Orientador: Fernando Roberto Martins / Tese (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Biologia / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-06T16:39:18Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Sfair_JuliaCaram_M.pdf: 493785 bytes, checksum: ebef9315b1a0c2f01f38726b8e89c7b4 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006 / Resumo: Diferentes formas de vida de plantas, por possuírem diferentes estratégias de alocação de recursos, podem apresentar aspectos fenológicos diferentes. Além disso, interações bióticas e abióticas e perturbações antrópicas podem influenciar a fenologia. Os objetivos deste trabalho foram (a) invetigar a fenologia em árvores com (forófito) e sem (controle) liana na borda e no interior de um fragmento de cerrado denso em Itirapina, SP; e (b) investigar a sobreposição das fenofases reprodutivas e vegetativas entre lianas e forófitos para o mesmo fragmento de vegetação. Durante um ano, semanalmente foram coletados dados referentes às atividades e às intensidades de lianas e árvores com e sem lianas na borda e no interior do fragmento de cerrado. As espécies analisadas foram: Anadenanthera falcata, Dalbergia miscolobium, Miconia rubiginosa, Qualea grandiflora, Vochysia tucanorum e Xylopia aromatica. Foram usadas análises envolvendo estatística circular. A. falcata, D. miscolobium e X. Aromatica com lianas investiram mais na produção de folhas e menos na reprodução que as mesmas espécies sem lianas. M. rubiginosa, V. tucanorum, Q. grandiflora e X. Aromatica na borda alocaram mais recursos para a reprodução e menos para a troca de folhas que as mesmas espécies no interior, uma vez que a borda possui mais luz disponível. M. rubiginosa em ambiente estressante (lianas no interior do fragmento) investiu na reprodução como forma de escapar do estresse. A perda e o ganho de folhas de A. falcata, M. rubiginosa e V. tucanorum e suas lianas associadas ocorreu na transição das estações secas e chuvosas, indicando que a água está disponível por meio de raízes profundas para ambas as formas de vida. A competição por polinizador promoveu diferentes padrões de floração entre A. falcata e V. tucanorum e suas lianas associadas. M. rubinosa e X. aromatica produziram diásporos carnosos no final da estação chuvosa, provendo recursos para animais e aumento a eficiência na sua dispersão / Abstract: Different life-forms with different resources allocation strategies can show different phenologies. Biotic and abiotic interactions and anthropogenic disturbance may additionally influence the phenology. The aims of this study were (a) to test the phenology between trees with and without lianas at the edge and in the interior of a dense cerrado fragment in Itirapina, São Paulo state; and (b) investigate the reproductive and vegetative phenophases overlap between lianas and their support trees. Phenological data were taken weekly, during a year, activity and intensity of trees with and without lianas at the edge and in the interior of the fragment were collected. Anadenanthera falcata, Dalbergia miscolobium, Miconia rubiginosa, Qualea grandiflora, Vochysia tucanorum and Xylopia aromatica were the analyzed species. The data were analyzed with circular statistics. A. falcata, D. miscolobium and X. aromatica with lianas invested more on leaf production e less on reproduction than the same species without lianas. M. rubiginosa, V. tucanorum, Q. grandiflora and X. Aromatica at the edge allocated more resources for reproduction and less to leaf change than these species in the interior, since at the edge more light is available. M. rubiginosa in stressful environment (lianas in the interior of the fragment) invested on reproduction as a way to escape from stress. Leaf flushing and fall of A. falcata, M. rubiginosa and V. tucanorum e their associated lianas occurred on dry-wet seasons transitions, indicating that the water is available by deep root system for both life-forms. Pollinators competition promotes different flowering patterns among A. falcata and V. tucanorum and their associated lianas. M. rubinosa and X. aromatica produced fleshy diaspores in the end of dry season, providing resources for animals and increasing diaspore dispersal efficiency / Mestrado / Mestre em Ecologia

Orientador: Lilian Beatriz Penteado Zaidan / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Biologia / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-07T09:17:44Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Rondon_JosimaraNolasco_D.pdf: 1536546 bytes, checksum: 297d7328b9b2a132fca75bfad73844c8 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006 / Resumo: Uma população de Bauhinia holophylla Steud. localizada no cerrado sensu stricto da Reserva Biológica e Estação Experimental de Moji Guaçu (RBEE de Moji Guaçu) foi estudada quanto a sua fenologia reprodutiva, expectativa de vida foliar, predação de sementes, germinação, fotoperíodo e regeneração natural. O padrão de distribuição da população adulta e jovem de B. holophylla, na área estudada é do tipo agregado. A população jovem e adulta de B. holophylla na RBEE de Moji Guaçu pode ser considerada juvenil, concentrando a maioria dos indivíduos nas primeiras classes de crescimento em altura e diâmetro. A expectativa média de vida da folha no primeiro ano de estudo foi de 8,2 meses, enquanto no segundo ano foi de 7,6 meses. A produtividade primária da fração folhas de 21 plantas de B. holophylla amostradas foi mais intensa nos meses de julho a agosto, durante o período de estudo (dois anos), portanto, durante a estação seca. A fração flores e botões esteve associada ao período da estação chuvosa, com produção maior nos meses de novembro a janeiro. A mortalidade foliar coincidiu com o período de menor precipitação na estação seca. A queda total das coortes foliares ocorreu ao mesmo tempo, na estação seca, estando a presença da folha durante a estação chuvosa, relacionada à produção de fotoassimilados para a planta, que serão usados na reprodução e/ou armazenados como amido no xilopódio. Plantas de B. holophylla apresentaram maior altura e diâmetro caulinar, e maior número de folhas nos tratamentos fotoperiódicos de 16 e 20 horas que nos tratamentos de 8 e 12 horas. A predação de sementes é uma das principais causas da inexistência de plântulas no cerrado. Contudo, a regeneração natural não está comprometida devido à presença do xilopódio. As sementes de B. holophylla são neutras à luz para a germinação e germinam em uma faixa ampla de temperatura. A permanência efêmera de sementes de B. holophylla no banco de sementes do solo de cerrado deve-se muito provavelmente à neutralidade à luz e velocidade de germinação alta em temperaturas na faixa de 25ºC a 30ºC. Práticas de manejo na RBEE de Moji Guaçu a partir do controle de larvas e de insetos predadores são fundamentais para aumentar a produção de sementes sadias de B. holophylla. Investigações sobre auto-ecologia, serapilheira, fenologia reprodutiva e dinâmica populacional devem ser propostas para espécies do Cerrado. Essas investigações podem auxiliar nos programas de recuperação de áreas remanescentes de cerrado e constituem modelos para estudos de populações de espécies vegetais do cerrado / Abstract: A population of Bauhinia holophylla located at a cerrado area in the Reserva Biológica e Estação Experimental de Moji Guaçu was studied in relation to reproductive phenology, leaf life span, seed predation, seed germination and aspects of plant regeneration. The distribution pattern of the juvenile and adult population is considered agregated. This population can be considered on the juvenile stage, due to, the greater number of plants concentrate in to the first size classes (height and diameter). The mean leaf life span was 8.2 months in the first year and 7.6 months in the second year. The primary productivity of leaves was more intense, during dry season (July-August). Leaf mortality with the period of the minor precipitation registered (dry season). Flower and bud production was associated to the wet season. Leaf fall ocurred during dry season. The new leaves could garantee the production of photoassimilates that would be utilized by all plant organs in their metabolic activities and as a reserve carbohydrate stored in the xylopodium as starch. Higher stems and stem diameter and leaf number in plants were observed in the photoper iodic treatments of 16h and 20 hours (long days) than in plants maintened in 8h and 12 hours (short days). Seeds predation is the principal cause of inexistence of seedlings in that the cerrado area. However, plant regeneration is provided by xylopodium. The seed is neutral to light for germination at the temperature range of 20ºC to 35ºC. Germination speed germination at 25ºC in the dark was higher than under light. The ephemeral permanence of the seeds of B. holophylla in the cerrado soil seed bank, is probably due to neutrality of light and their fast germination at 25ºC-30ºC. Thus, management polices at the Reserva Biológica e Estação Experimental de Moji Guaçu to decrease larvae and predator insects are fundamental to enlarge the production of healthy seeds of B. holophylla. Investigation on auto-ecology, litter and reproductive phenology, may give important information about of species occurring in the Cerrado. Investigations can support recuperation programmes of remnant cerrado areas and constitute model to study populations of plants species the Cerrado / Doutorado / Biologia Vegetal / Doutor em Biologia Vegetal

Achieving societal well-being goals is inextricably linked to the preservation of many ecosystem functions. This dissertation adopts a plant lens, to contribute to our understanding of sustainable ecosystem functioning. Specifically, it sheds light on some plant physiology, phenology, and ecology processes, which matter for sustainable development: tree growth response to high temperatures, annual fluctuations in the timing of plant flowering, and ecological benefits of crop diversity that translate into economic returns. In addition, it illustrates how large-scale data proxies can be used to document large scale patterns that arise from individual plant processes. Chapter 1 documents a new methodology for estimating tree-level temperature response curves, using tree ring data and a degree-day framework. It uses those curves to document harmful impacts of high temperatures for tree growth across the US, and shows that there is limited acclimatization, but some adaptation to those high temperatures in a sample of climate sensitive and long-lived trees. Chapter 2 shows that satellite imagery and deep learning tools can be leveraged, to monitor interannual variations in the timing of plant flowering at large scales. It documents the predictive performance of two models: one adapted to monitoring crop flowering, the other adapted to monitoring shifts in the onset of spring flowering. Finally, chapter 3 highlights remaining gaps between empirical evidence of crop diversity benefits, and portrayal of those benefits in economic models of optimal crop diversity choice. Together, these chapters illustrate that bridging scales and disciplines is a difficult task, although it is necessary for understanding the sustainability of the human environmental footprint.

Phenology is an integrative science that comprises the study of recurring biological activities or events. In an era of rapidly changing climate, the relationship between the timing of those events and environmental cues such as temperature, snowmelt, water availability, or day length are of particular interest. This article provides an overview of the observer-based plant phenology sampling conducted by the U.S. National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON), the resulting data, and the rationale behind the design. Trained technicians will conduct regular in situ observations of plant phenology at all terrestrial NEON sites for the 30-yr life of the observatory. Standardized and coordinated data across the network of sites can be used to quantify the direction and magnitude of the relationships between phenology and environmental forcings, as well as the degree to which these relationships vary among sites, among species, among phenophases, and through time. Vegetation at NEON sites will also be monitored with tower-based cameras, satellite remote sensing, and annual high-resolution airborne remote sensing. Ground-based measurements can be used to calibrate and improve satellite-derived phenometrics. NEON's phenology monitoring design is complementary to existing phenology research efforts and citizen science initiatives throughout the world and will produce interoperable data. By collocating plant phenology observations with a suite of additional meteorological, biophysical, and ecological measurements (e.g., climate, carbon flux, plant productivity, population dynamics of consumers) at 47 terrestrial sites, the NEON design will enable continental-scale inference about the status, trends, causes, and ecological consequences of phenological change.

Arctic air temperatures have increased at two to three times the global rate over the past century. As a result, abiotic and biotic responses to climate change are more rapid and pronounced in the Arctic compared to other biomes. One important change detected over the past several decades by satellite studies is a lengthening of the arctic growing season, which is due to earlier onsets and/or delayed ends to growing seasons. A handful of studies also suggest the peak green season (i.e. when the tundra is at maximum leaf-out and maximum carbon uptake potential) is starting earlier in the arctic tundra. The vast majority of studies detecting shifts in the growing season suggest this is due to increasing spring and fall air temperatures, which lead to earlier spring snowmelt and later fall snowfall. Less well understood is how indirect consequences of arctic warming, such as ongoing changes in plant community composition, may also be contributing to these satellite signals. For instance, there is mounting evidence that deciduous shrubs are expanding into previously non-shrub dominated tundra in several parts of the Arctic. Deciduous shrubs may alter tundra canopy phenology and contribute to the regional shifts in timing of phenological events being detected by satellites. Concurrently, in many areas where deciduous shrubs are expanding they are also becoming taller. As taller shrubs become increasingly dominant, arctic landscapes may retain more snow, which could lengthen spring snow cover duration, and offset advances in the start of the growing season that are expected as a result of earlier spring snowmelt. As a consequence, deeper snow and later snowmelt in taller shrub tundra could delay plant emergence, and shorten the period of annual carbon uptake. Thus greater dominance of taller stature deciduous shrubs in the Arctic may actually delay the onset of the growing season, which would suggest that increasing deciduous shrub dominance may not be contributing to satellite signals of an earlier start to the growing season. To contribute to satellite-detected shifts in the onset of the growing and peak seasons, tall deciduous shrubs would need to have accelerated leaf development to compensate for deeper snow packs and later spring snowmelt relative to surrounding tundra. Understanding the drivers of shifts in tundra phenology is important since longer (or shorter) growing and peak green seasons would increase (or decrease) productivity and the period of carbon uptake, which will have implications for landscape-level carbon exchange, and ultimately global carbon balances. Given the rate and magnitude of changes occurring in the face of acute arctic warming, there is a need to monitor, understand, and predict ecological responses over large spatial and temporal scales. However, compared to more southern environments, the arctic tundra is characterized by considerable heterogeneity in vegetation distribution, as well as a short and rapid growing season. In addition, the arctic tundra is relatively vast and inaccessible. These characteristics can make it difficult to monitor and study changes in the Arctic, and make it difficult to develop landscape-level models able to predict changes in ecosystem dynamics and tundra vegetation. The use of airborne and satellite sensors has at least partially fulfilled these needs to monitor, understand, and predict change in the Arctic. The normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) acquired from these sensors, for instance, has become a widely adopted tool for detecting and quantifying spatial-temporal dynamics in tundra vegetation cover, productivity, and phenology. This suggests that remote sensing technology and vegetation indices may be similarly applied to characterizing patterns of primary and secondary consumers (e.g. arthropods), which would be enormously useful in a region as vast and remote as the Arctic. The research presented in this dissertation provides useful insight into the influence vegetation community composition, particularly increasing deciduous shrub dominance, has on phenology, carbon flux, and canopy arthropod biomass in the arctic foothills region of the Brooks Range, Alaska. Findings in Chapter one suggest that delayed snowmelt in areas dominated by taller shrubs may have a short-lived impact on the timing of leaf development, likely resulting in no difference in duration of peak photosynthetic period between tall and short- stature shrubs. Findings in Chapter two suggest that greater deciduous shrub dominance not only increases carbon uptake due to higher leaf area relative to surrounding tundra, but may also be causing an earlier onset of, and ultimately a net extension of, the period of maximum tundra greenness and further increasing peak season carbon sequestration. Findings in Chapter three suggest that measurements of the NDVI made from air and spaceborne sensors may be able to quantify spatial and temporal variation in canopy arthropod biomass at landscape to regional scales in the arctic tundra.

Environmental problems are growing at a pace and scale that traditional research methods alone can no longer tackle. Innovative research models that utilize contributory, participatory and crowdsourcing methods are rapidly emerging to fill this gap. For these participatory efforts to be effective and sustainable, however, closer attention must be paid to key components that can promote coordinated action and sustainability. Through the lens of public participation in plant-pollinator conservation, I have, with rigorous social-ecological inquiry, offered three foundational assessment areas that can provide scientific support to this nascent field: accuracy, ecological significance and scalability. In the first study (Chapter 2), I explored a common concern about citizen science: that a lack of foundational knowledge, or familiarity with following scientific protocols could lead to inaccurate data collection. I evaluated the accuracy of plant phenology observations collected by citizen scientist volunteers following protocols designed by the USA National Phenology Network (USA-NPN). Phenology observations made by volunteers receiving several hours of formal training were compared to those collected independently by a professional ecologist. Approximately 11,000 observations were recorded by 28 volunteers over the course of one field season. Volunteers consistently identified phenophases correctly (91% overall and 70% during transitions) for the 19 species observed. Accuracy varied significantly by phenophase and species (p<0.0001). Volunteers who submitted fewer observations over the period of study did not exhibit a higher error rate than those who submitted more total observations, suggesting that volunteers with limited training and experience can provide reliable observations when following explicit, standardized protocols. Overall, these findings demonstrate the ii legitimacy of phenology observations collected by volunteers, an important finding for the increasing number of analysts relying on data collected by citizen scientists. In Chapter 3, I explored a common concern that restoration efforts implemented by the public may not have adequate ecological value. I addressed key ecological variables to determine how small-scale patches attracted pollinators and explored which of these variables might be best to prioritize for restoration efforts suited to public initiatives. This study demonstrated that in small-scale plant restoration sites, plant diversity and resource (nectar) availability significantly affects the abundance and diversity of pollinating insects. Specifically, the treatments which contained high-resource (nectar-rich) plant species increased pollinator abundance and diversity the most. Plant diversity increased pollinator diversity and abundance only in the absence of high-resource plants. Pollination facilitation was observed in high resource treatments, but varied among species. Competition for pollinators was observed in high diversity treatments but did not affect seed set for high-resource plants in any of the treatments. Together, these results suggest that managers or landowners who are restoring patches of native plants as habitat for pollinators should prioritize including species with high nectar production, and secondarily, a diverse mix of species if space and resources allow. In Chapter 4, I explored an emergent approach to public participation in regional community science initiatives (and networks) through an exploratory case study of the New York Phenology Project. I demonstrated that local organizations have the opportunity to utilize existing data aggregation platforms to activate regional collaborative alliances to achieve what is often challenging for large-scale contributory projects. I describe our hands-on experience of conceiving and launching a regional network and outline a model that could serve as a guide for catalyzing networks. Drawing on direct experience and interviews with network partners, I developed a description of key categories related to network node success, and a linked assessment tool that could be used to evaluate network node capacity and project outcomes. The assessment tool will be used to test preliminary findings in a more formal quantitative and qualitative exploration in future studies. In Chapter 5, I explored an exceptional long-term, community-level phenology data set that spans New York State, USA (1802-2017), and found interesting and significant patterns of phenological change over time. The data set provides statewide phenology and temperature data that extend further back in time than any previously known data set for the region, extending to years prior to or at the beginning of recent human-caused global warming. I found that most species are flowering and leafing earlier in recent years (2009-2017) than they did in the early 19th century (1802-1861). Plants are flowering 11 days earlier and leafing 18.8 days earlier, with some species flowering up to 27 days earlier and leafing up to 31 days earlier over that time period. Most of this change was driven by warming mean spring temperatures (MST) over that time; mean spring temperatures warmed by 1.0°C statewide (2.5°C in New York City) on average between the historical and contemporary periods. Seasonality, Life Form, and the interaction between Seasonality and Life Form explained variation in phenology among species. The large number of geographically distinct sites in this dataset permitted novel investigation into differential changes in phenology between urban and rural areas (urban areas have more advanced phenology than their rural counterparts) and between insect and wind pollinated trees by seasonal category (insect pollinated trees are showing more advanced phenology than wind pollinated trees in both early and late spring). This analysis has brought the efforts of a historical network into a modern context and has illustrated how organized long-term monitoring efforts can be valuable for ecological discovery. This combined work provides a diverse contribution to the field of public participation in monitoring and conservation efforts. While thorough and disciplined ecological theories drive the design of the research, I simultaneously strove to help meet the ongoing demand for useable, purposeful insights into how to support public efforts to restore plant-pollinator habitats, monitor key ecological dynamics such as phenology, and scale networks capable of collecting data that address issues of global change.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:34:59Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2007-02-06Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T21:06:54Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 sambugaro_r_dr_botfca.pdf: 1143633 bytes, checksum: 25f9ce4aa41c21b2302d4b0e2e19e340 (MD5) / Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) / The rubber tree is a tropical species that loses its leaves periodically. This deciduifolio habit is an important character for the rubber tree, that is, clones uniform defoliation provides a reduction in the pathogens inocule whose reproductive structures are located in the old leaves. After defoliation, it occurs the foliar renewal and it is at this stage, also known as refoliation, that the rubber tree presents susceptible leaflets in which occur most part of the foliar deseases, such as leaf blight, where the cycle of the pathogen (Microcyclus ulei (P. Henn.)v. Arx) is straightly related with the foliar stages (B, C and D). Therefore, the knowledge on these stages, clones phenologic behavior, factors that influence this character and local climate conditions is important for their selection. The objectives of this work were: characterize through quantitative and descriptive foliar morphology the stages B, C and D; characterize the phenologic behavior and the incidence of South American Leaf Blight; correlate the beginning of the defoliation period with climatic parameters, and leaf blight incidence, during the foliar renewal period, with climatic parameters. For the stages characterization, it was used the clone PB 235, from which the leaves central leaflets were collected, at different stages. It was measured the foliolar limbus lenght, width and area, and the petiole lenght and diameter. It was also determined the form of the limbus, apex and base of the foliolar lamina, as well the leaf coloration. For the other objectives, the clones Fx 3844, Fx 3864, Fx 2261, IAN 873, IAN 717 and RRIM 600 of rubber trees from Vale do Ribeira region, São Paulo state were used, being the fallen leaflets collected weekly in four baskets by clone, randomly distributed. The leaflets were totalized, separated by age and analyzed as for the incidence of the fungus Microcyclus ulei... (Complete abstract click electronic access below)

Orientador: Edson Luiz Furtado / Banca: Nilton Luiz de Souza / Banca: Roberto Antonio Rodella / Banca: José Otavio Machado Menten / Banca: Adriana Martins / Abstract: The rubber tree is a tropical species that loses its leaves periodically. This deciduifolio habit is an important character for the rubber tree, that is, clones uniform defoliation provides a reduction in the pathogens inocule whose reproductive structures are located in the old leaves. After defoliation, it occurs the foliar renewal and it is at this stage, also known as refoliation, that the rubber tree presents susceptible leaflets in which occur most part of the foliar deseases, such as leaf blight, where the cycle of the pathogen (Microcyclus ulei (P. Henn.)v. Arx) is straightly related with the foliar stages (B, C and D). Therefore, the knowledge on these stages, clones phenologic behavior, factors that influence this character and local climate conditions is important for their selection. The objectives of this work were: characterize through quantitative and descriptive foliar morphology the stages B, C and D; characterize the phenologic behavior and the incidence of South American Leaf Blight; correlate the beginning of the defoliation period with climatic parameters, and leaf blight incidence, during the foliar renewal period, with climatic parameters. For the stages characterization, it was used the clone PB 235, from which the leaves central leaflets were collected, at different stages. It was measured the foliolar limbus lenght, width and area, and the petiole lenght and diameter. It was also determined the form of the limbus, apex and base of the foliolar lamina, as well the leaf coloration. For the other objectives, the clones Fx 3844, Fx 3864, Fx 2261, IAN 873, IAN 717 and RRIM 600 of rubber trees from Vale do Ribeira region, São Paulo state were used, being the fallen leaflets collected weekly in four baskets by clone, randomly distributed. The leaflets were totalized, separated by age and analyzed as for the incidence of the fungus Microcyclus ulei... (Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Doutor

Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:23:02Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2011-04-29Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T18:50:12Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 soares_nc_me_rcla.pdf: 2043945 bytes, checksum: 87d8fa88bf79cb92e1c9e75b4726f821 (MD5) / Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) / Variação intra-específica na fenologia de espécies de sub-bosque de Floresta Atlântica e sua relação com variáveis microambientais - Fatores abióticos, como a umidade relativa, temperatura e luz, influenciam o estabelecimento, desenvolvimento e reprodução das espécies vegetais florestais. Entretanto é necessária a coleta de parâmetros estruturais, microclimáticos e microambientais para a caracterização dos ambientes nos quais as plantas se desenvolvem. Neste contexto, o presente trabalho objetivou avaliar a influência de fatores do microambiente na resposta fenológica de espécies vegetais componentes do sub-bosque de floresta Atlântica, em Ubatuba, SP. Procuramos responder as seguintes perguntas: i) As plantas de sub-bosque podem ser agrupadas em relação aos ambientes de luz: borda natural, clareira e interior sombreado da floresta?; ii) Existem variações intra-específicas na fenologia das espécies de sub-bosque de Floresta Atlântica de acordo com o ambiente de luz em que foram agrupadas?; iii) A intensidade das respostas fenológicas (número de estruturas reprodutivas produzidas) está relacionada aos locais de luz?; iv) Outras condições microclimáticas, como temperatura e umidade relativa, e microambientais, como a densidade da vegetação, também influenciam a fenologia das espécies? Para tanto a fenologia e a produção de estruturas reprodutivas de quatro espécies abundantes do sub-bosque foram acompanhadas de janeiro de 2009 a abril de 2010. Indivíduos foram selecionados em ambientes previamente determinados como borda natural (beira de rio), clareira e interior de floresta atlântica. Medidas periódicas das variáveis microclimáticas (temperatura, umidade relativa, PAR) e microambiental (abertura do dossel) próximas aos indivíduos amostrados foram realizadas. Medidas estruturais... / Phenological intraspecific variation of Atlantic Forest understory species and its relation to microenvironmental variables - Abiotic factors such as humidity, temperature and light influence the establishment, development and reproduction of forest plant species. However, it is necessary to collect structural, microclimatic and microenvironmental parameters to characterize the environments in which plants grow. In this context, this study evaluated the influence of the microenvironment in the phenological response of understory plant species components of the Atlantic Forest in Ubatuba, São Paulo State. We tried to answer the following questions: i) Can the understory species be grouped in relation to natural edge, gaps and interior microenvironments? ii) Do exist intraspecific variations in the phenology of understory species of Atlantic forest in accordance with the light environment in which they were grouped? iii) Do the intensity of phenological responses (number of reproductive structures produced) related to local condictions of light?; iv) Do other microclimatic (such as temperature and relative humidity) and microenvironmental (density vegetation) conditions also influence the phenology of species? The phenology and reproductive structures production of four abundant species of the understory were followed from January 2009 to April 2010. Individuals were selected in environments previously determined as natural edge (riverside), gap and interior. We performed periodic measurements of microclimatic (temperature, relative humidity and PAR) and microenvironmental variables (canopy openness) near the sampled individuals. Structural measures (CAS, CAP, plant height, crown height from the ground and crown size) and microenvironment characterization (canopy height, understory vertical density, distance... (Complete abstract click electronic access below)

Orientador: L. Patricia C. Morellato / Banca: Flavio Nunes Ramos / Banca: Sergius Gandolfi / Resumo: Variação intra-específica na fenologia de espécies de sub-bosque de Floresta Atlântica e sua relação com variáveis microambientais - Fatores abióticos, como a umidade relativa, temperatura e luz, influenciam o estabelecimento, desenvolvimento e reprodução das espécies vegetais florestais. Entretanto é necessária a coleta de parâmetros estruturais, microclimáticos e microambientais para a caracterização dos ambientes nos quais as plantas se desenvolvem. Neste contexto, o presente trabalho objetivou avaliar a influência de fatores do microambiente na resposta fenológica de espécies vegetais componentes do sub-bosque de floresta Atlântica, em Ubatuba, SP. Procuramos responder as seguintes perguntas: i) As plantas de sub-bosque podem ser agrupadas em relação aos ambientes de luz: borda natural, clareira e interior sombreado da floresta?; ii) Existem variações intra-específicas na fenologia das espécies de sub-bosque de Floresta Atlântica de acordo com o ambiente de luz em que foram agrupadas?; iii) A intensidade das respostas fenológicas (número de estruturas reprodutivas produzidas) está relacionada aos locais de luz?; iv) Outras condições microclimáticas, como temperatura e umidade relativa, e microambientais, como a densidade da vegetação, também influenciam a fenologia das espécies? Para tanto a fenologia e a produção de estruturas reprodutivas de quatro espécies abundantes do sub-bosque foram acompanhadas de janeiro de 2009 a abril de 2010. Indivíduos foram selecionados em ambientes previamente determinados como borda natural (beira de rio), clareira e interior de floresta atlântica. Medidas periódicas das variáveis microclimáticas (temperatura, umidade relativa, PAR) e microambiental (abertura do dossel) próximas aos indivíduos amostrados foram realizadas. Medidas estruturais... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: Phenological intraspecific variation of Atlantic Forest understory species and its relation to microenvironmental variables - Abiotic factors such as humidity, temperature and light influence the establishment, development and reproduction of forest plant species. However, it is necessary to collect structural, microclimatic and microenvironmental parameters to characterize the environments in which plants grow. In this context, this study evaluated the influence of the microenvironment in the phenological response of understory plant species components of the Atlantic Forest in Ubatuba, São Paulo State. We tried to answer the following questions: i) Can the understory species be grouped in relation to natural edge, gaps and interior microenvironments? ii) Do exist intraspecific variations in the phenology of understory species of Atlantic forest in accordance with the light environment in which they were grouped? iii) Do the intensity of phenological responses (number of reproductive structures produced) related to local condictions of light?; iv) Do other microclimatic (such as temperature and relative humidity) and microenvironmental (density vegetation) conditions also influence the phenology of species? The phenology and reproductive structures production of four abundant species of the understory were followed from January 2009 to April 2010. Individuals were selected in environments previously determined as natural edge (riverside), gap and interior. We performed periodic measurements of microclimatic (temperature, relative humidity and PAR) and microenvironmental variables (canopy openness) near the sampled individuals. Structural measures (CAS, CAP, plant height, crown height from the ground and crown size) and microenvironment characterization (canopy height, understory vertical density, distance... (Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Mestre