caa a22 4500 605526621 CHVBK 20210128100804.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150901xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10531-015-0961-1 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10531-015-0961-1 Microclimatic conditions at forest edges have significant impacts on vegetation structure in large Atlantic forest fragments [Elektronische Daten] [Luiz Magnago, Mariana Rocha, Leila Meyer, Sebastião Martins, João Meira-Neto] Forest fragmentation creates forest edges, and the effect of those edges increases as the size of forest fragments decreases. Edge effects include changes to microclimatic conditions at the forest edge, which affect vegetation structure. No previous studies have directly tested the relationship between microclimate and vegetation structure (for instance, basal area, trees mean height, dead trees and damage trees) at the edge of forest fragments in the Atlantic Forest domain. We tested the following three hypotheses: (i) the microclimatic conditions differ between the edge and the interior of the forest, (ii) the forest structure differs between the edge and the interior of the forest and (iii) changes to microclimatic conditions at the forest edge negatively affect vegetation structure at the edges. Our results demonstrate that edge habitats are significantly more susceptible to strong winds, lower humidity and higher air temperatures than forest interiors. The microclimate may be considered the principal factor that explains the difference between the vegetation structure of the forest edge and the forest interior. Our results suggest that even large forest fragments in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest may be impacted by negativeedge effects. Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht, 2015 Edge effects nationallicence Forest fragmentation nationallicence Basal area nationallicence Wind disturbance nationallicence Dead trees nationallicence Tableland forest nationallicence Magnago Luiz Laboratory of Ecology and Evolution of Plants - LEEP, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Campus UFV, 36570-900, Viçosa, MG, Brazil aut Rocha Mariana Laboratory of Ecology and Evolution of Plants - LEEP, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Campus UFV, 36570-900, Viçosa, MG, Brazil aut Meyer Leila Departamento de Botânica, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Avenida Presidente Antônio Carlos, 6627, Pampulha, 31270-901, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil aut Martins Sebastião Departamento de Engenharia Florestal da Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Campus UFV, 36570-900, Viçosa, MG, Brazil aut Meira-Neto João Laboratory of Ecology and Evolution of Plants - LEEP, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Campus UFV, 36570-900, Viçosa, MG, Brazil aut Biodiversity and Conservation Springer Netherlands 24/9(2015-09-01), 2305-2318 0960-3115 24:9<2305 2015 24 10531 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-015-0961-1 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-015-0961-1 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Magnago Luiz Laboratory of Ecology and Evolution of Plants - LEEP, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Campus UFV, 36570-900, Viçosa, MG, Brazil aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Rocha Mariana Laboratory of Ecology and Evolution of Plants - LEEP, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Campus UFV, 36570-900, Viçosa, MG, Brazil aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Meyer Leila Departamento de Botânica, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Avenida Presidente Antônio Carlos, 6627, Pampulha, 31270-901, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Martins Sebastião Departamento de Engenharia Florestal da Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Campus UFV, 36570-900, Viçosa, MG, Brazil aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Meira-Neto João Laboratory of Ecology and Evolution of Plants - LEEP, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Campus UFV, 36570-900, Viçosa, MG, Brazil aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Biodiversity and Conservation Springer Netherlands 24/9(2015-09-01), 2305-2318 0960-3115 24:9<2305 2015 24 10531