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Forest vegetation of the Beşpare ecovillages in the western lesser Caucasus corridor (Artvin/Türkiye)

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This investigation was carried out between 2019 and 2020 to reveal the forest vegetation of Beşpare villages in Artvin. This vegetation has been studied according to the conventional Braun-Blanquet approach. A total of 96 relevés were sampled. The cover-abundance of plant species and environmental data in plots were analyzed using multivariate analyses techniques. Raunkiaer life-form ratios, Shannon–Wiener index values, species richness, and chorological spectrum of syntaxa were calculated and interpreted. EUNIS habitat code and names for described syntaxa were assigned. In the area under review, forest vegetation is represented by Querco polycarpo-Piceetum orientalis ass., Carpino orientali-Quercetum polycarpae ass., Carpino betuli-Piceetum orientalis ass., Thelypterido limbospermae-Alnetum barbatae ass., Rubo caucasici-Fagetum orientali ass., Fago orientalis-Abietum nordmannianae ass., Fago orientalis-Piceetum orientalis ass., Abieti nordmanniana-Piceetum orientalis ass., Pino sylvestris-Piceetum orientalis ass. Two new plant associations were identified. Some previously defined syntaxa names have been re-arranged according to The International Code of Phytosociological Nomenclature.

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ECOM software program for canonical correspondence analysis (CCA). EUNIS the European Nature Information System. ICPN the International Code of Phytosociological Nomenclature rules, 4th edition. I.M. The Interpretation Manual of European Union Habitats—EUR28 determines the EUNIS habitat types of plant associations. SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences) software program for graphic drawing and statistical evaluation.

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We thank the staff of the Artvin (Türkiye) Regional Directorate of Forestry for their valuable contribution to this study.

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  1. Department of Forest Engineering, Faculty of Forestry, Expert in Plant Biodiversity and Phytosociology and Associate Coordinator in This Research, Artvin Çoruh University, 08000, Artvin, Türkiye

    Özgür Eminağaoğlu

  2. Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Expert in Plant Biodiversity and Phytosociology and Associate Coordinator in This Research, University of Ondokuz Mayis, 55139, Samsun, Türkiye

    Erkan Yalçın

  3. General Directorate of Forestry, Expert in Soil Science and Ecology and Associate Coordinator in This Research, Artvin Regional Directorate of Forestry, 08000, Artvin, Türkiye

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Eminağaoğlu, Ö., Yalçın, E. & Özkaya, M.S. Forest vegetation of the Beşpare ecovillages in the western lesser Caucasus corridor (Artvin/Türkiye). Rend. Fis. Acc. Lincei 33, 739–756 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12210-022-01095-4

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