Plant diversity at Chilapatta Reserve Forest of Terai Duars in subhumid tropical foothills of Indian Eastern Himalayas

作     者：Gopal Shukla Rajib Biswas A. P. Das Sumit Chakravarty 

作者机构：Department of Forestry Uttar Banga Krishi Viswavidyalaya Pundibari-736165 (Cooch Behar) West Bengal India Department of Botany University of North Bengal 

出 版 物：《Journal of Forestry Research》 (林业研究（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2014年第25卷第3期

页      面：591-596页

核心收录：

学科分类：0830[工学-环境科学与工程（可授工学、理学、农学学位）] 0907[农学-林学] 07[理学] 0829[工学-林业工程] 0901[农学-作物学] 0713[理学-生态学] 

主　　题：Terai Duars phyto-sociology plant diversity diversity indices 

摘      要：From March 2007 to March 2009 we quantified plant diversity at Chilapatta Reserve Forest in Terai Duars in the Indian eastern Himala-yas. We sampled stratified random nested quadrats. Species richness was 311, representing 167 genera and 81 families. The species diversity index and concentration of dominance of the forest were 2.20 and 0.0072, respectively. Shannon-Wiener index and evenness indices were 4.77 and 1.44, respectively. The Importance Value Index （IVI） of species ranged from 0.13 to 37.94. The estimated diversity indices indicated heterogene-ity of the forest in its composition, structure, function and dynamics. Rich forest plant diversity supports the need for continued conservation of tropical forests.