Three prescribed fire regimes on the restoration of flooded savannah grasslands under encroachment of Vochysia divergens Pohl, Pantanal, Brazil

doi:10.3832/ifor4483-017

Three prescribed fire regimes on the restoration of flooded savannah grasslands under encroachment of Vochysia divergens Pohl, Pantanal, Brazil

Alexandre Ebert⁽¹⁾ , Christian Niel Berlinck⁽²⁾, Cátia Nunes da Cunha⁽³⁾

iForest - Biogeosciences and Forestry, Volume 17, Issue 3, Pages 165-171 (2024)
doi: https://doi.org/10.3832/ifor4483-017
Published: Jun 17, 2024 - Copyright © 2024 SISEF

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The proliferation of woody plant species over grassland areas has been reported in different regions of the planet. This phenomenon has caused economic, social and environmental effects in the Brazilian Pantanal. Traditional knowledge based on scientific evidences technically supports the forms of management to control the process of colonization of woody plants in native grasslands, thus promoting the original ecological restoration of these ecosystems. Our study aimed to evaluate three management regimes with prescribed fire for controlling the invasion of Vochysia divergens Pohl. on grassland matrix areas in the Brazilian Pantanal. The results obtained showed that prescribed fire is an efficient tool in controlling V. divergens in the early stages of its establishment, and effectively contributes to ecological restoration processes in the savannah grasslands, aimed at controlling woody tree and shrub species invasions in the grasslands of the Brazilian Pantanal.

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Ecological Restoration, Wood-plant Encroachment, Prescribed Fire, Wetland, Natural Grassland

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(1)

0000-0002-2865-9291
Postgraduate Programme in Ecology and Biodiversity Conservation - PPGECB, Federal University of Mato Grosso - UFMT, Cuiabá - Mato Grosso (Brazil)

(2)

0000-0001-9348-3942
National Centre for Research and Conservation of Carnivorous Mammals, Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation, Municipal Road Hisaichi Takebayashi, 8600, Usina neighbourhood, Atibaia 12952-011, SP (Brazil)

(3)

0000-0002-5990-3437
National Institute of Science and Technology in Wetlands - INCT/INAU, Cuiabá - Mato Grosso (Brasil)

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Alexandre Ebert
ebertfloresta@yahoo.com.br

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Ebert A, Berlinck CN, Nunes da Cunha C (2024). Three prescribed fire regimes on the restoration of flooded savannah grasslands under encroachment of Vochysia divergens Pohl, Pantanal, Brazil. iForest 17: 165-171. - doi: 10.3832/ifor4483-017

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Giorgio Vacchiano

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Received: Oct 08, 2023
Accepted: Jun 05, 2024

First online: Jun 17, 2024
Publication Date: Jun 30, 2024
Publication Time: 0.40 months

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