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Spatial and seasonal variation in the species richness and abundance of ferns and lycophytes in gallery forests of Cerrado in Central Brazil

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This study investigated the relationship between environmental factors and the spatial and seasonal variations in the species richness and abundance of ferns and lycophytes in four gallery forests in the Cerrado savanna biome of central Brazil. The species composition, diversity, and similarity of the assemblages were analyzed, along with the influence of environmental factors on the spatial–seasonal variation found in these parameters. A total of 72 species was recorded. Species richness was affected by the rockiness of the substrate in both the rainy and dry seasons. Abundance was affected by the presence of bamboos and Marantaceae in both seasons. Many species occurred in plots with reduced exposure to sunlight, and plots with the highest soil humidity had the highest species richness, including species found only in these plots. The seasonal variation in species richness and abundance was related primarily to the reduction in humidity during the dry season. Two highly similar groups were detected. For the first group, the factors that most influenced species richness (rockiness in the soil) and abundance (presence of bamboos and Marantaceae) are also related to the greater environmental heterogeneity of the streams. On the other hand, in the second group the highest levels of similarity in species composition were related to the environmental homogeneity of the streams.

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Acknowledgments

We are grateful to the Mato Grosso State Research Foundation for providing the first author with a graduate stipend and supporting the project Flora of the Serra Azul State Park, SASP (Process Number 448680/2009). The Mato Grosso State Environment Secretariat (SEMA) authorized the research in the SASP. We would also like to thank the graduate program in Ecology and Conservation at UNEMAT and Dr. Ben Hur Marimon Junior for the loan of equipment for the measurement of environmental variables. We are grateful to the Dr. Alexandre Salino for identifying the genus Thelypteris and to the biologists Ana Clara A. R. de Sousa, Haidi Ten Caten, João Paulo F. de Oliveira, Ricardo F. de Sousa, and Sanderson F. dos Santos for their assistance in the field.

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    Carlos Kreutz & Francisco de Paula Athayde Filho

  2. Instituto de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Pontal do Araguaia, MT, Brazil

    Maryland Sanchez

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Kreutz, C., Athayde Filho, F.d.P. & Sanchez, M. Spatial and seasonal variation in the species richness and abundance of ferns and lycophytes in gallery forests of Cerrado in Central Brazil. Braz. J. Bot 39, 315–326 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40415-015-0236-9

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