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Distribution and Population Status of Threatened Medicinal Tree Saraca asoca (Roxb.) De Wilde from Sahyadri-Konkan Ecological Corridor


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1 Department of Biodiversity, M.E.S. Abasaheb Garware College, Karve Road, Pune 411 004, India
2 Florida Museum of Natural History, Dickinson Hall, 1659 Museum Road, PO Box 117800, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL-32611-7800, United States
3 College of Forestry, Navsari Agricultural University, Navsari 396 450, India
4 College of Forestry, Dr B.S. Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth, Dapoli 415 712, India
5 Post Graduate Centre of Botany, Krishna Mahavidyalaya, Shivnagar, Rethare Bk., Karad, Satara 415 108, India
6 Department of Forest Biology, College of Forestry, UAS Dharwad, Sirsi 581 401, India
 

The study assesses distribution and population status of Saraca asoca from Sahyadri-Konkan ecological corridor. Eighteen localities at various protection levels ranging from wildlife sanctuary to private forests were selected and spatially mapped to arrive at a distribution map. Kolmogorov-Smirnov test indicated that the size class distribution of S. asoca from the sacred groves differed both from formally protected sites and private forest. S. asoca trees from sacred groves had the highest mean girth at breast height (GBH) values than the other two protection levels. GBH of S. asoca was in inverse proportion with the cumulative disturbance index.

Keywords

Cumulative Disturbance Index, Kolmo-Gorov–Smirnov Test, Saraca asoca, Sahyadri–Konkan Ecological Corridor, Regeneration.
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Authors

Ankur Patwardhan
Department of Biodiversity, M.E.S. Abasaheb Garware College, Karve Road, Pune 411 004, India
Makarand Pimputkar
Department of Biodiversity, M.E.S. Abasaheb Garware College, Karve Road, Pune 411 004, India
Monali Mhaskar
Department of Biodiversity, M.E.S. Abasaheb Garware College, Karve Road, Pune 411 004, India
Prerna Agarwal
Department of Biodiversity, M.E.S. Abasaheb Garware College, Karve Road, Pune 411 004, India
Narayani Barve
Florida Museum of Natural History, Dickinson Hall, 1659 Museum Road, PO Box 117800, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL-32611-7800, United States
Rajesh Gunaga
College of Forestry, Navsari Agricultural University, Navsari 396 450, India
Amit Mirgal
College of Forestry, Dr B.S. Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth, Dapoli 415 712, India
Chandrakant Salunkhe
Post Graduate Centre of Botany, Krishna Mahavidyalaya, Shivnagar, Rethare Bk., Karad, Satara 415 108, India
R. Vasudeva
Department of Forest Biology, College of Forestry, UAS Dharwad, Sirsi 581 401, India

Abstract


The study assesses distribution and population status of Saraca asoca from Sahyadri-Konkan ecological corridor. Eighteen localities at various protection levels ranging from wildlife sanctuary to private forests were selected and spatially mapped to arrive at a distribution map. Kolmogorov-Smirnov test indicated that the size class distribution of S. asoca from the sacred groves differed both from formally protected sites and private forest. S. asoca trees from sacred groves had the highest mean girth at breast height (GBH) values than the other two protection levels. GBH of S. asoca was in inverse proportion with the cumulative disturbance index.

Keywords


Cumulative Disturbance Index, Kolmo-Gorov–Smirnov Test, Saraca asoca, Sahyadri–Konkan Ecological Corridor, Regeneration.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv111%2Fi9%2F1500-1506