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INVENTORY OF A MESOTROPHIC CALLISTHENE CERRADÃOIN THE PANTANAL OF MATO GROSSO, BRAZIL

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 December 2003

V. L. M. S. GUARIM ,
E. C. C. MORAES ,
G. T. PRANCE  and
J. A. RATTER
V. L. M. S. GUARIM
Affiliation:
Programa POLONORESTE – Ecologia Vegetal – Convênio CNPq/UFMT
E. C. C. MORAES
Affiliation:
Departamento de Botânica e Ecologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, 78.060–900, Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil
G. T. PRANCE
Affiliation:
Corresponding author. School of Plant Sciences, University of Reading, Whiteknights, PO Box 221, Reading, RG6 6AS, UK
J. A. RATTER
Affiliation:
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, 20A Inverleith Row, Edinburgh EH3 5LR, UK
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Abstract

This study treats some structural aspects of a population of Callisthene fasciculata (Spr.) Mart. growing on a ridge in the Pantanal of Poconé, in Mato Grosso State, Brazil. The project was carried out in 1ha of cerradão (savanna forest) at Fazenda Retiro Campo Largo, Poconé. Callisthene fasciculata is a common species in the cerradão. Formations of C. fasciculata, regionally denominated `carvoeiro' and/or `carvoal', occur frequently. This species is of economic importance because of its use for fence posts, charcoal and firewood. Data on its population structure were analysed and are presented based on the circumference class categories at breast height (cbh) and variation in height. The 869 individual trees in the sample hectare included 17 families and 33 species, and were dominated by the 229 individuals of C. fasciculata.

Keywords

Callisthene fasciculatacarvoeirocerradãoPantanalpopulation structure
Type
Research Article
Information
Edinburgh Journal of Botany , Volume 57 , Issue 3 , November 2000 , pp. 429 - 436
Copyright
© 2000 Trustees of the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh

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