ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF VEGETATION AT KAMALPUR VILLAGE, MEHSANA, GUJARAT

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  • JAHNVI PANDYA2 AND N. K. PATEL3 RANNA CHAUDHARY1 student

Keywords:

Biodiversity, Ecological vegetation, Quadrate sampling.

Abstract

Gujarat has rich traditional knowledge associated with biodiversity. The present paper deals with the nature of ecological vegetation in Kamalpur village. For the study of vegetation list quadrat method is applied. Repeated quadrat sampling leads to occurrence of 10 trees species with their frequency, abundance and density. The frequency to Raunkiers classification and IVI value were done.

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JAHNVI PANDYA2 AND N. K. PATEL3 RANNA CHAUDHARY1, student

1PH.D. SCHOLAR, BOTANY DEPARTMENT,

SHETH M. N. SCIENCE COLLEGE, PATAN.

2PH.D. SCHOLAR, BOTANY DEPARTMENT,

UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF SCIENCES,

GUJARAT UNIVERSITY, AHMEDABAD.

3HOD, BOTANY DEPARTMENT,

SHETH M. N. SCIENCE COLLEGE, PATAN.

Corresponding author’s e-mail: rannachaudhary88@gmail.com

 

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2020-09-01

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RANNA CHAUDHARY1, . J. P. A. . N. K. P. (2020). ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF VEGETATION AT KAMALPUR VILLAGE, MEHSANA, GUJARAT. LIFE SCIENCES LEAFLETS, 127, 01–08. Retrieved from https://petsd.org/ojs/index.php/lifesciencesleaflets/article/view/1525

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Vol. 127 (2020): 1st SEPTEMBER, 2020……………………...ISSN 0976 - 1098(On Line) ISSN 2277 - 4297(Print)

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