Determination of environmental factors and indicator species affecting the distribution of Origanum onites L.: A case study from the Lakes District, Turkey

GÜLSOY S., NEGİZ M. G.

Environmental Engineering and Management Journal, cilt.13, sa.4, ss.1013-1019, 2014 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 13 Sayı: 4
  • Basım Tarihi: 2014
  • Doi Numarası: 10.30638/eemj.2014.105
  • Dergi Adı: Environmental Engineering and Management Journal
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1013-1019
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Indicator species, Lakes District, Plant distribution, Soil texture, Turkish oregano
  • Isparta Uygulamalı Bilimler Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

Factors influencing the distribution of Origanum onites L., (locally known as Turkish oregano) were analyzed on the Lakes District of Turkey, using Two-tailed Wilcoxon's runk sum statistics and Pearson chi-square χ2 test contained in the SPSS 17.0 package. An inter-specific correlation analysis (ICA) was also applied to determine indicator plant species of O. onites. Analyses performed on environmental factors showed that there is a relatively high correlation between the occurance of Turkish oregano and soil texture. Besides, our results showed that species richness plays a key role in plant distribution. According to ICA, Allium myrianthum Boiss., Astragalus prusianus Boiss., Centaurea cariensis Boiss. subsp. maculiceps (O.Schwarz) Wagenitz, Chondrilla juncea L. var. juncea L., Leontodon asperima (Willo) J. Ball and Putoria calabrica (L.fil) DC., were found as the most positive indicator plant species, and Fontanesia philliraeodies Labill subsp. philliraeodies, Juniperus communis L. var. nana Syme., were found as the most negative indicator plant species for the distribution of Turkish oregano.