Tree species composition along environmental and disturbance gradients in tropical sub-montane forests, Tanzania.

ABSTRACT: Understanding the environmental and disturbance determinants of tree species dominance and community composition in an ecosystem, is important for informing management and conservation decisions, through maintaining or improving the existing forest composition and structure. This study was carried out to quantify the relationship between forest tree composition structure and environmental and disturbance gradients, in a tropical sub-montane forest of Eastern Usambara. Vegetation, environmental, and anthropogenic disturbance data for 58 plots across Amani and Nilo nature forest reserves were obtained. Agglomerative hierarchical cluster analysis and canonical correspondence analysis (CCA) were used to identify plant communities and analyze the influence of environmental variables and anthrop

SUBMITTER: Lolila NJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9994703 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature