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Landscape and Vegetation Changes to Areas of Savanna Submitted to Different Fire Intervals in Parque Nacional dos Sempre Vivas, Brazil

Natália Viveiros Salomão
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Leovandes Soares Da Silva
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Thais Ribeiro Costa
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Jessica Cunha Blum
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Danielle Piuzana Mucida
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Marcelino Moraes
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Marcelo Dutra Da Silva
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Geraldo Wilson Fernandes
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Evandro Machado
Version 1 : Received: 11 August 2023 / Approved: 11 August 2023 / Online: 15 August 2023 (08:40:42 CEST)

How to cite: Salomão, N.V.; Da Silva, L.S.; Costa, T.R.; Blum, J.C.; Mucida, D.P.; Moraes, M.; Da Silva, M.D.; Fernandes, G.W.; Machado, E. Landscape and Vegetation Changes to Areas of Savanna Submitted to Different Fire Intervals in Parque Nacional dos Sempre Vivas, Brazil. Preprints 2023, 2023081027. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202308.1027.v1 Salomão, N.V.; Da Silva, L.S.; Costa, T.R.; Blum, J.C.; Mucida, D.P.; Moraes, M.; Da Silva, M.D.; Fernandes, G.W.; Machado, E. Landscape and Vegetation Changes to Areas of Savanna Submitted to Different Fire Intervals in Parque Nacional dos Sempre Vivas, Brazil. Preprints 2023, 2023081027. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202308.1027.v1

Abstract

Although the vegetation of the Cerrado biome is prone to fire, plant species composition can be altered according to its severity and frequency. Furthermore, many Cerrado plant species are resistant and can adapt to frequent fires. Little is known about how plant species of Cerrado environments respond to fire and the extent to which fire is beneficial for their conservation. The present study analyzed the responses of plant species of areas of campo sujo to fire and changes in floristics and vegetation structure at different post-fire intervals. Areas with frequent fires had a greater diversity of species, while the area with 10 years without burning had lower diversity and greater DBH. The distribution of species differed among the four the studied areas. We conclude that fire was beneficial for species diversity in the studied areas of Cerrado since it was able to promote the insertion and removal of species during intervals between fires.

Keywords

Fire; Floristics; Cerrado

Subject

Biology and Life Sciences, Forestry

Copyright: This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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