Assessment of eco-diversity status of Homalomena aromatica (Spreng.) Schott and its habitat in tropical forest of Indian Eastern Himalaya
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https://doi.org/10.14719/pst.2019.6.2.435Keywords:
Arunachal Pradesh, Tropical forest, Homalomena aromatica, Eastern Himalaya, Population status, Species association and ThreatsAbstract
Homalomena aromatica (Spreng.) Schott is one of the economically important plant species occurring in the North east and Eastern Himalayan region of India which received least attention in its ecological and conservation studies. The current study has been undertaken in the north eastern state of Arunachal Pradesh. The population, phytosociological status of its habitat, regeneration and species association of H. aromatica were worked out using standard ecological methods. Out of the 15 selected forest sites for survey, H. aromatica was found only in 9 sites. A total of 288 species representing 99 families are documented from the selected sites where Euphorbiaceae, Meliaceae, Araceae, Dipterocarpaceae and Poaceae are found dominant in all the 9 sites. Species diversity index (H?) of all the three habits i.e. the tree, shrub, and herb were found highest in Happy Valley site followed by Ganga Lake. A total of 219 individuals of H. aromatica recorded which were found confined within the altitudinal ranges of 350m-450m asl. The IVI (1.95 to 9.64) and Frequency % (5 to 12.5) range of H. aromatica found significantly low at all the survey sites. Pearson’s correlation analysis reveals that there is a positive relationship between the population size and the species diversity index, where shrub showed the strongest relationship (r(7)=0.900, P=0.001) followed by tree r(7)=0.736, P=0.024 and the herbs with weakest relationship (r(7)=0.39, P=0.269). The Chi-square test of association indicated significant association of 10 species with H. aromatica in the various sites where Alocasia acuminate (Aracaceae), Amomum sp. (Zingiberaceae) and Pteris sp. (Pteridaceae) showed highest association with higher Chi square value. The poor population status with average density of 3041.67/hectare and 8.89 frequency percentage as well the existing anthropogenic threats to the species recorded in the present study has warrants for its immediate conservation.
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50. Bhuyan P, Khan ML, Tripathi RS. Tree diversity and population structure in undisturbed and human-impacted stands of tropical wet evergreen forest in Arunachal Pradesh, Eastern Himalayas, India. Biodiversity Conservation 2003; 12(8): 1753-1773.
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54. Barbhuiya AR, Arunachalam A, Nath PC, Khan ML, Arunachalam K. Leaf litter decomposition of dominant tree species of Namdapha National Park, Arunachal Pradesh, northeast India. Journal of Forest Research 2008; 13(1): 25-34. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10310-007-0044-6
55. Burgess PF. The Structure and Composition of Lowland Rainforest in North Borneo. Malayan Forester 1961; 14: 66-80.
56. Sundarapandian SM. Ecological studies on forest ecosystem at Kodayar in Western Ghats of Tamil Nadu. Ph. D. Thesis, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, 1997;113
57. Waide RB, and Lugo AE. A research perspective on disturbance and recovery of a tropical forest. In J.G. Goldammer (ed.), Tropical Forests in Transition. Birkhauser, Basel, Switzerland, 1992;173–189.
58. Whitmore TC, Burslem DFRP. Major disturbances in tropical rainforests. In D.M. Newbery, H.H.T. Prins, and N.D. Brown (eds), Dynamics of Tropical Communities. Blackwell Science Ltd, Oxford, 1998; 549–565.
59. Chazdon RL. Tropical forest recovery: Legacies of human impact and natural disturbances. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 2003; 6(1-2): 51-71.
60. Banerjee AK, Mukherjee A, Dewanji A. Potential distribution of Mikania micrantha Kunth in India? evidence of climatic niche and biome shifts. Flora 2017; 234: 215-223. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.flora.2017.08.001
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Ronald K, Gajurel PR, Singh B. Assessment of eco-diversity status of Homalomena aromatica (Spreng.) Schott and its habitat in tropical forest of Indian Eastern Himalaya. Plant Sci. Today [Internet]. 2019 Mar. 31 [cited 2024 Nov. 4];6(2):71-83. Available from: https://horizonepublishing.com/journals/index.php/PST/article/view/435
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