Abstract
Ecological communities are composed of complex vegetation that differs from community to community and also within the community. The variability of tree species in the community in relation to their environments can be studied by using different statistical tools. The present study was conducted to describe and also to quantify the spatial pattern, abundance and diversity of tree species in the Western Ghats of Karnataka. The spatial pattern of tree species was studied by using Poisson and Negative binomial distributions. Results indicate that most of the selected tree species followed Negative binomial distribution having clumped pattern. The Species abundance distribution was studied by using log series and lognormal distributions in six different forest types (Evergreen, semievergreen, moist deciduous, dry deciduous, scrub and shola forest types). All six different forest types followed lognormal distribution where as evergreen and shola forest types followed log series distribution also. Diversity of the tree species in different forest types was quantified by different diversity indices; it was found that evergreen forest is most diverse.
Keywords
Probability distributions, spatial pattern, abundance, diversity, indices, community, tree species
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Recommended Citation
Gowda, D. M.
(2011).
"PROBABILITY MODELS TO STUDY THE SPATIAL PATTERN, ABUNDANCE AND DIVERSITY OF TREE SPECIES,"
Conference on Applied Statistics in Agriculture.
https://doi.org/10.4148/2475-7772.1048
PROBABILITY MODELS TO STUDY THE SPATIAL PATTERN, ABUNDANCE AND DIVERSITY OF TREE SPECIES
Ecological communities are composed of complex vegetation that differs from community to community and also within the community. The variability of tree species in the community in relation to their environments can be studied by using different statistical tools. The present study was conducted to describe and also to quantify the spatial pattern, abundance and diversity of tree species in the Western Ghats of Karnataka. The spatial pattern of tree species was studied by using Poisson and Negative binomial distributions. Results indicate that most of the selected tree species followed Negative binomial distribution having clumped pattern. The Species abundance distribution was studied by using log series and lognormal distributions in six different forest types (Evergreen, semievergreen, moist deciduous, dry deciduous, scrub and shola forest types). All six different forest types followed lognormal distribution where as evergreen and shola forest types followed log series distribution also. Diversity of the tree species in different forest types was quantified by different diversity indices; it was found that evergreen forest is most diverse.
