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Abundant weed species were more adapted to the plantations.
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e1“The abundant weed species analysis showed a high importance value index and were more adapted to the plantations”
Title
U.B. Olayinka; S. B. Adeyemi; K. A. Abdulkareem; et al. West African Journal of Applied Ecology 2020
Other claims from this paper (10)
- Observation The survey recorded 88 weed species belonging to 32 families in the four plantations.
- Observation Four weed species (Azadirachta indica, Daniellia oliveri, Desmodium tortuosum and Tridax procumbens) were common in all the surveyed plantations.
- Observation The family Fabaceae was the most dominant weed family.
- Observation Abundant weed species showed a high importance value index.
- Observation Species richness was high in the sugarcane plantation.
- Observation The evenness and similarity indices between and across the plantations were generally low, indicating varying diversity.
- Mechanism The non-canopy nature of the plantation, soil structure and ability to coexist with other species may underlie the diversity pattern.
- Recommendation The most abundant weed species populations should be checked for the plantations to thrive.
- Recommendation There is an urgent need to conserve weed species that are rare in abundance but have great social and economic values.
- Observation The survey revealed two major life cycles, annual and perennial, among the weed species.