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A floristic study of a former land bridge in The Bahama Archipelago

Daniels, Mark Leo
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0825-6636
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1470149291

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2016, Master of Science in Botany, Miami University, Biological Sciences.
A floristic study of plant communities was conducted on the islands of Eleuthera, Little San Salvador, and Cat Island. The objectives of this analysis were to explore the species composition and distribution of dry forest communities among the three study sites, and to propose new classification types to facilitate plant conservation in The Bahamas, as outlined by the International Classification of Ecological Communities for Caribbean vegetation types. Unconstrained ordination, cluster analysis and indicator species analysis indicated two dominant forest types across the three study sites: the Coccothrinax argentata-Reynosia septentironalis and Coccoloba diversifolia-Bursera simaruba Alliances. Nested within these forest types were 8 species associations: Coccothrinax argentata-Reynosia septentrionalis-Pithecellobium keyense association; Zanthoxylum flavum-Jacquinia keyensis-Casasia clusiifolia association; Acacia choriophylla-Pithcellobium keyense-Guapira discolor association; Coccoloba diversifolia-Sideroxylon americanum-Pseudophoenix sargentii association; Maytenus buxifolia-Sideroxylon salicifolium association; Exothea paniculata-Tabebuia bahamensis-Metopium toxiferum association; Guaiacum sanctum association; Eugenia foetida-Exostema caribeaum-Bourreria succulenta association.
Michael A. Vincent (Advisor)
R. James Hickey (Committee Member)
Richard C. Moore (Committee Member)
Biology; Botany; Conservation
Bahama Archipelago; floristics; Caribbean biogeography; tropical dry forest; Caribbean vegetation types; vegetation classification

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  • Daniels, M. L. (2016). A floristic study of a former land bridge in The Bahama Archipelago [Master's thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1470149291

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Daniels, Mark. A floristic study of a former land bridge in The Bahama Archipelago. 2016. Miami University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1470149291.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Daniels, Mark. "A floristic study of a former land bridge in The Bahama Archipelago." Master's thesis, Miami University, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1470149291

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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