Document Type : Research Paper
Authors
- Mehri Dinarvand 1
- Mohammad Fayaz 2
- Hashem Keneshlo 3
- Kourosh Behnamfar 4
- Sajad Alimahmodi sarab 5
- farhad khaksarian 6
1 Assistant Professor., Forests and Rangelands Research Department, Khuzestan Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education Center, Agricultural Research Education and Extension Organization(AREEO), Ahvaz, Iran
2 Assistant Prof., Research Institute of Forest and Rangelands, Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education Center, Agricultural Research Education and Extension Organization(AREEO), Tehran, Iran
3 Academic member.Research Institute of Forest and Rangelands, Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education Center, Agricultural Research Education and Extension Organization(AREEO), Tehran, Iran Iran.
4 Assistant Professor, Forests and Rangelands Research Department, Khuzestan Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education Center (AREEO), Ahvaz, Iran.
5 Supervision and Researcher in Research Institute of Forest and Rangelands, Agricultural Research Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Tehran, Iran.
6 Researcher in Research Institute of Forest and Rangelands, Agricultural Research Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Tehran, Iran.
Abstract
Measuring the diversity and identifying plant vegetation traits and functional groups and classifying them, in addition to helping to accurately identify the vegetative capacity of the area, helps us to understand the vegetation response of the area to disturbances and presence. Potentially resistant species with similar or invasive traits help. The purpose of this study was to investigate and evaluate the vegetative status of the region, the trend of changes and evaluation of the second sequence of dust centers in Khuzestan after planting seedlings in different ways. Functional groups (PFTs) were used. To evaluate the changes in the vegetation of the area by field survey, 15 transects of 100 meters with distances of 50 meters were systematically randomly selected (the first transect was randomly selected and the rest with a defined distance of 50 meters). Due to the uniformity of plant species composition and the absence of environmental effects, a total of 180 fixed plots with dimensions of 1 square meter (location recording with GPS device) were installed. The results of a recent study in three areas of the dust center in the southeast of Ahvaz showed that in selected areas, various irrigation methods along with rainfall will cause significant changes in the percentage of cover (frequency) and the number of species from 2017 to 2020. Functional groups in the Tovayel region with surface irrigation (Faro) In 2020, nine groups were identified, in Bagan region with tanker irrigation and hole digging with seven excavators, and in Hanitieh region with tanker irrigation and hole digging seven functional groups. The results of T-test analysis also showed that there is a significant difference between the average of the two values of all indicators, including the diversity of Shannon and Simpson in March 2017 and March 2020 for all three regions so diversity indicators raised since number of species and cover increased.
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