<b>O potencial da estrutura espacial de espécies vegetais como ferramenta prática para a educação ambiental e o ensino de ecologia: um estudo de caso com indivíduos de Jatobá no cerrado brasileiro</b>

Abstract

The Cerrado biome takes up the Brazilian Central Plateau and it’s characterized by to present a vegetation mosaic from varying physiognomies. The study had for objective to identify and to describe the pattern of spatial distribution of Jatobá’s individuals and it’s to use as powerful tool for environmental education and ecology teaching practice actions. The “T-square” distance method was used to identify the spatial structure from individuals in two age class: young and adult. The population presented aggregated distribution as for young as for adult individuals. This is due to environmental differences in the place, seed dispersion and at energy production and resources available. The studies about spatial distribution of tree populations can be used not only to know the Cerrado species and it’s interactions, but too as powerful tool for practices educations actions, with sense as to environmental education as from ecology teaching in the various teaching level. When contextualized, these educations actions take at analysis and learning of unknown from sceneries and environments well-know on, as well as to promote greater understanding, environmental conscientiousness and sensitizing of society for the environmental preservation and destruction causes.