Plant diversity and community analysis of Sele-Nono forest, Southwest Ethiopia: implication for conservation planning.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Studying the floristic diversity of a certain forest is a basic aspect of the design and management of forest vegetation; and consequently this study focused on the plant diversity and community analysis of the Sele-Nono forest. For the current study, plants were sampled from 90 plots using a stratified random sampling technique along the established strata of the study forest. In all the plots, both floristic and environmental data that were relevant to the study were collected following the state of the art. Based on the collected data, the community types, ordination, floristic diversity, and threats to the forest were analyzed using R-package and SPSS software.

Results

Cluster analysis produced seven distinct community types which significantly differed among

SUBMITTER: Kefalew A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9294133 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature