Claim · model-written summary
Farm management activities during cocoa farm establishment likely drive the inconsistent forest tree assemblage patterns.
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Verbatim
e1“The inconsistent patterns for forest trees assemblages in the six CAFs highlight the influence of farm management activities during cocoa farm establishment”
t0“Variability in forest tree species composition and diversity in different aged cocoa agroforests of Ghana”
Title
Samuel Boadi; Collins Ayine Nsor; Emmanuel Acquah; et al. Agroforestry Systems 2023. doi:10.1007/s10457-023-00903-6
Other claims from this paper (7)
- Observation Forest tree assemblages showed no consistent pattern as cocoa agroforests aged from 5 to 30 years.
- Observation A total of 268 trees comprising 33 species and 14 families were recorded in the six aged cocoa agroforests.
- Observation Species composition and abundance distribution were similar among the cocoa agroforests.
- Observation Terminalia superba was the most abundant forest tree species across the six cocoa agroforests.
- Association The 25-year-old cocoa agroforest had the highest species richness.
- Association The 10-year-old cocoa agroforest was the most diverse, with qD = 2.84.
- Recommendation Sustaining good management practices, especially in older cocoa agroforests, is important to conserve valuable forest tree species.