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COMPOSITION, STRUCTURE AND BIODIVERSITY OF TREES IN TROPICAL MONTANE CLOUD FOREST PATCHES IN SERRA DO PAPAGAIO STATE PARK, SOUTHEAST BRAZIL

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 April 2018

J. H. C. Ribeiro ,
L. D. Santana  and
F. A. Carvalho
J. H. C. Ribeiro
Affiliation:
Pós-graduação em Ecologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, 36036–900, Juiz de Fora, MG, Brazil. E-mail: jhugocampos@gmail.com Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Sudeste de Minas Gerais, 36884-036, Muriaé, MG, Brazil.
L. D. Santana
Affiliation:
Pós-graduação em Engenharia Florestal, Universidade Federal de Lavras, 37200-000, Lavras, MG, Brazil.
F. A. Carvalho
Affiliation:
Pós-graduação em Ecologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, 36036–900, Juiz de Fora, MG, Brazil. E-mail: jhugocampos@gmail.com Departamento de Botânica, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, 36036–900, Juiz de Fora, MG, Brazil.
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Abstract

Tropical montane cloud forests (TMCFs) are characterised principally by frequent immersion in ground-level clouds, which influences their structure. This study aimed to characterise TMCFs in Serra do Papagaio State Park, Minas Gerais State, Southeast Brazil, and to test the hypothesis that TMCF areas can be highly heterogeneous by comparing the tree species composition and structural parameters of 10 TMCF patches in the studied landscape. TMCFs of Serra do Papagaio State Park are of particular interest for conservation, because they contain important populations of threatened tree species.

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Atlantic ForestphytosociologySerra da Mantiqueirathreatened speciesupper montane cloud forest
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Edinburgh Journal of Botany , Volume 75 , Issue 2 , July 2018 , pp. 255 - 284
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Copyright © Trustees of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (2018) 

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