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Assede, Emeline Sessi Pelagie
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Honore Biaou, S.S.
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Orou, Hidirou
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Oumorou, Madjidou
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Geldenhuys, Coert Johannes
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Chirwa, Paxie W.
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Sinsin, Brice
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2023-12-01T10:00:48Z |
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2023-12-01T10:00:48Z |
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2023-07-19 |
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SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL 1 : Phytosociological tables of the plant associations showing the typus relevé of each association. Https://DOI.org/10.3897/VCS.91126.suppl1 |
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SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL 2 : Full synoptic table with percentage frequency and fidelity values. Link: https://DOI.org/10.3897/VCS.91126.suppl2 |
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SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL 3 : Header data of the relevés of the plant associations. https://DOI.org/10.3897/VCS.91126.suppl3 |
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DATA AVAILABILITY STATEMENT : The data is not available online, but they are available from the corresponding author of the manuscript on request. |
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AIMS : This study aims to: i) differentiate the plant associations in the Biosphere Reserve of Pendjari (BRP), ii) determine the ecological characteristics of their habitats and iii) present distribution maps on different soil types. STUDY AREA : The BRP, located in the Sudanian Zone of Benin. METHODS : 202 phytosociological relevés were sampled according to the Braun-Blanquet method within the BRP. Ordination was performed using Detrended Correspondence Analysis to evaluate vegetation patterns. Soil parameters were used to characterize the vegetation types. RESULTS : The numerical analysis of 202 plots and 249 plant species showed two major floristic groups that correlated with a moisture gradient: drylands versus wetlands. The dryland group was a mixture of woodland and shrub savanna, the dominant ecosystems of the study area. The wetland group encompassed species primarily from riparian forest, tree savanna and grass savanna on floodplains. Syntaxonomical analysis of the dryland group showed rocky and gravelly soil associations (Burkeo africanae-Detarietum microcarpi) and soils associated with or without fine gravels (Andropogono gayani-Terminalietum avicennioidis, Andropogono gayani-Senegalietum dudgeonii and Terminalietum leiocarpae). Syntaxonomical analysis of the wetland group showed riparian forest associations on sandy-clay soil (Coletum laurifoliae, Borassetum aethiopi and Hyparrhenio glabriusculae-Mitragynetum inermis) and floodplain associations on silt-clay soil (Terminalio macropterae-Mitragynetum inermis, Brachiario jubatae-Terminalietum macropterae, Sorghastro bipennati-Vachellietum hockii). CONCLUSIONS : Eleven new associations were identified in this study. If the distribution of plant associations was determined by different soil properties, the soil humidity would be one of the main ecological factors determining the establishment of plant species and thus plant association development. |
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Plant Production and Soil Science |
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am2023 |
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SDG-15:Life on land |
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The German Bundesministerium für Bildung and Forschung (BMBF) for the financial support throught the project BIOTA-West Africa III. |
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https://vcs.pensoft.net |
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Assede, E.S.P., Honore Biaou, S.S., Orou, H et al. 2023, 'Ecological and structural differentiation of the Sudanian woodlands in the Biosphere Reserve of Pendjari, Benin', Vegetation Classification and Survey, vol. 4, pp. 139-165. https://DOI.org/10.3897/VCS.91126. |
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2683-0671 |
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10.3897/VCS.91126 |
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http://hdl.handle.net/2263/93587 |
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Pensoft Publishers |
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© Eméline S. P. Assèdé et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY 4.0). |
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Ecology |
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Vegetation pattern |
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Woodland |
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SDG-15: Life on land |
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Biosphere Reserve of Pendjari (BRP) |
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Plant associations |
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Sudanian Zone of Benin |
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Ecological and structural differentiation of the Sudanian woodlands in the Biosphere Reserve of Pendjari, Benin |
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Article |
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