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Vegetation diversity pattern during spring season in relation to topographic and edaphic variables in sub-tropical zone

BACKGROUND: The present study was conducted to explore the diversity pattern of spring vegetation under the influence of topographic and edaphic variables in sub-tropical zone, District Malakand. In the present vegetation study, 252 species of 80 families were recorded in the study area. It included...

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Autores principales: Ali, Hazrat, Muhammad, Zahir, Majeed, Muhammad, Aziz, Robina, Khan, Adam, Mangrio, Wali Muhammad, Abdo, Hazem Ghassan, Almohamad, Hussein, Al Dughairi, Ahmed Abdullah
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Publicado: Springer Nature Singapore 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10505133/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37716923
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40529-023-00398-5
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author Ali, Hazrat
Muhammad, Zahir
Majeed, Muhammad
Aziz, Robina
Khan, Adam
Mangrio, Wali Muhammad
Abdo, Hazem Ghassan
Almohamad, Hussein
Al Dughairi, Ahmed Abdullah
author_facet Ali, Hazrat
Muhammad, Zahir
Majeed, Muhammad
Aziz, Robina
Khan, Adam
Mangrio, Wali Muhammad
Abdo, Hazem Ghassan
Almohamad, Hussein
Al Dughairi, Ahmed Abdullah
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description BACKGROUND: The present study was conducted to explore the diversity pattern of spring vegetation under the influence of topographic and edaphic variables in sub-tropical zone, District Malakand. In the present vegetation study, 252 species of 80 families were recorded in the study area. It included 39 species of trees, 43 species of shrubs, 167 species of herbs and 3 climber species. As a whole, 12 communities were established on the basis of topographic and edaphic characteristics in 12 different stations. RESULTS: The results of the present study revealed that all diversity indices (species diversity, evenness index, species richness index, maturity index) during spring showed that the communities in plains lying at lower altitudes had higher diversity while the communities formed at high altitudes had lower diversity. The results of the similarity index showed that there was low similarity (below 50%) amongst the communities in different stations. CONCLUSIONS: It can be concluded that variations in topographic and edaphic factors affect species diversity and communities pattern.
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spelling pubmed-105051332023-09-18 Vegetation diversity pattern during spring season in relation to topographic and edaphic variables in sub-tropical zone Ali, Hazrat Muhammad, Zahir Majeed, Muhammad Aziz, Robina Khan, Adam Mangrio, Wali Muhammad Abdo, Hazem Ghassan Almohamad, Hussein Al Dughairi, Ahmed Abdullah Bot Stud Original Article BACKGROUND: The present study was conducted to explore the diversity pattern of spring vegetation under the influence of topographic and edaphic variables in sub-tropical zone, District Malakand. In the present vegetation study, 252 species of 80 families were recorded in the study area. It included 39 species of trees, 43 species of shrubs, 167 species of herbs and 3 climber species. As a whole, 12 communities were established on the basis of topographic and edaphic characteristics in 12 different stations. RESULTS: The results of the present study revealed that all diversity indices (species diversity, evenness index, species richness index, maturity index) during spring showed that the communities in plains lying at lower altitudes had higher diversity while the communities formed at high altitudes had lower diversity. The results of the similarity index showed that there was low similarity (below 50%) amongst the communities in different stations. CONCLUSIONS: It can be concluded that variations in topographic and edaphic factors affect species diversity and communities pattern. Springer Nature Singapore 2023-09-16 /pmc/articles/PMC10505133/ /pubmed/37716923 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40529-023-00398-5 Text en © The Author(s) 2023 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) .
spellingShingle Original Article
Ali, Hazrat
Muhammad, Zahir
Majeed, Muhammad
Aziz, Robina
Khan, Adam
Mangrio, Wali Muhammad
Abdo, Hazem Ghassan
Almohamad, Hussein
Al Dughairi, Ahmed Abdullah
Vegetation diversity pattern during spring season in relation to topographic and edaphic variables in sub-tropical zone
title Vegetation diversity pattern during spring season in relation to topographic and edaphic variables in sub-tropical zone
title_full Vegetation diversity pattern during spring season in relation to topographic and edaphic variables in sub-tropical zone
title_fullStr Vegetation diversity pattern during spring season in relation to topographic and edaphic variables in sub-tropical zone
title_full_unstemmed Vegetation diversity pattern during spring season in relation to topographic and edaphic variables in sub-tropical zone
title_short Vegetation diversity pattern during spring season in relation to topographic and edaphic variables in sub-tropical zone
title_sort vegetation diversity pattern during spring season in relation to topographic and edaphic variables in sub-tropical zone
topic Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10505133/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37716923
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40529-023-00398-5
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