IMPACTS OF FOREST EXPLOITATION ON THE STRUCTURE AND FLORISTIC COMPOSITION OF THE REMAINING VEGETATION IN AN AREA MANAGED IN THE FLORESTA NACIONAL DO TAPAJÓS, BELTERRA, PARÁ

Abstract

The present work was developed in an area of 1600 ha located in the Floresta Nacional do Tapajós, Belterra- Pará. Its objective is to analyze the impacts such as damage to remaining trees caused by logging from community management in the area caused by logging from community management in the area. The sample consisted of 8 permanent plots (PP) of 0.25 hectares (50m x 50m), divided into 25 sub plots of 10m x 10m. In this work, measurements of the permanent plots were carried out at two different times, the first before any intervention in the forest in the year 2016 and the second one year after the intervention to follow its effect, in the year 2017. The floristic diversity maintained without significant difference between the evaluated years ranging from 153 to 150 species before and after the exploitation respectively. It should be noted that the mild damages affected few individuals when compared to those that did not suffer any damage and as regards the structure of the forest, this was little affected according to the diversity indices of Shannon- Wiener (H') and the equability index (E).KEYWORDS: Amazon rainforest, Disturbance, Growth dynamics.