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Rodriguésia61(4):677-688.2010 http://rodriguesia.jbrj.gov.br Exotic tree Artocarpus heterophyllus (Moraceae) invades the Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest ÁrvoreexóticaArtocarpusheterophyllus (Moraceae)invadeaMataAtlânticabrasileira Rodolfo CesarRealdeAbreu'2&PabloJoséFranciscoPena Rodrigues' Abstract ArtocarpusheterophyllusLam.(jackfhiit)wasmanmadeintroducedinTijucaNationalPark(TNP)inthemid- 1800s. Native from Southcast Asia, nowadays denscly colonizes the TNP. Herc we analyzc somejackfruit populationparametersthatprobablyallowedtlielocalcolonization followedbysuccessful invasionofthencw habitat.Basedon20sampleplots,randomlyplacedinsidc5sitescolonizcdbyjackfruit,wedescribcdsubpopulations hierarchical size diameter structures. Gini’s coefficient values tumcd around 0.64 and Lorenz’s asymmetry coefficientaround 1.03,indicatingthatsizehierarchieswereverysimilarbetweensites.Theftvesiteswerealso compared and do not diffcr based onjackfruit basal area, numberofspecies, Shannon’s index and canopy openness.Jackfruitmay,thcrcfore,beconsideredinvasiveinallthesesitesandthelowtreediversityvalues(H’ overallmean0.74)alsoindicatesthatthisexoticspecicslocallyexcludesnativeones. Kcywords:jackfruit,invasivespecies,biologicalinvasion,populationstrueture,TijucaNationalPark,Brazil. Resumo ArtocarpusheterophyllusLam.(Jaqueira)foiintroduzidapelohomemnoParqueNacionaldaTijuca(PNT),em meadosdoséculoXVIII.NativadosudestedaÁsia,estaespécieexóticahojecolonizadensamenteoPNT.Neste estudo analisamos alguns parâmetros populacionais dajaqueira que provavelmente permitiram a colonização local cconseqücntcmentea invasão bem sucedidadestenovohabitat. A partirdaamostragemde20parcelas alocadas aleatoriamentecm cinco sítioscolonizadosporjaqueiras, descrevemos asestruturasde diâmetrodas subpopulaçóes. OscoeficientesdeGinioscilaramem tomo0,64eosde Lorenz 1,03, indicandohierarquiade tamanhossemelhanteentreasamostras.Oscincosítiostambémforamcomparadosenãodiferiramquantoàárea basaldejaqueiras,riquezatotaldeespécies,índicedediversidadedeShannoneaberturadodossel.Ajaqueira pode,portanto,serconsideradainvasoraemtodosestessítioseosbaixosvaloresdediversidadedeárvores(H’ emtomode0,74)tambémpodemindicarqueestaespécieexóticaexclui localmenteasespéciesnativas. Palavras-chave:jaqueiras,espéciesinvasoras,invasãobiológica,estruturadepopulações,ParqueNacional daTijuca, Brasil. Introduction al. 2001). Artificial introduetionscan bcextrcmcly harmful to local ecosystems, causing negative and Human-mediatcdchangesinnaturalecosystems have caused profound biota modifications, and evenunrecogni/edimpacts(Williamson 1996).Mainly becausesomeexoticspecicsareabletochangclocal prominent changes in geographic distributions of plantsandanimais(Cronk&Fuller1995;Williamson ccosystemfunctioning(Kourtevetal. 1999;Zavaleta 1996;Pimentcletal. 2001). Speciesnaturallycross etal. 2001) and biodiversity patterns (Stohlgren et geographical barriers, but human activities such as al.2001). Invasiveexoticspecics(IES)alsomaycause intemational commcrce and intercontinental travei have strongly contributed to accelerate these nativespeciesextinctions,insomecasescomparablc transpositions (Richardson etal. 2000; Pimentcl et togeologicalmass-cxtinctions(Casscyetal. 2005), ’InstitutodcPesquisasJardimBotânicodoRiodcJaneiro,R.PachecoLcâo915.22460-030.RiodeJaneiro.RJ,Brasil.Autorparacontspondíncia:[email protected] turrenladress:PPG-SEA-CentrodeRecurso.HídricoseEcologiaAplicadaCRHEA/EESC/USP.Av.TrabalhadorSâoCarlcnsc400.13566-590,SSoCario»,SP. SciELO/JBRJ cm 13 14 678 Abreu,R.C.R& Rodrigues,PJ.F.P leading to biota homogenization (McKinney & introduced(Atalaetal. 1966;Bandeira1993;Dean Lockwood 1999). World’s biodiversity reduction 2002).ThisprogramwasthefirstBrazilianinitiative is straightly related to habitat loss and invasion to recover a forest ecosystem previously (Simberloff2003),bothimpactsfullyexperienced devastated by sugarcane and coffee cycles (Conti by Brazilian ecosystems (e.g., Pivelloetal. 1999; et al. 2008). But the widespread information that Scariot 2001). However, the magnitude of the the whole TNP (4.000 ha) was recovered by that problems generated by biological invasions will restoration initiative it is not true. Environmental vary depending on the exotic species introduced, historydataofRiodeJaneiroAtlanticforestshowed onthelengthoftimesinceitsintroductionandthe thatthesereforestationwasresponsibleby 100,000 susceptibility of the environment to invasion seedlingsplanted,covering 170ha(Oliveira2007). (Williamson 1996). Infactremainingforestfragments,onhigherareas In Brazil, only a few studies describe IES oftheTijucaforest,probablycouldactaspropagule biology in new habitats, especially trees. Mostly sources colonizing the deforested areas and also invasionprocessdetectiononlyoccursafterhigh enriching the restored sites. Nowadays, in some dominance of the invader or another advanced areas at TNP A. heterophyllus is dominant in impact on local community can be recognized density and biomass (Abreu & Rodrigues 2005, (Williamson 1996). Since an exotic species is Cunha et al. 2006). These populations may have detected colonizing natural habitats, population originated from some individuais that were structure may reveal the capacity of population historically introduced in the above-mentioned expanding at present, once this structure can reforestation, from which the exotic species has indicatedemographic futureofspecies (Bruna& reached the status ofinvasive, since it appears to Kress 2002). In this aspect, ancillary tools that haveexpandednaturally. describe the degree of inequality in structured Furthermore, we compared the population populations have been widely used in the size structures of the invasive tree A. dpoepsuclraitpitoinosn(Woefinheirer&arScohlibersigof198s4i;zeSsolwbiritghi&n hweetetreosptheydlltuhseinfoflilveowsiintegs tofwoTNpPr.ediSpcetciiofnisc:all(y1,) Solbrig 1984).Amongthese,wehighlighttheGini's population size structures change among sites, coefficient and the Lorenz’s curve. Gini’s suggestingthatsomesitesaremoreinvasiblethan coefficient has been used in biological studies others; (2) diversity indexes decrease in places generally to describe size hierarchies and/or occupied by jackfruits. In testing these i1n9t8r5a,spe1c9i8f6i;ccDoamm&pgetaiatridon&ofWaeninnuearlp2l0a0n0t)s,(sWyesitneemr hofypTotNhPesseusf,feoruerdgmoaaljoirstiomdpeatcetrsmdiuneewtohibciholpolgaicceasl crops (Sadras Bongiovanni 2004) and tree invasion, and to setpriority sites to management populations on natural habitats (Rouvinen & and control ofthis invasive species. Kuuluvainen 2005; Bagchi 2007). On the other hand, theLorenzcurvecanbeabetterdescriptor Material and Methods than skewness, generally used to describe population structures (Weiner & Solbrig 1984; Study area Damgaard & Weiner 2000). Furthermore, a Tijuca National Park (TNP) is one of the population’s stage structure can be the basis for largest urban forests in the world, and is widely immediatemanagementdecisions(Bruna& Kress usedasarecreationalsite(22°55’-23°00’S&43°11’- 2002), specially related to invasive species with 43°19’W). Three fragments constitute TNP. long lifecycles and increasing populations. subdividedbyfoursectorswith4.000haaltogether ThejackfruitArtocarpusheterophyllusLam. inside Tijuca Massif, compound by innumerous (Moraceae)isanexoticspeciesnativefromSoutheast mountains that reaches until 1021 a.s.l. (IBAMA Asia, which now occurs widelyin reserves ofthe 2004) situated at the Brazilian second-largest Atlantic Forest in Rio de Janeiro, Brazilian economicandpopulationalcenter(IBGE2006).This Southeast. Probably the introduction ofjackfruit factmaycauseimpactssuchasuncontrolledurban trees into some areas of the lowest part and the growth in the boundary regions (Coelho-Netto et middle slopes ofthe Tijuca National Park (TNP) al. 2007), atmospheric pollution (Azevedo et al. beganin 1862withareforestationprogram,inwhich 1999)andthepresenceofnon-nativefauna(Cunha bothnativeandexoticspeciesweresimultaneously etal. 2006)andflora(Bandeira 1993). Rodriguísia61(4):677-688.2010 SciELO/ JBRJ 13 14 15 679 Jackfwit Invades the Atlantic Rainforest Theannual precipitation varies from 1300 asynchronously during the entire year, with a mm to slightly more than 3000 mm, with large proportion prcferentially fruiting in abundant precipitation also in winter (Mattos summer (December-February). The fruits are etal. 1970)andtorrentialrainsinthehotsummer consumed by humans and by other mammals months (December-February) (Coelho-Nettoet suchasrodentsandprimates(Cunhaetal. 2006). al. 2007). Lithosols, cambisols and latosols Fieldobservationsindicated ahighgermination predominateintheupperpart, andpodzolicsoils rate ofseeds in edge areas orwhere the species in thelowerpart (Coelho-Nettoetal. 2007). alrcady occurred (R.R. Oliveira, personal TheTNPvegetationistypicaloftropicalrain communication). Prcsently, its distribution forests, characterized by big trees, palms, fems, includes nearly theentireterritoryofBrazil in a epiphytes,andlianas.Inthematureforest,emergent fairly wide range of habitats, colonizing open trees reach 25 m height and canopy strata mean and forested areas associated with human- heightisabout20m(Atalaetal. 1966). Withinthe impactedcnvironments(Carauta& Diaz2002). TNP, there is amosaic ofvegetation ranging from In RiodeJaneiro,itdenselycolonizesedgeareas undisturbed forests to patches totally invaded by ofthe Atlantic Forest, and is found in Reserves African grasses. Notwithstanding, the most such as the Tijuca National Park and the Poço representativefamiliesinthatstudywereMyrtaceae, das Antas, União and Tinguá biological Lauraceac,Leguminosae,Rubiaceae,Euphorbiaceae, reserves (Abreu & Rodrigues 2005). McliaceaeandAnnonaceae.Themorerepresentative On the native habitat (Southeast Asia), A. spccieswereCoussareanodosa(Benth.)Müll.Arg„ heterophyllus is typical of advanced succcssional Geonoma schottiana Mart., Myrcia rostrata DC, stages,andgrowsnaturallyuptoanaltitudeof1300 Myrcia laxiflora Cambess., Allophylus edulis (A. m in the sub-canopy ofthe MonodominantHumid St.-Hil.,Cambess.&A.Juss.)Radlk., Cryptocarya Tropical Forest.The species isconsidered rare(up inoscliata Nees & C. Mart., Tetrorchidium aff. to 1 individual perha) in this environment, where rubrivenium Poepp., Eugenia prasina O. Berg, few species dominate the different forest strata PausandramegalophyllaMüll.Arg.andTrigynaea (Chittibabu & Parthasarathy 2000; Bhuyan et al. sp.Schltdl.(Oliveiraetal. 1995). 2003). It is shade-tolerant, and germinates best in clearings;thefruitsmaturebetwcenJulyandAugust, The studied species andthe seedsvary in sizeandweight(1.5 to 14g). ArtocarpusheterophyllusLam. isaspecies Theirdispersersincluderodents,monkeysandwild originated from Southeast Asia (Chaves et al. pigs(Khan2004). Theseedshavearelativelyhigh 1967). In the year 1682, in the State of Bahia, rateofpredation(Sodhietal.2003)andgerminatein otrhiegrien.weTrheealfirrcsatdrye1co1rjdacokffrauislhtirpemesenotfutonkBnraozwinl wthheernain8y5se%asoonf,dtuhreinagntnhueaslumpmreecri(pMiatyat-iSoenptoccmcbucrrs) dates from January 1683 (Ferrão 1993). The (Chittibabu&Parthasarathy2000;Bhuyanetal.2003). recently arrived seeds and seedlings were sent Inthismanner,theseedsgerminateandtheseedlings to a nursery in Bahia State to bc acclimated, establishthemselves,becomingablctoeasilytolcrat&c and were later distributed to other regions of the December-February dry season (Chittibabu thecountry(Dean2002).In 1803inRiodeJaneiro Parthasarathy2000;Bhuyanetal. 2003). municipality, naturalized adult individuais apparentlyalrcadyexisted (Chavesetal. 1967). Sites descriptions Thejackfruitisalargetree,reachingaheight Five study sites weresamplcdatTNP.Thcy of more than 10 meters; the trunk may exceed 1 have similar disturbancc histories, because meterindiameter.Itismonoeciousandcauliflorous comprisedareaswhichwereatonctimedeforested (Chavesetal. 1967;Craneetal. 2002).Thespccies forsugarcancand/orcoffeecultivation,andwhere can be pollinated by insects or wind, tolerates thejackfruittreeswerelaterintrodueedandnaturally climate stresses well, and in ideal orchard disseminated. Random sampling mcthods were conditions it can fruit in three or four years used to demarcat&e plot locations at each site (Crane etal. 2002). In Brazil, awell-developed (Muellcr-Dumbois Ellcnberg 1974). jackfruit tree can produce up to 100 fruits per Site 1-Locatcdinthe“A”sectorofTNP,afragment year, some wcighing more than 30 kg (Chaves with approximatcly 1,300 ha. This site is locally et al. 1967). Individuais of this species fruit known as “Represa dos Ciganos”. Six plots were Rodrlguàsia61(4):677-688.2010 SciELO/JBRJ cm 13 14 15 16 17 18 680 Abreu,R.C.R&Rodrigues,PJ.F.P placedatNorthernexposed slopes. This fragment for unequal Ns; p < 0.05) were used to assess hasawellstructuredforestwithtalltreesandthere whether the parameters analyzed (number of werethetallestjackfruittrees. individuais,totalbasalarea,basalareaofjackfruits) Site 2-Locallyknownas “HortoFlorestal”,that differed signiflcantly among sites, because any site belongs tothe “B” sectorofTNP, the bigger difference found may be indicative of different fragmentwithapproximately 1,660ha.Twoplots processes and patterns experienced by each were placed close to the well preserved forest subpopulation.Thesite2 wasnotconsidereddue remnantknownas“MatadoPai Ricardo”,located tosmallnumberofreplicates(2). atSouthernslopenearaboundaryregion. Atthat To test the hypothesis that (1) population place,jackfruit densely colonized roadsides and sizestructurechangeamong sites, suggestingthat it is believed that jackfruit root systems can some sites are more severely invadedthan others, prevent sliding ofslopes. we performed trunk diameters structure from the Site3-Thissiteislocatedinthe“C”sector,which five sites and made comparisons between than isaforestfragmentwithhighhills,coveringabout throughfrequencydistributions,measuresforsize 230 ha. Site 3 comprises fourplotsplacedonthe inequalities in population structure, and spatial Southernslopes.Twofromtheseplotswereplaced distribution at plot scales. intheriparianarea. Attemptstoconfirmtheageoftheseindividuais Site4-Itisalsolocatedinthe“C”sector,butplots bytheirwoodanatomywereunsuccessful.sincethis were established on the Northern slopes. speciesdoesnotformgrowthrings. Site5-Thissiteislocallyknownas“ParqueLage”, whichwasasugarcaneandcoffeefarminthepast, Frequency distribution atpresentcoveredbysecondaryforestandplanted Diameterclasses were established according totrhfeeeTsoN.tPSh.eirnTcaheree2a0vse0go4eftitTawtNaiPosnebsumttbrueecxdtodutreiedcitssopvetechrieye“ssBio"mciscleuacrrtotaort dt(oeu.rgmi.on,rgppthrhoeelsopeginilcoctealsotfcuhdaryreatpcortodederufsicnotebisvoeenrtvsoetgdreunicenttuitrcheesstfaaigeneldsd the bottom regions. Fourplots were located close characteristics of the crown and/or trunk). A to a trackside used by park visitors (track to frequencyhistogramweredeveloped,wheretheclass “Corcovado”), exposedtoSoutherndirection. JUVENILES 1 was composed ofsmall sized trees DBH with rangingfrom 1 to4.9cm;JUVENILES2 Structures of trunk diameters wascomposedofsmall-tomedium-sizedtreeswith (10 mInrtadhieuyse;ar3124004m,22e0accihr)cuwlearrepersemtanteonstuprlvoetys dDeBveHlorpaendg.inTghefrionmdi5vitdoua9i.s9ocfmclaansdsJthUeVcErNoIwnLEliSttl3e jackfruit populations at TNP. The 20 plots were included small tomédiumtreeswith DBHranging wdihsetrreibjuatcekdfriuniftipveopsuiltaestisocnasttweerredetrhercoorudgehdo.utTNP, dfervoemlo10petdo.14T.h9ecmcl,asstsillofwitPhRtEhe-cRrEoPwRnOreDlaUtCivTelIyVliEttSle Allindividuaisoftheplantcommunitywitha included individuais from 15 to 24.9 cm DBH, mdiaarmkeetderanatdbmreeaassturheedig.htIn(tDhBeHy)ea>r520c0m9,wealrletthhoesne cwiotmhpoaserdeloaftliavregleyimfumlaltucrreo(wnno.n-Trehperodruecptriovdeu)cttrieevse. wcianildtcihuvlDiadBtueaHiisn>dwie1vricedmuaawlgeabrianesaimlnecaalrsueudaresed(diBnaAnt)hdewisenudruivsveieydd.uatTihose Di1nBadinHvdifd2ur.aoTimsh2ew5ecrtloeas4ds4i.Av9iDdcUemdL,iTwnitStoht1haiesnccmlloauosdsteehdstAtrruDeneUks.LwTTihtSeh f(coirrmcuDlleBaa:rHeaS)=;7tn.r=2;3.w1h4eraen:drS==rianddiiuvsi(druaadliubsas=ahlalafreoaf celqausaslAoDrUgLrTeaSte2ritnhcalnud4e5dicnmdi,vigdeunaeirsawliltyhwaidtihambeatrekr the measured). Individuais with visibly fissureson the trunk. interlinked multiple trunks were considered as a single individual; in these cases, each trunk was Population inequality measures measured separately and their BA were summed, cadainladcmuefltrTaeohtrmeed>tbhf1aercsorammelswutaalhrtseienoaDgbsBtbHaoaisfsn.aealdl.Olanrieena-dWaivasiyidnugAalNiesOviVwretAurasel cWLuoerrivenenseS,zriGzsi2en0aii0’sn0sey)qcmuomaaelefniftdtirycyitwehnaectisore(afWrsfeesiisecnpsieesecrnettd&iuv(SseDoialncbmgorgnLiafgoiar1dre9end8nz4c')&es, followed by an a posteriori Tukey’s test (HSD rinatnekrevadlsa.ccIonrtdhiengLotroetnhze’irs csiuzreve(,DiBndHiviindutahiisscwaesree) Rodriguésia61 4 677-688 2010 ( ): . SciELO/JBRJ 2 13 14 15 16 17 18 0 681 Jackfrult Invades theAtlantic Ralnforest / > 1 aggregateddistribution,andIm < 1 uniform distribution, and a measurement ofthe degree of aggregation, whereas other measurements of dispersion test only one of these patterns. This index has desirable statistical properties: it has a knownsamplingdistribution,andisnotinfluenced by sample size. To test the significance of the values ofIm of 1.0, the chi-square test was used: X2(df=Q-l)=(Q-l)s2/p(Souza&Martins2002 cipudDavid & Moore 1954), where Q is the total number of plots, and s2 and p are, respectively, the variance and mean ofthe numberofjackfruit trees perplot. DBH(cm) Richness, biodiversity Figure1—Diameterhistogramofjackfruitsubpopulations and canopy structure atTijucaNational Park, RiodeJaneiro, in2009(DBH 2 Communitysampledtreeswereclassifiedin lcm).Theverticallinesindicateonestandarddeviationfor morphospecies. From these data, PC-ORD 5.19 each class. (McCune & Mefford 1999) was used tocalculate richness and Shannon-Weiner biodiversity index andcumulativefractionofthepopulationsizewas ineveryplot. plotted against cumulative fraction of total To describe canopy structure, we calculate populationsize. Ifindividuaiscontribute tooverall canopyopenness aftertakingdigital pictures with populationsizeinproportiontotheirownsize,then aNikonCoolpix990,afisheyelens(NikonFC-08) astraightlineofequalityisexpected.Hierarchydegree and a tripod one meter high. Pictures were taken canbesummarizedbyGini’scoefficientrepresented accordingtoterrainslopeinthecenterofplotsduring bythedifferencebetweenequalitylineandLorenz s cloudyhomogeneousskiesfrom2007summer.To curve(Solbrig&Solbrig 1984;Damgaard&Weiner analyzepicturesweusedWINSCANOPY2003.din 2000). Gini’s coefficients calculated should be anautomaticthresholdmanner(Regent2003). multiplied with n/fn-l) to the estimates become Comparisons among sites were done after unbiased (Weiner 1985). Lorenz’s asymmetry normalitytests.Sincevariablesdonotfittonormal coefficient (S) expresses internai asymmetry from distribution,Kruskal-Wallistestswereapplied.Site Lorenz’s curve to the axis of symmetry. S values 2 was not included in the analyses due to small from 1 indicatesasymmetricalLorenz scurve,S<1 numberofreplicates(2). indicates asymmetry to the left and S>1 right asymmetry(Damgaard&Weiner2000).Confidence Comparisons with native species intervals(p=0.05)fortheestimatesofGandSfora Inordertodetectpopulationpatternsofnative sample were obtained with 1,000 repetitions in a speciestocomparetothepopulationsofjackfruits, bootstrappingprocedure(seeDixonet.cil 1987).To secondary data from phytossociological samples G calculations and comparisons between sites we inareasoftheAtlanticForestwere used, in which usedWINGINI 1.0(Santos 1996).ToScalculations onlythosespecieswiththehighestvaluesofbasal andconfidenceintervalsweusedatrialversionfrom areawereselccted. MATHEMATICA 7.0 with a notebook developed byDaamgard&Weiner(2000). Results Withintheplots,thesubpopulationscontained odibenstdeeerrxmvSTieaphlndaleetbdí2yau0slsSpiaosntduagiizmasMapltol&rreiidsbMipiuasltrtoattit’riossinnbiswunedt(eri2xeo0.n02Tc)oop,nacstatihltdeceeuMrrloenardti.eswtiaAhtissas Jh(toiUDg1VBh0EHr0Ne%l>1atoL5ifEvcteShmde)e1ni(wsnideDtirBiveeiHsdsuo1aaftimjospa4cli.kne9fdarculimiontc)sa2,la0inr0tad9yn,.5gA6ia4nntgodbtifatmglrhgooecfmrm41te2r0ae6e%n2s Iinnddiecxat(eIdm)bygitvheesvatlhueest:yIpme=of1 rsapantdiaolmddiissttrriibbuuttiioonn,, bwaistahlaaprperaoxoifmjaatceklfryu2i8ts±w1a1str1e.e7s1p2l±ot01.(7T7ab3. 1)2.plot1, Rodriguésia61(4):677-688.201 SciELO/JBRJ cm 13 14 .. . 682 Abreu.R.CJi&Rodrigues.P.J.F.P The structure of the jackfruit population in changestotheecosystem.includingindirecthabitat TNPin2009(diametershistogram)showedtheright- destruction,facilitatingtheirowndominanceover asymmetrical log-linear distribution pattern, thenativespecies(Fine2002).Jackfruitnowadays knownasthe“reverscJ”(y=182.4e’05138x;R:=0.72). denselycolonizesmanysitesatTijucaNationalPark The largest proportion of the individuais (70%) (TNP), anurban and permanentlydisturbed forest rweeprreodiuncttihveefairdsutltssizceorclraesssp,onadneddthtoe 9cl%assoefstohef sreumcnhaanst.frIangmaeddnittaitoino,niamnpdachtasbiotnatnlaotsusr,almahaybiftaavios,r individuais ofthe population. Thedensestsubpopulationscontainedmany the dissemination ofthis exotic species (Davis et immature and few adults. However, as expected. al. 2000; Fine 2002). In this way, the successful adults were responsible forthe greaterproportion TmaNnP-mediated introduction ofjackfruits into the ofthebasalarea,whichweredistributedunequally (Atala etal. 1966; Bandeira 1993) after 150 betweenadultsandimmatures(Tab. 2). years resulted in an effectivehabitatinvasionthat MaximumDBHrangedfrom80.9insite 1 to probably represents the most massive invasion 108.7insite3.GinPscoefficientswereallnear0.65 promotedby atree speciesat Atlantic Rainforest. andLorenz’sasymmetrycoefficientswereallnear1 OtherBrazilian Reservesthathaveedgesites (Tab. 3). These values indicate high similarity in colonized by jackfruit showed an increased basal size hierarchies and no sample asymmetry were areawrhencomparedtootheredgesites(Rodrigues observed between smaller and bigger individuais 2004).Thisfactmayindicatethatevenpopulations in a single site. No differences were observed of native species with larger basal areas in local between sites. Analyzing theconfidence intervals communitiesareincapabletocolonizethelocalityin of the coefficients, all sites had the same size the same manner as the jackfruits. The jackfruit hierarchies. In the landscape scale, Artocarpus colonization success as well as the dominance in heterophyllus showed clumped pattems, resulting density and biomass (Abreu & Rodrigues 2005; inaMorisita’sDispersionIndexvalueof1.11 Cunhaetal.2006)canbealsofavoredbypopulation The sites were also very similar in terms of pattemssuchasclumpeddistribution,dispersaiway basal area (BA), richness (S), Shannon-Wiener (barochory),andbytheprobablyescapefromnatural diversityindex(H’)andcanopyopenness(Tab.4). enemies(Sax&Brown2000;Keane&Crawley2002). Meanbasalareaswereabout 1.71 (±0.77)nrplot The time elapsed since the introduction of the mean richness was 6 (+ 4) species plot1, H’ was speciesbyplantinginalocalitymayalsocontribute about0.74andmeancanopyopennesswas6.16%. for species dissemination (Williamson 1996). Comparing the basal area (BA) of the sub- Furthermore,thejackfruitseedpredationrateishigh populationsofA. heterophylluswiththeBAofother in preserved areas and low in forest edges, and in speciesoftheAtlanticForest(Tab.5),theBAoccupied thelatterareasthespeciesshowsahighgermination byjackfruitswas 10.9to98.1 timeslargerthantheBA (RR- Oliveira,personalcommunication). Inapilot ofnativetreespeciesoftheAtlanticForest. study (unpublisheddata) we observed single plots (2m2)havingmorethan200jackfruitseedlings.This Discussion shows that thejackfruit can regenerate betterthan Although exotic species may be rare in cotahnebrespeexcpileasinferdobmetchaeusAetliannttircopiRcaailnffoorreesstts..Apnladntist uspnedciisetsurmbaeydtbreopciocmalefionrevsatssi,vienadnidsteuvrebnedcfaourseestdsrassutcihc pwliatnhtlsawrigetrhssemeadlsltseeneddtso(gDeramwisnoanteetmaolr.e20r0ea9d)i.lythan c2c0oo0mm9mmuu(nnDiiBttyyH(>tmrelehesa.mh)a);XBBANA^,^=n=uebmnabtsoeaelracorfoejmaamocuckncfiuntpmiyien(ddnbifvyihdoautahie)srbiainsnatdlihveaicrdeouaam;imsBu,nnAiottliljqy=a(ctkbríaehseiasilhtasa'r(1)em.aM:cheoaam1np);o±NsSeumDdI==exmnceuluamsnbievaernlodyfsoitfnajdnaidcvakinfdiruudaieitvsiiianntittohhnee ofparametersbyplot(314m'). BAtnJm2ha') BAi«M(m2ha'> BAo,heJm2ha ') N.„Jtreesha‘) N. (treesha') TMoetaaln±SD 2.16489.+404.6787 1.65449.+3501.762 0.91552.±921.6115 34.71150+79.5 27.98+8191.5 Rodriguésiá61(4);677-688.2010 SciELO/JBRJ 2 13 14 1 1 683 Jackfruitinvades the Atlantic Rainforest Table2-Jackfruitdemographicpattemsofthestudysites(mcan±standarddcviation).Sites=localities(numberofsitesinthclocality, sne=emneutmhboedrsotfexitn)d;iIvimdmuaatius;rc%sn==inpdeirvcideunatiasgweioftnhuDmBbHerraonfgiinndgifvirdoumai5s;toB2A4.=9cbmas;aAldaurleta;s%=iBndAiv=idpuearicsewnitatgheDoBfbHagsraelaatrecrat;hAanN2O5cVmA; =valuesofMSforOne-WayANOVAs,df= 15,p<0.05,Tukey’stestforunequalNs.Symbol(*)indicatestliatnosignificant differenceswereobserved. Immaturcs Adults Sites n % n BA %BA n % n BA %BA 1(6) 23±10 71 0.28±0.14 17 10±6 29 1.38±0.82 83 2(2) 25±13 79 0.34±0.19 19 7± 1 21 1.47±0.25 81 3(4) 16±7 73 0.16±0.07 10 6±1 27 1.47±1.07 90 4(4) 15±5 61 0.19±0.11 13 9±5 39 1.27±0.72 87 5(4) 22±1 73 0.22±0.10 12 8±3 27 1.53±0.62 88 ANOVA* 82.889 0.01498 17.167 0.63681 Table3-Parametcrsanalyzedtodescribethestructurehierarchyofsizcs(DBH)inthesitesstudiedintheTijucaNationalPark, RJ(2009).Site=studiedsite;n=numberofindividuais;mcan±SD=meanandstandarddcviationofDBH;maxDBH=greaterDB1 observedinthesite;G’=corrcctedGini’scoefTicicnt;ClG’95%=confidenceintervalforG’;S=Lorcnz’AsymmctricCoefficient; ClS95%=confidenceintervalforS. Site n DBH maxDBH G’ CIG’95% S Cl S 95% 1 723 6.77±11.42 80.9 0.6452 [0.6232-0.6615] 1.0346 [1.0006-1.0794] 2 1% 7.80±13.07 81.9 0.6481 [0.5931-0.6815] 1.0375 [0.9497- 1.0977] 3 205 10.41±17.39 108.7 0.6467 [0.5891-0.6780] 1.094 [0.9890-1.1470] 4 298 9.15±10.03 83.6 0.6551 [0.6328-0.6736] 0.9682 [0.9050- 1.0304] 5 404 7.46±13.51 107.7 0.6459 [0.6061-0.6753] 1.0317 [0.9843-1.0954] Table4-Means(±SD)frompanunctcrsusedinthecomparisonsbetwccnthesites.DBH1=Basalareacomposedofjackfruits witliDBH>1cm;DBH 10=BasalareacomposedofjackfruitswithDBH> 10cm;S=speciesrichness;H=Shannon-Weiner biodiversityindex;Openncss=canopyopenness(%).NosignificantdilTcrcnccswereobservedbetweensites. DBH1 DBH10 S H Openness Site 1 1.67±0.99 1.58±0.97 4.33±2.07 0.53±0.45 5.64±0.48 2 1.78±0.00 1.70±0.02 6.00±1.41 0.72±0.44 5.88±0.35 3 1.65±0.90 1.59±0.86 4.25±3.59 0.75±0.80 6.16±0.34 4 1.64±0.88 1.59±0.87 9.75±6.24 1.18±0.92 7.66±1.33 5 1.89±0.72 1.80±0.70 5.25±1.71 0.62±0.05 5.60±0.70 Ecosystemsinvasibilitymustnotbegeneralized, attributcsoftheinvasivespeciesandthesusccptibility bccause they are closely dependent on scale, ofthcinvadedecosystem(Williamson 1996;Heger& vegetation type, biome, and resources availability Trepl2003).Additionally,disturbanceandpropagulc (Stohlgrenetal. 1999).Furthermore,insomecasesit pressure are factors that deserve attention because isnotnecessarytotheinvadertobcaggrcssivewhen although they are confused, both factors play this species arrived to occupy a potcntial availablc importantrolesininvasionoftropicalforests(Edward niche(Heger&Trepl2003).Jackfruitthatcolonizes &Munishi2009). high biodiversity Atlantic Forest arcas likeTNP, at Jackfruit in his original habitat is rare, first excludes local plant species. In this case, the experienccs a monsoon seasonally climatc invasion success was determined by both the condition (Ayyappan & Parthasarathy 1999; Rodriguésia61(4):677-688.2010 SciELO/JBRJ 2 13 14 15 16 17 18 ) 684 Abreu,R.C.R&Rodrigues,P.J.F.P Table5-SecondarydataextractedfromphytossociologicalsurveysinAtlanticForestareasinRiodeJaneiro.DBH=minimum dspieacmieetserexatdroapptoeldaatsedintcoluhseicotnacrreiste;risao;uPrc(eha=)r=efseirzeencoefforroimgipnhayltossasmopcliionloggairceaalisnurhveecyt.ares;BA=basalarea(m:)occupiedbythe Species DBH(cm) P(ha) BA(m2ha‘) Sourceandplace ArtocarpusneterophyllusLam. 5 0.63 53.68 This study* Artocarpus heterophyllus 10 0.63 5225 This study* Metrodorea brevifolia Engl. 10 1 4.13 Silva&Nascimento(200 Paratecomaperoba(Record&Mell)Kuhlm. 10 1 126 TabuleirosdoNorte-R1J Pseudopiptadenia contorta (DC.) 10 1 0.57 GRLewis&M.P.Lima Trichiliapseudostipularis(A. Juss.) C. DC. 10 1 054 HyeronimaalclwmeoidesAllemão 10 0.6 4.26 Morenoetal. 2003* Pseudopiptadenia contorta 10 0.6 2.15 RegiãodoImbé-RJ & Rustiaformosa(Cham. Schltdl.exDC.)Klotzsch 10 0.6 213 Virolaoleifera(Schott)A.C.Sm. 10 0.6 210 Actinostemonverticillatus(Klotzsch)Baill. 10 0.6 1.60 Morenoetal. 2003* MabeafistuliferaMart. 10 0.6 157 RegiãodoImbé-RJ Maytenuscommuta Reissek 10 0.6 153 Vochysia oppugnata (Velloso)Warm. 10 0.6 1.47 Cupania emarginata Cambess. 10 0.4 4.81 Rodrigues2004* Ecclinusa ramiflora Mart. 10 0.4 3.08 REBIOUnião-RJ Ficusgomelleira Kunth&C.D. Bouché 10 0.4 2.93 Pradosia kuhlmannii Toledo 10 0.4 2.87 Virola bicuhyba (Schottex Spreng.) Warb. 10 0.4 2.78 Alchornea triplinervia (Spreng.) Miill.Arg. 5 1 5.1 Guedes-Brunietal. 1997 Cabraleacanjerana(Vell.)Mart. 5 1 12 MacaédeCima-RJ Euterpe edulis Mart. 5 1 1.9 Mollinedia gilgiana Perkins 5 1 15 Myrcia pubipetala Miq. 5 1 1.4 Casearia obliqua Spreng. 5 1 1.6 Pessoaetal. 1997 Crotonfloribundus Spreng. 5 1 2.6 MacaédeCima-RJ Euterpe edulis 5 1 1.9 Nepheleasetosa(Kaulf.)R.M.Tryon 5 1 12 Tibouchina scrobiculata Cogn. 5 1 3.9 * extrapolatedvaluesforhectares forcomparisonpurposesonly. specieswerenotobservedin acontinuoushectare. pPrarotcheasssaersat(hKyh1a9n992)0a0n4d).exOhitbhietrswyinsceh,roinnictihteyiBnrafrzuiiltiianng iwnassoamlseoionbvsaedrevdedenivniTrNonPmtehnattsja(cJkafkrouibtssedtoaln.o2t0e0x1h)i.biItt Atlantic Forest the absence ofa marked dry season synchronicity in relation to the fruiting period, even ce(oxMnpatetictntouesededtthraaelt.perx1oo9dtu7ic0ct)sigwonirtomhwawfyaatsbteeerrfsaaunvpdoprrleeydp.yreoIandruf-carecotb,uentidtteiars cdtioifnmfseeisndeoenfrtitinhngediytvehiaedrur.aeTipshr,iosedvuisecinancngeopimgehmabkoornats,psafutrmutimetemarti.ndiTsfhpfaeectrieiensst. Rodríguésia61(4):677-688.2010 SciELO/ JBRJ 13 14 15 16 17 18 ! 685 Jackfruit invades lhe Atlantic Rainforest of the family Moraceae (J.P.P. Carauta, personal hierarchies, richness, biodiversity and canopy comunication),asoftenobservedinfigspecies(Romo openness,itisprobablethatjackfruitispotentiallyan 1996;Korineetal.2000;Wcndelnetui2000). invasive species at TNP, even in places with small Asymmetriccompetition incrcases variation in populations at present. All data showed that the growthratesbetweendominantandsuppressedplants, BrazilianAtlanticRainforestisanewhabitatthatallows its onset promotes size inequality, and this effect is the jackfruit to proliferate and dominate the plant heightened by time (Crawley 1997). Even with an community. So any place wherejackfruit colonizes uncertainelapsedtimeafterspeciesfirstestablishment nativeforestsinthisecologicalrcgioncanbeapriority at each site, 150 years after introduction in TNP, areaformanagement,eradicationbeingrccommended populationcharacteristicsgivetothejackfruitthesame atthefirstdetection. sizehierarchyandavetysimilarpopulationstructureat Acknowledgments different sites, showing that the biological invasion processis verysimilarinallsites.Jackfruitshoweda We are very grateful to ICMBio (Instituto populationstructuretypicalfromshade-tolerantspecies, Chico Mendes) from Tijuca National Park and withmanyindividuaisinthefirstsizeclass(JUVENILE UNIRIO (Universidade Federal doEstadodo Rio 1).Together,thebiologyofaspeciesandstructuresof deJaneiro)forlogisticalfacilities;PETROBRASby diameterscanprovidevaluableinformationaboutthe Financial support (Research funding to Programa successional process undergone by a subpopulation Mata Atlântica/PabloJ.F.P. 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