Ordination and Classification of Vegetation in Semi Arid Area of Pakistan

Ordination and Classification of Vegetation in Semi Arid Area of Pakistan

Musharaf Khan

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Farrukh Hussain

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Faridullah

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Shahana Musharaf

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Ordination and Classification of Vegetation in Semi Arid Area of Pakistan

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A survey of natural vegetation of Tehsil Takht-e-Nasrati, District Karak was undertaken in spring 2010-2011. Total 66 species were recorded during spring. Hierarchical Cluster Analysis (HCA), and Detrended Correspondence Analysis (DCA) were used for the plant community analysis. Plant species of each community type are presented together with the information on dominance and sub-dominance species. Four plant co-mmunities association i.e. Prosopis-Fagonia-Saccharum association, Zizyphus-Saccharum-Acacia association, Fagonia-Zizyphus-Eragrostis association and Aerua-Acacia-Cymbopogon association were recognized. Classification and ordination techniques provided very similar results based on the floristic composition and communities similarity. The results produced the source for the mapping division of plant life communities.

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Musharaf Khan. 2014. \u201cOrdination and Classification of Vegetation in Semi Arid Area of Pakistan\u201d. Global Journal of Science Frontier Research - C: Biological Science GJSFR-C Volume 14 (GJSFR Volume 14 Issue C2): .

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Crossref Journal DOI 10.17406/GJSFR

Print ISSN 0975-5896

e-ISSN 2249-4626

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community association DCA HCA spring tehsil takht-e-nasrati

Submission ReceivedFebruary 16, 2014
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Country: Pakistan

Subject: Global Journal of Science Frontier Research - C: Biological Science

Authors: Musharaf Khan, Farrukh Hussain, Faridullah, Shahana Musharaf (PhD/Dr. count: 0)

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