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Naghi Shabanian

Naghi Shabanian

Academic rank: Associate Professor
ORCID:
Education: PhD.
ScopusId: 56079428000
HIndex:
Faculty: Faculty of Natural Resources
Address: Dept. of Forestry, Faculty of Natural Resources, University of Kurdistan, Sanandaj, IRAN, P.O. Box 416, Postal Code 66177-15175
Phone: 08733620551

Research

Title
Study of vertical and horizontal forest structure in Northern Zagros Forest (Case study: West of Iran, Oak forest)
Type
JournalPaper
Keywords
Blake forest, forest structure, horizontal structure,vertical structure, spatial pattern, Zagros forest.
Year
2013
Journal European Journal of Experimental Biology
DOI
Researchers Mazyar Haidari ، Manouchehr Namiranian ، Loghman Ghahramany ، Mahmoud Zobairi ، Naghi Shabanian

Abstract

Structure includes vertical (number of tree layers) and horizontal features. To study of forest structure in the Northern Zagros forest, Blake forest in Baneeh region, Kurdistan province in west of Iran was selected. In Blake forest 10 square sample plots one hectare (100×100 m) were selected and in each sample plot this information include: position of tree, kind of species, diameter at breast height (cm), height (m), crown height (m) and two diameters of crown were recorded. Vertical and horizontal of this forest showed in the one sample (50×50 m, 0.25 hectare). To study of vertical structure study of distribution of tree and species in the height and diameter classes (height in three and diameter in the 5 cm classes). To analysis of horizontal structure (spatial pattern), used quadrat method, variance/mean ratio, Green and Morisata index.Data analyzing was done bySPSS16, SVS and Ecological Methodological software’s. results showed that the mean of forest characteristics including DBH, height, crown height, andcrown area, canopy density and density, 28.5 (±4.5), 6.2 (± 0.9), 4.2 (±0.58), 7.1 (±1.01), 21.3 (±2.5) and 301 (±9)were existed. Overall results showed Blake forest was two forest story and Quercus libani Oliv and Quercus infectoria Oliv were the most dominant woody plants and located in over story. DBH distribution graphs showed uneven aged stand and spatial pattern of this forest was uniform to random pattern. A traditional forest management practice in the Armardeh (Blake forest) has negative effect on the forest regeneration and increases the frequency of old trees.