PJB-2011-233
VEGETATION AND SPECIES ALTITUDINAL DISTRIBUTION IN AL-JABAL AL-AKHDAR LANDSCAPE, LIBYA
A. K. HEGAZY1*, L. BOULOS2, H. F. KABIEL3 AND O. S. SHARASHY4
Abstract
Cyrenaica is the largest phytogeographical region in Libya. The region holds Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar (the Green Mountain) landscape with the richest vegetation and highest species diversity in the country. Field study of the vegetation was carried out in the different habitat types representing the mountainous landscape. Data were analyzed by Detrended Correspondence Analysis (DCA) and Canonical Correspondence Analysis (CCA) against the environmental variables. Vegetation and species richness varied with altitude from the sea level, through mid elevation slope vegetation in wadis, to herbaceous and low-shrub-vegetation towards the mountain top. Vegetation is classified into three major groups:
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