Claim · model-written summary
Protected area had the highest tree density and greater evenness.
- Taxon
- melliferous woody florat0
- Outcome
- melliferous tree densities and greater species evennesse0
- Direction
- higheste0
- Setting
- Protected areae0
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleTreatmentComparatorValueQualifier
Verbatim
e0“Protected area maintained the highest melliferous tree densities and greater species evenness.”
t0“Melliferous Woody Flora”
Title
Issaka Wendpanga Kanazoe; Issa Nombré; Adama Zoungrana; et al. Ecology and Evolution 2026. doi:10.1002/ece3.73555
Other claims from this paper (14)
- Observation The survey recorded 48 woody melliferous species from 16 families.
- Observation Fabaceae, Combretaceae and Sapotaceae dominated.
- Association Species composition differed significantly among land-use types.
- Association Fallow land and protected area had the highest melliferous richness.
- Association Farmland had reduced richness and density.
- Association Farmland had larger individual trees.
- Observation Vitellaria paradoxa dominated every land-use type.
- Observation Indicator analysis identified 19 significant melliferous species.
- Association Three named species indicated fallow land and protected area.
- Observation No indicator species was specific to farmland.
- Association Flowering timing varied among land uses.
- Observation Protected area supplied forage for at least three months.
- Observation Mitragyna inermis flowered for up to five months.
- Recommendation The authors recommend conserving melliferous habitats and enriching woody species.