Understanding the influence of fragmentation on the behavior of forest essential elements in different vegetation formations is fundamental for the definition of conservation strategies. In this study, the aim was to evaluate the influence of the edge environment on the phytosociological structure of a fragment of Open Ombrophylous Forest, in Rio Largo, Alagoas. Five transects of 10.0 x 100.0 m were subdivided into ten 10.0 x 10.0 m plots to collect the data. All tree individuals with Chest Height Circumference ≥ 15 cm were sampled, measured and later identified in the herbarium of the Institute of the Environment of Alagoas. For the analysis, the phytosociological parameters Shannon-Wiener diversity (H'), Pielou equability (J') were calculated after defined the successional classes and dispersion syndromes of the species sampled. The edge effect was analyzed by comparing the richness, diversity, equability and number of individuals in the interior and at the edge of the fragment, using the Venn diagram technique. There were 581 arboreal individuals, of which 434 were identified as belonging to 20 families, 24 genera and 30 morphospecies. Among the raised species, there were higher occurrences of early secondary (46.67%) and late (23.33%), as well as those of zoocoric dispersion (53.33%). The diversity was 2.89 nats/ind., and the Pielou (J') equability was 0.8497. The edge environment did not influence the establishment of species. This may have occurred due to the environmental characteristics of the open ombrophylous forest.

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 municipality of Maceió, AL. The study was carried out in NWFP stores in the city of Maceió, AL, Brazil, between September and October 2018. Data were collected through a semi-structured questionnaire containing 9 closed questions and 11 open questions, totaling 20 questions, which were analyzed in a descriptive way and statistics. Among the interviews, there was a predominance of the female gender in the market (78%). In which, the most cited species were cinnamon (Cinnamomum verum) with 88.89%; aroeira (Schinus terebinthifolius) with 66.67%; followed by barbatimao (Stryphnodendron barbatimam Mart.) cited 66.67%. The boldo (Peumus boldus) was cited 55.56%; followed by rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis), clove (Syzygium aromaticum) and laurel (Laurus nobilis), which presented 44.44% of the citations. It can be seen that 65% of products fall under the category of medicinal use, 15% in the category of food use and 10% are used as cosmetics. Among the most used parts, it was observed that the majority of the products are leaves (36.9%) and barks (32.6%). When questioned about the origin of their products, 77.7% of those interviewed said they bought them for resale. The other 22.3% claimed that in addition to buying them, they also collect them. This trade has proven very effective, due to its great potential for social inclusion and economic incentive in the municipality.

Phenological information contribute to silvicultural actions and conservation strategies. Here, we carried out the phenological monitoring of six tree species that were prominent in the structure of an open ombrophilous forest fragment in northeastern Brazil. Over two years, among September 2015 and August 2017, eight individuals of each species (48 trees in total) were visited every two weeks to record the reproductive and leaf phenophases, following the Fournier intensity scale. We calculated the intraspecific synchrony of the phenophases and the correlation of the phenophases of each species with meteorological variables (temperature, air precipitation and photoperiod). The species showed synchronous characteristics for the phenophases. Precipitation stood out in terms of a higher frequency of significant relationships with the reproductive phenophases. The results indicates that the end of the dry season is the most favorable period for seed collection and the monitoring of dispersers in this type of tropical forest.