The Calculation of Alpha Species Diversity in Forest Growth Environment and Their Relations with the Environmental Variables

This study was carried out regarding the calculation of alpha species diversity in forest growth environment. the alpha species diversity is an important component which expresses biological diversity in a region. by determining the alpha species diversity, valuable information can be obtained in terms of identifying potential distribution area for plant species of a region. in our study, alpha species diversities were calculated from the plant species of 40 sample plots, which were taken from burdur- altınyayla region. then, the relationships between environmental variables and alpha species diversity were tried to be found with the help of correlation analysis. the most notable result is that a positive correlation was found between the elevation and alpha species diversities. in addition, vegetation data and environmental variables were examined by detrended correspondence analysis (dca) ; and while positive relationships were found concerning vegetation and aspect; negative relationships were seen between stony surfaces and plant species.