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Vegetation diversity pattern during spring season in relation to topographic and edaphic variables in sub-tropical
Hazrat Ali1, Zahir Muhammad1, Muhammad Majeed2
1Department of Botany, University of Peshawar, Peshawar, Pakistan.
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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