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AssessmentofWoodySpeciesDiversity,StructureandRegenerationStatus ofSetemaNaturalForest,SetemaDistrict,SouthwestEthiopia
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| dc.contributor.author | BekeleTulu | |
| dc.contributor.author | DerejeDenu | |
| dc.contributor.author | MulugetaLemenih | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-12-18T11:36:46Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-12-18T11:36:46Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2019-10 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://10.140.5.162//handle/123456789/4088 | |
| dc.description.abstract | ThisstudywasconductedonSetema NaturalForest,locatedinSetemaDistrict,JimmaZone,OromiaNational RegionalStateinSouthwesternEthiopia.Theobjectiveofthestudywastoassessthewoodyspeciesdiv ersity,structureandregenerationstatusoftheforest.Tocollectthevegetationdata,eighttransectswe relaidwithregularintervalof200mdistance.Alongeachtransect,plotsof20×20(400m2)weresystem aticallyestablishedat25minterval(elevation).Atotalof47speciesbelongingto44generaand31fami lieswererecordedandidentified.Fabaceaewasthemostdominantfamilyrepresentedbysixspeciesfo llowedbyRubaceaerepresentedbyfivespeciesandEuphourbaceaerepresentedbythreespecies.The basalareaoftheforestwas50.7m2ha- 1 .ThetotalIVIofallwoodytrees/shrubsintheforestwas295.57,ofwhich;Cordiaafricanacontributed 43.85IVI(14.8%)makingitthemostecologicallyimportantspeciesintheforest.Sixplantcommunitie snamely:-Scheffleraabyssinica–PodocarpusfalcatusCommunitytype,Ficussur– SyziumguinenseeCommunitytype,Cordiaafricana– AlbiziaschimperianaCommunitytype,Clausenaanisata– ApodytesdimidiateCommunitytype,PrunusAfricanaMillettiaferrugineaCommunitytypeandPolyscia sfulva--FicussycomorusCommunitytypewereidentified.Thedensitiesforseedlings,saplingsandmatu rewoodytree/shrubwere1713.95,1166.42and1628individual’sha- 1respectively.Theregenerationstatusandpopulationstructureoftheforestindicatedthattherearehu man-induceddisturbancesintheareaandimmediateconservationactionsshouldbeimplemented. | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.subject | SetemaNaturalForest | en_US |
| dc.subject | woodyspeciescomposition | en_US |
| dc.subject | Regeneration | en_US |
| dc.title | AssessmentofWoodySpeciesDiversity,StructureandRegenerationStatus ofSetemaNaturalForest,SetemaDistrict,SouthwestEthiopia | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
