Claim · model-written summary
The two forest types contained 54 tropical hardwood species from 23 families.
- Taxon
- tropical hardwood speciese0
- Outcome
- different tropical hardwood speciese0
- Value
- 54e0
- Qualifier
- 23 familiese0
- Setting
- Ondo State, Nigeriae1
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleTreatmentComparatorDirection
Verbatim
e0“a total of 54 different tropical hardwood species from 23 families were encountered in both forest types”
e1“in Ondo State, Nigeria”
Title
Victor A. J. Adekunle; Adewole O. Olagoke; Lawrence F. Ogundare Journal of Sustainable Forestry 2010. doi:10.1080/10549811.2010.489923
Other claims from this paper (10)
- Observation The unlogged forest contained 46 species.
- Observation The logged forest contained 24 species.
- Observation The unlogged forest had a Shannon-Weiner diversity index of 3.16, versus 3.03 in the logged forest.
- Observation The unlogged forest had an evenness index of .83, versus .81 in the logged forest.
- Observation All computed diversity variables were higher in the unlogged than logged forest.
- Observation Mansonia altissima A. Chev. was the most frequent species in unlogged forest at 80 stems/ha.
- Observation Caesalpinoidae and Sterculiaceae each had the largest species counts in unlogged forest, at six species.
- Observation Triplochiton scleroxylon K. Schum. had the highest frequency in logged forest, at 18 stems/ha.
- Observation Caesalpinoidae had the most species in logged forest, with four.
- Observation The authors concluded that logging affected tree species diversity and their environmental conservation roles.