Composition and importance value of tree-families in undisturbed and disturbed moist tropical forest of eastern Nepal

Authors

  • Tilak Prasad Gautam Department of Botany, Mahendra Morang Adarsh Multiple Campus, Tribhuvan University, Biratnagar
  • Tej Narayan Mandal Department of Botany, Post Graduate Campus, Tribhuvan University, Biratnagar, Nepal

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3126/njbs.v7i1.41763

Keywords:

Family importance value; density; frequency; basal coverage; Sunsari district

Abstract

Tropical forest disturbances have reduced the tree species diversity and hereby, the ecosystem services provided by them. Present study was carried out to understand the status of tree-families in terms of their dominance in the undisturbed and disturbed stands of moist tropical forest in eastern Nepal. As per the result, the dominant family in both the forest was Dipterocarpaceae, with family importance value of 53.6 and 53.9 in undisturbed and disturbed stands, respectively. The second dominant family in both forest stands was Rubiaceae.

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Published

2017-06-01

How to Cite

Gautam, T. P. ., & Mandal, T. N. . (2017). Composition and importance value of tree-families in undisturbed and disturbed moist tropical forest of eastern Nepal. Nepalese Journal of Biosciences, 7(1), 41–46. https://doi.org/10.3126/njbs.v7i1.41763

Issue

Vol. 7 No. 1 (2017)

Section

Articles