Climatic Gradients in Woody Plant Species Richness: Towards an Explanation Based on an Analysis of Southern Africa's Woody Flora

1993 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 181 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eileen M. O'Brien
Keyword(s):  
Species Richness ◽  
Plant Species ◽  
Woody Plant ◽  
Plant Species Richness ◽  
Woody Plant Species

Ecological Determinants of Woody Plant Species Richness in the Indian Himalayan Forest

2020 ◽  
pp. 103-123
Author(s):  
Mahanand Swapna ◽  
Tamang Deeke Doma ◽  
Sikder Arunima ◽  
Gudasalamani Ravikanth ◽  
Muneeswaran Mariappan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Species Richness ◽  
Plant Species ◽  
Woody Plant ◽  
Plant Species Richness ◽  
Woody Plant Species

Effects of woody plant species richness on mammal species richness in southern Africa

2009 ◽  
Vol 36 (9) ◽  
pp. 1685-1697 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hong Qian ◽  
W. Daniel Kissling ◽  
Xianli Wang ◽  
Peter Andrews
Keyword(s):  
Species Richness ◽  
Plant Species ◽  
Southern Africa ◽  
Woody Plant ◽  
Plant Species Richness ◽  
Mammal Species ◽  
Woody Plant Species

scholarly journals Main ecological drivers of woody plant species richness recovery in secondary forests in China

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaofei Liu ◽  
John Garcia-Ulloa ◽  
Tina Cornioley ◽  
Xuehua Liu ◽  
Zhiheng Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Species Richness ◽  
Plant Species ◽  
Woody Plant ◽  
Plant Species Richness ◽  
Secondary Forests ◽  
Woody Plant Species

scholarly journals Determinants of Termite Assemblages’ Characteristics within Natural Habitats of a Sudano-Guinean Savanna (Comoe National Park, Côte d’Ivoire)

Insects ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 189
Author(s):  
N’golo Koné ◽  
Kolotchèlèma Silué ◽  
Souleymane Konaté ◽  
Karl Linsenmair
Keyword(s):  
Species Richness ◽  
Plant Species ◽  
Environmental Variables ◽  
National Park ◽  
Woody Plant ◽  
Habitat Type ◽  
Plant Species Richness ◽  
Natural Habitats ◽  
Termite Species ◽  
Woody Plant Species

Termites are one of the major components of tropical ecosystems. However, the ecological and biological variables determining the structure of their communities within natural habitats are less documented in general and especially in the Comoe National Park, a Sudano-Guinean savanna zone located in the north-eastern part of Côte d’Ivoire (West Africa). Using a standardized method of belt transects, the structure of termite’s communities was estimated within habitats differing in the structure of their vegetation, soil characteristics, and the disturbance level caused by annual occurrences of bushfires. The effect of a set of environmental variables (habitat type, occurrence of annual bushfire, woody plant density, woody plant species richness, and soil physicochemical parameters) was tested on the habitat-specific recorded termite species. Sixty species of termites belonging to 19 genera, seven subfamilies and two families, namely Rhinotermitidae (Coptotermitinae and Rhinotermitinae) and Termitidae (Apicotermitinae, Cubitermitinae, Macrotermitinae, Nasutitermitinae, and Termitinae) were sampled. These species were assigned to the four feeding groups of termites: fungus growers (18 species), wood feeders (17 species), soil feeders (19 species) and the grass feeders (6 species). The highest diversity of termites was encountered in forest habitats, with 37 and 34, respectively, for the gallery forest and the forest island. Among savanna habitats, the woodland savanna was identified as the most diversified habitat with 32 recorded species, followed by the tree savanna (28 species) and the grassy savanna (17 species). The distribution of termite species and their respective feedings groups was determined by the habitat type and a set of environmental variables such as Woody Plant Diversity (WPD), Woody plant Families Diversity (WPFD), and Organic Carbon (OC). The annual Fire Occurrence (FO) was found to indirectly impact the characteristics of termite assemblages within natural habitats via their respective Herbaceous Species Richness (HSR) and Woody Plant Species Richness (WPSR). In summary, the spatial heterogeneity of the Comoe National Park, modeled by the uncontrolled annual bushfire, offers a diversified natural habitat with an important variety of termite-habitat-specific species, probably due to the food preference of these organisms and its relatively good conservation status.

Dispersal potentials determine responses of woody plant species richness to environmental factors in fragmented Mediterranean landscapes

2008 ◽  
Vol 255 (7) ◽  
pp. 2894-2906 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abelardo Aparicio ◽  
Rafael G. Albaladejo ◽  
Miguel Á. Olalla-Tárraga ◽  
Laura F. Carrillo ◽  
Miguel Á. Rodríguez
Keyword(s):  
Species Richness ◽  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Plant Species ◽  
Woody Plant ◽  
Plant Species Richness ◽  
Woody Plant Species ◽  
Mediterranean Landscapes
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