Floristic diversity and regeneration status of woody plants in Zengena Forest, a remnant montane forest patch in northwestern Ethiopia

2013 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 329-336 ◽  
Author(s):  
Desalegn Tadele ◽  
Ermias Lulekal ◽  
Destaw Damtie ◽  
Adane Assefa
Keyword(s):  
Woody Plants ◽  
Montane Forest ◽  
Floristic Diversity ◽  
Forest Patch ◽  
Regeneration Status

Woody plants' diversity, structural analysis and regeneration status of Wof Washa natural forest, North-east Ethiopia

2013 ◽  
Vol 51 (4) ◽  
pp. 599-608 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gebremicael Fisaha ◽  
Kitessa Hundera ◽  
Gemedo Dalle
Keyword(s):  
Structural Analysis ◽  
Woody Plants ◽  
Natural Forest ◽  
North East ◽  
Regeneration Status

scholarly journals Vascular flora of Serra do Japi Biological Reserve, Jundiaí, southeastern Brazil

Rodriguésia ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 63 (2) ◽  
pp. 333-340 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julio Antonio Lombardi ◽  
Carolina da Silva Carvalho ◽  
Leonardo Biral ◽  
Mariana Naomi Saka ◽  
Sean Miki Hieda
Keyword(s):  
Atlantic Forest ◽  
Montane Forest ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
Southeastern Brazil ◽  
Floristic Diversity ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
Vascular Flora ◽  
Number Of Species ◽  
Urbanized Region ◽  
Biological Reserve

Floristic sampling was carried out in Serra do Japi Biological Reserve, Jundiaí, state of São Paulo, Brazil, including physiognomies of semideciduous montane forest, a type of forest formation within the Atlantic Forest domain. Six hundred and sixty one species distributed in 129 families were recorded; the ten most diverse phanerogam families were: Asteraceae (56 species), Fabaceae (37), Rubiaceae (29), Poaceae (25), Solanaceae (24), Cyperaceae (19), Euphorbiaceae (19), Orchidaceae (19), Melastomataceae (17), and Piperaceae (17). The addition of 322 species from other floristic surveys increased the number of species of Serra do Japi to 976, distributed in 141 families. Compared to other floristic surveys carried out in the Atlantic Forest, our results highlight the floristic diversity of the study area and the importance of preserving the vegetation of this highly urbanized region.

scholarly journals Impact of Exclosure on Species Diversity, Population Structure and Regeneration Status of Woody Plants in Lowland Northern Tigray, Ethiopia

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Nuru Mohammed
Keyword(s):  
Population Structure ◽  
Species Diversity ◽  
Species Composition ◽  
Water Conservation ◽  
Woody Plants ◽  
Woody Plant ◽  
Basal Area ◽  
Northern Ethiopia ◽  
Importance Value Index ◽  
Regeneration Status

Aim: This study was conducted to assessing woody plant composition, population structure and regeneration status in lowland exclosure (EX) of Northern Ethiopia. Study Design: Investigation of parameters was undertaken from 71 plots with size of 20 m x 10 m laid systematically along transect lines for vegetation data. These 200 m2 plots were used for assessment of trees with DBH >5 cm. Small quadrats of 4 m*4 m (16 m2) nested within the bigger plots was laid at the four corners and center of each plots. These were used for measuring seedling and sapling individuals. To analyze species diversity, population structure and regeneration status of woody plants were by computing abundance, density, basal area, Importance value index (IVI) and using Shannon-Weiner diversity and evenness indices. Results: According to vegetation survey result, a total of 23, 17 and 26 woody species were recorded, at Kara, Erba and Shektekli exclosures (EXs), respectively. While 8, 7 and 5 species of woody plant were in open grazing land (OGL). The total mean densities of all woody plants were found to be 1530, 1480 and 2999 individual’s ha-1 at Kara, Erba and Shektekli in EXs. Conclusion: The study suggested that the regional government have to considering EXs as useful for restoration or rehabitation strategy in the region, the vegetation in all the EXs in the study sites have a higher species composition, diversity, density, increment of basal area and regeneration woody plants than OGL, as a result of management differences in EXs. However, there are also variation on species composition, diversity, density increment of basal area and regeneration woody plants among exclosures having similar age and altitude for instance the species recorded in Erba site is lower than with other of EXs, This could be due to among local site characteristic variation and high grazing happen before Ex establishment exists. Therefore, we need to apply soil and water conservation, enrichment planting with indigenous tree species and strengthen local management institution in effectively protect the exclosure.

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