Effects of stand characteristics on tree species richness in and around a conservation area of northeast Bangladesh

Muha Abdullah Al Pavel; Sharif A Mukul; Mohammad Belal Uddin; Kazuhiro Harada; Mohammed A S Arfin Khan

doi:10.1007/s11629-015-3501-2

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Effects of stand characteristics on tree species richness in and around a conservation area of northeast Bangladesh

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Effects of stand characteristics on tree species richness in and around a conservation area of northeast Bangladesh

Muha Abdullah Al Pavel, Sharif A Mukul, Mohammad Belal Uddin, Kazuhiro Harada and Mohammed A S Arfin Khan

Journal of Mountain Science, Vol.13(6), pp.1085-1095

2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11629-015-3501-2

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biodiversity

disturbance

forest conservation

tree cover

forest patch

Lawachara National Park

We investigated the effect of tree cover, forest patch and disturbances on tree species richness in a highly diverse conservation area of northeast Bangladesh. A systematic sampling protocol was adopted and 80 sub-plots from twenty five 1 ha plots were used for the vegetation survey. Linear regression analysis was performed to understand the effect of patch area, disturbances and tree cover on tree species richness. Ordination using Redundancy analysis (RDA) and Non-metric Multi Dimensional Scaling (NMDS) were also performed to explore the tree species compositional similarities along the stand characteristics gradient and locations of the sample plots. Our study revealed that, forest patch size has greater influence on species richness. Areas with medium level of disturbances have shown greater species richness. In constrained ordination the selected explanatory variables regulated the richness of common species. Our findings can be useful for better forest management and restoration of landscapes of conservation needs using ecologically important species.

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Title: Effects of stand characteristics on tree species richness in and around a conservation area of northeast Bangladesh
Authors: Muha Abdullah Al Pavel (Author) - Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Bangladesh
Sharif A Mukul (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering
Mohammad Belal Uddin (Author) - University of Padova, Italy
Kazuhiro Harada (Author) - Nagoya University, Japan
Mohammed A S Arfin Khan (Author) - Shahjalal University of Science and Technology
Publication details: Journal of Mountain Science, Vol.13(6), pp.1085-1095
Publisher: Science Press
Date published: 2016
DOI: 10.1007/s11629-015-3501-2
ISSN: 1672-6316
Organisation Unit: Tropical Forests and People Research Centre; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Science, Technology and Engineering
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99449665202621
Output Type: Journal article

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