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A STUDY IN AN AREA OF TRANSITION BETWEEN SEASONALLY DRY TROPICAL FOREST AND MESOTROPHIC CERRADÃO, IN MATO GROSSO DO SUL, SOUTHWESTERN BRAZIL

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 October 2013

M. L. Bueno ,
D. R. Neves ,
A. T. Oliveira Filho ,
C. R. Lehn  and
J. A. Ratter
M. L. Bueno
Affiliation:
Departamento de Biologia Geral, ICB, Pós Graduação em Biologia Vegetal, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, CEP 31270-901, Brazil. E-mail for correspondence: buenotanica@gmail.com
D. R. Neves
Affiliation:
Departamento de Biologia Geral, ICB, Pós Graduação em Biologia Vegetal, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, CEP 31270-901, Brazil. E-mail for correspondence: buenotanica@gmail.com
A. T. Oliveira Filho
Affiliation:
Departamento de Biologia Geral, ICB, Pós Graduação em Biologia Vegetal, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, CEP 31270-901, Brazil. E-mail for correspondence: buenotanica@gmail.com
C. R. Lehn
Affiliation:
Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia Farroupilha – IFFarroupilha, Rua Erechim 860, Panambi, RS, CEP 98280-000, Brazil.
J. A. Ratter
Affiliation:
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, 20A Inverleith Row, Edinburgh EH3 5LR, Scotland, UK.
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Abstract

This study describes the tree vegetation and soils occurring in a seasonally dry tropical forest (SDTF) and mesotrophic cerradão transition in southwestern Brazil. All trees ≥ 5 cm diameter were measured in 20 plots of 20 × 25 m, 10 in SDTF, and 10 in mesotrophic cerradão. Ten soil samples of 0−20 cm depth were made per plot and mixed in plot groups to produce two composite samples. A total of 71 species was recorded. Anadenanthera colubrina had the highest importance values in both formations. Differences in soil fertility were found between SDTFs (eutrophic soils) and mesotrophic cerradão (mesotrophic soils). A non-metric multidimensional scaling and cluster analysis confirmed the soil fertility segregation, and also showed an agreement between soil fertility and variance in species composition gradients. The mesotrophic cerradão showed higher species richness since it also includes many species typical of more dystrophic and open forms of Cerrado.

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Cerradonon-metric multidimensional scalingsoil–vegetation relationshipsspecies diversity
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Edinburgh Journal of Botany , Volume 70 , Issue 3 , November 2013 , pp. 469 - 486
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Copyright © Trustees of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 2013 

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