Decadal fire effects on the structure, composition, diversity, and aboveground carbon stocks of a neotropical savanna

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Autor(es): dc.contributorUniversidade de Brasília, Departamento de Engenharia Florestal-
Autor(es): dc.contributorLawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Climate and Ecosystem Sciences Division-
Autor(es): dc.contributorUniversidade de Brasília, Departamento de Engenharia Florestal-
Autor(es): dc.contributorUniversidade de Brasília, Departamento de Engenharia Florestal-
Autor(es): dc.contributorUniversidade Federal do Paraná, Departamento de Engenharia Florestal-
Autor(es): dc.creatorNeri, Sarah Cristine Martins-
Autor(es): dc.creatorBomfim, Bárbara de Oliveira-
Autor(es): dc.creatorPereira, Reginaldo Sérgio-
Autor(es): dc.creatorSantos, Pâmela Virgilio dos-
Autor(es): dc.creatorTetto, Alexandre França-
Data de aceite: dc.date.accessioned2024-07-22T12:14:58Z-
Data de disponibilização: dc.date.available2024-07-22T12:14:58Z-
Data de envio: dc.date.issued2024-06-20-
Data de envio: dc.date.issued2024-06-20-
Data de envio: dc.date.issued2023-11-22-
Fonte completa do material: dc.identifierhttp://repositorio2.unb.br/jspui/handle/10482/48339-
Fonte completa do material: dc.identifierhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9510-2496-
Fonte: dc.identifier.urihttp://educapes.capes.gov.br/handle/capes/799546-
Descrição: dc.descriptionFire is a common disturbance in the Brazilian savanna (the cerrado), wherein high-frequency fires drive the vegetation structure, composition, function, and dynamics of savanna ecosystems. Under climate change pressure, further understanding of fire–vegetation relationships and interac tions can provide new approaches for establishing integrated fire management strategies and can promote post-fire savanna vegetation recovery. To understand how 15 years of annually manipulated burning has affected vertical and horizontal structures of the vegetation, species composition and diversity metrics (species richness, Shannon’s diversity, and Pielou’s evenness), and aboveground carbon stocks, we surveyed all woody plant species with a diameter greater than three centimeters, in 15 plots of a typical Brazilian savanna (cerrado stricto sensu) at an experimental research station in central Brazil (the cerrado biome). The 15 plots (five plots per treatment) had been differently affected by fire events over a decade, and comprised three treatments: (i) annual fire, (ii) legacy fire (>15 years since the last fire event), and (iii) control (not burned in the past 30 years). A non-metric multidimen sional scaling (NMDS) analysis indicated that fire had a significant effect on the species composition among the treatments; some species benefited from fire, such as Erythroxylum suberosum, whereas other species propagated better without fire, such as Roupala montana and Dalbergia miscolobium. Over a decade of annual fire events have led to decreases in Shannon’s diversity, species richness, and stem density, which were significantly lower in the annual fire treatment than in the control and legacy fire treatments. Stem density by diameter and height size classes (except for the 1–2 m class and above 8 m class) was higher in the control than that in the annual fire treatment, but the number of dead trees did not differ between the control and the annual fire treatment. Our results also showed that fire was a factor in changes in the evaluated parameters, such as in the annual fire treatment, where fire reduced the amount of biomass, and therefore the carbon stocks. This study suggests that, if burned yearly, typical Brazilian savannas can become less biodiverse in terms of woody plant species which negatively affects their fire resilience. Therefore, fire management practices should focus on determining the frequency of fire disturbances from which these ecosystems may benefit the most.-
Descrição: dc.descriptionFaculdade de Tecnologia (FT)-
Descrição: dc.descriptionDepartamento de Engenharia Florestal (FT EFL)-
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Idioma: dc.languageen-
Publicador: dc.publisherMDPI-
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Direitos: dc.rights© 2023 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by/ 4.0/).-
Palavras-chave: dc.subjectFogo - cerrados-
Palavras-chave: dc.subjectEcossistema - cerrados-
Palavras-chave: dc.subjectEcologia vegetal-
Título: dc.titleDecadal fire effects on the structure, composition, diversity, and aboveground carbon stocks of a neotropical savanna-
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