Table 1

List of equations used for analyzing phytosociological characteristics of vegetation in Chunati Wildlife Sanctuary

SL noPhytosociological attributesFarmulaReference
1Family relative density (Fd)Fd(%)=NfTix 100Mori et al. (1983) 
2Family relative diversity (Fr)Fr(%)=NsTsx 100Rahman et al. (2011) 
3Family importance value (FIV)FIV=Fd + FrRahman et al. (2011) 
4Density (D)D=abShukla and Chandal (2000) 
5Relative density (RD)RD(%) = n/N X 100Dallmeier et al. (1992), Misra (1968) 
6Frequency (F)F=cbShukla and Chandal (2000) 
7Relative frequency(RF)RF(%)=Fi∑i=1n(Fi)Dallmeier et al. (1992), Misra (1968) 
8Abundance (A)A=ncShukla and Chandal (2000) 
9Relative abundance (RA)RA(%)=Ai∑i=1n(Ai)Misra (1968) 
10Importance value index (IVI)IVI = RD + RF + RAMisra (1968), Shukla and Chandal (2000) 

Note(s): Nf: number of individual in a family; Ti: total number of individuals; Ns: number of species in a family; Ts: total number of species, a: total number of individuals of a species in all the quadrats; b: total number of quadrats studied; n: total number of individuals of the species; N: total number of individuals of all the species; c: total number of quadrats in which the species occurs; b: total number of quadrats studied; Fi: frequency of one species; Ai: abundance of one species

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