Vegetation of the Sefid-Kuh Protected Area, W. Iran
Subject Areas : Geneticعصری Asri 1 , م Ghorbanli 2 , م Mehrnia 3
1 - Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands, Tehran, Iran
2 - Biology Department, Islamic Azad University, Gorgan Branch, Gorgan, Iran
3 - Animal Affairs Natural Research Center of Lurestan Province, Khorram-Abad, Iran
Keywords: Braun-Blanquet, Oak steppe-forest, Phytosociology, Sefid-Kuh Protected Area, Woodland,
Abstract :
Sefid-Kuh Protected Area is situated in the west of Iran. The Area is one of the unknown ecosystems of Zagros mountain system. The vegetation of part of the Area was studied by Braun-Blanquet method. Phytosociological data analyzed with Factorial Correspondence Analysis (FCA) and the Hierarchical Ascendant Classification (HAC) methods by means of Anaphyto software. 18 associations and 6 subassociations were distinguished in the Area. These steppe-forest communities belong to Quercetea persicae and Quercetalia persica. The zonation of vegetation is mainly affected by topographic and edaphic factors. Altitude, slope, exposure, percent of gravel and moisture, texture and depth of the soil are the important factors to establishment of associations in the different elevation zones.
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Assadi, M., Maassoumi, A.A., Khatamsaz, M. & Moaffarian, V. (eds.) (1988-2000) Flora of Iran, vols. 1-31. Research Institute of Forests & Rangelands Publishers, Tehran (In persian).
Barkman, J.J. MORAVEC, J. & RAUSCHERTS, S. (1986) Code of phytosociological nomenclature. Vegetatio, 67: 145-195.
Braun-Blanquet, J. (1932) Plant sociology, the study of plant communities (Translation of Pflanzensoziologie by Fuller, G.D. & Conard, H.S. 1983). Mc Graw Hill Book Company, Inc. New York. 439 p.
Briane, J. (1995) A computer software for data-processing in phytosociology, Anaphyto. Labratoire de Systématique & Ecologie Végétales, Université Orsay, Paris.
Davis, P.H. (ed.) (1965-1985) Flora of Turkey, vols. 1-9. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh.
Frey, W. & Probst, W. (1986) A synopsis of the vegetation of Iran. In: Kürschner, H. (ed.), contributions of the vegetation of southwest Asia. Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, Wiesbaden, pp. 9-43.
Komarov, V.L. & Shishkin, B.K. (eds.) (1963-1974). Flora of the U.S.S.R, vols. 1-24 (Translated by Landau, N., Lavoott, R., Blake, Z. & Behrman, L.). Keter and IPST Press, Jerusalem.
Maassoumi, A.A. (1986-1995) The genus Astragalus in Iran, vols. 1-3. Research Institute of Forests & Rangelands Publishers, Tehran (In persian).
Mobayen, S. & Javanshir, K. (1971) Yasuj forests. Journal of Forestry (Tehran University), 24: 51-73 (In Persian).
MUELLER-DOMBOIS, D. & ELLENBERG, H. (1974) Aims and methods of vegetation ecology. John Wiley & Sons Inc., New York. 547p.
Rechinger, K. H. (ed.) (1963-1998) Flora Iranica, nos. 1-173. Akademische Druck-u. Verlagsanstalt, Graz.
Tabatabai, M. & Javanshir, K. (1966) Iranian western oak forests, I. Kermanshah and Kurdestan forests. Forestry Service Publishers, Tehran. 234 p. (In persian).
Townsend, C.C. & Guest, E. (eds.) (1966-1985) Flora of Iraq, vols. 1-9. Ministry of Agriculture and Agrarian Reform, Baghdad.
Zohary, M. (1973) Geobotanical foundations of the Middle East, 2 vols. Stuttgart. 739p.
