Classification of vegetation and implications for clear-cutting of the Atlantic Forest: a public policy proposal
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https://doi.org/10.22478/ufpb.1981-1268.2021v15n1.57330Abstract
We examine how different inclusion sampling criteria affect classification of the seral stages of Brazilian Tropical Atlantic Forest, one the most threatened forests in the world. Clear-cutting of initial sucessional stages is authorized while of late stages it is very restricted, therefore, the classification is fundamental for the conservation or not of the forest remants. It was used data of a gradient edge-interior disturbance in a fragment of tIhis forest in which plots were allocated to 5, 15 and 45 m of the edge. Different criteria can lead to very different conclusions about the stage of forest sucession, so in this sense, it is necessary to determine unique criteria for the legal purposes of clasification of forest sucesion serals with aim of clearcutting vegetation. We propose these criteria that include the minimum inclusion dbh and the taxonomic indicator groups.
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