A floristic study on Mazibon and Sibon protected forests, Ramsar, across the altitudinal gradient (300-2300 m)

The Mazibon and Sibon forests with the area of approximately 15000 hectars are located in 60 kilometers south of Ramsar and between 300-2300 m a.s.l. The occurrence of a variety of riverine, forest, rangeland and ecotone ecosystems within the area provide well stablished habitats for different plant...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Alireza Naqinezhad, Somayeh Hosseini, Mohammad Ali Rajamand, Shahryar Saeidi Mehrvarz
Format: Article
Language:fas
Published: University of Isfahan 2011-01-01
Series:تاکسونومی و بیوسیستماتیک
Subjects:
Online Access:http://uijs.ui.ac.ir/tbj/browse.php?a_code=A-10-25-3&slc_lang=en&sid=1
_version_ 1827830549981429760
author Alireza Naqinezhad
Somayeh Hosseini
Mohammad Ali Rajamand
Shahryar Saeidi Mehrvarz
author_facet Alireza Naqinezhad
Somayeh Hosseini
Mohammad Ali Rajamand
Shahryar Saeidi Mehrvarz
author_sort Alireza Naqinezhad
collection DOAJ
description The Mazibon and Sibon forests with the area of approximately 15000 hectars are located in 60 kilometers south of Ramsar and between 300-2300 m a.s.l. The occurrence of a variety of riverine, forest, rangeland and ecotone ecosystems within the area provide well stablished habitats for different plants and animals. In orther to preserve biodiversity, this area was designated as no-hunting area since 2002. The current study was conducted during 2009 and 2010. Flora of Mazibon and Sibon was studied along a transect from lowland to upper mountain. Three plots were made in each 100 m elevation band thus the floristic data were collected 63 plots. Totally 339 plant taxa belonging to 235 genera and 80 families were identified in the area. The Dicots with 268 taxa were the richest group of flora followed by monocots with 58 taxa, Pteridophytes with 11 taxa and Gymnosperms with 2 taxa. The variation of proportion of different life forms across the four defined altitudinal belts was surveyd. Hemicryptophytes were the dominant life form and comprised 40% of the flora. Endemism rate among 339 taxa was 4.4% (n=15 taxa). The largest proportion of the flora is related to Euro-Sibirian region (23.8%) followed by Pluriregional elements (19.9%), Euro-Sibirian /Irano-Turanian (19.3%), Euro-Sibirian/Irano-Turanian/Mediterranean (16.6%).
first_indexed 2024-03-12T04:30:47Z
format Article
id doaj.art-6e39663ac4894afaae7a58acec67cf5a
institution Directory Open Access Journal
issn 2008-8906
2322-2190
language fas
last_indexed 2024-03-12T04:30:47Z
publishDate 2011-01-01
publisher University of Isfahan
record_format Article
series تاکسونومی و بیوسیستماتیک
spelling doaj.art-6e39663ac4894afaae7a58acec67cf5a2023-09-03T10:06:25ZfasUniversity of Isfahanتاکسونومی و بیوسیستماتیک2008-89062322-21902011-01-012593114A floristic study on Mazibon and Sibon protected forests, Ramsar, across the altitudinal gradient (300-2300 m)Alireza Naqinezhad0Somayeh Hosseini1Mohammad Ali Rajamand2Shahryar Saeidi Mehrvarz3 The Mazibon and Sibon forests with the area of approximately 15000 hectars are located in 60 kilometers south of Ramsar and between 300-2300 m a.s.l. The occurrence of a variety of riverine, forest, rangeland and ecotone ecosystems within the area provide well stablished habitats for different plants and animals. In orther to preserve biodiversity, this area was designated as no-hunting area since 2002. The current study was conducted during 2009 and 2010. Flora of Mazibon and Sibon was studied along a transect from lowland to upper mountain. Three plots were made in each 100 m elevation band thus the floristic data were collected 63 plots. Totally 339 plant taxa belonging to 235 genera and 80 families were identified in the area. The Dicots with 268 taxa were the richest group of flora followed by monocots with 58 taxa, Pteridophytes with 11 taxa and Gymnosperms with 2 taxa. The variation of proportion of different life forms across the four defined altitudinal belts was surveyd. Hemicryptophytes were the dominant life form and comprised 40% of the flora. Endemism rate among 339 taxa was 4.4% (n=15 taxa). The largest proportion of the flora is related to Euro-Sibirian region (23.8%) followed by Pluriregional elements (19.9%), Euro-Sibirian /Irano-Turanian (19.3%), Euro-Sibirian/Irano-Turanian/Mediterranean (16.6%).http://uijs.ui.ac.ir/tbj/browse.php?a_code=A-10-25-3&slc_lang=en&sid=1Hyrcanian forest Floristics Chorotype Life form Mazibon and Sibon Mazandaran province
spellingShingle Alireza Naqinezhad
Somayeh Hosseini
Mohammad Ali Rajamand
Shahryar Saeidi Mehrvarz
A floristic study on Mazibon and Sibon protected forests, Ramsar, across the altitudinal gradient (300-2300 m)
تاکسونومی و بیوسیستماتیک
Hyrcanian forest
Floristics
Chorotype
Life form
Mazibon and Sibon
Mazandaran province
title A floristic study on Mazibon and Sibon protected forests, Ramsar, across the altitudinal gradient (300-2300 m)
title_full A floristic study on Mazibon and Sibon protected forests, Ramsar, across the altitudinal gradient (300-2300 m)
title_fullStr A floristic study on Mazibon and Sibon protected forests, Ramsar, across the altitudinal gradient (300-2300 m)
title_full_unstemmed A floristic study on Mazibon and Sibon protected forests, Ramsar, across the altitudinal gradient (300-2300 m)
title_short A floristic study on Mazibon and Sibon protected forests, Ramsar, across the altitudinal gradient (300-2300 m)
title_sort floristic study on mazibon and sibon protected forests ramsar across the altitudinal gradient 300 2300 m
topic Hyrcanian forest
Floristics
Chorotype
Life form
Mazibon and Sibon
Mazandaran province
url http://uijs.ui.ac.ir/tbj/browse.php?a_code=A-10-25-3&slc_lang=en&sid=1
work_keys_str_mv AT alirezanaqinezhad afloristicstudyonmazibonandsibonprotectedforestsramsaracrossthealtitudinalgradient3002300m
AT somayehhosseini afloristicstudyonmazibonandsibonprotectedforestsramsaracrossthealtitudinalgradient3002300m
AT mohammadalirajamand afloristicstudyonmazibonandsibonprotectedforestsramsaracrossthealtitudinalgradient3002300m
AT shahryarsaeidimehrvarz afloristicstudyonmazibonandsibonprotectedforestsramsaracrossthealtitudinalgradient3002300m
AT alirezanaqinezhad floristicstudyonmazibonandsibonprotectedforestsramsaracrossthealtitudinalgradient3002300m
AT somayehhosseini floristicstudyonmazibonandsibonprotectedforestsramsaracrossthealtitudinalgradient3002300m
AT mohammadalirajamand floristicstudyonmazibonandsibonprotectedforestsramsaracrossthealtitudinalgradient3002300m
AT shahryarsaeidimehrvarz floristicstudyonmazibonandsibonprotectedforestsramsaracrossthealtitudinalgradient3002300m