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Correlates of plant β-diversity in Atlantic Forest patches in the Pernambuco Endemism Centre, Northeastern Brazil

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 December 2022

Isabel Cristina C. Guedes ,
Bárbara L. C. de Moraes ,
Renato R. Hilário Open the ORCID record for Renato R. Hilário [Opens in a new window]  and
João Pedro Souza-Alves Open the ORCID record for João Pedro Souza-Alves [Opens in a new window]
Isabel Cristina C. Guedes
Affiliation:
Programa de Pós-graduação em Biologia Animal, Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil Laboratório de Ecologia, Comportamento e Conservação (LECC), Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
Bárbara L. C. de Moraes
Affiliation:
Programa de Pós-graduação em Biologia Animal, Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil Laboratório de Ecologia, Comportamento e Conservação (LECC), Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
Renato R. Hilário
Affiliation:
Universidade Federal do Amapá, Departamento de Meio Ambiente e Desenvolvimento, Macapá, Brazil
João Pedro Souza-Alves*
Affiliation:
Programa de Pós-graduação em Biologia Animal, Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil Laboratório de Ecologia, Comportamento e Conservação (LECC), Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
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Author for correspondence: João Pedro Souza-Alves, Email: souzaalves1982@gmail.com
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Abstract

Understanding how vegetation structure and floristic composition vary across landscapes is fundamental to understand ecological patterns and for designing conservation actions. In a patch-landscape approach, we assessed the β-diversity (q0 order – rare species, q1 order – common species, and q2 order – dominant species) of plants between forest patches and surveyed plots in Atlantic Forest patches located in the Pernambuco Endemism Centre, northeastern Brazil. Furthermore, we tested the influence of predictor variables linked to landscape (forest cover and edge density) and habitat (basal area), as well as the geographical distance between forest patches and plots on the β-diversity in each forest patch and plot. We measured and identified a total of 1,682 individuals (trees and lianas), corresponding to 248 species, 116 genera, and 56 families in 10 plots (50 × 2 m) from each forest patch. The β-diversity presented lower values for the Mata de Água Azul patch at a landscape scale (i.e., between forest patches) and Mata dos Macacos patch at a site scale (i.e., between plots) for all orders. Geographical distance positively influenced the β-diversity at the landscape scale, and higher turnover between plots (e.g., within forest patches) was positively associated with differences in geographical distance, edge density, forest cover, and basal area. Our results indicate the need to conserve forest patches distributed across a wide area (distant sites) that encompass different landscape contexts with different vegetation structures, in order to conserve greater floristic diversity.

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Fragmentationhabitat lossmanagement strategiesspecies turnoverNeotropical primates
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Journal of Tropical Ecology , Volume 39 , 2023 , e6
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