naa a22 4500 510737668 CHVBK 20180411083016.0 cr unu---uuuuu 180411e20130701xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11284-013-1045-x doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11284-013-1045-x Disentangling the role of soil in structuring tropical tree communities at Tarap Hill Reserve of Bangladesh [Elektronische Daten] [Swapan Sarker, Sanjay Sonet, Md. Mohasinul Haque, Mahmuda Sharmin] Tarap Hill Reserve, the largest upland reserve of Bangladesh, is situated along the Indo-Burma Biodiversity Hotspot. It encompasses the last remaining patches of natural vegetation in the Northeastern Tarap Mountain System and harbors 87% of the nationally declared red-listed vascular plant species. Despite requiring high conservation priority, this is one of the least studied reserves in the tropics. In this study, we collected vegetation and soil (eight variables) data from 68 sample plots. We identified the tree communities by cluster analysis and verified them using the multi-response permutation procedure and detrended correspondence analysis. Species richness, diversity, and compositional similarity between the communities were also estimated. In total, 116 tree species representing 69 genera were recorded within the four identified tree community types. Finally, canonical correspondence analysis with associated Monte Carlo permutation tests (499 permutations) was performed to explore the patterns of variation in tree species distribution explained by the soil variables. Soil phosphorus, organic matter content, and pH were most closely correlated with tree compositional variation. Thus, conservation strategies that take into account variations in these influential soil factors may aid in the conservation of trees in the reserve. The Ecological Society of Japan, 2013 Tree communities nationallicence True alpha diversity nationallicence Unique species nationallicence Cluster analysis nationallicence MRPP nationallicence DCA nationallicence CCA nationallicence Sarker Swapan Department of Forestry and Environmental Science, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, 3114, Sylhet, Bangladesh aut Sonet Sanjay Department of Forestry and Environmental Science, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, 3114, Sylhet, Bangladesh aut Mohasinul Haque Md Department of Forestry and Environmental Science, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, 3114, Sylhet, Bangladesh aut Sharmin Mahmuda Department of Forestry and Environmental Science, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, 3114, Sylhet, Bangladesh aut Ecological Research Springer Japan 28/4(2013-07-01), 553-565 0912-3814 28:4<553 2013 28 11284 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11284-013-1045-x text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11284-013-1045-x text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Sarker Swapan Department of Forestry and Environmental Science, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, 3114, Sylhet, Bangladesh aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Sonet Sanjay Department of Forestry and Environmental Science, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, 3114, Sylhet, Bangladesh aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Mohasinul Haque Md Department of Forestry and Environmental Science, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, 3114, Sylhet, Bangladesh aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Sharmin Mahmuda Department of Forestry and Environmental Science, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, 3114, Sylhet, Bangladesh aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Ecological Research Springer Japan 28/4(2013-07-01), 553-565 0912-3814 28:4<553 2013 28 11284 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer