Enhancement of diversity, stand structure and regeneration of woody species through area exclosure: the case of a mopane woodland in northern Botswana

Teketay, Demel; Kashe, Keotshephile; Madome, Joseph; Kabelo, Monica; Neelo, John; Mmusi, Mmusi; Masamba, Wellington

doi:10.1186/s13717-018-0116-x

Ecological Processes

Table 1 List of woody species recorded inside the Okavango Research Institute compound with their family names, mean densities (in descending order), relative densities (RD in %), frequencies and relative frequencies (RF in %), dominance, relative dominance (RDO in m² ha^− 1) and important value index (IVI)

From: Enhancement of diversity, stand structure and regeneration of woody species through area exclosure: the case of a mopane woodland in northern Botswana

Species	Family	Density	RD	Frequency	RF	Dominance	RDO	IVI
Colophospermum mopane (Kirk ex Benth.) Kirk ex J. Léonard	Fabaceae	12,307	86.6	98.5	16.9	0.5	50.2	154
Vachellia tortilis (Forssk.) Galasso & Banfi	Fabaceae	444	3.1	79.4	13.6	0.3	30.9	48
Grewia retinervis Burret	Tiliaceae	285	2.0	5.9	1.0	0.0*	0.5	4
Croton megalobotrys Müll. Arg.	Euphorbiaceae	248	1.7	20.6	3.5	0.1	8.4	14
Philenoptera violacea (Klotzsch) Schrire	Fabaceae	173	1.2	33.8	5.8	0.0	0.02	7
Grewia flavescens Juss.	Tiliaceae	153	1.1	25.0	4.3	0.0	0.1	6
Vachellia erioloba (E.Mey.) P.J.H.Hurter	Fabaceae	143	1.0	66.2	11.4	0.1	8.3	21
Grewia bicolor Juss.	Tiliaceae	112	0.8	38.2	6.6	0.0	0.2	8
Terminalia prunioides Laws.	Combretaceae	70	0.5	36.8	6.3	0.01	0.7	8
Vachellia nilotica (L.) P.J.H.Hurter & Mabb.	Fabaceae	59	0.4	20.6	3.5	0.0	0.4	4
Boscia albitrunca (Burch.) Gilg and Benedict	Capparaceae	40	0.3	51.5	8.8	0.0	0.01	9
Grewia flava DC.	Tiliaceae	36	0.2	7.4	1.3	0.0	0.02	2
Dichrostachys cinerea (L.) Wight and Arn.	Fabaceae	33	0.2	19.1	3.3	0.0	0.02	4
Hyphaene petersiana Klotzsch ex Mart.	Arecaceae	19	0.1	5.9	1.0	0.0	0.2	1
Combretum albopunctatum Suess.	Combretaceae	16	0.1	14.7	2.5	0.0	0.0	3
Senegallia mellifera (M. Vahl) Seigler & Ebinger	Fabaceae	16	0.1	7.4	1.3	0.0	0.02	1
Searsia tenuinervis (Engl.) Moffett	Anacardiaceae	15	0.1	5.9	1.0	0.0	0.0	1
Combretum imberbe Wawra	Combretaceae	7	0.1	7.4	1.3	0.0	0.0	1
Gardenia volkensii K.Schum.	Rubiaceae	6	0.04	1.5	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3
Boscia salicifolia Oliv.	Capparaceae	6	0.04	1.5	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3
Ximenia americana L.	Olacaceae	4	0.03	2.9	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5
Vachellia luederitzii (Engl.) Kyal. & Boatwr	Fabaceae	4	0.03	1.5	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3
Grewia sp.	Tiliaceae	4	0.03	4.4	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.8
Commiphora africana (A.Rich.) Engl.	Burseraceae	3	0.02	2.9	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5
Albizia anthelmintica (A. Rich.) Brongn.	Fabaceae	3	0.02	2.9	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5
Maerua angolensis DC.	Capparaceae	3	0.02	4.4	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.8
Albizia harveyi Fourn.	Fabaceae	1	0.01	2.9	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5
Gymnosporia senegalensis (Lam.) Exell	Celastraceae	1	0.01	1.5	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3
Senegalia erubescens (Welw. ex Oliv.) Kyal. & Boatwr.	Fabaceae	1	0.01	2.9	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5
Terminalia sericea Burch. ex DC.	Combretaceae	1	0.01	2.9	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5
Ziziphus mucronata Willd.	Rhamnaceae	1	0.01	4.4	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.8
Capparis tomentosa Lam.	Capparaceae	0.4	0.01	1.5	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3
Total		14,215

*The zero values included in the table are not actually zero, but very small numbers close to zero

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