Claim · model-written summary
The forest massif is not yet endangered and should be conserved as a priority.
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e1“This unique forest massif is not yet endangered but needs to be conserved as a priority”
Title
Emmanuel NOUMI Journal of Biology and Life Science 2015. doi:10.5296/jbls.v6i1.7028
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- Observation The inventory recorded 324 vascular species.
- Observation The inventory recorded 150 herbaceous species.
- Observation The inventory recorded 122 shrubs with 1 to under 10 cm dbh.
- Observation The inventory recorded 146 ligneous species with dbh of 10 cm or more.
- Observation Species-accumulation curves showed higher diversity in the 10 cm or more dbh category than in shrubs.
- Observation The minimal area for the inventory was reached at 5.5 ha.
- Observation Stem density for the 10 cm or more dbh category was 544 stems per ha.
- Observation Basal area for the 10 cm or more dbh category was 52.72 m2 per ha.
- Observation Shannon diversity index of the forest was 4.95.
- Observation Most species (67, at least 77%) were common.
- Observation Thirty-six species (at least 41%) were widely distributed among hill forests.
- Observation Gacinia lucida had the highest IVI value (58.52).
- Observation Clusiaceae had the highest FIV value (60.01).
- Observation Megathermal families are abundant in the forest and reach their maximum occurrence at basal and average altitudes.
- Association Relative density and basal area indices of Leguminosae decrease with altitude.
- Association Relative density and basal area indices of Clusiaceae increase up to 1295 m.
- Association Relative density and basal area indices of Rubiaceae increase with altitude; this increase goes along with increasing cold weather.
- Observation Orchidaceae had 20 herbaceous species, more than the family with 15 species.
- Observation The Mbam minkom submontane forest presents the features of an ecotone.