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DOI	10.3390/land11122145
	Community Structure and Distribution Pattern of Woody Vegetation in Response to Soil properties in Semi-Arid Lowland District Kasur Punjab, Pakistan
	Waheed, Muhammad; Arshad, Fahim; Majeed, Muhammad; Fatima, Sammer; Mukhtar, Naila; Aziz, Robina; Mangrio, Wali Muhammad; Almohamad, Hussein; Al Dughairi, Ahmed Abdullah; Al-Mutiry, Motrih; Abdo, Hazem Ghassan
通讯作者	Almohamad, H
来源期刊	LAND
EISSN	2073-445X
出版年	2022
卷号	11 期号:12
英文摘要	Plant diversity is lower in arid regions around the world. However, semi-arid regions have very high species richness and are notable in terms of vegetation structure and plant diversity. The major goal of this study was to assess the composition and diversity of woody species with respect to edaphic properties in semi-arid lowlands of Kasur, Punjab Pakistan. Comprehensive field surveys were conducted to study the botanical diversity of woody vegetation in Kasur district (Punjab) during 2020-2022. Based on geography and vegetation richness, 120 sampling sites were selected, with each site comprising 05 transects of 500 m(2) randomly. Therefore, from each sampling site, 25 quadrats were taken for exploring the biological assortment of woody vegetation. Soil samples were collected at a depth of 9 to 12 cm and placed in a polythene bag. The soil samples were tested for soil pH, EC, OM, macronutrients (N, P, and K), and cation exchange capacity (CEC). A total of 86 woody species belonging to 61 genera and 26 families were documented from diverse habitats of semi-arid lowland of Kasur, Punjab, Pakistan. The leading family was Leguminosae having 13 genera and 21 species, followed by Moraceae, including four genera and nine species, and Bignoniaceae with seven genera and 09 species. Overall, five woody plant communities were renamed by means of the maximum indictor-valued plant species, such as those listed below; 1. EDM: Eucalyptus-Dalbergia-Morus community; 2. PBM: Populus-Bombax-Morus community; 3. ZTZ: Ziziphus-Tamarix- Ziziphus community; 4. PAP: Prosopis-Acacia-Prosopis community, and 5. BCR: Broussonetia-Conocarpus-Ricinus community. The CCA ordination makes it apparent that appropriate edaphic aspects, such as pH, organic matter, N, P, K, soil texture (silt, sand, and clay), and cation exchange capacity (CEC), have a significant influence on how woody species are distributed. The current effort provides a fundamental layout to realize the influences of environmental variables on the arrangement, variety, and relations of woody vegetation, which is useful to improve the conservation and management events for the ecological restoration of degraded habitation in the studied district.
英文关键词	biological richness distribution patterns woody vegetation geography Punjab
类型	Article
语种	英语
开放获取类型	gold
收录类别	SSCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000901209300001
WOS关键词	JAMMU-AND-KASHMIR ; WESTERN HIMALAYAN FORESTS ; ECOLOGICAL DISTRIBUTION ; FLORISTIC DIVERSITY ; SPECIES-DIVERSITY ; PLANT DIVERSITY ; MULTIVARIATE ; CLASSIFICATION ; VALLEY ; PHENOLOGY
WOS类目	Environmental Studies
WOS研究方向	Environmental Sciences & Ecology
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/393705
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Waheed, Muhammad,Arshad, Fahim,Majeed, Muhammad,et al. Community Structure and Distribution Pattern of Woody Vegetation in Response to Soil properties in Semi-Arid Lowland District Kasur Punjab, Pakistan[J],2022,11(12).
APA	Waheed, Muhammad.,Arshad, Fahim.,Majeed, Muhammad.,Fatima, Sammer.,Mukhtar, Naila.,...&Abdo, Hazem Ghassan.(2022).Community Structure and Distribution Pattern of Woody Vegetation in Response to Soil properties in Semi-Arid Lowland District Kasur Punjab, Pakistan.LAND,11(12).
MLA	Waheed, Muhammad,et al."Community Structure and Distribution Pattern of Woody Vegetation in Response to Soil properties in Semi-Arid Lowland District Kasur Punjab, Pakistan".LAND 11.12(2022).