Claim · model-written summary
Caryota urens saplings occurred beneath 91% of grove trees versus 47% in settlements.
Verbatim
e0“Caryota urens saplings were found under 91% of trees in groves (mean = 56.0) versus 47% in settlements (mean = 4.9)”
e1“Sapling recruitment was notably higher in sacred groves”
Title
Omkar Pai; Jayant Sarnaik; Archana Godbole; et al. PLoS ONE 2026. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0343978
Other claims from this paper (10)
- Observation The study documented 82 giant trees of 20 species.
- Association Sacred groves had higher large-tree species richness than settlements.
- Observation Mango and jackfruit dominated settlement tree composition.
- Association Terminalia bellirica and other species were more abundant in sacred groves.
- Association Settlement giant trees had larger canopy diameter.
- Association Settlement giant trees had larger DBH.
- Association Sacred grove trees were taller.
- Association Caryota urens mean sapling recruitment was 56.0 in groves versus 4.9 in settlements.
- Association Strychnos nux-vomica was less frequent in settlements than groves.
- Recommendation Sacred groves retain diverse giant trees with conservation value.
