دراسة التنوع النباتي في محمية أبو قبيس

Abstract EN

Plant species diversity has been studied in Abu-Qubies Protected area in order to get information for its management and conservation.

Sufficient numbers of flora surveys covering the whole territories of the protected area were carried out, in different times and by using diverse methods (sampling, transects, occcasional recordings).

Plant species diversity was assessed using few indicators (species richness, Shannon index, eveness).

Five hundred and nine plant species belonging to 72 families were recorded.

High proporttion of recorded species was of low abundance.

Altitude was the main factor affecting species distribution in the protected area, whereas, the composition of forest communities was of a lesser effect.

This is the first comprehensive and detailed study of Abu-Qubies protected area, and gives fundamental data for it’s manaagement plan.