Ecological Processes

Table 1 Herbaceous species richness, relative abundance (%), and diversity in rehabilitated and degraded areas of Suswa catchment during wet and dry seasons

From: Effect of rangeland rehabilitation on the herbaceous species composition and diversity in Suswa catchment, Narok County, Kenya

Treatment			Wet season							Dry season
		Management	Rehabilitated area			Degraded area					Rehabilitated area		Degraded area
		Slope	Upper	Middle	Lower	Upper	Middle	Lower	LSD	Upper	Middle	Lower	Upper	Middle	Lower	LSD
Abundance	Grasses	Annuals	1.50	0.60	0.00	6.50	3.70	2.30	5.40	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.37	2.73	2.43
	Grasses	Perennials	77.97b	93.27c	99.10d	67.13a	79.70b	91.51c	3.10	88.70ab	95.6bc	99.90c	84.90a	85.90a	91.46a	7.88
	Forbs		15.53c	6.07b	0.90a	31.30d	16.57c	6.13b	4.98	11.30bc	1.40a	0.00a	15.10c	12.70bc	2.70ab	8.00
Diversity	Grasses	Annuals	0.11	0.00	0.00	0.11	0.10	0.36	0.31	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.10	0.20	0.18
	Grasses	Perennials	1.35c	1.55e	1.91f	1.07a	1.23b	1.45d	0.07	1.30c	1.53d	1.86e	1.05a	1.22b	1.35c	0.02
	Forbs		0.43c	0.09a	0.02a	0.62d	0.46c	0.26b	0.07	0.21	0.33	0.00	0.35	0.25	0.13	0.44
Richness	Grasses	Annuals	0.67	0.00	0.00	0.67	0.67	3.33	2.45	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.33	0.67	0.59
	Grasses	Perennials	4.67b	8.30d	10.30e	3.00a	5.00b	6.67c	0.84	4.00b	8.00e	10.00f	2.60a	5.00c	6.00d	0.42
	Forbs		1.60b	1.00ab	0.30a	5.30d	4.00c	2.00b	0.70	1.30bc	0.33a	0.00a	2.00c	2.00c	1.00b	0.94

Means with different letters within the row are significantly different (P ≤ 0.05) > Tukey’s HSD test

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