Major forests and plant species discrimination in Mudumalai forest region using airborne hyperspectral sensing

Spatial pattern of tree diversity and impacts of ecological disturbances on forest structure in tropical deciduous forests of Central India

“…was the most dominant tree (20% of the total enumerated woody plants), and the four most common tree species contributed 55.90% of the total tree density in tropical deciduous forests in the Mudumalai forest region (Sukumar et al, 1992). In contrast, the reported basal area (11.99 m 2 ha −1 ) of the present study was quite lower than the earlier studies from different tropical deciduous forests of India (Kishore et al, 2020;Nag et al, 2021) Diversity has a reverse relationship with dominance (Saikia & Khan, 2014), and the present study reported higher H′ (3.14) with poor dominance (0.05) and high species evenness (0.71) that signifies the dominance of selected tree species (Kumar & Saikia, 2021a).…”

“…was the most dominant tree (20% of the total enumerated woody plants), and the four most common tree species contributed 55.90% of the total tree density in tropical deciduous forests in the Mudumalai forest region (Sukumar et al, 1992). In contrast, the reported basal area (11.99 m 2 ha −1 ) of the present study was quite lower than the earlier studies from different tropical deciduous forests of India (Kishore et al, 2020; Kumar & Saikia, 2020; Nag et al, 2021) due to the dominance of individuals of young age group (136 ind. ha −1 ) and with poor overall tree density (228 ind.…”

“…ha −1 ) in the studied forest patches was quite lower than the reported range of tree density (370–1095 ind. ha −1 ) of tropical deciduous forests of India (Kishore et al, 2020; Kumar & Saikia, 2020; Reddy et al, 2007; Verma et al, 2017). In accord with the present study, T .…”

“…In accord with the present study, T . grandis was the most dominant tree species in tropical deciduous forests of Satpura Tiger Reserve (13.5% of total tree density) (Lal et al, 2021) and in the Mudumalai forest region (12% of total tree density) (Kishore et al, 2020), and the four most dominant tree species had contributed 45.24% and 32.60% of the total tree density, respectively. On the contrary, Kydia calycina Roxb.…”

“…ha −1 ) in the studied forest patches was quite lower than the reported range of tree density (370-1095 ind. ha −1 ) of tropical deciduous forests of India (Kishore et al, 2020;Reddy et al, 2007;Verma et al, 2017). In accord with the present study, T. grandis was the most dominant tree species in tropical deciduous forests of Satpura Tiger Reserve (13.5% of total tree density) (Lal et al, 2021) and in the Mudumalai forest region (12% of total tree density) (Kishore et al, 2020), and the four most dominant tree species had contributed 45.24% and 32.60% of the total tree density, respectively.…”