Plant diversity of Falakro mountainous grasslands has a special interest. This is the reason that it was included in Natura 2000 network. Plant diversity was measured during spring, summer and autumn of 2003. The Hellenic Ministry of Environment, Physical planning and Public Works funded the research in the framework of Protection of Environment and Sustainable Development. Measurements were taken in 47 plots, distributed all over the mountainous grasslands, with an area of 25m2. The abundance of species was assessed and the Shannon-Wienner index was estimated. The data analysis showed that plant diversity in spring was very low. Even lower diversity and locally limited appeared in autumn. On the contrary, high diversity was recorded during summer, without being significantly different among various sites.
Plant species diversity in the Mount Falakro grasslands of the Natura 2000 network
Abstract
- Authors
- Th. Merou1, I. Tsiripidis2, Sp. Tsiftsis2 and K. Vidakis1
- Affiliation
- 1ΤΕΙ of Kavala, Forestry Department, 2ο km. Drama – Mikrohori, 661 00 Δράμα, e-mail thmerou@teikav.edu.gr, 2Aristotelle University of Thessaloniki, Department of Biology, Laboratory of Systematic Botany and Phytogeography, 541 24, Thessaloniki, e-mail: tsiripid@bio.auth.gr
- Keywords
- Plant diversity, mountainous grasslands, Shannon-Wienner index
- Proceedings
- RANGELANDS OF LOWLANDS AND SEMI-MOUNTAINOUS AREAS: MEANS OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT – Proceedings of the 4th Panhellenic Rangeland Congress in Volos, 10-12 November 2004 (Edited by: Panagiotis D. Platis & Thomas G. Papachristou)
- Congress
- RANGELANDS OF LOWLANDS AND SEMI-MOUNTAINOUS AREAS: MEANS OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT