Tree Species Richness, Diversity, and Vegetation Index for Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Nigeria
Joint Authors
Agbelade, Aladesanmi D
Onyekwelu, Jonathan C.
Oyun, Matthew B.
Source
International Journal of Forestry Research
Issue
Vol. 2017, Issue 2017 (31 Dec. 2017), pp.1-12, 12 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2017-01-31
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
12
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
This study was conducted to investigate the tree species richness and diversity of urban and periurban areas of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, Nigeria, and produce Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) for the territory.
Data were collected from urban (Abuja city) and periurban (Lugbe) areas of the FCT using both semistructured questionnaire and inventory of tree species within green areas.
In the study location, all trees with diameter at breast height (dbh) ≥ 10 cm were identified; their dbh was measured and frequency was taken.
The NDVI was calculated in ArcGIS 10.3 environment using standard formula.
A cumulative total of twenty-nine (29) families were encountered within the FCT, with 27 occurring in Abuja city (urban centre) and 12 in Lugbe (periurban centre) of the FCT.
The results of Shannon-Wiener diversity index (H′) for the two centres are 3.56 and 2.24 while Shannon’s maximum diversity index (Hmax) is 6.54 (Abuja city) and 5.36 (Lugbe) for the urban (Abuja city) and periurban (Lugbe) areas of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
The result of tree species evenness (Shannon’s equitability (EH) index) in urban and periurban centres was 0.54 and 0.42, respectively.
The study provided baseline information on urban and periurban forests in the FCT of Nigeria, which can be used for the development of tree species database of the territory.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Agbelade, Aladesanmi D& Onyekwelu, Jonathan C.& Oyun, Matthew B.. 2017. Tree Species Richness, Diversity, and Vegetation Index for Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Nigeria. International Journal of Forestry Research،Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-12.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Agbelade, Aladesanmi D…[et al.]. Tree Species Richness, Diversity, and Vegetation Index for Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Nigeria. International Journal of Forestry Research No. 2017 (2017), pp.1-12.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Agbelade, Aladesanmi D& Onyekwelu, Jonathan C.& Oyun, Matthew B.. Tree Species Richness, Diversity, and Vegetation Index for Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Nigeria. International Journal of Forestry Research. 2017. Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-12.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1166867
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1166867