O planejamento e adequada gestão dos recursos naturais requer o reconhecimento dos componentes da paisagem e das relações estruturais e funcionais que se estabelecem entre eles. Procedeu-se à confecção de uma carta morfopedológica do campus universitário da UFSCar no município de Sorocaba, Estado de São Paulo, como base para a definição de um zoneamento da aptidão do meio físico ao uso e à ocupação. A compartimentação morfopedológica relaciona satisfatoriamente as formas de relevo e os solos por meio de uma série de documentos cartográficos analisados de modo integrado (referentes à pedologia, à geologia, à morfologia, à declividade e à hipsometria) e da associação decorrente das análises empíricas e laboratoriais do solo. Tais análises possibilitaram a compreensão das inter-relações existentes entre os diferentes componentes da paisagem, proporcionando a definição dos compartimentos morfopedológicos utilizados para o zoneamento realizado. Este se constitui em um instrumento de diagnóstico e prognóstico essenciais ao planejamento e à gestão, com vistas à conservação da paisagem.
The present research aimed to analyze biometric characteristics of Campomanesia xanthocarpa and its fruits and its fruit yield. This study was developed in araucaria forest at Irati National Forest, Paraná state. To perform this analysis, 31 individuals were selected and the total height and commercial height, diameter breast height (DBH), crown diameter, crown length, crown proportion, crown formal, salience index, range index and slenderness rate were measured. From the fruits, variables as length, width, weight and number of seeds per fruit were measured. The fruit yield was estimated by means of the fruit number per branch and the average fruit weight per tree. The species presented total height, DBH and crown diameter of 14.2 m, 32.09 cm and 9.5 m, respectively. The crown diameter is 30 times greater than DBH, and 49.71% from total height is occupied by its crown. The fruits presented 22.01 mm, 19.74 mm, 6.64 g and eight units for width, length, weight and seeds/fruit, respectively. The yield was 1.273 fruits, with 8.64 kg.tree -1 . The species presents slow growth, with slender crown and resistance to weathering. Its fruits had great potential for selection for commercialization.
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