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Table 1 Species composition and diversity (mean + SE) of area exclosure and adjacent communal grazing land at southern Tigray

From: Rehabilitation of indigenous browse plant species following exclosure established on communal grazing lands in South Tigray, Ethiopia, and implication for conservation

Land-use system

Sample size

Density (ind/ha)

Species richness

Shannon diversity index

Evenness

AE

61

3481 + 288

4.72 +  0.18

1.25 +  0.04

0.84+ 0.02

CGL

59

2040 + 265

2.89 + 0.13

0.81 + 0.04

0.77 + 0.02

P value

 

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  1. SE standard error, AE area exclosure, CGL communal grazing land
  2. ***Significant difference at the 0.001 level
  3. *Significant difference at the 0.05 level