Title:	Lauraceae along an altitudinal gradient in Southern Brazil.
Authors:	BROTTO, M. L. LOZANO, E. D. MARINERO, F. E. C. UHLMANN, A. BLUM, C. T. RODERJAN, C. V.
Affiliation:	Marcelo Leandro Brotto, Prefeitura Municipal de Curitiba; Eduardo Damasceno Lozano, UFPR; Felipe Eduardo Cordeiro Marinero, UFPR; ALEXANDRE UHLMANN, CNPF; Christopher Thomas Blum, UFPR; Carlos Vellozo Roderjan, UFPR.
Date Issued:	2019
Citation:	Floresta e Ambiente, v. 26, n. 4, e20170637, Nov. 2019. 12 p.
Description:	We performed a phytosociological study on an altitudinal gradient in Lauráceas State Park (Parque Estadual das Lauráceas/PR), aiming to describe the Montane Atlantic Rain Forest, to verify the importance of Lauraceae, and to evaluate the communities? successional stage. We distributed survey units (2,000 m² quadrats) along an altitudinal gradient and surveyed all individuals with DBH ≥ 10 cm, which composed the arboreal component. In smaller quadrats (250 m²), we surveyed regeneration individuals. The community at 800 and 900 m a.s.l. shows typical characteristics of Montane forest in an advanced successional stage, and the abundance of Ocotea catharinensis is its main indicator. At 1,000 and 1,100 m a.s.l., the forest is characterized as Montane with short stature in an advanced successional stage, with the occurrence of typical upper montane species such as O. porosa and O. vaccinioides.
Thesagro:	Lauraceae
NAL Thesaurus:	Phytosociology
Keywords:	Atlantic forest Lauráceas State Park Fitossociologia
DOI:	10.1590/2179-8087.063717
Type of Material:	Artigo de periódico
Access:	openAccess
Appears in Collections:	Artigo em periódico indexado (CNPF)