Assessing Plant Resource Utilization across Wet and Dry Landscapes in Northeast Brazil

André dos Santos Souza, Leonardo da Silva Chaves, Letícia Elias, Joelson Moreno Brito de Moura and Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque ()
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André dos Santos Souza: Postgraduate Program in Botany, Department of Biology, Rural Federal University of Pernambuco, Dom Manuel de Medeiros Street, Recife 55902-291, PE, Brazil
Leonardo da Silva Chaves: Escola de Educação de Humanidades, Universidade Católica de Pernambuco, Rua do Príncipe n° 256, Boa Vista, Recife 50050-900, PE, Brazil
Letícia Elias: Laboratório de Ecologia e Evolução de Sistemas Socioecológicos, Departamento de Botânica, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Professor Moraes Rêgo Avenue, Cidade Universitária, Recife 50690-901, PE, Brazil
Joelson Moreno Brito de Moura: Instituto de Estudos do Xingu, Universidade Federal do Sul e Sudeste do Pará, Loteamento Cidade Nova, Av. Norte Sul, Lote n. 1, Qd 15, Setor 15, São Félix do Xingu 68507-590, PA, Brazil
Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque: Laboratório de Ecologia e Evolução de Sistemas Socioecológicos, Departamento de Botânica, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Professor Moraes Rêgo Avenue, Cidade Universitária, Recife 50690-901, PE, Brazil

Land, 2024, vol. 13, issue 2, 1-11

Abstract: The present study aimed to assess the potential impact of total species richness on the functional redundancy, utility, and versatility of plant species. For this purpose, two study areas were delineated, a wet forest and a dry forest, where phytosociological surveys were conducted. The results indicate parity in terms of the proportion of useful species between the areas. In line with our initial expectations, our findings revealed greater versatility among species in the less rich area; thus, more uses were attributed to a single species. We found no significant relationship between utilitarian redundancy and the analyzed environments in any of the plant use categories. Based on the evidence gathered, we believe that resource selection by human communities might ultimately be conditioned by local species availability rather than by underlying utilitarian potential.

Keywords: biodiversity conservation; resource selection; social–ecological stems; tropical forests (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q15 Q2 Q24 Q28 Q5 R14 R52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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