Academic Journal
Floristic structure and diversity of a tropical montane evergreen forest (Shola) of the Nilgiri mountains
| العنوان: | Floristic structure and diversity of a tropical montane evergreen forest (Shola) of the Nilgiri mountains |
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| المؤلفون: | D. Mohandass, Priya Davidar |
| المساهمون: | The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives |
| المصدر: | http://www.tropecol.com/pdf/open/PDF_50_2/J-02.pdf. |
| سنة النشر: | 2009 |
| المجموعة: | CiteSeerX |
| الوصف: | We inventoried plants ( ≥ 1 cm diameter at breast height) in 19 montane evergreen forests (sholas) of total area 11.5 ha in the upper plateau ( ≈ 2000 m asl) of the Nilgiri Mountains in southern India. All plants meeting the size criterion were inventoried in sholas ≤1.26 ha, whereas in sholas>1.26 ha randomly laid 30×30 m (0.09 ha) plots were used. A total of 30495 individuals from 87 species, 65 genera and 42 families were recorded. Of these 57 species of trees, 13 lianas, 12 shrubs and 5 large herbs were recorded. Species diversity as measured by Fisher’s alpha was 11, stem density was 2652 stems ha-1 and basal area 59.4 m2 ha-1. Most species (67: 77%) were common (densities> 1 stem ha-1), and widely distributed (36: 41%) among sholas. The Nilgiri sholas shared 34 (47%) species with Kukkal shola located in the Palni hills, 150 km south of the study site. This suggests a common biogeographical heritage. The unique shola forest is endangered and needs to be conserved on a priority basis. Resumen: Elaboramos un inventario de plantas ( ≥ 1 cm diámetro a la altura del pecho) en 19 bosques montanos perennifolios (sholas), en un área total de 11.5 ha en la meseta superior (≈ 2000 m snm) de las montañas Nilgiri, sur de la India. Todas las plantas que cumplían el criterio de tamaño fueron inventariadas en sholas ≤ 1.26 ha, mientras que en sholas> 1.26 ha se utilizaron parcelas de 30 × 30 m (0.09 ha), colocadas de manera aleatoria. Se registró un total de |
| نوع الوثيقة: | text |
| وصف الملف: | application/pdf |
| اللغة: | English |
| Relation: | http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.595.2560; http://www.tropecol.com/pdf/open/PDF_50_2/J-02.pdf |
| الاتاحة: | http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.595.2560 http://www.tropecol.com/pdf/open/PDF_50_2/J-02.pdf |
| Rights: | Metadata may be used without restrictions as long as the oai identifier remains attached to it. |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsbas.D8699F04 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | BASE |
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