Plant species and communities assessment in interaction with edaphic and topographic factors : an ecological study of the mount Eelum District Swat, Pakistan
Joint Authors
Khan, Murad
Abd Allah, al-Sayyid Fathi
al-Qarawi, Abd al-Aziz Abd Allah
Ahmad, Zeeshan
Khan, Shujaul Mulk
Ilyas, Muhammad
Source
Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences
Issue
Vol. 24, Issue 4 (31 May. 2017), pp.778-786, 9 p.
Publisher
Publication Date
2017-05-31
Country of Publication
Saudi Arabia
No. of Pages
9
Main Subjects
Topics
Abstract EN
The current analyses of vegetation were aimed to study the different effects of environmental variables and plant species and communities interaction to these variables, identified threats to local vegetation and suggestion for remedial measures in the Mount Eelum, Swat, Pakistan.
For assessment of environmental variability quantitative ecological techniques were used through quadrats having sizes of 2 2, 5 5 and 10 10 m2 for herbs, shrubs and trees respectively.
Result of the present study revealed 124 plant species in the study area.
Canonical Correspondence Analysis (CCA) was used to analyze the ecological gradient of vegetation.
The environmental data and species abundance were used in CANOCO software version 4.5.
The presence absence data of plant species were elaborated with Cluster and Two Way Cluster Analysis techniques using PC-ORD version 5 to show different species composition that resulted in five plant communities.
Findings indicate that elevation, aspect and soil texture are the strongest variables that have significant effect on species composition and distribution of various communities shown with P value 0.0500.
It is recommended to protect and use sensibly whole of the Flora normally and rare species particularly in the region.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Khan, Murad& Khan, Shujaul Mulk& Ilyas, Muhammad& al-Qarawi, Abd al-Aziz Abd Allah& Abd Allah, al-Sayyid Fathi& Ahmad, Zeeshan. 2017. Plant species and communities assessment in interaction with edaphic and topographic factors : an ecological study of the mount Eelum District Swat, Pakistan. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences،Vol. 24, no. 4, pp.778-786.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-782332
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Khan, Murad…[et al.]. Plant species and communities assessment in interaction with edaphic and topographic factors : an ecological study of the mount Eelum District Swat, Pakistan. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences Vol. 24, no. 4 (May. 2017), pp.778-786.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-782332
American Medical Association (AMA)
Khan, Murad& Khan, Shujaul Mulk& Ilyas, Muhammad& al-Qarawi, Abd al-Aziz Abd Allah& Abd Allah, al-Sayyid Fathi& Ahmad, Zeeshan. Plant species and communities assessment in interaction with edaphic and topographic factors : an ecological study of the mount Eelum District Swat, Pakistan. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences. 2017. Vol. 24, no. 4, pp.778-786.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-782332
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 785-786
Record ID
BIM-782332