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Journal of Plant Science and Research

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.