Journal of Environmental Biology

Indicator species of essential forest tree species in

the Burdur district

Mehmet G?ven? Negİz¹*, Yunus Eser¹, Emre Kuzug?denlݹ and K?rşad ?zkan²

¹Suleyman Demirel University, S?t??ler Prof. Dr. Hasan G?rb?z Vocational School, 32950, S?t??ler-Isparta, Turkey

²Suleyman Demirel University, Faulty of Forestry, Department of Forest Engineering, 32260, Isparta, Turkey

*Corresponding Authors Email : mnegiz@gmail.com

 Publication Data

Paper received:

16 July 2013

Revised received:

30 November 2013

Re-revised received:

18 June 2014

Accepted:

22 September 2014

Abstract

The forests of Burdur district for long have been subjected to over grazing and individual selection. As a result of this, majority of the forest areas in the district were degraded. In the district, afforestation efforts included majority of forestry implementations. It is well known that selecting suitable species plays an important role for achieving afforestation efforts. In this context, knowing the indicator species among the target species would be used in afforestation efforts, studies on the interrelationships between environmental factors and target species distribution is vital for selecting suitable species for a given area. In this study, Anatolian Black pine (Pinus nigra), Red pine (Pinus brutia), Crimean juniper (Juniperus excelsa) and Taurus cedar (Cedrus libani), essential tree species, were considered as target species. The data taken from 100 sample plots in Burdur district was used. Interspecific correlation analysis was performed to determine the positive and negative indicator species among each of the target species. As a result of ICA, 2 positive (Berberis crataegina, Juniperus oxycedrus), 2 negative (Phillyrea latifolia, Quercus coccifera) for Crimean Juniper, 1 positive (Juniperus oxycedrus), 3 negative (Onopordium acanthium, Fraxinus ornus, Phillyrea latifolia) for Anatolian black pine, 3 positive (Paliurus spina-christi, Quercus coccifer, Crataegus orientalis), 2 negative (Berberis crataegina, Astragalus nanus) for Red pine and 3 positive (Berberis crataegina, Rhamnus oleoides, Astragalus prusianus) 2 negative (Paliurus spina-christi, Quercus cerris) for Taurus cedar were defined as indicator plant species. In this way, practical information was obtained for selecting the most suitable species, among the target species, for afforestation efforts in Burdur district.   

 Key words

Burdur district, Target Species, Indicator Plant Species, Correlation analysis

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