Relationships between community structure and soil properties of a swamp forest from northern Turkey

Yalcin E., Bilgin A., Kutbay H., Kilinc M.

POLISH JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY, vol.52, no.2, pp.233-238, 2004 (SCI-Expanded) identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 52 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2004
  • Journal Name: POLISH JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.233-238
  • Keywords: swamp forests, vegetation-environment relationships, species diversity, WETLAND FORESTS, VEGETATION, DIVERSITY, OKLAHOMA
  • Ondokuz Mayıs University Affiliated: No

Abstract

The relationships between community structure and soil properties (pH, P, N, Ca, Mg, CaCO3 and clay content) were examined in a swamp forest from the northern part of Turkey. Statistically significant correlations were found between the soil variables and three different associations (Fraxino excelsioris-Fraxinetum angustifoliae, Carpino-orientalis Pterocaryetum froxinifoliae, Acero campestris-Alnetum glutinosae) according to CCA ordination. P, Mg, Ca and clay content of soil were found as four significant variables for species composition ind the studied forest.