TREE REGENERATION PATTERN IN TROPICAL DRY EVERGREEN FORESTS ON THE COROMANDEL COAST OF INDIA UNDER

The goal of this study is to look at the patterns of regeneration in threatened tropical dry evergreen forests in relation to varied levels of human disturbance. In 400 sample plots, 838 seedlings and 1931 saplings of 57 species were counted. Seedling species richness was found to be highest at'much disturbed' areas, with 31 species. Except for HD locations, Glycosmis mauritiana, Memecylon umbellatum, Tricalysis sphaerocarpa, and Garcinia spicata were abundant as saplings and seedlings in all three groups. The proportion of adults in the heavily disturbed sites ranged from 71 percent to 59 percent in the much disturbed sites. The densities of log saplings and seedlings were shown to be significantly connected to the densities of log adults. Seedling R2 values were similar in moderately disturbed (MD) and substantially disturbed (HD) sites, but lower in relatively undisturbed (RD) and heavily disturbed (HD) sites. Restoration of such a threatened ecosystem necessitates careful consideration of its structural and functional components.

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