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Size distribution of some endangered plant species, Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar, Libya.

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Last updated: 22 Jan 2023

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Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar Mountain is the richest vegetation and highest species diversity in Libya. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the population structure of twelve endangered species in Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar. These species are: Arbutus pavarii Pamp., Cupressus sempervirens L., Ceratonia siliqua L., Juniperus phoenicea L., Laurus nobilis L., Olea europaea L., Pinus halepensis Miller., Pistacia lentiscus L., Querecus coccifera L., Seriphidium herba-alba (Asso) Soják., Thymus capitatus (L.) Hoffmanns. & Link and Ziziphous lotus (L.) Lam. These species collected from downstream, midstream and upstream of Al-Marj-Al-Baida motorway, El-Beida, Jardas Jerrari, Shahat, Sidi Ahmad Al-Hemery, Susah and Wadi El-Kouf in Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar. The size index of each individual was calculated and then used to classify population into seven size classes. The height, mean diameter, height to diameter ratio, size index and volume per individual in each size class were determined. Generally, the height to diameter ratio was more than unity for Arbutus pavarii, Cupressus sempervirens, Ceratonia siliqua, Juniperus phoenicea, Laurus nobilis, Olea europaea, Pinus halepensis and Querecus coccifera, this means that the diameter of these species tend to expand vertically rather than horizontally, while the height to diameter ratio was less than unity for Pistacia lentiscus, Seriphidium herba-alba, Thymus capitatus and Ziziphus lotus. Five forms of size distributions along the different elevations were recognized: more or less inverse J-shaped distribution, positive skewed distribution, bell shaped distribution, more or less J-shaped distribution and more or less stationary size distribution biased to large size.

DOI

10.21608/ejbo.2017.399.1012

Keywords

Size structure, endangered, elevation gradient, Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar, Libya

Authors

First Name

Hosny

Last Name

Mosallam

MiddleName

Abd El-Aziz

Affiliation

Botany Department- Faculty of Science- Ain Shams University

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hosny.mosallam@yahoo.com

City

Cairo

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First Name

Ahmed

Last Name

Mohamed

MiddleName

Hashim

Affiliation

Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

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shomabotany@yahoo.com

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Cairo

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First Name

Salah

Last Name

Sergiwa

MiddleName

Salem

Affiliation

Department of Agriculture, Faculty of Science, Omer Al-Mukhtar University, El-Beida, Libya

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salahsergiwa@yahoo.com

City

El-Beida, libya

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First Name

Mabrooka

Last Name

Gibreel

MiddleName

Abd-Allah

Affiliation

Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Benghazi University, Benghazi, Libya

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memeabdalla66@yahoo.com

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Benghazi

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57

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1

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587

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2017-05-01

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2016-11-23

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2017-04-26

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181

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197

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0375-9237

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2357-0350

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Egyptian Journal of Botany

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22 Jan 2023