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 2 List of woody species recorded outside 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
Croton megalobotrys Müll. Arg.	Euphorbiaceae	912	47.5	58.5	12.2	0.1	18.1	78
Colophospermum mopane (Kirk ex Benth.) Kirk ex J. Léonard	Fabaceae	252	13	85.4	17.9	0.7	73.9	105
Philenoptera violacea (Klotzsch) Schrire	Fabaceae	216	11	58.5	12.2	0.0*	1.0	24
Philenoptera nelsii (Schinz) Schrire	Fabaceae	208	11	7.3	1.5	0.0	0.0	13
Vachellia tortilis (Forssk.) Galasso & Banfi	Fabaceae	83	4.3	39.0	8.2	0.0	0.1	13
Combretum hereroense Schinz	Combretaceae	58	3.0	24.4	5.1	0.04	4.1	12
Vachellia nilotica (L.) P.J.H.Hurter & Mabb.	Fabaceae	39	2.0	24.4	5.1	0.0	0.2	7
Hyphaene petersiana Klotzsch ex Mart.	Arecaceae	35	1.8	26.8	5.6	0.0	0.1	8
Grewia flavescens Juss.	Tiliaceae	29	1.5	41.5	8.7	0.0	0.0	10
Vachellia erioloba (E.Mey.) P.J.H.Hurter	Fabaceae	29	1.5	29.3	6.1	0.01	0.7	8
Grewia bicolor Juss.	Tiliaceae	12	0.6	7.3	1.5	0.0	0.0	2
Ximenia americana L.	Olacaceae	10	0.5	4.9	1.0	0.0	0.0	2
Combretum albopunctatum Suess.	Combretaceae	8	0.4	12.2	2.6	0.0	0.02	3
Combretum imberbe Wawra	Combretaceae	8	0.4	4.9	1.0	0.02	1.9	3
Searsia tenuinervis (Engl.) Moffett	Anacardiaceae	7	0.4	2.4	0.5	0.0	0.01	0.9
Grewia retinervis Burret	Tiliaceae	5	0.3	7.3	1.5	0.0	0.0	1.8
Dichrostachys cinerea (L.) Wight and Arn.	Fabaceae	3	0.2	7.3	1.5	0.0	0.01	1.7
Terminalia prunioides Laws.	Combretaceae	3	0.2	12.2	2.6	0.0	0.0	2.8
Ziziphus mucronata Willd.	Rhamnaceae	2	0.1	9.8	2.0	0.0	0.0	2.1
Senegalia fleckii (Schinz) Boatwr.	Fabaceae	0.6	0.03	2.4	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5
Boscia albitrunca (Burch.) Gilg and Benedict	Capparaceae	0.6	0.03	2.4	0.5	0.0	0.01	0.5
Albizia anthelmintica (A. Rich.) Brongn.	Fabaceae	0.5	0.03	2.4	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5
Gymnosporia senegalensis (Lam.) Exell	Celastraceae	0.5	0.03	2.4	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5
Grewia flava DC.	Tiliaceae	0.4	0.02	2.4	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5
Total		1922

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

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