Predicting the potential distribution of aquatic herbaceous plants in oligotrophic Central Amazonian wetland ecosystems
AUTOR(ES)
Lopes, Aline; Demarchi, Layon Oreste; Franco, Augusto Cesar; Ferreira, Aurélia Bentes; Ferreira, Cristiane Silva; Wittmann, Florian; Santiago, Ivone Neri; Cruz, Jefferson da; Silva, Jeisiane Santos da; Schöngart, Jochen; Souza, Sthefanie do Nascimento Gomes de; Piedade, Maria Teresa Fernandez
FONTE
Acta Bot. Bras.
DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO
2021-03
RESUMO
ABSTRACT Aquatic herbaceous plants are especially suitable for mapping environmental variability in wetlands, as they respond quickly to environmental gradients and are good indicators of habitat preference. We describe the composition of herbaceous species in two oligotrophic wetland ecosystems, floodplains along black-water rivers (igapó) and wetlands upon hydromorphic sand soils (campinarana) in the Parque Nacional do Jaú and the Reserva de Desenvolvimento Sustentável Uatumã in Central Amazonia, both protected areas. We tested for the potential distribution range (PDR) of the most frequent species of these ecosystems, which are the ones that occurred in at least two of the sampled wetlands, using species distribution models (SDMs). In total, 98 aquatic herbaceous species were recorded, of which 63 occurred in igapós and 44 in campinaranas. Most igapó species had ample PDRs across the Neotropics, while most campinarana species were restricted to the Amazon Basin. These results are congruent with studies that described similar distribution patterns for tree and bird species, which emphasizes a high degree of endemism in Amazonian campinaranas. However, we also found differences in the potential distribution of species between the two protected areas, indicating high environmental variability of oligotrophic ecosystems that deserve further investigation to develop effective measures for their conservation and protection.
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