Research Article
Species Diversity and Dominance Pattern in a Temperate Grassland of Kashmir Himalaya
Ganaie MM1 and Reshi ZA2
1Department of Botany Govt. Degree College Tral, J&K, India
2Department of Botany University of Kashmir Srinagar, J&K, India
*Corresponding author:: Ganaie MM, Department of Botany Govt. Degree College Tral, J&K, India, Email:
masoodmg@gmail.com
Copyright: © Ganaie MM, et al. 2021. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License,
which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Article Information: Submission: 13/05/2021; Accepted: 03/07/2021; Published: 13/07/2021
Abstract
Species richness, evenness, species diversity and concentration of dominance, computed on the basis of density of constituent species during months
and seasons, were used to study the community organization of protected temperate grassland in Kashmir Himalaya. The vegetation showed a strong
seasonal pattern reflected by high species richness and diversity during favourable seasons and low during unfavourable season. The species diversity
revealed an inverse relationship with concentration of dominance. The relative species, abundance pattern confirmed to log-normal pattern indicative of a
heterogeneous assemblage of species with relative abundance distribution governed by many independent factors.
