Title
Tree diversity of tropical dry evergreen forests dominated by single or mixed species on the Coromandel coast of India
Author
ANBARASHAN, M.; PARTHASARATHY, N.
Published Date
May 2013
Source
Tropical Ecology;May2013, Vol. 54 Issue 2, p179
Source Type
Academic Journal
Abstract
We investigated tree diversity of single- and mixed species-dominated tropical dry evergreen forests on the Coromandel coast of peninsular India and compared these forests with other monodominant forests of the tropical world. For this we established three 1- ha plots one each in three monodominant sites (Suryanpet- SP; Velleripet- VP; S. Pudhoor- SPD) and a 1- ha plot in a mixed species dominant site (Chinna Kumatti- CK). All trees รข‰¥ 10 cm girth at breast height were enumerated. Dominance of a single species in the monodominant sites did not affect total tree diversity of these sites. Tree species richness totaled 56 species in four forests and ranged from 18 (at VP site) to 27 species ha-1 (at CK site). Tree density ranged from 771 (SP site) to 1285 trees ha-1 (CK site). Among the monodominant sites, Tricalysia sphaerocarpa formed 72 % of the forest stand density at SPD, Strychnos nux-vomica 67 % at VP and Dimorphocalyx glabellus accounted for 60.8 % of the total density at SP. A literature survey on the monodominant forests across the tropics revealed that a single tree species could account for 50 to 100 % of stand density in Asian, 58 to 100 % in African and 51 to 91 % in Neotropical forests. The monodominant tree species mostly belonged to Caesalpiniaceae in Africa and Neotropics, and Dipterocarpaceae and Lauraceae in Asia, while Rubiaceae, Loganiaceae and Euphorbiaceae contributed the monodominant species on our sites. As tropical dry evergreen forests of peninsular India still remain understudied, the need for conservation of both mono-and mixed species forests is emphasized.
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Tree diversity of tropical dry evergreen forests dominated by single or mixed species on the Coromandel coast of India
Author
ANBARASHAN, M.; PARTHASARATHY, N.
Published Date
May 2013
Source
Tropical Ecology;May2013, Vol. 54 Issue 2, p179
Source Type
Academic Journal
Abstract
We investigated tree diversity of single- and mixed species-dominated tropical dry evergreen forests on the Coromandel coast of peninsular India and compared these forests with other monodominant forests of the tropical world. For this we established three 1- ha plots one each in three monodominant sites (Suryanpet- SP; Velleripet- VP; S. Pudhoor- SPD) and a 1- ha plot in a mixed species dominant site (Chinna Kumatti- CK). All trees รข‰¥ 10 cm girth at breast height were enumerated. Dominance of a single species in the monodominant sites did not affect total tree diversity of these sites. Tree species richness totaled 56 species in four forests and ranged from 18 (at VP site) to 27 species ha-1 (at CK site). Tree density ranged from 771 (SP site) to 1285 trees ha-1 (CK site). Among the monodominant sites, Tricalysia sphaerocarpa formed 72 % of the forest stand density at SPD, Strychnos nux-vomica 67 % at VP and Dimorphocalyx glabellus accounted for 60.8 % of the total density at SP. A literature survey on the monodominant forests across the tropics revealed that a single tree species could account for 50 to 100 % of stand density in Asian, 58 to 100 % in African and 51 to 91 % in Neotropical forests. The monodominant tree species mostly belonged to Caesalpiniaceae in Africa and Neotropics, and Dipterocarpaceae and Lauraceae in Asia, while Rubiaceae, Loganiaceae and Euphorbiaceae contributed the monodominant species on our sites. As tropical dry evergreen forests of peninsular India still remain understudied, the need for conservation of both mono-and mixed species forests is emphasized.
For further details log on website :
http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/articles/86895762/tree-diversity-tropical-dry-evergreen-forests-dominated-by-single-mixed-species-coromandel-coast-india
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