Multivariate analysis of plant communities in the Narok district, Kenya: The influence of environmental factors and human disturbance

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dc.contributor.authorOgutu, Z. A.
dc.date.accessioned2014-01-30T11:28:36Z
dc.date.available2014-01-30T11:28:36Z
dc.date.issued1996
dc.descriptionDOI 10.1007/BF00045603en_US
dc.description.abstractSpecies type in 42 samples was examined using ordination analysis to establish whether the vegetation pattern displays gradation due to environmental factors, and whether the pattern was being altered by human disturbance. The analysis displayed two patterns. First, the ordination on axis 1 demonstrated vegetation gradation from xeric communities on the plains to humid forests on the highland. This pattern is explained on the basis of moisture and nutrient variations. Vegetation vectors based on species presence-absence were correlated with average rainfall, carbon, nitrogen and zinc. The second was separation of disturbed and undisturbed forest and bushland site categories on axis 2 of the ordination space. This pattern suggests that disturbance response is interactive with moisture so that only in moist communities does a significant vegetation response to disturbance occur.en_US
dc.identifier.citationVegetatio October 1996, Volume 126, Issue 2, pp 181-189en_US
dc.identifier.issn1573-5052
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/8874
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherKluwer Academic Publishersen_US
dc.subjectHuman disturbanceen_US
dc.subjectKenyaen_US
dc.subjectMulti-variate analysisen_US
dc.subjectNaroken_US
dc.subjectPlant communitiesen_US
dc.subjectPrincipal co-ordinates analysisen_US
dc.subjectVegetationen_US
dc.titleMultivariate analysis of plant communities in the Narok district, Kenya: The influence of environmental factors and human disturbanceen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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