Research Article
Structure, Reproductive Biology, and Regeneration Status of Podocarpus falcatus (Thunb.) R. B. ex Mirb. in Bale Mountains, Southern Ethiopia
Table 3
The number of females, males, and sex ratio of P. falcatus individuals in diameter classes (>20 cm dbh) in the two blocks in Dodola forest.
| DBH classes (cm) | Females | Males | Sex ratio (female:male) | Chi-square |
| (a) Block I | 21–40 | 11 | 10 | 1.10 | 0.05NS | 41–60 | 14 | 22 | 0.64 | 1.78NS | 61–80 | 15 | 15 | 1.00 | 0.00NS | 81–100 | 11 | 11 | 1.00 | 0.00NS | 101–120 | 11 | 12 | 0.92 | 0.04NS | 121–140 | 12 | 6 | 2.00 | 2.00NS | 141–160 | 9 | 5 | 1.80 | 1.14NS | 161–180 | 6 | 3 | 2.00 | 1.00NS | >180 | 4 | 4 | 1.00 | 0.00NS | Total | 93 | 88 | 1.06 | 0.14NS |
| (b) Block II | 21–40 | 8 | 3 | 2.67 | 2.27NS | 41–60 | 11 | 13 | 0.85 | 0.17NS | 61–80 | 25 | 38 | 0.66 | 2.68NS | 81–100 | 14 | 13 | 1.08 | 0.04NS | 101–120 | 11 | 27 | 0.41 | 6.74 | 121–140 | 13 | 11 | 1.18 | 0.17NS | 141–160 | 10 | 5 | 2.00 | 1.67NS | 161–180 | 5 | 2 | 2.50 | 1.29NS | >180 | 10 | 2 | 5.00 | 5.33 | Total | 107 | 114 | 0.94 | 0.22NS |
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NS: not significant; significant, . |