The results of monitoring the Merostachys skvortzovii Send. regeneration dynamics, including seedling recruitment, growth and mortality (Araucarian Forest, General Carneiro, Paraná, 26˚ 25′ S e 51˚ 18′ W, 1000m a.s.l.) are presented. Two gaps with similar size (40mx40m) and opening situation, resulting from M. skvortzovii dye-off s in 2003-2005, on which 80 small plots (1mx1m) were evaluated (2007). Monthly, it were registered the inclusion, permanence and mortality of seedlings of M. skvortzovii in these plots. It was evidenced different seedling average density among gaps, but similar seedlings spatial distribution pattern in both gaps. The monthly averages of recruitment, growth in height and mortality were significantly different in both gaps. Significant correlation was not detected between the biological observed variables (growth, recruitment and mortality) and the variability of pluviosity and temperature registered in during the monitoring. In general terms, it is possible to infer that the M. skvortzovii representative were capable of re-colonizing the areas opened after the synchronous dye-off event, but the environmental characteristics of each gap can influence this occupation. The concentration of the seedlings in the edges of the gaps can determine the enlargement of the species occupation area. Meantime, only middle to long term monitoring of the clearings produced by the M. skvortzovii dye-off will allow the understanding of the this species life cycle and its effective paper in the closure of these gaps as well as in the dynamic of the forest that shelters it
Bambusoideae; floresta ombrófila mista; Poaceae; recolonização de taquara-lixa
bamboo re-colonization; Bambusoideae; Mixt Ombrophilous Forest; Poaceae
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