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STRUCTURAL CHANGES IN A CONVENTIONALLY EXPLOITED FOREST IN THE PARAÍBA DO SUL BASIN, STATE OF MINAS GERAIS, BRAZIL, IN THE ATLANTIC FOREST DOMAIN
GOMES, Ana Patrícia Cota; SOUZA, Agostinho Lopes de; MEIRA NETO, João Augusto Alves. Alteração estrutural de uma área florestal explorada convencionalmente na bacia do Paraíba do Sul, Minas Gerais, nos domínios de Floresta Atlântica. Rev. Árvore, Viçosa, v. 28, n. 3, June 2004 .
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Joao Augusto Alves Meira Neto
The objectives of this study were to evaluate the structural changes caused by the activities of a
conventional management plan in a semideciduous forest in the Atlantic Forest domain. The study was conducted
in the Fazenda Paciência, municipality of Matias Barbosa, Minas Gerais state, Brazil. A continuous stretch
of forest was analyzed, which contained areas that were exploited six years ago and areas that remained
untouched. Plots were established to survey the floristic and structural composition of the arboreal vegetation.
Data were analized in a comparative way and the state of the non-exploited forest was considered as the
desirable one. The study results indicated that the harvesting as it was done at the Fazenda Paciência was
causing significant changes in the floristic and structural composition, aside from decreasing the commercial
value of the remaining stock, which could endanger the forest resources of the area.