Vegetation patterns and the influence of rainfall after long-term fire suppression on a woody community of a Brazilian savanna

We evaluated the structural and floristic characteristics of a Brazilian savanna fragment occupied by cerradão (CD) cerrado sensu stricto (CS) in response to influence rainfall long-term fire suppression. carried out floristic, phytosociological remote sensing studies located Corumbataí (SP, Brazil) after 43 years complete surveyed plots 200 m2 each (17 CS 26 CD) all individuals ≥ 0.32 cm diameter measured at 30 from ground were included sample. calculated parameters for species classified them three ecological groups, namely savanna, generalist forest species. The analysis used aerial photographs satellite images 1962 2019 (i.e. 59 years). study community revealed high predominance when compared Non-linear correlation between CD expansion rates total within period indicated positive (R2 = 0.42). Thus, our tendency continuous fast over areas absence combined with periods heavy rain.