Effects of Anthropogenic Activities on Distribution and Abundance of the Epiphytic Orchid, Polystachya fusiformis (Thou.) Lindl. in the Manga Range Ecosystem, Kisii, Kenya
Journal Title: International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR) - Year 2013, Vol 2, Issue 8
Abstract
It has been observed that anthropogenic activities namely, farming, tree harvesting, seasonal fire regimes, introduction of exotic tree species like Eucalyptus and Greviella, and collection of herbs for medicinal use are going on and form a major threat for the orchid Polystachya fusiformis (Thou.) Lindl. This study determined the relative abundance and distribution of the species Polystachya fusiformis (Thou.) Lindl. in the Manga range ecosystem of Kisii, Western Kenya during two flowering seasons. Other results of the present study were analyzed with SPSS version 17 for paired sample correlations, OriginPro7 t-Test and ANOVA, Minitab 16 chi-square test. From the analysis there is a significant correlation between altitude and number of orchid population clusters with a p-value of 0.008 in the distribution of Polystachya fusiformis (Thou.) Lindl. which led to rejection of the null hypothesis. The Levene
Authors and Affiliations
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP337458
- DOI -
- Views 57
- Downloads 0
Comparison of Calcification Specificity in Digital Mammography Using Soft-Copy Display versus Screen-Film Mammography
Breast cancer represents the most frequent cancer within women. The damage that cancerous tumors cause to various important organs in the body can lead to serious illness, so an early detection is important for a better...
Efficient Detection for DOS Attacks by Multivariate Correlation Analysis
The interconnected systems are under the threads from the network attack. Denial of service attack is the most common thread. DoS attack attempt to prevent a computer or service from being available. In the proposed sys...
Synthesis and Antimicrobial Activity of Nove fused 4-(3H) Quinazolinone Derivatives
Synthesis and Antimicrobial Activity of Nove fused 4-(3H) Quinazolinone Derivatives
A Study to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Self Instructional Module on Oral Health Hazards among Smokeless Tobacco Users in Selected Rural Area of Karad Taluka
" Abstract: Aim & Objectives: To assess the knowledge of oral health hazards among smokeless tobacco users in selected rural area of Karad. To evaluate effectiveness of Self Instructional Module [SIM] of oral health...
Identification of Image Spam by Using Histogram and Hough Transform
Today, the internet is the most powerful tools throughout the world. But the explosive growth of unsolicited emails has prompted the development of numerous spam filtering techniques. It needlessly obstruct the entire sy...