Claim · model-written summary
The Mawouon forest had 102 woody species in 78 genera and 35 families.
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Verbatim
t0“Woody species diversity”
e1“A total of 2324 individuals belonging to 102 species, 78 genera and 35 families have been identified”
Title
Jonathan Moucharou Ngnignigniwou; Junior Baudoin Wouokoue Taffo; Victor François Nguetsop Cameroon Journal of Experimental Biology 2022. doi:10.4314/cajeb.v15i1.5
Other claims from this paper (14)
- Observation The Shannon diversity index of the woody species was 4.51 bits.
- Observation The Pielou evenness index of the woody species was 0.67.
- Observation Fabaceae was the richest family, with 15 woody species.
- Observation Euphorbiaceae followed with 12 woody species.
- Observation Moraceae followed with 10 woody species.
- Observation Rubiaceae was the most abundant family, at 26.97%.
- Observation Euphorbiaceae was the second most abundant family, at 17.16%.
- Observation Cecropiaceae was the third most abundant family, at 12.65%.
- Observation Alchornea laxiflora had the highest Important Value index, at 89.21%.
- Observation Myrianthus arboreus had an Important Value index of 89.03%.
- Observation Polyscias fulva had an Important Value index of 79.12%.
- Observation The diameter structure of the woody species shows a predominance of young individuals.
- Observation The abundance of megaphanerophytes and mesophanerophytes reflects adaptive, competitive plant strategies in the forest.
- Observation The relative abundance of Guinean-Congolese domain species indicates a great maturity of the forest, which seems little disturbed.