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      Seedling growth of fifteen Brazilian tropical tree species differing in successional status Translated title: Crescimento de plântulas de quinze espécies árboreas tropicais pertencentes a diferentes estádios sucesionais

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          Growth of seedlings of fifteen tropical tree species representative, at the adult stage, of different successional positions, was studied under field conditions. Seedlings were grown in three treatments: full sun (FS), artificial shade imposed by neutral screens (AS) and natural shade imposed by a closed canopy in a Forest Reserve in Southeast Brazil (NS). Most of the studied species survived in both shade treatments, although their growth was severely affected. Decreases in height, internode numbers, dry weight, leaf area, root:shoot ratio (R:S) and increases in leaf mass ratio (LMR), leaf area ratio (LAR) and specific leaf area (SLA) were common responses to shade. Relative growth rates (RGRs) and net assimilation rates (NARs) were consistently lower in the shaded treatments than in full sun. RGR was significantly correlated with NAR in the FS and NS treatments, whereas it was correlated with LAR in the AS treatment. Natural shade had more severe effects than artificial shade on leaf area reduction and RGR. Between-species differences in R:S, LMR, SLA and LAR were not related to the successional status of species. However, there was a tendency for early-successional species to have higher RGRs than late successional ones, regardless of the light environment. Late-successional species also showed less pronounced responses to shade than early ones. The characteristics presented by the late-successional species may be associated with shade tolerance, enabling their persistence under dense canopies.

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          O crescimento de plântulas de quinze espécies arbóreas tropicais pertencentes a diferentes estádios sucessionais foi estudado sob condições de campo. As plântulas foram cultivadas sob tratamentos de radiação plena, sombreamento artificial proporcionado por telas sombrite e sombreamento natural imposto por dossel vegetal na Reserva Municipal de Santa Genebra em Campinas, SP, Brasil. A maioria das espécies estudadas sobreviveu aos tratamentos de sombreamento, com marcantes alterações no crescimento. Reduções de altura, número de entrenós, massa seca, área foliar e razão raiz/parte aérea (R/PA) foram respostas freqüentes ao sombreamento, assim como também aumentos da razão de massa foliar (RMF), razão de área foliar (RAF) e área foliar específica (AFE). As taxas de crescimento relativo (TCRs) e as taxas de assimilação líquida (TALs) apresentaram-se consistentemente mais baixas nos tratamentos de sombreamento. TCR se mostrou significativamente correlacionada com TAL nos tratamentos de radiação plena e sombreamento natural e com RAF no tratamento de sombreamento artificial. O sombreamento natural teve efeitos mais severos na redução da área foliar e da TCR. As diferenças inter-específicas nos parâmetros R/PA, RMF, AFE e RAF não se mostraram correlacionadas com o estádio sucessional. Foi observada uma tendência das espécies de estádios iniciais de sucessão apresentarem maiores TCRs do que as espécies tardias, independentemente do ambiente de luz. As espécies tardias apresentaram, em relação às iniciais, respostas menos pronunciadas ao sombreamento. As características apresentadas pelas espécies tardias podem estar associadas com tolerância à sombra, permitindo sua manutenção sob dosséis fechados por maiores períodos de tempo.

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                Journal
                rbb
                Brazilian Journal of Botany
                Braz. J. Bot.
                Sociedade Botânica de São Paulo (São Paulo, SP, Brazil )
                0100-8404
                1806-9959
                March 2003
                : 26
                : 1
                : 35-47
                Affiliations
                [01] Campinas SP orgnameUniversidade Estadual de Campinas orgdiv1Instituto de Biologia orgdiv2Departamento de Fisiologia Vegetal Brasil
                Article
                S0100-84042003000100005 S0100-8404(03)02600105
                10.1590/S0100-84042003000100005
                88ba8e5b-1be5-4de2-aa92-5cbfaecb5214

                This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

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                : 16 October 2002
                : 05 May 2002
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                tropical tree species,Crescimento de plântulas,successional species,shade tolerance,shade,Seedling growth,tolerância ao sombreamento,sombreamento,espécies sucessionais,espécies arbóreas tropicais

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