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      Dispersal syndromes related to edge distance in cerrado sensu stricto fragments of central-western Brazil

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          The main selective forces affecting the fruiting strategies are related to the environment in which plants occur. As a savanna, microclimatic conditions should not vary in relation to distance from edge in cerrado sensu stricto fragments. Thus, we postulated that the importance of different dispersal syndromes would not vary towards the fragment core. Our aim was to test in four cerrado sensu stricto fragments in central Brazil whether the absolute density of anemo-, auto-, and zoochorous individuals varied in relation to edge distance. According to results, the absolute density of anemo-and autochorous individuals did not vary, whereas those of zoochorous individuals increased with edge distance, pointing out that there were other factors rather than abiotic conditions shifting zoochorous species to the interior of cerrado sensu stricto fragments.

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          As principais forças seletivas que afetam as estratégias de frutificação estão relacionadas ao ambiente em que as plantas ocorrem. Como fragmentos de cerrado sensu stricto são savânicos, as condições microclimáticas não devem variar em relação à distância da borda. Assim, postulamos que a importância das diferentes síndromes de dispersão não varia da borda ao interior de um fragmento de vegetação. O objetivo deste trabalho foi testar, em quatro fragmentos de cerrado sensu stricto (centro-oeste do Brasil), se a densidade absoluta de indivíduos anemo, auto e zoocóricos variava em função da distância da borda. Segundo nossos resultados, a densidade absoluta de indivíduos anemo e autocóricos não variou significativamente borda em direção ao interior dos fragmentos, enquanto que a dos indivíduos zoocóricos aumentou, indicando que existem outros fatores, que não as condições abióticas, deslocando as espécies zoocóricas para o interior dos fragmentos de cerrado sensu stricto.

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                Contributors
                Role: ND
                Role: ND
                Journal
                babt
                Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology
                Braz. arch. biol. technol.
                Instituto de Tecnologia do Paraná - Tecpar (Curitiba )
                1678-4324
                October 2009
                : 52
                : 5
                : 1167-1177
                Affiliations
                [1 ] Instituto Nacional de Metrologia, Qualidade e Tecnologia Brazil
                [2 ] Universidade Federal de São Carlos Brazil
                Article
                S1516-89132009000500014
                10.1590/S1516-89132009000500014
                7ed14cf4-176a-419d-a501-b2821c89ba5c

                http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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                BIOLOGY

                General life sciences
                central-western Brazil,cerrado,dispersal,edge effect
                General life sciences
                central-western Brazil, cerrado, dispersal, edge effect

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