@article {10.3844/ajessp.2011.306.315,
article_type = {journal},
title = {Land use Type Pattern and Woody Species Composition Near Human Disturbed Landscapes on Mount Makiling, Luzon Island},
author = {Buot, Inocencio E. and Osumi, Katsuhiro},
volume = {7},
number = {4},
year = {2011},
month = {Aug},
pages = {306-315},
doi = {10.3844/ajessp.2011.306.315},
url = {https://thescipub.com/abstract/ajessp.2011.306.315},
abstract = {Problem statement: A field study near human disturbed landscape on Mount Makiling, Luzon Island, Philippines was done on the eastern slopes of the legendary mountain to determine the land use patterns and woody species composition. Approach: Forty permanent plots of 10×10m in 3 belt transects spaced at 200m apart were established from the undisturbed forests to the agricultural farms. Classification and ordination analysis was done. Results: Cluster analysis showed 5 land use types: the agricultural farm, forests near residences, forest edge, buffer zone and the undisturbed forests. Canonical Correspondence Analysis (CCA) indicated moderate to strong linear correlations between environmental variables and the species data (intra set correlations for altitude = 0.420, slope = -0.879 and distance from farms = -0.913). The mean Basal Area (BA) was highest in the undisturbed forest and lowest in the buffer zone though the Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) showed no significant difference (p>0.05). However, ANOVA indicated significant differences among mean stem density values (p},
journal = {American Journal of Environmental Sciences},
publisher = {Science Publications}
}