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VEGETATION
CLASSIFICATION IN AYUBIA NATIONAL PARK, PAKISTAN USING ORDINATION
METHODS
SHEIKH SAEED*
AHMAD AND QURATULANN
Abstract:
Present study
was conducted in Ayubia National Park which was declared as a
protected/National Park. The study classified the species abundance and
its distribution. A total of 59 species that belonged to 32 families
were recorded. Overall two major communities were identified using
TWINSPAN. Major group 1 comprised of Hedera nepalensis and
Adiantum caudatum and major group 2 comprised of Plantago major
and Rumex nepalensis. The species data was subjected to Nonmetric
Multidimensional Scaling, specially used for extracting nonlinear
gradients in species composition. The overall data was analyzed by
Monte-Carlo test to access the stress in relation to dimensionality.
Furthermore overlay matrix was carried out for only two dominant species
that is Adiantum caudatum and Hedera nepalensis to show a
relationship in relation to score on a particular axis. The study
identifies and highlights the critical need for the protection and
conservation of local/native flora in Ayubia National Park.
Department of
Environmental Sciences,
Fatima Jinnah Women
University Rawalpindi, Pakistan
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