Diversity and gradients of vegetation of Sivrihisar Mountains (Eskisehir-Turkey)

Balpinar N., Kavgaci A., BİNGÖL M. Ü., Ketenoglu O.

ACTA BOTANICA CROATICA, cilt.77, sa.1, ss.18-27, 2018 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 77 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2018
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1515/botcro-2017-0016
  • Dergi Adı: ACTA BOTANICA CROATICA
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.18-27
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: classification, numeric analysis, ordination, phytosociology, steppe vegetation, SOUTHERN ANATOLIA, COMMUNITIES, STEPPE, FORESTS, TOPOGRAPHY
  • Ankara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

This study was carried out to determine the plant communities and understand the main topographical driving factors of floristic differentiation in the Sivrihisar Mountains (Eskisehir Province). Vegetation samplings were carried out according to the Braun-Blanquet approach. The releves were stored in the TURBOVEG database management program. Hierarchical classification was carried out in PC-ORD program with Ward's method and Euclidean distance as a resemblance measure. The diagnostic species were identified by a fidelity measure in the JUICE program. The results of the classification were visualized by ordination techniques in the CANOCO package by using principal component analysis. In conclusion, except for the degraded forest community, all the 7 steppe and 1 scrub plant communities studied were identified and described as new associations. Also, a syntaxonomical scheme for the vegetation of Sivrihisar Mountains was suggested.