Maria J. H. Leite

Phenotypical Variability of Functional Groups of Plants in an Urban Rainforest

Maria J. H. Leite, Valdemir F. Silva, Maria A. M. Silva, Andréa V. F. Pinto, Ana C. B. Lins-e-Silva, Maria M. B. Aguiar, Girlânio H. Silva, Ladivania M. Nascimento, André L. A. Lima & Maria J. N. Rodal · Journal of Experimental Agriculture International · 2019

The functional characteristics of plants can be used to understand the changes of vegetation under different environmental pressures, since during the process of succession, the species deal with variations of luminosity, an important resource for the regeneration and growth of p...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jeai/2019/v35i130196

Ecological Variability Prediction Based on Functional Characteristics of an Urban Rainforest

Maria J. H. Leite, Valdemir F. Silva, Maria A. M. Silva, Ana C. B. Lins e Silva, Girlânio H. Silva, Maria M. B. Aguiar, André L. A. Lima & Maria J. N. Rodal · Journal of Experimental Agriculture International · 2019

The relation among basal area, light and functional characteristics variation is still an unexplored issue, especially in rainforests with different disturbance regimes. The following hypotheses were tested: 1) basal area of arboreal plants and light availability is a good predic...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jeai/2019/v33i530155

Floristic Composition in Chronosequence in Atlantic Rainforest Fragments

Andréa V. F. Pinto, Maria A. M. Silva, Maria J. H. Leite, Girlânio H. Silva, Ana V. L. Leite, Ladivania M. Nascimento, Ana C. B. Lins e Silva & Maria J. N. Rodal · Journal of Experimental Agriculture International · 2019

Secondary forests play an important role in tropical landscapes and have important ecological functions such as the ability to accumulate biomass. Although the literature points to the convergence between primary and secondary forests, however there are few studies in Atlantic Ra...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jeai/2019/v35i430212

Importance of the Non-wood Products Market for the Socio-economic Development of the Maceió Municipality, Brazil

Ricardo C. Lima, Letícia S. Pereira, Renata G. C. Silva, Isabel T. G. Nepomuceno, Victor A. L. Maranhão, Mayara S. S. Marinho, Maria J. H. Leite, Girlânio H. Silva & Andréa V. F. Pinto · Journal of Experimental Agriculture International · 2019

The scarcity of information on the socioeconomic of non-wood forest products in Maceio acts as an obstacle to forest conservation and also to the development of market. In this way, the aim of this work was to evaluate the non-wood forest products (NWFPs) market in the municipali...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jeai/2019/v39i330335