TAILIEUCHUNG - Sustainability of coffee based agroforestry systems and opportunities for conservation in the central western Ghats, India

The purpose of this study is to quantify the floristic diversity in forests and coffee agroforests and to know the effects of different landholding sizes in Kodagu district of India's the Western Ghats. We collected the data on trees, shrubs and herbs from 50 sample plots of ha. each and analyzed for various diversity parameters. Results revealed Shannon’s (H') was highest in coffee agroforests () compared to that of natural forest (). Conversely, Simpson’s (D) values did not differ between the land-use types. This study revealed that the considerable number of tree species are being managed and conserved in coffee agroforests, similar to that of adjoining natural forests. IVI revealed that Artocarpus integrifolia was found to be dominant in coffee agroforests while in natural forests, Elaeocarpus tuberculatus species was dominant. Considerable variation in various diversity parameters among different landholding sizes with higher diversity in small holding compared to medium and large size coffee farms. Contrary, higher basal area (m2 ha–1 ) was recorded in large farms compared to small and medium-size farms. We found that coffee agroforests resembled natural forest suggesting that traditional coffee farms are being sustainably managed and can help to conserve the biodiversity of this region. | Sustainability of coffee based agroforestry systems and opportunities for conservation in the central western Ghats, India

• Lâm nghiệp
• Western ghats
• Coffee agroforests
• Floristic diversity
• Coffee based agroforestry systems
• Opportunities for conservation
• Genetic diversity
• Western ghats regions
• Breeding programme
• Western ghats regions of chikmagalur
• Chikmagalur (Karnataka)
• Indigenous acetic acid bacteria
• Western ghats soil samples
• Characterization of the indigenous acetic acid bacteria
• 16s rRNA analysis technique
• Molecular markers
• Cluster analysis
• Ferns of western Ghats
• Mudigere region
• Based on issr markers
• Above ground biomass
• Vegetation structure
• Species composition
• Above ground biomass in forests
• Zoogeographical aspects
• Horsefly fauna
• Zoogeographical aspects of horsefly fauna
• Floral characterization
• Endangered dendrobium wild orchid species
• Orchid species
• Tropical countries
• Baetidae as biological indicators
• Biological indicators of environmental degradation
• Environmental degradation
• Vaigai river basins
• Quantitative ethnobotany
• Traditional medicine
• Medicinal Pteridophytes
• Ethnobotanical study of medicinal
• Stirtonia ghattensis
• Pertusaria coccodes
• Lichenized Ascomycota
• Hemithecium scariosum
• Lactophenol cotton blue
• Metal ion
• Hydroxyl radical
• Superoxide anion radical
• Antioxidant studies
• The phytochemical compounds
• Endangered plant species collected
• Floristic diversity and vegetation structure
• Vegetation structure of coffee agroforests
• Relation to natural forests
• Plantation soils
• Coffea arabica
• Rare actinomycetes
• Soil properties
• Enzymatic potentials
• Soil microbes
• Acacia mearnsii
• Shola forest
• Soil microbial population
• Acacia mearnsii invasion
• Dry deciduous forest
• Soil pH
• Organic carbon
• Soil characteristics
• Dry deciduous forest ecosystem
• Effective conservation
• Ecology of hopea genus
• Hopea genus
• Distribution of hopea genus
• Methane flux
• Decay trees
• Tropical forests
• Global warming
• Production of an antibacterial compound
• Purification and characterization of an antibacterial compound
• Streptomyces griseus TBG19NRA1
• Antimicrobial activities
• Streptomyces griseus