Environmental determinants of plant associations and evaluation of the conservation status of Parrotiopsis jacquemontiana in Dir, the Hindu Kush Range of Mountains

Manan, Fazal; Khan, Shujaul Mulk; Ahmad, Zeeshan; Kamran, Saqib; Haq, Zahoor Ul; Abid, Fatima; Iqbal, Majid; Abdullah, Abdullah

doi:10.1007/s42965-020-00109-2

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“…The sampling began at lowest elevation to the mountain peaks (600–2000 m.s.l.) using GPS (Global Positioning System) [ 20 , 21 ]. At each transect, 7–10 quadrats were taken at 100m intervals along with an elevation gradient.…”

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Phyto-ecological studies and distribution pattern of plant species and communities of Dhirkot, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan

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Plant species represent the hierarchical expression of vegetation as it is affected by various environmental gradients. We explored the plant species composition, distribution pattern, communities formation and their respective indicators under the influence of various environmental factors in the Dhirkot region, Azad Jammu and Kashmir. It was hypothesized that different environmental factors were responsible for the formation of various plant communities each with a distinct indicator. Quantitative ecological techniques were used for the sampling of vegetation. A total of 114 quadrats were established in 13 selected sampling sites. Phytosociological attributes were calculated for each plant species at each quadrat. Soil samples were collected and analyzed using different standard protocols. All the collected data were analyzed using Cluster Analysis, Indicator Species Analysis and Canonical Correspondence Analysis of PCORD and CANOCO software, respectively. A total of 145 plant species were recorded belong to 62 different families. Asteraceae and Lamiaceae were the dominant families, represented by 12 species each (8.27%). Cluster Analysis classify all the stations and plants into four major plant communities as 1) Olea-Desmodium-Prunilla community. 2) Abies-Zanthoxylum-Pteracanthus community 3) Cedrus-Elaeagnus-Hypericum community 4) Alnus-Myrsine–Ranunculus community. Soil pH, electrical conductivity, soil saturation, organic matter and altitude were the significant environmental factors that play its essential role in the plant species distribution, composition, formation of major plant communities and their respective indicators in the region. It is recommended that the identified indicator and rare plant species of the investigated area can further be grown for conservation and management purposes in in-situ environment.

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“…The overall vegetation of the study region is dominated by therophytes with 71 species (50.71%) followed by megaphanerophytes with 27 species (19.28%). The dominance of therophytes shows that the study area is under huge anthropogenic and biotic pressure like grazing pressure and human disturbance (Ullah and Badshah, 2017;Manan et al, 2020;Bedair et al, 2021). Hence, as a result, hemicryptophytes cannot survive in such type of environment.…”

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“…The flora of the western Himalayan province is transitional between the eastern Asiatic and ancient Mediterranean (Takhtajan, 1986;Khan et al, 2020;Zeb et al, 2021;. Bin Dara, being part of the western Himalayas, receives the monsoon rains during summer and heavy snowfall in winter; the plants renew growth at the approach of spring in the months of March-April (Manan et al, 2020). Ullah et al (2015) also reported the dominance of Cosmopolitan, Pantropical, Euro-Siberian, Mediterranean, Irano-Turanian, and Pluriregion elements in Myankaleh Wildlife Refuge, Mazandaran Province, Iran.…”

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“…The Bin Dara lies at 35 (Manan et al, 2020). The area's mean annual minimum and maximum temperatures are 10 and 27 • C, respectively.…”

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“…The western boundaries of the Sino-Japanese region in the Himalayas touch western Nepal (Takhtajan, 1969b) and according to the findings of Zohary (1950), Kitamura (1960), andHara (1966) it further spreads through Pakistan into Afghanistan to their western limit. This is supported by the interruption of the maximum rainfall (180 cm) areas (Haq et al, 2020). Before glaciation, the present Sino-Japanese flora had changed relatively little from the vegetation of the north-temperate regions that surrounded the whole northern hemisphere (Axelrod and Raven, 1978).…”

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Floristic composition, biological spectrum, and phytogeographic distribution of the Bin Dara Dir, in the western boundary of Pakistan

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This study assessed the floristic composition, biological spectrum, and phytogeographical elements of the Bin Dara western boundary of Pakistan. The flora consisted of 140 plant species belonging to 47 families. The most dominant family was Poaceae (with 14 species), followed by Asteraceae (11 species). The biological spectrum showed the therophytes (71 species, 50.71%) as the dominant life form class, followed by mega-phanerophytes (27 species, 19.28%), nano-phanerophytes (15 species, 10.71%), geophytes (10 species, 7.14%), chamaephytes (9 species, 6.42%), and hemi-cryptophytes (8 species, 5.71%). Leaf size classes comprised of nanophylls (48 species, 34.28%), microphylls (32 species, 22.85%), mesophylls (22 species, 15.71%), macrophylls (17 species, 12.14%), leptophylls (12 species, 8.57), megaphylls (8 species, 5.75%), and aphyllous (1 species, 0.71%). Cosmopolitan was the most prominent form of phytogeographic elements (with 17 species, 12.14%), followed by pantropical and Euro-Siberian Mediterranean Irano-Turanian (14 species, 10%) each. The pluriregional represented (13 species, 9.28%), Holarctic and Mediterranean Irano-Turanian (10 species, 7.14%), Irano-Turanian and Western Himalayan (9 species, 6.42%) each. It is recommended that further study is needed to map the vegetation, its indicators, and rare species that face a huge threat of endangerment.

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Study of Medicinal Plants of the Chitral Gol National Park (CGNP) with Special Emphasis on Future Conservation and Sustainability

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Ahmad

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Ethnobiology of Mountain Communities in Asia

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Environmental determinants of plant associations and evaluation of the conservation status of Parrotiopsis jacquemontiana in Dir, the Hindu Kush Range of Mountains

Cited by 17 publications

References 34 publications

Phyto-ecological studies and distribution pattern of plant species and communities of Dhirkot, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan

Phyto-ecological studies and distribution pattern of plant species and communities of Dhirkot, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan

Floristic composition, biological spectrum, and phytogeographic distribution of the Bin Dara Dir, in the western boundary of Pakistan

Study of Medicinal Plants of the Chitral Gol National Park (CGNP) with Special Emphasis on Future Conservation and Sustainability

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