The influence of environmental variables on Punica granatum L. assemblages in subtropical dry temperate woodland in the district of Lower Dir, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

doi:10.3906/bot-1602-32

	The influence of environmental variables on Punica granatum L. assemblages in subtropical dry temperate woodland in the district of Lower Dir, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
	Irshad, Muhammad 1; Khan, Nasrullah 1,2; Ali, Kishwar 1; Muhammad, Zahid 1
刊名	TURKISH JOURNAL OF BOTANY
	2016
卷号	40 期号:6 页码:610-622
关键词	Punica granatum natural forests fruit-yielding commercial importance classification and ordination species conservation and management
ISSN号	1300-008X
DOI	10.3906/bot-1602-32
通讯作者	Muhammad, Zahid(zasa1989@gmail.com)
英文摘要	Punica granatum L. (Wild) is an important fruit-yielding species of the world and a source of income for people, particularly in the Hindukush-Himalayas of Pakistan. Considering its ecological and commercial importance, an attempt was made to provide a primary assessment of its compositional pattern with relation to environmental variables for ecologically unexplored Punica granatum forests located in a subtropical dry temperate zone using multivariate techniques. The vegetation data were collected from 40 Punica granatum forest stands along with the associated environmental data (12 variables) at different locations. Classification of the stands was carried out using Ward's agglomerative cluster analysis. In total, 20 tree species belonging to 13 families of 19 genera with 78 understories were surveyed. Finally, nonmetric multidimensional scaling ordination with associated Monte Carlo permutation tests was performed to explore the patterns of variation in vegetation distribution explained by the environmental variables. Four community types were identified in different altitudinal and microclimatic thickets that significantly varied in species composition. The soil physical properties, i.e. sand and clay, forming an amalgam with chemical properties, i.e. N+1 and K+1 concentrations, were the most influential variables responsible for distribution of Punica granatum and associated species and compositional variation in the subtropical dry temperate areas of Pakistan. The present study will help in the understanding of conservation and management of this ecologically and commercially important species and will provide baseline information for other forests species growing in the area.
WOS关键词	NORTHERN PAKISTAN ; VEGETATION ; DYNAMICS
WOS研究方向	Plant Sciences
语种	英语
出版者	TUBITAK SCIENTIFIC & TECHNICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL TURKEY
WOS记录号	WOS:000390711200006
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.igsnrr.ac.cn/handle/311030/65413]
专题	中国科学院地理科学与资源研究所
通讯作者	Muhammad, Zahid
作者单位	1.Univ Malakand, Dept Bot, Plant Ecol Lab, Lower Dir, Khyber Pakhtunk, Pakistan 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Geog Sci & Nat Resources Res, Beijing, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Irshad, Muhammad,Khan, Nasrullah,Ali, Kishwar,et al. The influence of environmental variables on Punica granatum L. assemblages in subtropical dry temperate woodland in the district of Lower Dir, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan[J]. TURKISH JOURNAL OF BOTANY,2016,40(6):610-622.
APA	Irshad, Muhammad,Khan, Nasrullah,Ali, Kishwar,&Muhammad, Zahid.(2016).The influence of environmental variables on Punica granatum L. assemblages in subtropical dry temperate woodland in the district of Lower Dir, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.TURKISH JOURNAL OF BOTANY,40(6),610-622.
MLA	Irshad, Muhammad,et al."The influence of environmental variables on Punica granatum L. assemblages in subtropical dry temperate woodland in the district of Lower Dir, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan".TURKISH JOURNAL OF BOTANY 40.6(2016):610-622.