Microclimate of Atlantic forest fragments: regional and local scale heterogeneity

Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology

Flavio Nunes Ramos²  Flavio Antonio Maës Santos¹ 

[1] ,Universidade Estadual de Campinas Instituto Biológico Departamento de BotânicaCampinas SP ,Brasil

关键词: Atlantic forest;    canopy openness;    edges;    fragmentation;    soil moisture;    temperature;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S1516-89132006000700011

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

The aim of this work was to investigate whether (i) the organisms within different fragments, on regional scale (separated by up to 100 km), could be submitted to similar climatic conditions (rainfall and temperature), and whether (ii) the edge formation in forest fragments could stimulate microclimatic changes (canopy cover, air temperature and soil humidity), on local scale. The organisms within different fragments, on regional scale, were submitted to different climatic conditions, and the edge formation in the forest fragment stimulated microclimatic changes, on local scale, although in a heterogenic way. Not just the distance from the edge influenced the microclimatic differences. Probably, the edge age, location, the matrix structure, as well as, gap proximity could change the microclimatic even within edges.

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