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Patterns of plant species distribution in the Trans‐Himalayan region of Ladakh, India
Author(s) -
Kala Chandra Prakash,
Mathur Vinod B.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
journal of vegetation science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.1
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1654-1103
pISSN - 1100-9233
DOI - 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2002.tb02104.x
Subject(s) - shrub , geography , vegetation (pathology) , plant community , ecology , distribution (mathematics) , species diversity , table (database) , plant species , vegetation type , biology , species richness , medicine , mathematical analysis , mathematics , pathology , computer science , data mining
. We studied the vegetation distribution in eight landscape types distinguished along an altitudinal gradient in the Trans‐Himalayan region of Ladakh, India. The point‐intercept method was used for vegetation sampling. Six plant communities were distinguished by cluster analysis. Of these 6 communities, three communities were dominated by shrub species. Table lands are the landscape type with the highest species diversity followed by undulating areas and river beds. Most plant species were restricted to one landscape type.