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Sumeet GAIROLA, Chandra M. SHARMA, Sarvesh SUYAL, Sunil K. GHILDIYAL. Composition and diversity of five major forest types in moist temperate climate of the western Himalayas[J]. Forest Ecosystems, 2011, 13(2): 139-153. DOI: 10.1007/s11632-011-0207-6
Citation: Sumeet GAIROLA, Chandra M. SHARMA, Sarvesh SUYAL, Sunil K. GHILDIYAL. Composition and diversity of five major forest types in moist temperate climate of the western Himalayas[J]. Forest Ecosystems, 2011, 13(2): 139-153. DOI: 10.1007/s11632-011-0207-6
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Composition and diversity of five major forest types in moist temperate climate of the western Himalayas

  • Department of Botany, Post Box No. 51, HNB Garhwal University, Srinagar Garhwal-246174, Uttarakhand, India

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The authors are thankful to the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India for providing financial support (Grant No. SP/SO/PS-52/2004) and the Uttarakhand Forest Department for providing meteorological data.

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  • Received Date: 27 October 2010
  • Rev Recd Date: 27 February 2011
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  • The present study was undertaken in five major forest types (dominated by Quercus semecarpifolia
    , Quercus floribunda
    , Acer acuminatum
    , Abies pindrow
     and Aesculus indica
    , respectively) between 2400 and 2850 m a.s.l. in a moist temperate forest of the Mandal-Chopta area in the Garhwal region of Uttarakhand, India. The aim was to assess the variation in composition and diversity in different vegetation layers, i.e., herb, shrub and tree, among these five forest types. Diversity indices, such as the Shannon-Wiener diversity index, density, total basal cover, Simpson's concentration of dominance index, Simpson's diversity index, Pielou's equitability, species richness, species heterogeneity and β
    -diversity, were calculated to understand community structures. Dominance-diversity curves were drawn to ascertain resource apportionment among various species in different forest types.
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