Floristic diversity in urban forest area of NEERI Campus, Nagpur, Maharashtra (India).

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dc.contributor.authorGupta, Rakhi Ben_US
dc.contributor.authorChaudhari, P Ren_US
dc.contributor.authorWate, S Ren_US
dc.date.accessioned2008-01-06en_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-06-02T05:21:44Z
dc.date.available2008-01-06en_US
dc.date.available2009-06-02T05:21:44Z
dc.date.issued2008-01-06en_US
dc.description.abstractThis study has been carried out to assess the diverse floristic wealth in urban forest area of NEERI campus at Nagpur, Maharashtra (India). This urban forest is ecologically important to maintain the atmospheric temperature around 2 degrees C below and higher relative humidity as compared to other urban areas. The water table is also observed to be shallower in this area as compared to other areas. Therefore, the biological diversity of this urban forest was studied, as it is directly related to ecology of the area. Floristic survey of NEERI premises recorded 135 vascular plants including 16 monocots and 119 dicots, belonging to 115 genera and 53 families. The taxa included 4 types of grasses, 55 herbs, 30 shrubs and 46 trees. The large number of species within very small area (43 ha) indicates rich biodiversity in this forest area. It is also observed that this forest patch has tall trees, with good density and rich cover of shrubs and herbs on forest floor indicating well knit plant community. These characteristics have given immense ecological importance to this urban forest area. Detailed vegetation study revealed that positive co-operation in the plant communities can significantly maintain species diversity in the environment.en_US
dc.description.affiliationEIRA Division, National Environmental Engineering Research Institute, Nehru Marg, Nagpur 440 020, India. rakhi_g23@yahoo.co.inen_US
dc.identifier.citationGupta RB, Chaudhari PR, Wate SR. Floristic diversity in urban forest area of NEERI Campus, Nagpur, Maharashtra (India). Journal of Environmental Science & Engineering. 2008 Jan; 50(1): 55-62en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/114192
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.source.urihttps://www.neeri.res.in/jese.htmlen_US
dc.subject.meshBiodiversityen_US
dc.subject.meshCitiesen_US
dc.subject.meshConservation of Natural Resourcesen_US
dc.subject.meshEcologyen_US
dc.subject.meshEcosystemen_US
dc.subject.meshEnvironmenten_US
dc.subject.meshGeologyen_US
dc.subject.meshIndiaen_US
dc.subject.meshPlantsen_US
dc.subject.meshTemperatureen_US
dc.subject.meshTrees --physiologyen_US
dc.subject.meshTropical Climateen_US
dc.titleFloristic diversity in urban forest area of NEERI Campus, Nagpur, Maharashtra (India).en_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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