Supervisors and collaborators:
Duration: February 2011-February 2015
Funding: CAPES; FAPEMIG; other
Research questions
- How do montane forest floristic composition and structure change with elevation within the fog-affected Serra da Mantiqueira of Eastern Brazil?
- How do various hydrometeorological factors (temperature, humidity, radiation, and in particular fog intensity and duration) vary with elevation? What environmental factors influence the high beta diversity of these forests the most: edaphic factors (soil characteristics including acidity and degree of water-logging) or climatic ones (notably fog inputs)?
- How do rainfall and cloud water (fog) interception differ between forests located beneath and within the cloud belt?
Publications
- Pompeu, P.V., J.P. Souza, M.A.L. Fontes, E. Cortines, A.C.M.C. Barbosa, and T.A. Batista (2012). Quantitative measures of fog interception using Sphagnum spp.. In: 49th Annual Meeting of The Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation (ATBC), Bonito.
- Pompeu, P.V., L.H.Y. Kamino, M.A.L. Fontes, N.R. Carvalho, F.W. Acerbi Junior, and J.P. Souza (2012). Cloud cover for modeling indicator species of cloud forests in the Serra da Mantiqueira. In: 49th Annual Meeting of The Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation (ATBC), Bonito.
- Pompeu, P.V. (2011). Composição e estrutura de uma floresta Ombrófila Densa ao longo de um gradiente altitudinal na Serra da Mantiqueira, Minas Gerais. Dissertação (Mestrado em Engenharia Florestal) - Universidade Federal de Lavras, Lavras, 105 pp.[ Composition and structure along an altitudinal gradient in a Montane Cloud Forest located in the Serra da Mantiqueira, Minas Gerais. MSc thesis (Forestry) - Federal University of Lavras].
- Pompeu, P.V., T.A. Batista, M.A.L. Fontes, P.O. Garcia, R.M. dos Santos, and W.A.C Carvalho (2011). Diversidade beta em floresta nebular ao longo de um gradiente de altitude (1500 a 2100 metros) na Serra da Mantiqueira, em Minas Gerais. [Beta diversity in cloud forest along an altitudinal gradient (1500-2100 m.a.s.l) in the Serra da Mantiqueira, Minas Gerais]. Xth Ecology Congress, São Lourenço.
