Distribution of invasive plants and their association with wild ungulates in Barandabhar Corridor Forest, Nepal
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
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Alternative codes found
RIV/86652079:_____/22:00560467
Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.2478/foecol-2022-0021" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.2478/foecol-2022-0021</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/foecol-2022-0021" target="_blank" >10.2478/foecol-2022-0021</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Distribution of invasive plants and their association with wild ungulates in Barandabhar Corridor Forest, Nepal
Original language description
Invasive and alien plant species (IAPS) are considered as major threats to native biodiversity because TAPS alter ecosystem structure and their functions. We assessed the association of four major IAPS(A likania micrantha, Chtomolaena odorata, Lantana camara, and Parthenium hysterophorus) and the abundance of wild ungulates in Barandabhar Corridor Forest (BCF), Chitwan, Nepal. We collected data on the presence of wild ungulates in IAPS invaded habitats through direct observation and sign surveys. Our study showed that the cover of Al. micrantha was significantly high in Sal forest (Prominence value PV = 73.23) followed by riverine forest (PV = 40.5) and grassland (PV = 37.7) whereas P. hysterophorus was high in grasslands (PV = 22.9). Similarly, C. odorata was significantly high in Sal forest (PV =141.6%), and L. camara was high in mixed forest (PV = 22.6). It was found that there was a significant negative association of IAPS (p = 0.002) with wild ungulates. The abundances of deer and wild pigs were more in the buffer zone than in the non-buffer zone. The abundance of deer decreased with increasing cover of C. odorata, M. micrantha, and P hysterophorus (p = 0.002). Similarly, the abundance of wild pigs decreased with increasing cover of M. micrantha and L. camara. IAPS were not uniformly distributed in different habitats and abundances of wild ungulates were less in IAPS invaded habitats. Hence, it is important to initiate management plans to control IAPS spread to avoid their negative impacts on wild ungulate population such as deer and wild pigs.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10618 - Ecology
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2022
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Folia oecologica
ISSN
1336-5266
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
49
Issue of the periodical within the volume
2
Country of publishing house
SK - SLOVAKIA
Number of pages
10
Pages from-to
182-191
UT code for WoS article
000837039600012
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85136649427