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Distribuição vertical de samambaias epífi tas em um fragmento de Floresta Atlântica no Nordeste do Brasil

Year: 2014

Type: article

Abstract: This study aimed at investigating the vertical distribution of epiphytic ferns in a fragment of the Atlantic Forest in northeastern Brazil, from of 43 phorophytes with DBH ≥ 40cm. Ferns were studied by climbing the phorophytes, which were divided in three height intervals (I- until 3.0 m of the soil; II- 3.0 m until the base of the canopy; III- canopy). We found 16 species of phorophytes with 16 species of ferns. The family Polypodiaceae had higher species richness (10 spp.). Most species (87.50%) were habitual holoephiphytes. The number of ferns by phorophyte ranged from one to eight species. Species richness differed among intervals, higher in intervals II (15 spp.) and III (nine spp.). There were no differences in species composition among the intervals. This research demonstrated the importance of conserving several phorophytic species for maintenance epiphytic fern diversity.

Source: Iheringia Série Botânica

Authors: Iva Carneiro Leão Barros, Lilliani Chans Cantarelli, Rafael de Paiva Farias, Anna Flora de Novaes Pereira, Ivo Abraão Araújo da Silva

Institutions: Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco

Language: Portuguese

Topic: Fern and Epiphyte Biology

Subfield: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Domain: Life Sciences

SDG: Life on land

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W2461845664

FWCI: 0.277

Cites: 41

Cited by: 1

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