Dinâmica da produção de serapilheira em diferentes sistemas de restauração florestal

The ecological restoration is an alternative to increasingly important for biodiversity conservation. However, actions need indicators to evaluate its effectiveness in restablishment ecological processes, including nutrient cycling. The objective of this study was to compare the annual litterfall from five different treatments for forest restoration, compared with a neighboring fragment of Seasonal Semideciduous Forest, in order to subsidize their management plans for ecological restoration. Litter traps of 0.25m² were used, and a total production was: 1700.6 Kg. ha-1.year-1(treatment 1), 7748.1 Kg. ha-1.year-1(treatment 2), 7120.8 Kg. ha-1.year-1 (treatment 3), 9254.5 Kg. ha- 1.year-1 (treatment 4), 7130.2 Kg. ha-1.year-1 (treatment 5) and 8876 Kg. ha-1.year-1 (fragment of Seasonal Semideciduous Forest - treatment 6). The leaf fraction was the largest contributor to the deposition of litter in all treatments. Litter served as a good environmental indicator that can be used as a tool to support management plans. Key words: Litterfall, forest restoration and Seasonal Semideciduous Forest

Levantamento e censo de primatas em fragmentos florestais de mata atlântica na região de Sousas e Joaquim Egídio, Campinas, SP

A Mata Atlântica, um dos biomas mais ameaçados do mundo, possui alta biodiversidade e endemismos, restando apenas 7% de sua área original, e por isso considerada um hotspot. O município de Campinas está incluído no domínio vegetal de Mata Atlântica com transição para Cerrado, onde restam menos de 3% de floresta estacional semidecidual. A fragmentação de áreas naturais, a caça ilegal e a introdução de espécies exóticas são as principais causas de extinção de espécies. Neste estudo buscou-se identificar a riqueza e a densidade populacional de primatas em dez fragmentos de mata na região da Área de Proteção Ambiental de Sousas e Joaquim Egídio, área de ocorrência do sagüi-do-tufo-preto (Callithrix penicilatta), do macaco-prego (Cebus nigritus) e dos ameaçados, segundo a IUCN (2007), sagüi-da-serra-escuro (Callithrix aurita), sauá (Callicebus nigrifrons) e bugio-ruivo (Alouatta guariba clamitans). Os fragmentos variam entre dois e 24ha com formatos variados e de diferentes composições de capoeiras e matas secundárias, numa matriz agrícola, composta de pastagens, silvicultura e culturas perenes e anuais. O levantamento foi feito entre maio de 2007 e outubro de 2008 através de contagens absolutas dos grupos, diferenciados pelo local dos reavistamentos, composição sexual e etária. Cada avistamento foi georreferenciado com um GPS Garmin Camo Etrex®. Por serem territoriais, sauás foram atraídos através do uso de playbacks. A comunidade de primatas da Mata Ribeirão Cachoeira (245ha), maior remanescente local, é composta por cinco espécies. Sagüi-detufo- preto e bugio foram avistados em seis fragmentos e sauás em dois. Em cinco, foram observados grupos de Callithrix jacchus (sagüi-comum), exóticos na região. Em três fragmentos foram encontrados grupos mistos ou híbridos de Callithrix jacchus e C. penicillata. A área total...(Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo)

Potenciais aves dispersoras de sementes das espécies vegetais zoocóricas da Mata da Bica, Botucatu - SP

The semidecidual forests, as tropical forests, presents zoochoric dispersal syndrome in the most of their plant species, with approximately one third of frugivorous species responsible for the seeds dispersal are birds. The bills width is a limiting factor, it must be equal or bigger than the seeds width, because the viable seeds dispersal depends on leaving the digestive system after been swallowed hole. Birds and plants inventorys were realized in a semidecidual Forest fragment, in Botucatu – SP, called Mata da Bica. After this, the birds consumers of fuits/seeds were selected (frugivorous, granivorous and onivorous) and also the zoochoric plants, both for building a possibilities matrix, to verify the potential seed dispersers according to the seeds and bills width. Going to the matrix end we can observe a decrease in the interaction possibillities, because the seeds width increases and the bills width decreases. It has been observed that 50,7% seeds could be dispersed by all listed birds, because the seeds were narrower than the narrowest bill. In the other way large seeded species, as Holocalix balansae and Hymemaea courbaril has shown only two possible dispersers: Trogon surrucura and Piaya cayana. There are no possible dispersers to Syagrus oleraceae in the matrix. The need for large birds or other animals that works as large seed disperses demand conservation efforts, since most of these animals need big and conserved areas for their life habits

Levantamento da mastofauna e identificação das influências antrópicas em dois fragmentos de Mata Atlântica transição com Cerrado de Rubião Junior – Botucatu - SP

Atlantic Forest and Cerrado are between the biological richest areas in the world, for that are considered top conservation priorities. Those ecosystems are found at Botucatu region, where it´s extremely fragmented by routes, agricultural areas and urban centres. This fragmentation causes restrictions on animals populations, in particular to medium and large mammals, that needs larger areas to live and also are often hunted. Even isolated and suffering anthropic influences the fragments are fundamental for local biodiversity conservation. We realized a mammal survey on two forest fragments of Atlantic forest transition to Cerrado of Rubião Júnior – Botucatu – SP – Brazil: Santo Antônio Church and Parque das Cascatas forests. The Santo Antônio church munt is considered a turistic point and its forest receive many visitants, Parque das Cascatas forest is inside of a residential condominium. Both areas are classify as semidecidual stational forest and are disconected by Domingos Sartori route, that connect Botucatu centre to Rubião Júnior district. Around both fragments can be found residences, plantations and pastures. The utilized method included: recognition of tracks on the forests, interviews with next residents and sand plots mounting. The interviews indicated 29 mammals species, and 19 was validated for animal traces, overruns or visualization. Other 3 species found were not mentioned on interviews. Totally, was found 22 small and medium mammals presence evidences on both forest fragments. Parque das Cascatas forest showed more diversity (19) then Santo Antônio Church forest (11), and species like Eira barbara, Procyon cancrivorus, Mazama americana, Shiggurus villosus, Dasypus novemcinctus, Didelphis albiventris, Lutreolina crassicaudata and Lepus europaeus looked for other areas once that was verifyed overruns of individuals... (Complete abstract click electronic access below)

Relação entre os atributos funcionais e características do habitat em comunidades de girinos

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)

Relações entre tamanho populacional, uso do habitat, dieta e predação de ninhos por Nasua nasua (Carnivora, Procyonidae) em remanescentes florestais

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Crescimento e sobrevivência de espécies arbóreas em plantio de enriquecimento de mata ciliar em restauração

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Levantamento da mastofauna terrestre de médio e grande porte em três fragmentos de mata na Fazenda Experimental Lageado - Botucatu, SP

The present study aimed to survey the medium and large land mammals in three fragments at the Fazenda Experimental Lageado - UNESP/Botucatu, through the method of sand plots. 48 plots were used in total, 16 on each track. The paw prints found were photographed and identified from specific guides. 12 different species of mammals were found, these, 7 were classified at the level of species belonging to 9 families and 6 orders. The most representative order was Carnivora. Most of the species found have a generalist or omnivore habit, which can be related with the degree of the forest fragmentation. The only fragment of natural forest (semideciduous), presented the fewer numbers of species, which can be explained due to its isolation. The other fragment, which has near highway and other large fragment (Fazenda Experimental Edgárdia) was the most representative fragment, demonstrating the importance of nearest fragments to the continuity and survival of medium and large mammals

Pimenta pseudocaryophyllus (Gomes) L. R. Landrum (Myrtaceae): stem and leaf anatomy of a medicinal plant

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico(CNPq)

Biologia floral de Zeyheria tuberculosa (Bignoniaceae)

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)

Re-analysis of pluvial precipitation in southern Brazil

This study examined precipitation in southern Brazil based on a data set provided by the Brazilian National Water Agency, covering the period from 1976 to 2010. Data were homogenized using the R software and the Climatol subroutine, which allow completing missing data. Isohyets were drawn using the Geostatistics software to obtain a semivariogram for each analysis. There was a remarkable interannual variability in this region, with positive anomalies in the warm phase (El Nino) and negative anomalies in the cold phase (La Nina) of ENSO. Also, the responses of this variability were not uniform in the entire region, since there was variability from year to year and from event to event.

Técnicas intervencionistas de recuperação ecológica em áreas florestais e influências nas características físicas, químicas e isotópicas dos solos

Pós-graduação em Engenharia Civil e Ambiental - FEB

Estruturação de metacomunidades de girinos em diferentes fitofisionomias da Mata Atlântica: uma análise em diferentes escalas espaciais

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Greenhouse gas emissions and N2o mitigation in beef cattle production on tropical pasture

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)