Exploring Trees Diversity and Ecological Value of Mountain Forests in the Blue Nile Region of Sudan  

作　　者：Dafa-Alla M. Dafa-Alla Haytham H. Gibreel Ahmed A. H. Siddig Yousif E. Yagoub Hashim A. Abdelkarim Khatir H.T. Saeed Ahmed I. Abuelbashar Dafa-Alla M. Dafa-Alla;Haytham H. Gibreel;Ahmed A. H. Siddig;Yousif E. Yagoub;Hashim A. Abdelkarim;Khatir H.T. Saeed;Ahmed I. Abuelbashar(Faculty of Forestry-Shambat, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan;Harvard Forest, Harvard University, Petersham, MA, USA;Faculty of Forest Science and Wood Technology, University of Gezira, Wad-Medani, Sudan;Department of Forestry and Range Sciences, Faculty of Natural Resources and Environmental Studies, Alsalam University, Alfula, Sudan;Forest Research and Gum Arabic Centre, Agricultural Research Corporation, Khartoum-Soba, Sudan)

机构地区：[1]Faculty of Forestry-Shambat, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan [2]Harvard Forest, Harvard University, Petersham, MA, USA [3]Faculty of Forest Science and Wood Technology, University of Gezira, Wad-Medani, Sudan [4]Department of Forestry and Range Sciences, Faculty of Natural Resources and Environmental Studies, Alsalam University, Alfula, Sudan [5]Forest Research and Gum Arabic Centre, Agricultural Research Corporation, Khartoum-Soba, Sudan

出　　处：《Open Journal of Ecology》2024年第3期245-256,共12页生态学期刊（英文）

摘　　要：We carried out this research at Abu-Gaddaf Natural Forest Reserve (ANFR) which is located east of Blue Nile River, in Blue Nile State, Sudan. It aims at exploring tree composition assessing their diversity indices, and ecological importance values. For survey of types and estimation of density of tree species in the forest, we randomly distributed 97 circular sample plots (0.1 hectare (ha)). In each sample plot we identified all trees to the species level, recorded their frequencies and computed species diversity and importance value indices (IVI). A total of 13 tree species, which belong to 12 genera and nine families, were identified in the tree layer of the forest. Mean tree density in ANFR was 116 trees/ha, composed mainly of Boswellia papyrifera (Del.) Hochst. (48), followed by Combretum hartmannianu (19) and Lannea fruticosa (18). Fabaceae was the most common family followed by Combretaceae and Malvaceae. B. papyrifera Delile Hochst was the most abundant while Acacia seyal was the least abundant species. Species richness (R = 1.71), evenness (E = 0.69), dominance (0.24) indices and Simpson’s Index of Diversity (D' = 0.76) suggest a moderate diversity, moderate numbers of individuals in each species and a moderate community stability. The research provides empirical results on diversity and ecological importance value of species, signifies the urging need to safeguard threatened species and to prioritize them for conservation, as well as the need to promote management of abundant species to provide multiple forest ecosystem services.We carried out this research at Abu-Gaddaf Natural Forest Reserve (ANFR) which is located east of Blue Nile River, in Blue Nile State, Sudan. It aims at exploring tree composition assessing their diversity indices, and ecological importance values. For survey of types and estimation of density of tree species in the forest, we randomly distributed 97 circular sample plots (0.1 hectare (ha)). In each sample plot we identified all trees to the species level, recorded their frequencies and computed species diversity and importance value indices (IVI). A total of 13 tree species, which belong to 12 genera and nine families, were identified in the tree layer of the forest. Mean tree density in ANFR was 116 trees/ha, composed mainly of Boswellia papyrifera (Del.) Hochst. (48), followed by Combretum hartmannianu (19) and Lannea fruticosa (18). Fabaceae was the most common family followed by Combretaceae and Malvaceae. B. papyrifera Delile Hochst was the most abundant while Acacia seyal was the least abundant species. Species richness (R = 1.71), evenness (E = 0.69), dominance (0.24) indices and Simpson’s Index of Diversity (D' = 0.76) suggest a moderate diversity, moderate numbers of individuals in each species and a moderate community stability. The research provides empirical results on diversity and ecological importance value of species, signifies the urging need to safeguard threatened species and to prioritize them for conservation, as well as the need to promote management of abundant species to provide multiple forest ecosystem services.

关 键 词：Tree Species DIVERSITY Dry-Land Forest SUDAN 

分 类 号：S71[农业科学—林学]