-(Floristic patterns of the tree community under the influence of trails in a Transition Rainforest area, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil). Trails can modify the floristic composition of a given location, since some environmental conditions are visibly different from the unvisited forest area. The central hypothesis was that trails could be related to variations in species composition, leading to the constitution of floristic blocks, each of them formed by plots of a defined interference degree. Thirty 2 × 50 m plots were sampled in the Parque Estadual das Fontes do Ipiranga, city of Sao Paulo, State of Sao Paulo, Brazil, of which, 10 next to a wide and intensively visited trail, 10 next to a narrow and rarely visited trail, and 10 next to a relatively preserved area. All trees and palms (DBH > 2.5 cm) were sampled. Cluster (by UPGMA), ordination (by CA and DCA) and TWINSPAN analyses indicated floristic distinction between the three sectors. As the floristic composition varied by level of use and width of the trails, it is possible that these trails are influencing the establishment of species in the studied area. Key words: Atlantic forest, conservation, multivariate analysis RESUMO -(Padrões florísticos do componente arbóreo sob interferência de trilhas em um trecho de Floresta Ombrófila Densa de Transição em São Paulo, SP, Brasil). As trilhas podem alterar a composição florística de um determinado local, uma vez que em sua área de ocorrência algumas condições ambientais são visivelmente diferentes do interior da floresta. A hipótese central foi que as trilhas poderiam estar relacionadas a variações na composição de espécies, levando à formação de blocos florísticos, cada um formado por amostras sob mesmo nível de interferência. Foram instaladas 30 parcelas de 2 × 50 m na Reserva Biológica do Parque Estadual das Fontes do Ipiranga, São Paulo, SP, Brasil, sendo 10 adjacentes a uma trilha larga e de ampla utilização, 10 em trilha de largura reduzida e pouco utilizada e 10 em área relativamente preservada. Foram amostrados todos os indivíduos arbóreos e as palmeiras com DAP > 2,5 cm. Análises de agrupamento (por UPGMA), ordenação (por CA e DCA) e TWINSPAN indicaram distinção florística entre os três setores. Como a composição florística variou conforme o nível de utilização e a largura das trilhas, é possível que estas estejam influenciando o estabelecimento de espécies no trecho estudado.
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