Estudo da seleção de espécies arbóreas para reflorestamento de Mata Atlântica

Abstract

The Atlantic Forest is a biodiversity hotspot and provides several ecosystem services at different scales. However, it is characterized by land transformation due to a history of environmental degradation resulting from economic activities since the colonial period. Few studies related to Ecological Restoration Projects in the Atlantic Forest have been published, making it essential to increase the number of articles in this area, in view of the ecological and economic applications. The main objective of this work was to evaluate the set of species used in the restoration of the Atlantic Forest and their selection criteria. Thus, searches on the Web of Science research platform were performed and articles that met the basic research criteria were selected. There was no delimitation of publication period. Fourteen articles were obtained, published between 2008 and 2021. The number of articles published in recent years has increased. The study showed that most experiments were conducted in southeastern Brazil and involve high species richness. The proportion of non-pioneer species was higher than that of pioneer species in most experiments, but the frequency of occurrence of pioneer species was higher when analyzing the projects as a whole. The pioneer species Enterelobium contortisiliquum, Hymenaea courbaril, Peltophorum dubium, Citharexylum myrianthum and Schinus terebinthifolia were observed in many experiments. Although there has been an increase in the publication of papers on ecological restoration in the Atlantic Forest, many gaps remain open, especially regarding the study of the effects of diversity on ecological restoration.