Table 3 Increment (proportion of increment) of mean densities and frequencies of woody species inside the ORI compound in relation to the corresponding values outside the ORI compound
Species | Mean Density | Frequency | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Exclosure | Increment (proportion in %) | Exclosure | Increment (proportion in %) | |
Colophospermum mopane | 12,307 | 12,055 (4784) | 98.5 | 13.1 (15) |
Vachellia tortilis | 444 | 361 (435) | 79.4 | 40.4 (104) |
Grewia retinervis Burret | 285 | 280 (5600) | 5.9 | − 1.4 (− 24) |
Croton megalobotrys | 248 | − 389 (− 73) | 20.6 | − 37.9 (− 184) |
Philenoptera violacea | 173 | − 43 (− 20) | 33.8 | − 24.7 (− 73) |
Grewia flavescens | 153 | 124 (428) | 25.0 | − 16.5 (− 66) |
Vachellia erioloba | 143 | 114 (393) | 66.2 | 36.9 (126) |
Grewia bicolor | 112 | 100 (833) | 38.2 | 30.9 (423) |
Terminalia prunioides | 70 | 67 (2233) | 36.8 | 24.6 (202) |
Vachellia nilotica | 59 | 20 (51) | 20.6 | − 3.8 (− 19) |
Boscia albitrunca | 40 | 39 (3900) | 51.5 | 49.1 (2046) |
Grewia flava | 36 | 35.6 (8900) | 7.4 | 5 (208) |
Dichrostachys cinerea | 33 | 30 (1000) | 19.1 | 11.8 (162) |
Combretum albopunctatum | 16 | 8 (100) | 14.7 | 2.5 (21) |
Hyphaene petersiana | 19 | − 16 (− 46) | 5.9 | − 20.9 (− 354) |
Searsi tenuinervis | 15 | 8 (114) | 5.9 | 3.5 (146) |
Combretum imberbe | 7 | − 1 (− 12.5) | 7.4 | 2.5 (51) |
Ximenia americana | 4 | − 6 (− 60) | 2.9 | − 2 (− 69) |
Albizia anthelmintica | 3 | 2.5 (500) | 2.9 | 0.5 (21) |
Gymnosporia senegalensis | 1 | 0.5 (100) | 1.5 | − 0.9 (− 60) |
Ziziphus mucronata | 1 | − 1 (− 50) | 4.4 | − 5.4 (− 123) |
Total | 14,215 | 12,293 (640) | Â | Â |