Diversity, distribution and resource values of woody climbers in tropical forests of southern Eastern Ghats, India

作     者：Chellam Muthumperumal Narayanaswamy Parthasarathy 

作者机构：Department of Ecology and Environmental Sciences Pondicherry University 

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

年 卷 期：2013年第24卷第2期

页      面：365-374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] 

基　　金：the Department of Biotechnology (DBT) New Delhi for funding this study through a project (BT/6603/NDB/51/089/2005-2009) and to all officers and staff of Tamil Nadu forest department for permission to conduct research in forests of southern Eastern Ghats 

主　　题：animal dispersal Eastern Ghats India liana diversity resource values 

摘      要：We investigated the distribution and resource values of liana species assessed in six hill complexes of southern Eastern Ghats, India. 143 liana species （DBH （diameter at breast height） ≥1.5 cm） and 32,033 liana individuals were recorded from 110 transects （0.5 ha each covering 55 ha area） in the study sites. The resource values of lianas were broadly categorized into ecological and economic importance. About 90% （129） of liana species and 96% （30,564） of liana individuals were established ecological/economic values. Fruit rewards provided by 76 species and 20,325 individuals constituted the major resource of ecological importance. 82 species and 21,457 liana individuals are of economic importance as medicine, edible fruits, edible and medicinal values, and yet others are used for different domestic purposes including furniture, fuel wood, rope making etc.. Ecologically, the prevalence of succulent diaspores in lianas of Indian Eastern Ghats indicates the animal dependence of many liana species for dispersal and underlines the need for a holistic and whole-forest conservation approach in maintaining forest biodiversity.