Effect of disturbance on plant species abundance and density distribution in tropical forest of Sunsari district, Eastern Nepal

Authors

  • Tilak Prasad Gautam Department of Botany, M.M.A.M. Campus, T.U., Biratnagar, Nepal
  • Tej Narayan Mandal Department of Botany, Post Graduate Campus, Tribhuvan University, Biratnagar, Nepal

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3126/njbs.v6i1.41761

Keywords:

Vegetation analysis, quadrat method, Charkoshe jungle

Abstract

The disappearance of global tropical forests due to deforestation and forest degradation has reduced the biodiversity and carbon sequestration capacity. In these contexts, present study was carried out to understand the species composition and density in the undisturbed and disturbed stands of moist tropical forest located in Sunsari district of eastern Nepal. Study revealed that the forest disturbance has reduced the number of tree species by 33% and tree density by 50%. In contrary, both number and density of herb and shrub species have increased with forest disturbance.

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Published

2016-12-01

How to Cite

Gautam, T. P., & Mandal, T. N. (2016). Effect of disturbance on plant species abundance and density distribution in tropical forest of Sunsari district, Eastern Nepal. Nepalese Journal of Biosciences, 6(1), 1–12. https://doi.org/10.3126/njbs.v6i1.41761

Issue

Vol. 6 No. 1 (2016)

Section

Articles