This study describes the dynamics of a tree community based on two successive surveys carried out with a 14 years interval in order to analyze changes in the community structure during the period. The study was done in a semideciduous forest area using 50 plots of 10 m×10 m, where all trees with DBH > 3.18 cm were sampled. In 1990 there was registered a total of 95 species, 818 individuals and basal area of 14.43 m², while in 2004, 95 species, 866 individuals and basal area of the 13.42 m² . The floristic composition changed but the number of species remained same. The Shannon's diversity index was 4.05 and the Pielou's evenness 0.62 in 1990 and 3.72 and 0.57 in 2004, respectively. The mean annual mortality rate was 4.1% and the mean annual recruitment rate 4.5%. The half-life, the time duplication, stability and turnover were 16.92, 15.04, 1.86 e 15.98 years, respectively. The changes whitch occurred in the forest community shows that this fragment, althought maintaining general structure and species richness, is undergoings changes in diversity and equity which may be still the result of the fragmentation and isolation process.
forest vegetation; half-life; mortality; recruitment; time duplication
