Floristic inventory, ecological characteristics and biological spectrum of rangeland, district Tank, Pakistan

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1159-1168

  Badshah, Lal ^a   Hussain, Farrukh ^a   Sher, Zaman ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PESHAWAR   (Pakistan)

^b Govt Degree College   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879980202     PISSN: 05563321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (48)

1. Ahmad, S., M. Islam, G. Bano, S. Aslam and S. Koukab. 2009. Seasonal variation in current season and dead biomass of Chrysopogon aucheri (Boiss) Stapf in highland Baluchistan. Pak. J. Bot., 41 (2): 519-528.
2. Ali, S. I. 2008. The significance of flora with special reference to Pakistan. Pak. J. Bot., 40(30): 967-971.
3. Ali, S.I. and M. Qaisar. 1995-2009. Flora of Pakistan. Pakistan Agricultural Research Council, Islamabad.
4. Antije, B., J.K. Esler, P. Eugene and B. Phoebe. 2003. Species richness and floristic relationships between mesas and their surroundings in southern African Nama Karoo. Diversity & Distributions, 9(1): 43-53.
5. Badshah, L and F. Hussain. 2011. Farmers preferences and use of local fodder flora in District Tank, Pakistan. African J. Biotech., 10(32): 6062-6071
6. Badshah, L. and F. Hussain. 2011. People preferences and use of local medicinal flora in District Tank, Pakistan. Journal of Medicinal Plants Research, 5(1): 22-29.
7. Badshah, L., F. Hussain and N. Akhtar. 2010a. Vegetation structure of subtropical forest of Tabai, South Waziristan, Pakistan. Front. Agri. China, 4(2): 232-236.
8. Badshah, L., F. Hussain, G. Dastagir and T. Burni. 2006. Ethnobotany of fuel wood plants of Ladha, South Waziristan, Pakistan. Pak. J. Pl. Sci., 12(2): 193-201.
9. Batalha, M.A. and F.R. Martins. 2002. Life-form spectra of Brazilian Cerrado sites. Flora, Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants, 197(6): 452-460.
10. Batalha, M.A. and F.R. Martins. 2004. Floristic frequency, and vegetation life form spectra of a Cerrado site. Braz. J. Biol., 64(2): 203-209.
11. Bhatti, G.R., S. Muqarrab and R. Qureshi. 2001. Floristic study of arid zone (Desert Nara, Region) Sindh, Pakistan. Final Technical Report, PSF Project. No. S-SALU/ENVR (45).
12. Cain, S.A. and G.M. Castro. 1959. Manual of Vegetation analysis. Harper, NY pp. 325.
13. Costa, R.C., F.S. Araujo and L.W. Lima-Verde. 2007. Flora and life-form spectrum in an area of deciduous thorn woodland (Caatinga) in Northeastern, Brazil. J. Arid Environments, 68(2): 237-247.
14. Durrani, M.J., A. Razaq, S.G. Muhammad and F. Hussain. 2010. Floristic diversity, ecological, characteristics and ethnobotonical profile of plants of Aghberg rangelands, Balochistan, Pakistan. Pak. J. Pl. Sci., 16(1): 29-36.
15. Durrani, M.J., F. Hussain and S.U. Rehman. 2005. Ecological characteristics of plants of Harboi rangeland, Kalat, Pakistan. J. Trop. & Sub Trop. Bot., 13(2): 130-138.
16. Eilu, G., L.N.H. David and J.M. Kasenene. 2004. Tree species distribution in forests of the Albertine Rift, Western Uganda. African J. Ecology, 42(2): 100-110.
17. Fazal, H., N. Ahmad, A. Rashid and S. Farooq. 2010. A Checklist of phanerogamic flora of Haripur Hazara, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Pak. J. Bot., 42(3): 1511-1522.
18. Ferraz, E.M.N., E.D.L. Araujo and S.I.D. Silva. 2004. Floristic similarities between lowland and montane areas of Atlantic Coastal Forest in Northeastern Brazil. Plant Ecology, 174: 59-70.
19. Gimenez, E., M. Melendo, F. Valle, F.G. Mercado and E. Cano. 2004. Endemic flora biodiversity in the south of the Iberian Peninsula: altitudinal distribution, life forms and dispersal modes. Biodiversity & Conservation, 13(14): 2641-2660.
20. Guo, Q.S., X.F. Wang, G. Bar, Y. Kang, M. Hong, S.X. Pei and F.J. Zhang. 2009. Life form spectra, leaf character, and hierarchical-synusia structure of vascular plants in Thuja sutchuehensis community. PubMed., 20(9): 2057-2062.
21. Gutkowski, B., M. Krowiak, J. Niedzwiecka and I.K. Oklejewicz. 2002. Floristic notes from the Dynow foothills (Western Carpathians). Fragm. F. Geobot. Polonica, 9: 43-47.
22. Hussain, A., S.N. Mirza, I.A. Khan and M.A. Naeem. 2009. Determination of relative species composition and seasonal plant communities of nurpur reserved forest in scrub rangelands of District Chakwal. Pak. J. Agri. Sci., 46(1): 55-59.
23. Hussain, F. 1989. Field and Laboratory Manual of Plant Ecology. UGC. Islamabad.
24. Hussain, F., I. Iqbal and P. Akhtar. 2005. Floristic and vegetation studies of Ghalegay Hills, District Swat, Pakistan. Inter. J. Biol. & Biotechnology (Pakistan), 2(4): 847-852.
25. Hussain, F., L. Badshah and G. Dastagir. 2006. Folk medicinal uses of some medicinal plants of South Waziristan, Pakistan. Pak. J. Pl. Sci., 12(12): 9-27.
26. Hussain, T. and M.I. Chaudhary. 2009. A Floristic Description of Flora and Ethnobotany of Samahni Valley (A.K.), Pakistan. Ethnobotanical Leaflets, 13: 873-99.
27. Kar, P.K., A.K. Biswal and K.L. Barik. 2010. Floristic composition and biological spectrum of a grassland community of Rangamatia in the district of Mayurbhanj, Odisha. J. Curr. Sci., 15(2): 465-469.
28. Malik, N.Z. and Z.H. Malik. 2004. Present status of subtropical chirpine vegetation of Kotli Hills, Azad Jammu and Kashmir. J. Res. Sci., 15(1): 85-90.
29. Malik, Z.H., F. Hussain and N.Z. Malik. 2007. Life form and leaf size spectra of plant communities Harbouring Ganga Chotti and Bedori Hills during 1999-2000. International J. Agriculture & Biology, 9(6): 833-838.
30. Manhas, R.K., L. Singh, H.B. Vasistha and M. Negi. 2010. Floristic diversity of protected ecosystems of Kandi Region of Punjab, India. New York Science Journal, 3(4): 96-103.
31. Marwat, Q. and R.A. Qureshi. 2000. A checklist of the vascular plants found in upper Siran reserved and guzara forests, District Manshera, Pakistan. Pak. J. Pl. Sci., 6(1-2): 43-57.
32. Mendez, E. 2005. The vegetation of the Laguna de Llancanelo Provincial Reserve (Mendoza, Argentina). Candollea, 60(1): 123-148.
33. Musila, W.M., J.I. Kinyamario and P.D. Jungerius. 2003. Vegetation dynamics of coastal sand dunes near Malindi, Kenya. African J. Ecology, 39(2): 170-177.
34. Muthuramkumar, S., N. Ayyappan, N. Parthasarathy, M. Divya, S.T.R. Raman, S.M. Arthur and P.L. Arul. 2006. Plant community structure in tropical rain forest fragments of the Western Ghats, India. Biotropica, 38(2): 143-160.
35. Nasir, E. and S.I. Ali. 1971-2007. Flora of West Pakistan Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan.
36. Nasir, Z.A. and S. Sultan. 2002. Floristic, biological and leaf size spectra of weeds in gram, lentil, mustard and wheat fields of district Chakwal, Pakistan. Pakistan J. Biological Sciences, 5(7): 758-762.
37. Nazir, A. and Z.H. Malik. 2006. Life form and index of similarity of plant communities recorded at Sarsawa Hill District Kotri. J. Res. Sci., 17(1): 27-33.
38. Perveen, A., G. R. Sarwar and I. Hussain. 2008. Plant biodiversity and phytosociological attributes of Dureji (Khirthar Range). Pak. J. Bot., 40(1): 17-24.
39. Pinheiro, M.H.O. and R. Monteiro. 2006. Contribution of forest species to the floristic composition of a forested savanna in southeastern Brazil. Brazilian Archives of Biology & Technology, 49(5): 763-774.
40. Qureshi, R. and G.R. Bhatti. 2005. Nara Desert, Pakistan: Part II: Human Life. Rangelands (USA), 27(5): 32-35.
41. Qureshi, R. and G.R. Bhatti. 2008. Taxonomy of Scrophulariaceae from Nara Desert, Pakistan. Pak. J. Bot., 40(3): 973-978.
42. Qureshi, R., G.R. Bhatti and G. Shabbir. 2011. Floristic inventory of Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University research farm at Koont and its surrounding areas. Pak. J. Bot., 43(3): 1679-1684.
43. Raunkiær, C. 1934. The life forms of plants and statistical plants geography being the collected papers of C. Raunkiaer. Clarendon press, Oxford.
44. Sher, H., Midrarullah, A. U. Khan, F. Hussain and S. Ahmad. 2003. Medicinal Plants of Udhigram, District Swat, Pakistan. Pak. J. For., 53(1): 65-74.
45. Sher, Z. and Z.U. Khan. 2007. Floristic composition, life form and leaf spectra of the vegetation of Chagharzai Valley, District Buner. Pak. J. Pl. Sci., 13(1): 57-66.
46. Shimwell, D.W. 1971. The Description and Classification of Vegetation Sedgwick and Jackson, p: 322. London.
47. Stewart, R.R. 1972. An annotated catalogue of the vascular plants of West Pakistan and Kashmir. In: Flora of West Pakistan, (Eds.): E. Nasir & S.I. Ali. 1028 pp. Fakhri Press, Karachi.
48. Tareen, R.B. and S.A. Qadir. 1993. Life form and Leaf size spectra of the plant communities of diverse areas ranging from Harnai, Sinjawi to Duki regions of Pakistan. Pak. J. Bot., 25(1): 83-92.