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Table 1 Use-value and structural descriptors of the arboreal species considered useful by local specialists in ruralcommunity, Brazil, presented in decreasing absolute dominance order (Ab.Dom)

From: Evidence for conservation and sustainable use in a fragment of the Atlantic forest in southeastern Brazil by a traditional human group

Species

Ab.Dom

Ab.Freq.

Ab.Dens

UV

Piptocarpha macropoda (DC.) Baker

1.1184

24.0

35.0

1.50

Tapirira guianensis Aubl.

1.1021

24.0

45.0

2.17

Aparisthmium cordatum Baill.

1.0587

102.0

75.0

1.20

Guapira opposita (Vell.) Reitz

1.0543

86.0

80.0

1.00

Xylopia sericea A. St.-Hil.

0.9801

34.0

55.0

3.40

Albizia polycephala (Benth.) Killip

0.8578

32.0

25.0

2.17

Malpighiaceae 1

0.8163

34.0

35.0

1.40

Guatteria xylopioides R.E.Fr.

0.7319

38.0

50.0

1.80

Malouetia arborea (Vell.) Miers

0.6146

6.0

15.0

1.80

Cabralea canjerana (Vell.) Mart.

0.5618

40.0

65.0

2.40

Hieronyma oblonga (Tul.) Müll. Arg.

0.5278

22.0

35.0

1.83

Pogonophora schomburgkiana Miers

0.5096

22.0

15.0

1.67

Siparuna brasiliensis (Spreng.) A. DC.

0.4940

44.0

55.0

1.20

Lacistema pubescens Mart.

0.4860

68.0

60.0

1.00

Annona cacans Warm.

0.4635

4.0

10.0

0

Nectandra oppositifolia Nees & Mart.

0.4608

22.0

30.0

1.67

Virola oleifera (Schott) A.C. Sm.

0.4349

14.0

20.0

1.75

Alchornea triplinervia (Spreng.) Müll. Arg.

0.4245

6.0

10.0

2.60

Jacaranda micrantha Cham.

0.3940

10.0

20.0

2.60

Simarouba amara Aubl.

0.3844

10.0

25.0

1.50

Myrcia anceps O. Berg

0.3752

56.0

45.0

1.17

Cupania racemosa (Vell.) Radlk.

0.3171

16.0

35.0

1.20

Rinorea guianensis Aubl.

0.3144

30.0

35.0

1.60

Ocotea divaricata (Nees) Mez

0.2905

36.0

55.0

1.67

Asteraceae 1

0.2899

6.0

15.0

1.00

Aniba firmula (Nees & Mart.) Mez

0.2739

32.0

45.0

2.50

Chrysophyllum lucentifolium Cronquist

0.2568

2.0

5.0

0

Bathysa mendoncaei K. Schum.

0.2440

46.0

45.0

1.00

Ocotea schottii (Meisn.) Mez

0.2214

10.0

15.0

1.00

Miconia cinnamomifolia (DC.) Naudin

0.1954

8.0

15.0

1.60

Eugenia oblata Roxb.

0.1925

8.0

15.0

1.80

Rollinia dolabripetala (Raddi) R.E. Fr.

0.1857

8.0

15.0

0

Cupania furfuracea Radlk.

0.1776

26.0

35.0

1.25

Astrocaryum aculeatissimum (Schott) Burret

0.1618

20.0

30.0

1.00

Vitex polygama Cham.

0.1585

2.0

5.0

0

Cecropia hololeuca Miq.

0.1562

12.0

15.0

1.60

Siparuna reginae (Tul.) A.DC.

0.1552

14.0

25.0

0

Phyllostemonodaphne geminiflora Kosterm.

0.1484

4.0

10.0

1.67

Calyptranthes lucida Mart. ex DC.

0.1415

18.0

30.0

0

Pseudopiptadenia contorta (DC.) G.P. Lewis & M.P. Lima

0.1412

8.0

15.0

1.50

Roupala sculpta Sleumer

0.1336

10.0

15.0

1.20

Ormosia cf. minor Vogel

0.1332

8.0

20.0

1.00

Marlierea obscura O. Berg

0.1318

2.0

5.0

0

Hirtella angustifolia Schott ex Spreng.

0.1278

4.0

5.0

2.25

Himatanthus bracteatus (A. DC.) Woodson

0.1268

16.0

25.0

1.00

Ocotea diospyrifolia (Meisn.) Mez

0.1231

10.0

20.0

1.20

Psychotria vellosiana Benth.

0.1226

30.0

40.0

0

Tibouchina arborea Cogn.

0.1129

6.0

15.0

1.83

Ecclinusa ramiflora Mart.

0.1121

6.0

10.0

2.20

Casearia arborea (Rich.) Urb.

0.1116

32.0

50.0

0

Licaria sp.

0.1063

8.0

15.0

2.80

Helicostylis tomentosa (Poepp. & Endl.) Rusby

0.0989

20.0

40.0

0

Guarea guidonia (L.) Sleumer

0.0913

6.0

5.0

2.50

Miconia lepidota Schrank & Mart. ex DC.

0.0903

8.0

15.0

1.20

Pera glabrata (Schott) Poepp. ex Baill.

0.0878

6.0

15.0

0

Protium heptaphyllum (Aubl.) Marchand

0.0860

12.0

25.0

0

Jacaranda puberula Cham.

0.0839

14.0

25.0

1.33

Miconia sp.

0.0794

18.0

20.0

1.20

Stryphnodendron polyphyllum Mart.

0.0792

8.0

20.0

2.00

Copaifera langsdorffii Desf.

0.0758

2.0

5.0

1.67

Ocotea glaziovii Mez

0.0731

4.0

10.0

1.17

Ocotea sp.1

0.0673

8.0

20.0

1.20

Psychotria carthagenensis Jacq.

0.0628

8.0

20.0

0

Trichilia martiana C. DC.

0.0577

2.0

5.0

0

Leretia cordata Vell.

0.0576

4.0

10.0

0

Erythroxylum citrifolium A. St.-Hil.

0.0557

14.0

25.0

0

Ocotea daphnifolia (Meisn.) Mez

0.0540

4.0

5.0

0

Cybistax antisyphilitica (Mart.) Mart.

0.0534

4.0

5.0

0

Ocotea laxa (Nees) Mez

0.0473

6.0

5.0

0

Mollinedia oligantha Perkins

0.0447

4.0

10.0

0

Strycnos sp.

0.0422

2.0

5.0

1.00

Polyandrococos caudescens (Mart.) Barb. Rodr.

0.0367

2.0

5.0

1.00

Ocotea brachybotrya (Meisn.) Mez

0.0365

2.0

5.0

0

Pera heteranthera (Schrank) I.M. Johnst.

0.0342

10.0

20.0

0

Copaifera lucens Dwyer

0.0337

2.0

5.0

1.33

Mabea fistulifera Mart.

0.0302

4.0

10.0

0

Maytenus samydaeformis Reissek

0.0300

8.0

20.0

0

Leretia cordata Vell.

0.0299

4.0

10.0

0

Persea sp.

0.0294

2.0

5.0

0

Licania octandra (Hoffmanns. ex Roem. & Schult.) Kuntze

0.0276

6.0

15.0

1.20

Urbanodendron cf. bahiense (Meisn.) Rohwer

0.0275

4.0

10.0

0

Erythroxylum cuspidifolium Mart.

0.0270

8.0

15.0

0

Eugenia sp.2

0.0268

2.0

5.0

0

Malpighiaceae 2

0.0265

2.0

5.0

0

Solanum inaequale Vell.

0.0253

2.0

5.0

0

Kielmeyera excelsa Cambess.

0.0241

4.0

10.0

0

Eugenia speciosa Cambess.

0.0226

4.0

10.0

0

Siparuna guianensis Aubl.

0.0215

6.0

15.0

1.20

Swartzia oblata R.S.Cowan

0.0212

2.0

5.0

0

Lecythis lanceolata Poir.

0.0201

2.0

5.0

0

Alchornea sidifolia Müll. Arg.

0.0200

4.0

5.0

0

Senegalia sp.

0.0199

4.0

10.0

0

Calyptranthes brasiliensis Spreng.

0.0198

4.0

5.0

1.17

Euterpe edulis Mart.

0.0190

6.0

15.0

1.33

Pseudobombax grandiflorum (Cav.) A. Robyns

0.0175

2.0

5.0

0

Calophyllum brasiliense Cambess.

0.0158

2.0

5.0

2.40

Lecythis lanceolata Poir.

0.0156

4.0

10.0

1.20

Myrsine coriacea (Sw.) R. Br. ex Roem. & Schult.

0.0153

2.0

5.0

1.00

Guarea kunthiana A. Juss.

0.0151

4.0

5.0

2.00

Myrcia splendens (Sw.) DC.

0.0148

2.0

5.0

0

Eugenia sp.3

0.0143

2.0

5.0

0

Eugenia sp.1

0.0140

2.0

5.0

1.50

Cupania sp.

0.0134

2.0

5.0

0

Handroanthus heptaphyllus Mattos

0.0132

4.0

10.0

0

Calyptranthes cf. lanceolata O. Berg

0.0129

2.0

5.0

0

Ocotea sp.2

0.0125

2.0

5.0

0

Licania octandra (Hoffmanns. ex Roem. & Schult.) Kuntze

0.0120

2.0

5.0

0

Trichilia casaretti C. DC.

0.0116

2.0

5.0

0

Pouteria bangii (Rusby) T.D. Penn.

0.0113

4.0

5.0

1.20

Cupania schizoneura Radlk.

0.0108

2.0

5.0

1.20

Guarea macrophylla Vahl

0.0107

4.0

10.0

2.67

Inga tenuis (Vell.) Mart.

0.0106

2.0

5.0

1.00

Miconia prasina (Sw.) DC.

0.0101

4.0

10.0

0

Pourouma guianensis Aubl.

0.0096

4.0

10.0

0

Tabebuia sp.3

0.0089

2.0

5.0

0

Eugenia magnifica Spring

0.0088

2.0

5.0

0

Myrcia sp.1

0.0086

2.0

5.0

0

Calyptranthes sp.

0.0070

2.0

5.0

0

Machaerium brasiliense Vogel

0.0069

2.0

5.0

0

Duguetia pohliana Mart.

0.0064

2.0

5.0

0

Tachigalli pilgeriana (Harms) Oliveira-Filho

0.0064

2.0

5.0

0

Cupania oblongifolia Mart.

0.0061

2.0

5.0

1.33

Brosimum guianense (Aubl.) Huber

0.0056

2.0

5.0

1.25

Gomidesia sp.

0.0052

2.0

5.0

0

Cyathea corcovadensis (Raddi) Domin

0.0049

2.0

5.0

0

Eugenia tinguyensis Cambess.

0.0049

2.0

5.0

0

Myrtaceae 1

0.0046

2.0

5.0

0

Couepia venosa Prance

0.0044

2.0

5.0

0

Simaba sp.

0.0042

2.0

5.0

0

  1. UV = use-value, Ab.Freq= absolute frequency, Ab.Dens.= absolute density.