Research Article | Published: 01 March 2011

Quantitative analysis of the woody vegetation of some village forest of Mandakini catchment

Rohit Devlal and Neelam Sharma

Indian Journal of Forestry | Volume: 34 | Issue: 1 | Page No. 99-102 | 2011
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps1000-2011-433PMO | Cite this article

Abstract

Various parameters of quantitative vegetation analysis along the gradients (aspects and altitude) of six village forests of the Mandakini catchment were studied. The study revealed that Density (trees/ha) and Total basal area (m2 ha-1) values of the study area ranged between 2084 trees/ha – 600 trees/ha and 53.44 m2 ha-1 – 29.36 m2 ha-1 respectively. Maximum density 2084 trees/ha was recorded for the village forest stands of Rudrapur village and minimum (600trees/ha) for Devsal village of Mandakini catchment. All the selected village forests of the catchment area could be designated as broad-leaved mixed temperate forest. Rhododendron arboreum is the common species in all the selected stands of the catchment except the stands of Sankari and Devsal village which are dominated by Quercus leucotricophora.  Shanon-Wiener diversity index ranged between 1.16-1.66. Concentration of dominant showed reverse trend to diversity index. Highest number of tree species (6) was recorded in village Phaphanj and Pali. Sankari and Devsal village are the most similar sites of the study area.

Keywords

Stratification, Timberline, Gaid, Breast height, Simpson’s index, Niche premtion hypothesis

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Devlal, R. and Sharma, N., 2011. Quantitative analysis of the woody vegetation of some village forest of Mandakini catchment. Indian Journal of Forestry, 34(1), pp.99-102. https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps1000-2011-433PMO

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