Effects of fog on hydrometeorological conditions and vegetation zonation in the Serra da Mantiqueira, Brazil
Researcher: Patrícia Vieira Pompeu
Current affiliation: Department of Forest Sciences, University Federal o Lavras (UFLA), Lavras, Minas Gerais (MG), Brazil
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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?
Project publications
- Pompeu, P.V., Leite Fontes, M.A., Yoshino Kamino, L.H., Weimar Acerbi Jr, F., Bueno, I., Waterloo, M.J., Mulligan, M. & Bruijnzeel, L.A. (2015). Modelling Atlantic cloud forest extent in the Serra da Mantiqueira (Southeastern Brazil) using cloud imagery. Journal of Biogeography (submitted).
- Pompeu, P.V. (2015). Modelagem da distribuição das Florestas Atlânticas Nebulares na Serra da Mantiqueira. Doctoral Dissertation, Universidade Federal de Lavras, Lavras, MG, Brazil, 60 pp.
- Pompeu, P.V., Fontes, M.A.L., dos Santos, R.M., Garcia, P.O., Batista, T.A., Carvalho, W.A.C. & de Oliveira Filho, A.T. (2014) Floristic composition and structure of an upper montane cloud forest in the Serra da Mantiqueira Mountain Range of Brazil. Acta Botanica Brasilica 28: 456–464.
- 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 Ombr ófila 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.
Related publications
- Becker, C.G, Rodriguez, D. and Zamudio, K.R. (2013) The Brazilian Adirondacks? Science, 340: 428.
- Bertoncello, R., Yamamoto, K., Meireles, L.D. and Shepherd, G.J. (2011). A phytogeographic analysis of cloud forests and other forest subtypes amidst the Atlantic forests in south and southeast Brazil. Biodiversity and Conservation 20: 3413-3433.
- Morellato, L.P.C. (2000). Introduction: the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. Biotropica 32(4b): 786-792.
- Oliveira-Filho, A.T. and M.A.L. Leite Fontes (2000). Patterns of floristic differentiation among Atlantic Forests in southeastern Brazil and the influence of climate. Biotropica 32(4b): 786-792.
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