ANÁLISE FATORIAL MULTIVARIADA APLICADA A CARACTERIZAÇÃO DE ÁREAS DE OCORRÊNCIA DE BABAÇU (ATTALEA SPECIOSA MART. ex SPRENG) NA BACIA DO RIO COCAL Mulivariate factor analysis applied to the characterization of Babassu (Attalea Speciosa Mart. ex Spreng) occurrence area in Cocal river basin

This paper aims to evaluate the spatial distribution of the babassu palm in the Cocal River basin, Tocantins State. Data were obtained from field survey considering 80 plots, covering the different environments present in the study area. The research considered 16 variables about the babassu palm characteristics (number of individuals, number of babassu nut clusters, average stem height and maximum stem height) and environment features (elevation, slope, contributing area, topographic index, relief, distance from