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EFFECT OF FOREST MANAGEMENT ON THE POPULATION OF JACARANDA COPAIA (AUBL.) D. DON IN THE BRAZILIAN AMAZON
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1  Grupo Arboris, Dom Eliseu, 68633-00, Brazil
2  Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Av. Fernando Corrêa da Costa, Cuiabá - MT 78060-900, Brazil
3  Embrapa Floresta, Floresta, 56400-000, Brazil
Academic Editor: Kevin Cianfaglione

Abstract:

The Brazilian Amazon faces environmental degradation due to inadequate forest management practices. This study evaluated the post-logging influence on the structure and dynamics of the species Jacaranda copaia in degraded Amazonian forest, aiming to improve sustainable forest management. Horizontal structure, mortality and recruitment dynamics, annual periodic increment in diameter, and diameter distribution were assessed in two blocks within the same area, over different monitoring intervals. Data were obtained from 50 permanent plots, each with 25 subplots of 10 x 10 m of continuous forest inventory (12.5 ha). This included 20 control plots (5.0 ha) and 30 logging plots (7.5 ha) for all trees with DBH ≥ 5 cm. Measurements were taken in 2009, 2012, 2014, and 2020 for Block I, and in 2011, 2015, and 2020 for Block II. The J. copaia population showed variations in the structure and dynamics over the years, influenced by logging. In Block I, the population increased by approximately 16.00% between 2014 and 2020, following the 2013 harvest; the basal area also increased 0.311 m² ha-1 or 76.41%. In Block II, after logging, the population decreased approximately 11.11% between 2015 and 2020, while the basal area increased 0.221 m² ha-1 or 33.18%. The recruitment rate exceeded the mortality rate throughout the study period, indicating a continuous process of regeneration and population growth of J. copaia. Diameter growth in Block I was 0.72 cm year-1 over a period of 11.2 years, while in Block II, growth was 0.58 cm year-1 over a period of 9 years. Thus, forest management benefited the J. copaia population, with a positive impact on the population structure and dynamics, demonstrating its post-logging recovery capacity.

Keywords: native species; para-pará; high resilience; heliophyte; silviculture

 
 
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