Phytosociological analysis of woody vegetation under burnt and unburnt oak dominated forest at Pauri, Garhwal Himalaya, India
Sharesth Kumari , J.P.Mehta, Snobar Shafi, Pooja Dhiman
Department of Botany and Microbiology, HNB Garhwal University, Srinagar Garhwal, Uttarakhand, India
Abstract
The present study was carried out in oak (Quercus leucotrichophora) dominated forest of Pauri. Two permanent plots were selected of which one was BPS and other was UBPS. The vegetational data were analysed for both the sites i.e., floristic composition, density, basal cover, A/F, Shannon Wiener index and Simpson’s index of dominance (cd). A total of 6-8 trees species and 24-26 shrub species were found on both BPS and UBPS. BPS showed maximum density than UBPS. Contagious pattern of distribution was common. This paper represents a close association among man, fire and forest ecosystem.
Burn, Contagious, Density, Distribution, Dominance and Phytosociological
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