Biodiversity Management under Cashew Agro-ecosystems in Central Africa: A case study from Cameroon

Table 3.

Families Importance Value (FIV).

Subdivision Families RFi (%) RDi (%) RCi (%) FIV (%)

     Bénoué Combretaceae 29.21 32.03 28.09 89.35
Euphorbiaceae 0.43 4.60 6.72 11.76
Caesalpiniaceae 1.500 20.58 14.50 36.59
Rhamnaceae 2.59 4.70 2.74 10.04
Sapotaceae 0.39 2.20 8.24 10.85
Anacardiaceae 6.03 9.32 5.30 20.66
Annonaceae 10.74 17.10 11.14 38.98
Mimosaceae 16.15 16.60 10.62 43.38
Burseraceae 4.66 10.53 4.49 19.70
Other families 5.61 8.50 3.58 18.69

   Faro Combretaceae 24.62 30.74 24.60 79.98
Euphorbiaceae 18.42 10.73 16.53 45.70
Caesalpiniaceae 18.65 4.40 6.59 29.64
Annonaceae 9.01 0.42 4.30 13.75
Rubiaceae 16.44 8.60 6.72 31.76
Mimosaceae 28.06 10.00 16.20 54.27
Ebenaceae 11.60 0.90 0.74 13.26
Sapotaceae 2.85 1.62 5.80 10.29
Other families 9.35 8.00 4.00 21.35

   Mayo-Loutii  Mimosaceae 17.36 10.04 6.00 33.41
Caesalpiniaceae 4.42 3.04 9.04 16.50
Euphorbiaceae 4.42 10.00 2.08 16.50
Combretaceae 12.06 32.00 33.02 77.09
Burseraceae 10.76 4.00 0.06 14.83
Verbenaceae 4.38 12.60 8.80 25.79
Malvaceae 17.72 4.33 7.53 30.59
Meliaceae 10.05 13.04 7.20 30.31
Other families 24.50 10.28 20.10 54.98

Mayo-Rey  Combretaceae 21.09 30.2 20.24 71.53
Anacardiaceae 16.6 20.32 18.3 55.22
Annonaceae 16.03 15.3 18.3 49.63
Euphorbiaceae 3.06 9.1 17.15 29.31
Burseraceae 10.06 5 12.06 27.12
Verbenaceae 4.38 12 6.4 22.78
Malvaceae 16.72 4.33 4.53 25.58
Other families 12.06 3.75 3.02 18.83

Note: RFi: Relative frequency; RDi: Relative density; RCi: Relative Dominance or Cover; FIV: Families Importance Value Index