THE SPECIE Tapirira guianensis Aubl.: AN ECOLOGICAL AND SILVICULTURAL APPROACH
Forest population, native forest species, geographic distribution, seedling transplantation.
Forest fragmentation causes the isolation of biological communities, reduces biodiversity, and alters biological processes, causing new patterns of distribution and population structure of forest species in different environments. The high rates of deforestation cause a reduction in the population of species, affecting future generations, and over the years, this condition can reduce genetic variability and polymorphism. Thus, this research had as general objective to analyze ecological aspects of a population of Tapirira guianensis and its geographic distribution, as well as to evaluate the seedling rescue technique for the specie. The work was structured in chapters, which are organized according to the objectives: In chapter it was to analyze the population structure, the spatial distribution of a natural population in an Atlantic Forest fragment in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil, and the influence of bioclimatic variables in the geographic distribution of T. guianensis (Anacardiaceae) occurrence sites, and in chapter II, evaluate the potential of the seedling population as a source of propagule for the production of seedlings, aiming at the restoration of degraded areas and the possible effects of the classes of height and intensity of leaf reduction in the development of the specie T. guianensis. Thus, it was found that the population of T. guianensis has the largest number of individuals in the smallest diameter classes, the distribution pattern of the specie is considered aggregate in the Saltinho Biological Reserve, Pernambuco, Brazil. Associated with this, the specie has a diverse bioclimatic niche and can be widely used in programs for the recovery of degraded areas in several phytogeographic domains. As for the seedling rescue technique, it was found to be a useful tool for forest restoration programs.