Research Article

Impacts of Industrialization on Plant Species Composition, Diversity, and Tree Population Structure in Tropical Moist Deciduous Forest in Bangladesh

Table 2

The list of equations used for calculating phytosociological characters of the vegetation.

Phytosociological attributesFormulaReferences

Basal area (m2/ha) (BA)[28, 29]

Frequency, (F%)[29]

Relative frequency (RF%)[30, 31]

Density (D)[29]

Relative density (RD%)[30, 31]

Abundance, A[29]

Relative dominance (RD0%)[28]

Diameter at breast height (cm)[32]

Important value index (IVI)IVI = RD + RF + RD0[26, 29]

Here, a = Total number of individual species in all quadrates, b = Total number of quadrates of studied, c = Total number of quadrates in which the species occurs, n = Total number of individuals of the species; Fi = Frequency of one species; GBH = Girth at breast height.