The Effects of Landscape Change on Plant Diversity and Structure in the Bale Mountains National Park, Southeastern Ethiopia

Table 5

Woody species structure in the interior habitats of the BMNP.

Species	Abundance	Basal area (m^2 ha^−1)	Density (stem ha^−1)	Relative density	Relative frequency	Relative dominance	IVI
Allophylus macrobotrys	6	0.71	5	0.79	2.86	1.76	5.41
Celtis africana	16	0.25	13	2.12	3.81	0.46	6.39
Croton macrostachyus	142	8.64	111	18.81	6.67	9.15	34.62
Diospyros abyssinica	4	0.08	3	0.53	1.90	0.58	3.01
Ehretia cymosa	74	0.83	58	9.80	4.76	2.06	16.62
Erica arborea	3	0.02	2	0.45	1.59	0.17	2.20
Elaeodendron buchananii	18	0.42	14	2.38	4.76	0.62	7.77
Fagaropsis angolensis	3	0.02	2	0.40	0.95	0.18	1.53
Hagenia abyssinica	40	10.43	31	5.30	7.62	9.67	22.58
Hypericum revolutum	8	0.05	6	1.06	6.67	0.18	7.90
Juniperus procera	128	31.54	100	16.95	7.62	29.24	53.81
Lepidotrichilia volkensii	4	0.01	3	0.53	0.95	0.11	1.59
Macaranga capensis	6	0.03	5	0.79	1.90	0.12	2.82
Margaritaria discoidea	4	0.03	3	0.53	1.90	0.13	2.56
Maytenus undata	49	0.06	38	6.49	2.86	0.16	9.50
Mimusops kummel	3	0.04	2	0.40	0.95	0.27	1.62
Myrsine melanophoeos	32	0.10	25	4.24	1.90	0.37	6.51
Ocotea kenyensis	32	1.13	25	4.24	6.67	1.20	12.10
Olea europaea	8	0.72	6	1.06	1.90	1.77	4.73
Olea welwitschii	6	0.17	5	0.79	2.86	1.24	4.89
Podocarpus falcatus	78	6.66	61	10.33	7.62	6.18	24.13
Polyscias fulva	3	0.24	2	0.40	0.95	1.79	3.14
Pouteria adolfi-friederici	8	2.61	6	1.06	3.81	4.83	9.70
Psydrax schimperiana	4	0.08	3	0.53	1.90	0.31	2.74
Schefflera abyssinica	3	0.20	2	0.40	0.95	1.49	2.84
Strychnos mitis	28	0.28	22	3.71	3.81	0.52	8.04
Syzygium guineense	35	9.55	27	4.64	6.67	23.60	34.90
Vepris dainellii	4	0.25	3	0.53	1.90	0.94	3.37
Warburgia ugandensis	6	0.25	5	0.79	1.90	0.94	3.64
Total	755	75.41	590	100	100	100	300

IVI: importance value index.