A preliminary study on the floristic composition and structure of a lowland evergreen rainforest in Mt. Magdiwata, Agusan del Sur, Philippines

Issue Date

1-2011

Abstract

Floristic composition, forest structure and habitat preferences in a lowland evergreen forest in Northeast Mindanao is presented based on results of a botanical inventory that employed a combination of Gentry Plot and Braun-blanquet methods on ridge and slope communities. A total of 439 morpho-species belonging to 108 families are enumerated with 120 endemic species of Mt. Magdiwata yielded a new species of orchid-Euphlebium rhodochilum Ferreras & Cootes and a new range extension for Cynometra copelandii (Elmer) Elmer. Importance Values, diversity indices, a floristic checklist and a list of threatened species based on the IUCN, DAO 2007-1 and CITES I, II and III are also provided.

Source or Periodical Title

Sylvatrop: the technical journal of Philippine Ecosystems and Natural Resources

ISSN

0115-0022

Volume

21

Issue

1-2

Page

61-105

Document Type

Article

Frequency

semi-annually

Physical Description

illustrations ; tables; maps

Language

English

En – AGROVOC descriptors

FLORA; ENDEMIC SPECIES; BOTANICAL COMPOSITION; HABITATS; RAINFORESTS; PHILIPPINES

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