Claim · model-written summary
Species richness was highest in UH1, which also had the highest similarity with other zones.
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleTreatmentComparatorValueQualifier
Verbatim
t0“Tree Species Dominance”
e5“Species richness was highest in UH1 and had the highest similarity indices with those of other AEZs”
Title
Assessing Tree Species Dominance along an Agro Ecological Gradient in the Mau Forest Complex, Kenya
Mwangi James Kinyanjui; Chris A. Shisanya; Ondimu Ken Nyabuti; et al. Open Journal of Ecology 2014. doi:10.4236/oje.2014.411056
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- Observation Tabernaemontana stapfiana was ranked first in LH1 with a relative dominance of 22.66%.
- Observation Tabernaemontana stapfiana was ranked first in UH1 with a relative dominance of 22.89%.
- Observation Tabernaemontana stapfiana was ranked first in UH0 with a relative dominance of 30.73%.
- Observation Tabernaemontana stapfiana was not recorded in any other agro-ecological zone.
- Observation Dombeya goetzenii occurred in 6 of the 7 agro-ecological zones.
- Observation Dombeya goetzenii had moderate dominance values in each of the 6 zones where it occurred.
- Observation No tree species was mono-dominant across the agro-ecological zones.
- Observation Different tree species dominated at different agro-ecological zones.
- Observation Co-dominance produced tree species associations in LH1, such as Tabernaemontana-Allophylus-Eke-bergia-Albizia.
- Observation UH1 had a species similarity of 67% with LH1.
- Observation UH1 had a species similarity of 63% with LH2.
- Observation UH1 had a species similarity of 56% with LH4.
- Observation Species in the very humid zone UH0 differed from those in LH3, with a similarity of 31%.
- Observation Species in the very humid zone UH0 differed from those in LH4, with a similarity of 37%.
- Observation Basal area differed significantly among agro-ecological zones.
- Observation High-potential zones LH1, LH2, UH0 and UH1 did not differ in basal area.
- Observation Lower-potential zones LH3 and LH4 did not differ from each other in basal area.
- Observation Variation of species and forest stocking in the Mau Forest Complex is strongly influenced by agro-ecological zone.
- Recommendation Future biomass mapping should be done along agro-ecological zones.