Interações intra e interespecíficas entre plântulas de espécies arbóreas da caatinga com diferentes disponibilidades de nutrientes

Abstract

This work’s general purpose was to verify intra- and interspecific interactions between seedlings of caatinga tree species, to quantify the mass allocation proportions for each species in the presence of intra- and interspecific pairs ; as also, quantify the interference of each species in their intra e inter pairs. The experiment was executed in a greenhouse with 50% shading, 168 pots of 1kg, each vase containing one pair of seedling, during 105 days. Six species of seedling trees were used in an incomplete factorial combination 6 x 2, corresponding to six species and two soils, with four repetitions. The species used were: Anadenanthera colubrina (Vell.) Brenan var. cebil (Griseb.) Altschul; Amburana cearensis (Mart.) Gillett; Schinopsis brasiliensis Engl.; Poincianella pyramidalis (Tul.) L.P.Queiroz; Aspidosperma pyrifolium Mart.; Bauhinia cheilantha (Bong.) Steud.. Among these species, Bauhinia cheilantha and Schinopsis brasiliensis demonstrated to be strong interespecifics competitors, while Amburana cearensis and Poincianella pyramidalis strong intraespecifics competitors. The mass allocations were differed by species and by nutrients availability. Similar papers utilizing these species and these approaches are scarce in the literature, but extremely important to understand the structure of dry tropical forests.