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Variations in habitat metrics along plantation chronosequences: contrasting tree plantations in subtropical forest and grassland Cover

Variations in habitat metrics along plantation chronosequences: contrasting tree plantations in subtropical forest and grassland

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|Jun 2022

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Figure 1

The circles indicate the location of study sites (plantations and the natural habitat) in the subtropical forest biome of the Atlantic Forest ecoregion (colour green) and the grassland biome of the Campos ecoregion (colour orange).
The circles indicate the location of study sites (plantations and the natural habitat) in the subtropical forest biome of the Atlantic Forest ecoregion (colour green) and the grassland biome of the Campos ecoregion (colour orange).

Figure 2

Environmental variables along different ages of pine plantations in both biomes. Lines indicate the selected model.
Environmental variables along different ages of pine plantations in both biomes. Lines indicate the selected model.

Figure 3

Environmental similarity between plantations and the natural environment along the ages of pine plantations in both biomes. Lines indicate the selected model.
Environmental similarity between plantations and the natural environment along the ages of pine plantations in both biomes. Lines indicate the selected model.

Model selection for environmental variables in relation with the age of pine plantations, and for the similarity in environmental variables between plantations and the natural environment (Sim) with plantation age_

GrasslandSubtropical forest
Environmental variableModelModel
TemperatureLogisticLogistic
Thermal variabilityLogisticLogistic
Relative humidityNullLogistic
Canopy coverLogisticLogistic
Herbaceous coverLogisticNull
Sim temperatureLogisticLogistic
Sim thermal variabilityLogisticLine
Sim relative humidityNullLogistic
Sim canopy coverLogisticLogistic
Sim herbaceous coverLogisticNull
Sim totalLogisticLogistic
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fsmu-2021-0011 | Journal eISSN: 1736-8723 | Journal ISSN: 1406-9954
Language: English
Page range: 55 - 63
Submitted on: Nov 3, 2021
Accepted on: Dec 14, 2021
Published on: Jun 4, 2022
Published by: Estonian University of Life Sciences
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 times per year

© 2022 Santiago Santoandré, Julieta Filloy, Gustavo A. Zurita, M. Isabel Bellocq, published by Estonian University of Life Sciences
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