Avaliação temporal de sistemas pecuários usando o Índice de Vegetação NDVI derivado de imagens Landsat.

A pecuária é responsável por mais de 6% do Produto Interno Bruto. Manejos pecuários têm sido estudados para buscar meios mais eficientes de produção. Nosso objetivo neste trabalho foi avaliar o efeito de sistemas pecuários sobre o índice de vegetação Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), para indicar os sistemas mais produtivos em temos de forragem. Duas áreas de produção de gado de corte e uma de gado de leite, localizadas na Embrapa Pecuária Sudeste (São Carlos, SP), foram avaliadas no período de abril de 2013 a agosto de 2015. Na área 1, os maiores valores de NDVI ocorreram no sistema integração lavoura-pecuária-floresta em todos os períodos. Os sistemas integrado pecuária-floresta e intensivo apresentaram valores similares, principalmente nos períodos de seca. Nas situações em que a cobertura principal eram as pastagens foi possível, na maior parte do tempo, separar os sistemas mais produtivos (intensivos) do sistema menos vigoroso (extensivo). Na área 2, o sistema intensivo e de alta lotação animal apresentou os maiores valores de índices de vegetação ao longo de todos os períodos avaliados e foi o mais produtivo. Na área 3, os sistemas de produção intensivo em recuperação e intensivo irrigado apresentaram os maior valores de NDVI na maior parte dos período avaliados, o que indica maior produtividade desses sistemas. De acordo com os resultados obtidos, séries temporais de NDVI têm o potencial de discriminar, entre os sistemas pecuários de produção não integrados, os sistemas mais produtivos (intensivos) dos sistemas menos produtivos (extensivos), principalmente nos períodos de seca.

Produto modis associado à condição hídrica no solo para diferenciar padrões na vegetação no município de Dom Eliseu, Pará.

Objetivou avaliar a dinâmica de padrões na vegetação usando NDVI (Normalized Difference Vegetation Index) associado à oferta hídrica no município de Dom Eliseu, no Pará com base na reflectância em áreas com cultivos anuais de grãos e plantios florestais, nos períodos de maior e menor deficiência de água no solo. Foram analisados dados meteorológicos para calcular balanços hídricos (CAD = 300 mm) e respostas em NDVI (Normalized Difference Vegetation Index) extraídos do sensor MODIS (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer). As imagens-índice (NDVI) referentes aos meses de janeiro a dezembro de 2012 foram processadas no aplicativo Envi 4.7 e reclassificadas no ArcGIS10.1. Os resultados apontaram variações temporais ao longo do ano, tanto relacionados aos sistemas de agrícolas de produção, quanto aos remanescentes florestais os quais indicavam associações à oferta hídrica na região e possíveis respostas fenológicas. Em Dom Eliseu, o mês de maior valor em NDVI foi em abril com mais 60% do município expressando manutenção das folhas e da capacidade fotossintética das plantas, pois os valores em NDVI foram superiores a 0,6. No período de agosto a setembro ocorrem as menores cotas pluviais, ocasionando déficits hídricos que atingem valores superiores a 70 mm. Observou-se que as respostas em NDVI foram mais expressivas no mês de outubro, totalizando 16% da área de estudo com valores entre 0,2 a 0,3, evidenciando reduzida expressão em resposta espectral na biomassa dos remanescentes de vegetação e plantios florestais. Conclui-se que existe sensibilidade do NDVI em resposta à condição hídrica no solo. Ao contabilizar-se as diferenças entre a reflectâncias no infravermelho próximo e no vermelho divididos pela soma dessas reflectância, os baixos valores de NDVI, reforçam que no período de maior deficiência hídrica há queda de folhas, pois a superfície imageada, responde com valores mais elevados no solo do que na vegetação.

Qualidade química e física do solo sob vegetação arbórea nativa e pastagens no pantanal Sul-Mato-Grossense.

A busca por aumento de produtividade da pecuária pantaneira tem motivado o desmatamento de áreas florestadas para a implantação de pastagem cultivada, gerando preocupação quanto à sustentabilidade dos recursos naturais. Para estudar alguns aspectos de uso do solo no Pantanal Sul-Mato-Grossense, este trabalho teve por objetivo avaliar as alterações nos atributos químicos e físicos do solo em razão da conversão da vegetação arbórea nativa em pastagem cultivada, bem como da submissão da pastagem nativa ao sistema de pastejo contínuo. Os ambientes de estudo consistiram de três remanescentes de vegetação arbórea nativa, representadas por uma floresta semidecídua (FN) e dois cerradões (CE1 e CE2), três pastagens de Brachiaria decumbens com 27, 26 e 11 anos de formação, implantadas em substituição a FN, CE1 e CE2, respectivamente, e uma pastagem nativa caracterizada pela predominância de Mesosetum chaseae e Axonopus purpusii, submetida a três diferentes sistemas de pastejo (contínuo e sem pastejo por 3 e 19 anos). Amostras de solo, deformadas e indeformadas, foram coletadas em cada ambiente de estudo, nas profundidades de 0?10 e 10?20 cm, com três repetições. A substituição da vegetação arbórea nativa por pastagem cultivada e o sistema de pastejo contínuo da pastagem nativa determinaram redução da qualidade química do solo, evidenciada principalmente por perdas de matéria orgânica do solo, notadamente na profundidade de 0?10 cm. Embora a qualidade física do solo também tenha apresentado tendência à redução nas pastagens cultivada e nativa sob pastejo contínuo, a densidade do solo, porosidade total, macroporosidade, microporosidade, condutividade hidráulica do solo saturado eresistência do solo à penetração não atingiram valores considerados limitantes ao desenvolvimento do sistema radicular.

Índice de vegetação, teor de clorofila e eficiência de uso de nitrogênio por híbridos de milho.

2016

Tree structure and richness in an Atlantic Forest fragment: distance from anthropogenic and natural edges

Approximately 7.2% of the Atlantic rainforest remains in Brazil, with only 16% of this forest remaining in the State of Rio de Janeiro, all of it distributed in fragments. This forest fragmentation can produce biotic and abiotic differences between edges and the fragment interior. In this study, we compared the structure and richness of tree communities in three habitats - an anthropogenic edge (AE), a natural edge (NE) and the fragment interior (FI) - of a fragment of Atlantic forest in the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (22°50'S and 42°28'W). One thousand and seventy-six trees with a diameter at breast height > 4.8 cm, belonging to 132 morphospecies and 39 families, were sampled in a total study area of 0.75 ha. NE had the greatest basal area and the trees in this habitat had the greatest diameter:height allometric coefficient, whereas AE had a lower richness and greater variation in the height of the first tree branch. Tree density, diameter, height and the proportion of standing dead trees did not differ among the habitats. There was marked heterogeneity among replicates within each habitat. These results indicate that the forest interior and the fragment edges (natural or anthropogenic) do not differ markedly considering the studied parameters. Other factors, such as the age from the edge, type of matrix and proximity of gaps, may play a more important role in plant community structure than the proximity from edges.

Características espectrais da soja ao longo do ciclo vegetativo com imagens landsat 5/TM em área agrícola no oeste do Paraná

The objective of this study was to analyze changes in the spectral behavior of the soybean crop through spectral profiles of the vegetation indexes NDVI and GVI, expressed by different physical values such as apparent bi-directional reflectance factor (BRF), surface BRF, and normalized BRF derived from images of the Landsat 5/TM. A soybean area located in Cascavel, Paraná, was monitored by using five images of Landsat 5/TM during the 2004/2005 harvesting season. The images were submitted to radiometric transformation, atmospheric correction and normalization, determining physical values of apparent BRF, surface BRF and normalized BRF. NDVI and GVI images were generated in order to distinguish the soybean biomass spectral response. The treatments showed different results for apparent, surface and normalized BRF. Through the profiles of average NDVI and GVI, it was possible to monitor the entire soybean cycle, characterizing its development. It was also observed that the data from normalized BRF negatively affected the spectral curve of soybean crop, mainly, during the phase of vegetative growth, in the 12-9-2004 image.

Produção de alface hidropônica em três ambientes de cultivo

It was proposed to evaluate the hydroponic lettuce production, variety Vera, on inclined benches with channels of 100 mm, and Nutrient Film Technique, as answer to carbon dioxide application and evaporative cooling. There were five cycles of cultivation from March, 20th to April, 17th (C1); from May, 25th to June, 29th (C2); from July, 13th to August, 20th (C3); from August, 27th to October, 10th (C4); from December, 12th to January, 10th (C5). In three greenhouses were tested the following systems: (A1) without evaporative cooling air CO2 aerial injection, (A2) with CO2 aerial injection and without evaporative cooling and (A3) with CO2 aerial injection and pad-fan evaporative cooling system. The fresh and dry mass of leaves in grams, number of leaves and leaf area in square millimeter were evaluated. The completely randomized statistical analysis was used. The cycle C1 were used 48 replications, for cycles C2, C3 and C5 were used 64 replications and C5 were used 24 replications. The results showed that greenhouse with evaporative cooling system and CO2 allow better development and greater lettuce yield. It was possible to conclude that the aerial injection of CO2, in the absence of evaporative cooling system, did not lead increasing the lettuce productivity to most cycles. Bigger lettuce leaf areas were found in periods with higher temperatures.

Estimativa de parâmetros biofísicos de plantios de café a partir de imagens orbitais de alta resolução espacial

Remote sensing data are each time more available and can be used to monitor the vegetal development of main agricultural crops, such as the Arabic coffee in Brazil, since that the relationship between spectral and agronomical data be well known. Therefore, this work had the main objective to assess the use of Quickbird satellite images to estimate biophysical parameters of coffee crop. Test area was composed by 25 coffee fields located between the cities of Ribeirão Corrente, Franca and Cristais Paulista (SP), Brazil, and the biophysical parameters used were row and between plants spacing, plant height, LAI, canopy diameter, percentage of vegetation cover, roughness and biomass. Spectral data were the reflectance of four bands of QUICKBIRD and values of four vegetations indexes (NDVI, GVI, SAVI and RVI) based on the same satellite. All these data were analyzed using linear and nonlinear regression methods to generate estimation models of biophysical parameters. The use of regression models based on nonlinear equations was more appropriate to estimate parameters such as the LAI and the percentage of biomass, important to indicate the productivity of coffee crop.

Perfis temporais NDVI MODIS, na cana-soca, de maturação tardia

This paper describes the development of a relational database and a tool for viewing MODIS NDVI temporal profile, using data from MOD09Q1 product, specifically the surface bidirectional reflectance factor relative to the RED and NIR wavelength, mosaic of 8-day temporal composition, and the quality band, in sugarcane fields in the state of São Paulo, for analysis of the late stubble-cane maturation. From sugarcane farms were obtained the historical data about yield, soil, variety, location of the each pixel for each subregion monitored. All data were integrated in a database developed in PostgreSQL. The tool was implemented using Java language and allowed a fast and automatic way of analyzing sugarcane phenological patterns. It concluded that the MODIS NDVI temporal profile using data from MOD09Q1 product is able to subsidize the monitoring of phenological changes in the sugarcane.

Modelos de regressão lineares para estimativa de produtividade da soja no oeste do Paraná, utilizando dados espectrais

The main objective of this work was to evaluate the linear regression between spectral response and soybean yield in regional scale. In this study were monitored 36 municipalities from the west region of the states of Parana using five images of Landsat 5/TM during 2004/05 season. The spectral response was converted in physical values, apparent and surface reflectances, by radiometric transformation and atmospheric corrections and both used to calculate NDVI and GVI vegetation indices. Those ones were compared by multiple and simple regression with government official yield values (IBGE). Diagnostic processing method to identify influents values or collinearity was applied to the data too. The results showed that the mean surface reflectance value from all images was more correlated with yield than individual dates. Further, the multiple regressions using all dates and both vegetation indices gave better results than simple regression.

Composição florística da floresta semidecídua de altitude do Parque Municipal da Grota Funda (Atibaia - Estado de São Paulo)

A floristic survey was carried out in the Grota Funda Municipal Park, Atibaia Municipality, Sao Paulo State (45º45 - 46º 45'W and 23º10 - 23º15'S), a mountainous region from 900 to 1400 meters above sea level. The climate is characterized by two seasons a hot, moist period from October to March and a dry, cold period from April to August, with frequent frosts. The sandy soil is low in fertility and highly acid at the surface. The study was done from April 1987 to November 1988. A total of 415 species were collected and identified: 362 dicotyledons belonging to 84 families and 224 genera, and 53 monocotyledons beloging to 15 families and 43 genera. Species richness in Atibaia can be attributed to environmental diversity, edaphic variation, and slight disturbance of the vegetation. A comparison with other floristic surveys in mountain forests was made and a list of the most common species of this kind of forest is presented.

Análise da estrutura de duas unidades fitofisionômicas de savana (cerrado) no sul do Brasil

The Jaguariaiva region is located at Parana State, southern Brazil, and it keeps up the last remnants of savanna vegetation in the State. Thus, it should be considered a mark of the meridional distribution limit of this vegetation type in Brazil. The Parque Estadual do Cerrado (24º09' S; 50º18' WG), whose vegetation is not solely composed by savanna forms, was the object of this study that analysed the vegetation of two dominant savanna physiognomic types (cerrado sensu stricto and campo cerrado). Twenty quadrats of 200m² (20 x 10m) were sistematicaly established in each physiognomic unit, and all the individuals having Basal Perimeter (BP) over 15 cm were sampled. The survey results indicated a low number of woody species in both units (33 species in cerrado sensu stricto and 18 in campo cerrrado). Most important species were virtually the same for both units, specially Byrsonima coccolobifolia, Acosinium subelegans, Couepia grandiflora and Stryphnodendron adstringens. The total density, total dominance and diversity were higher in cerrado sensu stricto. Moreover. there was apparently a higher lloristic resemblance with savannas of São Paulo State, specially those located in the South of thc State.

As Apocynaceae s. str. da região de Bauru, São Paulo, Brasil

The present study describes a survey of the Apocynaceae in different types of vegetation, in the region of Bauru, in the Center-West of São Paulo State. Of the 25 species encountered, distributed into 15 genera, representation ranges as follows: Forsteronia G. Mey, five species; Aspidosperma Mart., four species; Mandevilla Lindl., three species; Prestonia R. Br., two species; and Condylocarpon Desf., Hancornia Gomez, Himatanthus Willd. ex Roem. et Schult., Macrosiphonia Müll. Arg., Mesechites Müll. Arg., Odontadenia Benth, Peltastes Woodson, Rhodocalyx Müll Arg., Secondatia A. DC., Tabernaemontana L. and Temnadenia Miers, one species each. In addition to both distribution data, and flowering and fruiting times, identifications keys, descriptions and illustrations of the species are presented.

Flora arbustivo-arbórea do fragmento de floresta estacional semidecidual do Ribeirão Cachoeira, município de Campinas, SP

An inventory of the woody flora (trees and shrubs), was carried out in the Ribeirão Cachoeria forest (233.7ha, 650m high, 46°55'58''W, 22°50'13''S), the second largest and best conserved fragment of semideciduous tropical forest in the municipality of Campinas, São Paulo state, Southeastern Brazil. The soil is a red-yellow podsol and the climate is of Köppen's Cwag type. Collections were made from August/1996 to September/1997. Only fertile individuals with a perimeter at breast height of 9cm or greater were included in the survey. One hyndred and seventhy five species were identified, belonging to 119 genera and 49 families. The most important families were Myrtaceae (14 species), Rutaceae and Fabaceae (13), Caesalpiniaceae (11), Solanaceae (9), and Rubiaceae (8). Some species were found for the first time in the region: Tachigali multijuga Benth. and Schoepfia brasiliensis A.DC. The flowering peak for most species was from August to October. Maximum fruit production was from August to November. Most species are zoochoric (58%), but 23% were anemochoric and 19% autochoric. The floristic composition of this forest and another 20 forests from São Paulo state were compared. The results obtained indicate the existence of distinct groups of forests. The most homogeneus group contains forests from the municipality of Campinas with similarity of 40%. This suggests that these forests are possibly fragments of a original continuous forest in the Campinas region.

Lianas da estação ecológica do Noroeste Paulista, São José do Rio Preto/Mirassol, SP, Brasil

Lianas are characteristic, abundant and ecologically important members of tropical forest but they have been neglected in floristics and phytossociological studies. This work presents a floristic survey of the lianas species at Estação Ecológica do Noroeste Paulista (EENP), and a comparison of the list of species recorded in this work with those reported for other fragments of São Paulo state. The EENP (20º48'36'' S and 49º22'50'' W) is at 468 m of altitude and comprises an area of 168,43 ha, divided into three fragments of vegetation. Samples of lianas were collected in the interior and along the edges of the forest fragments. It was identified 105 species: 99 Magnoliopsida (60 genera and 22 families); six Liliopsida (three genera and three families). The richest families in species comprised 59% of the total of lianas sampled. The dendrogram of similarity showed a low similarity between the forest situated in the littoral (Atlantic Forest) and those located in the interior of the state of São Paulo. Some other authors, also analysing the similarity of forest of the interior and Atlantic Forest of São Paulo state, but considering only the trees reported similar result.