Glade and Forest-Edge Plant Community Attributes for Three Glade Types in Arusha National Park, Tanzania
Glade and Forest-Edge Plant Community Attributes for Three Glade Types in Arusha National Park, Tanzania作者机构：College of African Wildlife Management Mweka Moshi Tanzania Tshwane University of Technology Pretoria South Africa Bush-To-Base Solutions Inc. Christiansburg VA USA
出 版 物：《American Journal of Plant Sciences》 (美国植物学期刊（英文）)
年 卷 期：2022年第13卷第4期
页 面：457-472页
学科分类：0710[理学-生物学] 071001[理学-植物学] 07[理学]
主 题：Forest Glade-Edge Glade Interior Plant Indicator Species Plant Species Diversity Plant Species Richness
摘 要：The aim of the study was to compare glade and forest-glade edge plant community attributes for man-made, upper and lower natural glades. Two plots were set up in twelve glades at 2.5, 12.5 m and three plots in thirteen glades at 2.5, 12.5 and 22.5 m depending on the size of the glade. The results showed that plants total abundance, percentage basal cover, species richness and species diversity for upper and lower natural glades differed significantly p 2 = 15.95, df = 4, p Eleusine jaegeri, Heterogon contortus, Senna mimisoides, Digitaria scalarum, Clutia abyssinica) were habitat indicators for disturbed areas, wet humid grey/black clay soils for upper natural glades and three (Solanum incanum, Senna didymobotrya, and Pennistem mezianum, were indicators of overgrazed areas and black clay soils for man-made glades. In conclusion, plant species abundance, richness and diversity were highest at the forest-glade edge and decreased towards the glade interior, while plant species composition differed significantly between the three-glade types. The plant growth form for lower natural glades was associa
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