Impacts of roads and trails on floral diversity and structure of Ganga-Choti forest in Kashmir Himalayas

SUMMARY: Roads and trails bring deteriorating changes in the structure and composition of forests. The present study investigated the impact of roads and trails on floral diversity and structure of Ganga Choti forest, Kashmir. Phytosociological attributes using systematic quadrate sampling were reco...

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Autores principales:	Shaheen,Hamayun, Riffat,Amra, Salik,Maria, Firdous,Syeda Sadiqa
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Universidad Austral de Chile, Facultad de Ciencias Forestales 2018
Materias:	deforestation Himalayas species diversity overgrazing
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spelling	oai:scielo:S0717-920020180001000712018-06-13Impacts of roads and trails on floral diversity and structure of Ganga-Choti forest in Kashmir HimalayasShaheen,HamayunRiffat,AmraSalik,MariaFirdous,Syeda Sadiqa deforestation Himalayas species diversity overgrazing SUMMARY: Roads and trails bring deteriorating changes in the structure and composition of forests. The present study investigated the impact of roads and trails on floral diversity and structure of Ganga Choti forest, Kashmir. Phytosociological attributes using systematic quadrate sampling were recorded and analyzed using multivariate ordination techniques including Principal Component Analysis and Cluster Analysis. The total number of species found in the area was 101 belonging to 47 plant families. The dominant family was Poaceae followed by Labiateae, Asteraceae and Rosaceae. The dominant species of the area included Pinus wallichiana, Abies pindrow, Viburnum grandiflorum, Sarcococca saligna, Poa alpina, Fragaria nubicola, Onychium japonicum and Poa pratensis. The dominant life form was Hemicryptophyte (31.68 %), whereas leaf spectra class was Microphyll (30.69 %). The average diversity value was 3.39 with a maximum of 3.71 at the control site and 3.08 at the disturbed site. Average tree density was 505/ha with a maximum of 680/ha at the control site and a minimum of 330/ha at the disturbed site. Intense deforestation was indicated by a stump density value of 330/ha. Results revealed that roads and trails have adversely affected the composition and structure of vegetation with high pressure on keystone tree species. Disturbed sites showed lower values of diversity indices, species richness and regeneration synchronized with high deforestation, overgrazing, erosion and increased frequency of invasive species. The study area needs immediate attention of the management for conservation of local forests by minimizing the impacts of roads and trails.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessUniversidad Austral de Chile, Facultad de Ciencias ForestalesBosque (Valdivia) v.39 n.1 20182018-01-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-92002018000100071en10.4067/S0717-92002018000100071
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language	English
topic	deforestation Himalayas species diversity overgrazing
spellingShingle	deforestation Himalayas species diversity overgrazing Shaheen,Hamayun Riffat,Amra Salik,Maria Firdous,Syeda Sadiqa Impacts of roads and trails on floral diversity and structure of Ganga-Choti forest in Kashmir Himalayas
description	SUMMARY: Roads and trails bring deteriorating changes in the structure and composition of forests. The present study investigated the impact of roads and trails on floral diversity and structure of Ganga Choti forest, Kashmir. Phytosociological attributes using systematic quadrate sampling were recorded and analyzed using multivariate ordination techniques including Principal Component Analysis and Cluster Analysis. The total number of species found in the area was 101 belonging to 47 plant families. The dominant family was Poaceae followed by Labiateae, Asteraceae and Rosaceae. The dominant species of the area included Pinus wallichiana, Abies pindrow, Viburnum grandiflorum, Sarcococca saligna, Poa alpina, Fragaria nubicola, Onychium japonicum and Poa pratensis. The dominant life form was Hemicryptophyte (31.68 %), whereas leaf spectra class was Microphyll (30.69 %). The average diversity value was 3.39 with a maximum of 3.71 at the control site and 3.08 at the disturbed site. Average tree density was 505/ha with a maximum of 680/ha at the control site and a minimum of 330/ha at the disturbed site. Intense deforestation was indicated by a stump density value of 330/ha. Results revealed that roads and trails have adversely affected the composition and structure of vegetation with high pressure on keystone tree species. Disturbed sites showed lower values of diversity indices, species richness and regeneration synchronized with high deforestation, overgrazing, erosion and increased frequency of invasive species. The study area needs immediate attention of the management for conservation of local forests by minimizing the impacts of roads and trails.
author	Shaheen,Hamayun Riffat,Amra Salik,Maria Firdous,Syeda Sadiqa
author_facet	Shaheen,Hamayun Riffat,Amra Salik,Maria Firdous,Syeda Sadiqa
author_sort	Shaheen,Hamayun
title	Impacts of roads and trails on floral diversity and structure of Ganga-Choti forest in Kashmir Himalayas
title_short	Impacts of roads and trails on floral diversity and structure of Ganga-Choti forest in Kashmir Himalayas
title_full	Impacts of roads and trails on floral diversity and structure of Ganga-Choti forest in Kashmir Himalayas
title_fullStr	Impacts of roads and trails on floral diversity and structure of Ganga-Choti forest in Kashmir Himalayas
title_full_unstemmed	Impacts of roads and trails on floral diversity and structure of Ganga-Choti forest in Kashmir Himalayas
title_sort	impacts of roads and trails on floral diversity and structure of ganga-choti forest in kashmir himalayas
publisher	Universidad Austral de Chile, Facultad de Ciencias Forestales
publishDate	2018
url	http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-92002018000100071
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Impacts of roads and trails on floral diversity and structure of Ganga-Choti forest in Kashmir Himalayas

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