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DOI	10.3390/d12040140
	Diversity and Structure of an Arid Woodland in Southwest Angola, with Comparison to the Wider Miombo Ecoregion
	Godlee, John L.; Goncalves, Francisco Maiato; Tchamba, Jose Joao; Chisingui, Antonio Valter; Muledi, Jonathan Ilunga; Shutcha, Mylor Ngoy; Ryan, Casey M.; Brade, Thom K.; Dexter, Kyle G.
通讯作者	Godlee, JL
来源期刊	DIVERSITY-BASEL
EISSN	1424-2818
出版年	2020
卷号	12 期号:4
英文摘要	Seasonally dry woodlands are the dominant land cover across southern Africa. They are biodiverse, structurally complex, and important for ecosystem service provision. Species composition and structure vary across the region producing a diverse array of woodland types. The woodlands of the Huila plateau in southwest Angola represent the extreme southwestern extent of the miombo ecoregion and are markedly drier than other woodlands within this ecoregion. They remain understudied, however, compared to woodlands further east in the miombo ecoregion. We aimed to elucidate further the tree diversity found within southwestern Angolan woodlands by conducting a plot-based study in Bicuar National Park, comparing tree species composition and woodland structure with similar plots in Tanzania, Mozambique, and the Democratic Republic of Congo. We found Bicuar National Park had comparatively low tree species diversity, but contained 27 tree species not found in other plots. Plots in Bicuar had low basal area, excepting plots dominated by Baikiaea plurijuga. In a comparison of plots in intact vegetation with areas previously disturbed by shifting-cultivation agriculture, we found species diversity was marginally higher in disturbed plots. Bicuar National Park remains an important woodland refuge in Angola, with an uncommon mosaic of woodland types within a small area. While we highlight wide variation in species composition and woodland structure across the miombo ecoregion, plot-based studies with more dense sampling across the ecoregion are clearly needed to more broadly understand regional variation in vegetation diversity, composition and structure.
英文关键词	woodland miombo savanna diversity disturbance Baikiaea
类型	Article
语种	英语
开放获取类型	Green Submitted, gold
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:000533906300008
WOS关键词	PLANT DIVERSITY ; FLORISTIC COMPOSITION ; TREE DIVERSITY ; BETA-DIVERSITY ; CARBON STORAGE ; VEGETATION ; LEGUMINOSAE ; DISTURBANCE ; SAVANNA ; WATER
WOS类目	Biodiversity Conservation ; Ecology
WOS研究方向	Biodiversity & Conservation ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/324501
作者单位	[Godlee, John L.; Ryan, Casey M.; Brade, Thom K.; Dexter, Kyle G.] Univ Edinburgh, Sch GeoSci, Edinburgh EH9 3FF, Midlothian, Scotland; [Goncalves, Francisco Maiato; Tchamba, Jose Joao; Chisingui, Antonio Valter] ISCED Huila, Herbarium Lubango, Sarmento Rodrigues Str 2, Lubango 230, Angola; [Muledi, Jonathan Ilunga; Shutcha, Mylor Ngoy] Univ Lubumbashi, Ecol Restaurat Ecol & Paysage, Fac Sci Agron, Route Kasapa BP 1825, Lubumbashi, DEM REP CONGO; [Dexter, Kyle G.] Royal Bot Garden Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH3 5LR, Midlothian, Scotland
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Godlee, John L.,Goncalves, Francisco Maiato,Tchamba, Jose Joao,et al. Diversity and Structure of an Arid Woodland in Southwest Angola, with Comparison to the Wider Miombo Ecoregion[J],2020,12(4).
APA	Godlee, John L..,Goncalves, Francisco Maiato.,Tchamba, Jose Joao.,Chisingui, Antonio Valter.,Muledi, Jonathan Ilunga.,...&Dexter, Kyle G..(2020).Diversity and Structure of an Arid Woodland in Southwest Angola, with Comparison to the Wider Miombo Ecoregion.DIVERSITY-BASEL,12(4).
MLA	Godlee, John L.,et al."Diversity and Structure of an Arid Woodland in Southwest Angola, with Comparison to the Wider Miombo Ecoregion".DIVERSITY-BASEL 12.4(2020).