%). Tachigali vulgaris, a typical, weedy, adventive species of the Cerrado–Amazonian Forest transition, showed the largest increase in abundance in areas of cerrado sensu stricto (between 100 and 1200%), and is probably the most important pioneer species in the initial advance of the forest into cerrado at the Southern Amazonian border.

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Cerradãocerrado sensu strictoecological successionTachigali vulgaris
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Edinburgh Journal of Botany , Volume 73 , Issue 1 , March 2016 , pp. 83 - 93
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Copyright © Trustees of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 2015 

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