Abstract
The attribution of community forests to local populations has emerged as a new participative management system of plant biodiversity in Cameroon. Further to the intensification of anthropogenic activities in these forests, the logging impact on this biodiversity remains poorly known. This study was conducted in two different community forests located in the Kompia and Nkolenyeng villages, respectively. It aims to provide information on the state of the flora and plant structure of the community forests subjected to logging activities. Floristic inventories were carried out in nine biotope types using the variable-area sampling method. A total of 2772 individuals with dbh ≥ 10 cm were recorded in the community forests. In the whole biotopes, the species richness ranges from 19 to 98 species, the Shannon diversity index from 3.63 to 5.99 and the Pielou evenness from 0.65 to 0.93. The density of trees ranges from 73 ± 27 to 661 ± 119 stems ha-1 , the basal area from 15.68 ± 13.14 to 70.05 ± 28.76 m² ha-1 , the mean diameter of 18.85 ± 4.80 to 57.39 ± 20.70 cm and the canopy height from 12.26 ± 1.22 to 25.18 ± 1.02 m, on the average between biotopes. The two community forests showed decrease in tree density, a proliferation of the pioneer species, increase of small-diameter light-demanding species, a scarcity of large-diameter trees, and lowering of canopy height. These changes could compromise the sustainable management of these forests and their ability to ensure long-term local development. The large number of useful species identified in the two community forests is a reason to reinforce the preservation and management measures of the plant biodiversity of these forest areas.
Abstract from the paper’s OpenAlex record, shown for indexing and research. Copyright remains with the authors or the publisher. Read at the source ↗
The text the model read, with the source record’s inline markup (italics, sub- and superscripts) rendered and its character entities decoded; quote offsets refer to the raw text.
Claims 15
Claim · model-written summary
A total of 2772 individuals with dbh of at least 10 cm were recorded in the two community forests.
Not reportedTaxon
Verbatim
e0“A total of 2772 individuals with dbh ≥ 10 cm were recorded in the community forests”
Claim · model-written summary
Across biotopes, species richness ranged from 19 to 98 species.
Not reportedTaxon
Verbatim
e0“the species richness ranges from 19 to 98 species”
Claim · model-written summary
Across biotopes, the Shannon diversity index ranged from 3.63 to 5.99.
Not reportedTaxon
Verbatim
e0“the Shannon diversity index from 3.63 to 5.99”
Claim · model-written summary
Across biotopes, Pielou evenness ranged from 0.65 to 0.93.
Not reportedTaxon
Verbatim
e0“the Pielou evenness from 0.65 to 0.93”
Claim · model-written summary
Tree density ranged from 73 ± 27 to 661 ± 119 stems per hectare across biotopes.
Verbatim
e0“The density of trees ranges from 73 ± 27 to 661 ± 119 stems ha-1”
Claim · model-written summary
Basal area ranged from 15.68 ± 13.14 to 70.05 ± 28.76 m² per hectare across biotopes.
Not reportedTaxon
Verbatim
e0“the basal area from 15.68 ± 13.14 to 70.05 ± 28.76 m² ha-1”
Claim · model-written summary
Mean diameter ranged from 18.85 ± 4.80 to 57.39 ± 20.70 cm across biotopes.
Not reportedTaxon
Verbatim
e0“the mean diameter of 18.85 ± 4.80 to 57.39 ± 20.70 cm”
Claim · model-written summary
Canopy height ranged from 12.26 ± 1.22 to 25.18 ± 1.02 m across biotopes.
Not reportedTaxon
Verbatim
e0“the canopy height from 12.26 ± 1.22 to 25.18 ± 1.02 m”
Claim · model-written summary
The two community forests showed a decrease in tree density.
- Outcome
- tree densitye0
Not reportedTaxon
Verbatim
e0“decrease in tree density”
Claim · model-written summary
The two community forests showed a proliferation of pioneer species.
- Outcome
- pioneer speciese0
Not reportedTaxon
Verbatim
e0“a proliferation of the pioneer species”
Claim · model-written summary
The two community forests showed an increase of small-diameter light-demanding species.
- Outcome
- small-diameter light-demanding speciese0
Not reportedTaxon
Verbatim
e0“increase of small-diameter light-demanding species”
Claim · model-written summary
The two community forests showed a scarcity of large-diameter trees.
- Outcome
- large-diameter treese0
Not reportedTaxon
Verbatim
e0“a scarcity of large-diameter trees”
Claim · model-written summary
The two community forests showed a lowering of canopy height.
- Outcome
- canopy heighte0
Not reportedTaxon
Verbatim
e0“lowering of canopy height”
Claim · model-written summary
A large number of useful species was identified in the two community forests.
- Outcome
- useful speciese0
Not reportedTaxon
Verbatim
e0“The large number of useful species identified in the two community forests”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors conclude that the useful species present are a reason to reinforce preservation and management measures for plant biodiversity of the forests.
Verbatim
e0“a reason to reinforce the preservation and management measures of the plant biodiversity of these forest areas”