Record Details

Do floristic composition, plant species abundance and vegetation structure in Sudanian wetlands vary according to conservation status?

OAR@ICRISAT

View Archive Info
 
 
Field Value
 
Relation http://oar.icrisat.org/9307/
 
Title Do floristic composition, plant species abundance and vegetation structure in Sudanian wetlands vary according to conservation status?
 
Creator Soulama, S
Nacoulma, B M I
Savadogo, P
Bachmann, Y
Thiombiano, A
 
Subject Agriculture-Farming, Production, Technology, Economics
 
Description In Sahel, wetlands are particularly endangered hence practical knowledge for their sustainable
management is needed. The aim of this study was to compare plant community structure between
protected and unprotected wetland bank stands in eastern Burkina Faso. Phytosociological and
dendrometrical parameters were carrying out in adult trees, seedling individuals and herbaceous
species. Discrimination of plant communities and diversity indices were calculated for each
group. Weibull distribution was used to compare the diameter structures. The results shows that plant
communities located in riverbanks of unprotected wetlands have a greater specificheterogeneity. They
are rich inannual speciesand in species with a wide distribution. Finally their woody stands are
characterized by lower basal areas than unprotected wetland riverbank stands. Plant community stands
in riverbanks of protected wetlands were better preserved but some disturbances were noticed.
Furthermore, juvenile plants of the two sites were threatened and this may affect in long term, the
relative stability of these trees stands as revealed by Weibull distribution. Further study should focus
on wetlands riverbanks seedling status in order to propose restoration strategies.
 
Publisher Global Science Research Journals
 
Date 2015
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Rights —
 
Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/9307/1/GSRJ_3_3_83-93_2015.pdf
Soulama, S and Nacoulma, B M I and Savadogo, P and Bachmann, Y and Thiombiano, A (2015) Do floristic composition, plant species abundance and vegetation structure in Sudanian wetlands vary according to conservation status? Global Journal of Wood Science, Forestry and Wildlife, 3 (3). pp. 83-93. ISSN 2449-1780