Abstract
Phenological information contribute to silvicultural actions and conservation strategies. Here, we carried out the phenological monitoring of six tree species that were prominent in the structure of an open ombrophilous forest fragment in northeastern Brazil. Over two years, among September 2015 and August 2017, eight individuals of each species (48 trees in total) were visited every two weeks to record the reproductive and leaf phenophases, following the Fournier intensity scale. We calculated the intraspecific synchrony of the phenophases and the correlation of the phenophases of each species with meteorological variables (temperature, air precipitation and photoperiod). The species showed synchronous characteristics for the phenophases. Precipitation stood out in terms of a higher frequency of significant relationships with the reproductive phenophases. The results indicates that the end of the dry season is the most favorable period for seed collection and the monitoring of dispersers in this type of tropical forest.
Highlights
AND OBJECTIVESThe planning of silvicultural interventions and conservation measures still faces obstacles related to the lack of information that allows an efficient management of tree species and their ecosystem services (Morellato et al, 2016; Luna-Nieves et al, 2017)
We carried out the phenological monitoring of six tree species that were prominent in the structure of an open ombrophilous forest fragment in northeastern Brazil
The results indicates that the end of the dry season is the most favorable period for seed collection and the monitoring of dispersers in this type of tropical forest
Summary
AND OBJECTIVESThe planning of silvicultural interventions and conservation measures still faces obstacles related to the lack of information that allows an efficient management of tree species and their ecosystem services (Morellato et al, 2016; Luna-Nieves et al, 2017). The contribution to silviculture stands out, especially in the planning of the collection of fruits, seeds and other non-wood forest products (Schmidt et al, 2007; Luna-Nieves et al, 2017), as well as for conservation strategies of pollinators, dispersers, genetic interaction between forest fragments and ecosystem processes (Morellato et al, 2016). With flowering in the dry period and fruiting at the end of the dry season and beginning of the rainy season. If this phenological behavior were observed in different geographical contexts, we would have important clues about
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