Seed bank with litter as an indicator of forest restoration in the cerrado region in the municipality of Coxim MS

Abstract

The present work aims to evaluate the seed bank considering the litter as an indicator of forest restoration of the source of the Criminoso Stream, located in the municipality of Coxim, Mato Grosso do Sul - MS, Brazil. The study area has predominant vegetation of cerrado stricto senso. In order to obtain the data, 40 samples were collected around two of the sources of the Criminoso Stream and the germination was monitored. After 90 days, the species were identified. In addition to using the tool Qgis 2.18.21 for elaboration of the maps, in the system of projection UTM Datum Sirgas 2000. Considering this, it was observed a predominance of herbaceous species, and it is necessary to apply of driving techniques to improve the efficiency of the area recovery, and from the maps it is observed that the predominance of herbaceous species is probably related to large grassland areas present in the spring and reduced presence of forest remnants.