Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / A gradual increase of the areas abandoned for the farming one is occurring. These areas are occupied for a arboreal vegetation with a strong presence of pioneers species. This study was accomplished in the city of Encruzilhada do Sul, in abandoned areas that present forestry communities in initial to medium training of regeneration, with predominance of Dodonaea viscosa Jacq. on vegetation. The purpose was to characterize these natural populations, aiming at to supply subsidies to the forestry management of Dodonaea viscosa Jacq. For this, it was accomplished the floristic and structural analysis of the population, as well as, some parameters like heating value and macronutrients of wood. To the structural analysis 52 sub-parcels were installed and to the study of heating value, specific mass and constituents of wood 13 trees were cut down, of which disks were collected. The fragment is composed for a small number of species based basically in species of pioneering habit, without indications of the forest to be converging to a more advanced sucessional training. The species presents a high energetic production, with raised carbon text in the wood, what it leads to the use of the forest in the payment for environmental services. The nutrients present in the wood indicate that the exploration of the species can have consequences in mid-term and long-term, having to be considered in the planning of the activities. / Está ocorrendo um gradual aumento das áreas abandonadas pela agropecuária. Estas são ocupadas por uma vegetação arbórea com forte presença de espécies pioneiras. O estudo foi realizado no município de Encruzilhada do Sul, em áreas abandonadas que apresentem comunidades florestais em estágio inicial a médio de regeneração, com predomínio da Dodonaea viscosa Jacq. na vegetação. O objetivo foi caracterizar estas populações naturais, visando fornecer subsídio ao manejo florestal da Dodonaea viscosa Jacq. Para isso, foi realizada a análise florística e estrutural do povoamento, assim como, determinado parâmetros como poder calorífico e macronutrientes da madeira. Para análise da estrutura foram instaladas 52 sub-parcelas e para o estudo do poder calorífico, massa específica e constituintes da madeira foram abatidas 13 árvores, das quais foram coletados discos. O fragmento é composto por um pequeno número de espécies, baseados basicamente em espécies de habito pioneiro, sem indício de a floresta estar convergindo para um estágio sucessional mais avançado. A espécie apresenta uma alta produção energética, com elevado teor de carbono na madeira, o que remete ao uso da floresta no pagamento por serviços ambientais. Os nutrientes presentes na madeira indicam que a exploração da espécie pode ter consequencias no médio e longo prazo, devendo ser considerado no planejamento das atividades.

This dissertation examines literary representations of the intersection between British imperialism and British and British-modeled public schools. I categorize British writers who have addressed this nexus in their literary works into two groups, idealists and realists, based on their views of British public schools, imperialism, and the effectiveness of the former in sustaining the latter. I present two examples of idealists, Henry Newbolt and the contributors to The Boy's Own Paper, followed by two examples of realists, Rudyard Kipling and E. M. Forster, who have often been viewed as opposites. I then provide an example of a South-Asian diasporic realist, Selvaduari, who builds upon the critiques of British realists by revealing the contemporary offspring of the marriage between British public schools and imperialism. By analyzing works by idealist and realist authors, I demonstrate the importance of public schools and school literature in promoting and sustaining as well as critiquing and condemning imperialism. / text