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Variation in Species Composition, Structural Diversity, and Regeneration Along Disturbances in Tropical Dry Forest of Northern India

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dc.contributor.authorSharma, Anil
dc.contributor.authorPatel, Sanoj Kumar
dc.contributor.authorSingh, Gopal Shankar
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-28T09:51:40Z
dc.date.available2025-01-28T09:51:40Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.description.abstractUnderstanding disturbances is crucial for preventing forest degradation and resolving vegetation loss which remain to be a major concern. The present study was to evaluate the vegetation dynamics of different disturbed forest stands, based on cumulative disturbance index score in Vindhyan highlands, India. Our findings demonstrated that the mean tree density was greater in least disturbed (56.24�1.44 ha�1) than in highly disturbed (53.28�2.67 ha�1) and moderately disturbed (50.27�0.94 ha�1) forest stands. Shannon, Simpson, Evenness, Margalef, and ?-diversity indices differed significantly amongst the three disturbed stands. The regeneration potential of tree species was found to be good (35.08%), fair (16.42%), and poor to no regeneration (48.5%) across the three stands, in which Diospyros melanoxylon, Syzygium heyneanum, and Holarrhena antidysenterica were shown to have strong regeneration capacity. Principal component analysis revealed that the first component (pc1) explained 45.3% variance, while the second component (pc2) elucidated 20.1% variance in both disturbances and life-form wise distribution with a cumulative score of 65.4%. Our findings would be helpful to understand how different disturbance�regeneration combinations influence the successful regeneration of tree seedlings as well as how variations in compositional diversity will impact the vegetation dynamics and restoration of plant community in dry tropics. � 2022 National Science Museum of Korea (NSMK) and Korea National Arboretum (KNA)
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.japb.2022.11.004
dc.identifier.issn2287884X
dc.identifier.urihttps://dl.bhu.ac.in/ir/handle/123456789/22662
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherNational Science Museum od Korea
dc.subjectBiodiversity indices
dc.subjectDispersion
dc.subjectDisturbance gradients
dc.subjectRegeneration potential
dc.subjectSpecies diversity
dc.titleVariation in Species Composition, Structural Diversity, and Regeneration Along Disturbances in Tropical Dry Forest of Northern India
dc.typeArticle
dspace.entity.typePublication
journal.titleJournal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity
journalvolume.identifier.volume16

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