Shokrollahi, Shekoofeh, Moradi, hHmid Reza, Dianati Tilaki, Ghasem Ali, Atghaei, Milad (2014). Synecology of Semi-Steppe Vegetation in Relation to Some Ecological Factors in Polour Rangelands of Mazandaran Province, Iran. , 2(1), 471-483.
Shekoofeh Shokrollahi; hHmid Reza Moradi; Ghasem Ali Dianati Tilaki; Milad Atghaei. "Synecology of Semi-Steppe Vegetation in Relation to Some Ecological Factors in Polour Rangelands of Mazandaran Province, Iran". , 2, 1, 2014, 471-483.
Shokrollahi, Shekoofeh, Moradi, hHmid Reza, Dianati Tilaki, Ghasem Ali, Atghaei, Milad (2014). 'Synecology of Semi-Steppe Vegetation in Relation to Some Ecological Factors in Polour Rangelands of Mazandaran Province, Iran', , 2(1), pp. 471-483.
Shokrollahi, Shekoofeh, Moradi, hHmid Reza, Dianati Tilaki, Ghasem Ali, Atghaei, Milad Synecology of Semi-Steppe Vegetation in Relation to Some Ecological Factors in Polour Rangelands of Mazandaran Province, Iran. , 2014; 2(1): 471-483.

Synecology of Semi-Steppe Vegetation in Relation to Some Ecological Factors in Polour Rangelands of Mazandaran Province, Iran

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Article 5, Volume 2, Issue 1 - Serial Number 7, 2014, Pages 471-483    PDF (498.76 K)
Authors
Shekoofeh Shokrollahi1; hHmid Reza Moradi* 2; Ghasem Ali Dianati Tilaki2; Milad Atghaei3
1Former Master Student, Faculty of Natural Resources, Tarbiat Modares University, Noor, Iran
2Associate Professor, Faculty of Natural Resources Faculty, Tarbiat Modares University, Noor, Iran
3Former Master Student, Faculty of Agricultural and Natural Resources, Tehran University, Karaj, Iran
Abstract
This research investigates the vegetation of 4600 ha of Polour semi-steppe rangelands in relation to edaphic and physiographical parameters in Mazandaran province. For this purpose, 23 land units were selected from overlaying slope, aspect and elevation maps using geographic information system (GIS). Within each unit, 3 parallel transects with 100 m length, each containing 10 quadrates (according to vegetation variation) were established. Sampling method was Random systematic. Measured soil properties included texture, organic matter, pH, electrical conductivity, nitrogen, phosphor, and litter. Soil and plant data were analyzed with redundancy analysis and SHAZAM 10 package. RDA analysis suggesting that there is a relatively high correspondence between vegetation and environmental factors that explain 93% of the total variance in data set. RDA results showed that soil slope, aspect, soil texture, acidity, phosphor, and litter were the major environmental factors responsible for variations in vegetation patterns. Furthermore, results also showed that for F .ovina and P .bulbosa, acidity and nitrogen, for A .gossypinus, organic matter and salinity and for D .glomerata, nitrogen have the most important role in plant presence and absence probability.
Keywords
Environmental factors; Polour rangelands; presence and absence probability; redundancy analysis (RDA); soil parameters
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