Woody Species Composition and Diversity Analysis in the S.T. Hindu College Campus Located at Nagercoil, Kanniyakumari District,  Tamil Nadu, India

Seasonal variation in seed bank size and species composition of five selected habitat types within the Tembe Elephant Park. South Africa, was investigated. At three-month intervals, soil samples were randomly collected from five different habitat types: a, Licuati forest; b, Licuati thicket; c, a bare or sparsely vegetated zone surrounding the forest edge, referred to as the forest/grassland ecotone; d, grassland; and e, open woodland. Most species in the seed bank flora were either grasses, sedges, or forbs, with hardly any evidence of woody species. The Licuati forest and thicket soils produced the lowest seed densities in all seasons. Licuati forest and grassland seed banks showed a two-fold seasonal variation in size, those of the Licuati thicket and woodland a three-fold variation in size, whereas the forest/grassland ecotone maintained a relatively large seed bank all year round. The woodland seed bank had the highest species richness, whereas the Licuati forest and thicket soils were poor in species. Generally, it was found that the greatest correspondence in species composition was between the Licuati forest and thicket, as well as the forest/grassland ecotone and grassland seed bank floras.

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Biodiversity conservation through indigenous agricultural practices: Woody species composition, density and diversity along an altitudinal gradient of Northern Ethiopia

Cogent Food & Agriculture ◽

10.1080/23311932.2019.1700744 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 5 (1) ◽

pp. 1700744

Author(s):

Yikunoamlak Gebrewahid ◽

Selemawi Abrehe ◽

Manuel Tejada Moral

Keyword(s):

Species Composition ◽

Biodiversity Conservation ◽

Altitudinal Gradient ◽

Agricultural Practices ◽

Woody Species ◽

Northern Ethiopia

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Species Composition and Development of Second-Growth Hardwood Stands in Quebec

The Forestry Chronicle ◽

10.5558/tfc44031-6 ◽

1968 ◽

Vol 44 (6) ◽

pp. 31-35 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Carl H. Winget

Keyword(s):

Species Composition ◽

Dominant Species ◽

Sugar Maple ◽

Woody Species ◽

Balsam Fir ◽

Black Cherry ◽

Minor Components ◽

White Ash ◽

Second Growth ◽

Cutting Intensity

Second-growth, tolerant hardwood stands developed rapidly and, almost entirely from shade-tolerant advance growth, regardless of cutting intensity. Non-commercial woody species were seldom important competitors. Sugar maple, associated with beech on upland and balsam fir on lowland sites, was the dominant species. Yellow birch, basswood and hemlock, important contributors to wood volumes harvested, were minor components of second-growth stands. Valuable minor species such as red oak, white ash, and black cherry had practically disappeared. The application of known techniques for regenerating disturbance-dependent species is urgently required.

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Woody species composition and structure of Amoro Forest in West Gojjam Zone, North Western Ethiopia

Journal of Ecology and the Natural Environment ◽

10.5897/jene2018.0688 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 10 (4) ◽

pp. 53-64 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Birhanu Liyew ◽

Bekele Tamrat ◽

Demissew Sebsebe

Keyword(s):

Species Composition ◽

Woody Species ◽

Composition And Structure ◽

West Gojjam ◽

North Western ◽

Western Ethiopia ◽

West Gojjam Zone ◽

Species Composition And Structure

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Hersilia aadi Pravalikha, Srinivasulu & Srinivasulu, 2014 a junior synonym of Hersilia savignyi Lucas, 1836 (Araneae: Hersiliidae)

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4254.3.11 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 4254 (3) ◽

pp. 396

Author(s):

JOHN T.D. CALEB ◽

G.B. PRAVALIKHA ◽

BENAIAH EBENEZER JOHNSON ◽

MITEMLU MANYU ◽

SOREIPHY MUNGKUNG ◽

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Keyword(s):

Type Species ◽

Tamil Nadu ◽

College Campus ◽

Junior Synonym ◽

Christian College ◽

Fresh Material

The genus Hersilia was established by Audouin in 1826 with H. caudata Audouin, 1826 as the type species. It is the most speciose hersiliid genus presently comprising 79 described species worldwide (World Spider Catalog 2017, version 18). There are seven species known from India: H. aadi Pravalikha, Srinivasulu & Srinivasulu, 2014, H. longivulva Sen et al., 2010, H. orvakalensis Javed et al., 2010, H. savignyi Lucas, 1836, H. striata Wang & Yin, 1985, H. sumatrana (Thorell, 1890), H. tibialis Baehr & Baehr, 1993. This paper is based on fresh material collected from the patches of scrub jungle enclosed within the Madras Christian College campus, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Both sexes of H. savignyi are illustrated. H. aadi Pravalikha, Srinivasulu & Srinivasulu, 2014 is synonymized with H. savignyi Lucas, 1836.

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