Claim · model-written summary
Different tree species dominated at different agro-ecological zones.
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleTreatmentComparatorSettingDirectionValueQualifier
Verbatim
t0“Tree Species Dominance”
e3“The sum of dominance values per species in all AEZs indicated no species mono-dominance and different species dominated at different 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 Co-dominance produced tree species associations in LH1, such as Tabernaemontana-Allophylus-Eke-bergia-Albizia.
- Observation Species richness was highest in UH1, which also had the highest similarity with other zones.
- 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.