Soil-vegetation relationships in galbanum (Ferula gummosa Boiss) habitats : A Case Study of Rangeland of Ataeeye and Shoorrud- Khorasan-e- Razavi Province)

Taheri, Ghadir

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Volume 7, Issue 15 (2-2020)

PEC 2020, 7(15): 23-39

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Soil-vegetation relationships in galbanum (Ferula gummosa Boiss) habitats : A Case Study of Rangeland of Ataeeye and Shoorrud- Khorasan-e- Razavi Province)

Ghadir Taheri ^*

IAU- Neyshabur Branch, IAU- Neyshabur Branch , ghadirtaheri@iau-neyshabur.ac.ir

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Determination of vegetation and soil interaction is necessary for sustainable use of rangeland ecosystem. Soil-vegetation relationships in galbanum (Ferula gummosa) habitats of Ataeeye and Shoorrud- Khorasan-e- Razavi Province, Iran were studied using multivariate analysis. The stratified- random system of sampling was employed to randomly collect vegetation and soil samples from 46 quadrats of 3 m× 3 m.
In order to recognize variables with the highest effect on total variance in soil and vegetation characteristics and Canonical correlation analysis (CCA) and to determin the relationships between soil and vegetation variables, data were analyzed by principle component analysis (PCA). PCA results indicated that organic matter, soil texture, nitrogen content, water content in saturation point and soil cations content were the major soil properties contributed in total variance while plant density, diversity, vegetation biomass and secondary metabolites concentration were the main vegetation parameters. Result of the first canonical variable indicated that 65 percent of the variance in vegetation characteristics was determined using the variability in soil. The correlation analysis indicated that organic matters and soil water content influenced vegetation biomass and diversity positively. However, they had negative association with phenolic content of galbanum. Soil Calcium content had negative correlation with biodiversity and vegetation biomass. It was concluded that soil and vegetation components of the galbanum habitats in study area were mutually dependent and Calcium and organic matter content were the most important and effective variables on galbanum establishment.

Keywords: Principle component analysis, Soil water content, Canonical correlation analysis

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Type of Study: Research | Subject: Special
Received: 2018/03/24 | Accepted: 2019/03/17 | Published: 2020/03/17

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