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

Open Journal of Agricultural Research | Vol 1, Issue 2

Table 2. Species importance Value.

Subdivision	Species	RCi (%)	RDi (%)	RFi (%)	SIV(%)
Bénoué	Piliostigma thonningii	1.12	6.39	8.39	15.91
	Terminalia schimperiana	0.59	6.72	4.60	11.92
	Phyllanthus muellerianus	0.43	5.66	5.66	11.76
	Detarium microcarpum	13.81	20.71	34.71	69.23
	Diospyros mespiliformis	18.40	23.10	29.20	70.71
	Annona senegalensis	6.19	12.66	10.60	29.45
	Terminalia albida	4.56	10.05	6.05	20.66
	Combretum adenogonium	6.17	5.66	3.60	15.45
	Gardenia aqualla	2.79	2.82	6.82	12.44
	Terminalia laxiflora	3.75	1.63	5.62	11.00
	Other species	1.47	10	20	31.47

Faro	Combretum collinum	8.45	14.25	16.15	38.85
	Vitellaria paradoxa	8.26	10.47	12.47	31.21
	Piliostigma thonningii	4.78	9.90	7.50	22.19
	Faidherbia albida	11.22	4.14	2.10	17.48
	Balanites aegyptiaca	5.82	10.00	8.06	23.89
	Burkea africana	10.38	1.27	3.27	14.94
	Sterculia setigera	10.52	0.30	0.30	11.13
	Anogeissus leiocarpus	44.08	0.20	0.28	49.57
	Guiera senegalensis	8.18	4.50	2.46	15.16
	Prosopis africana	34.31	0.62	0.60	35.53
	Other species	30.05	6.6	8.4	40.05

Mayo-Loutii	Acacia seyal	21.49	11.61	9.55	42.67
	Lannea schimperi	5.16	18.88	16.80	40.85
	Annona senegalensis	44.65	7.24	9.30	61.28
	Albizia zygia	36.67	6.96	8.80	52.43
	Vitex domiana	4.38	14.70	10.70	29.79
	Khaya senegalensis	7.72	8.40	5.46	20.59
	Detarium microcarpum	3.05	5.80	7.88	16.73
	Other species	5.00	13.36	17.30	35.66

Mayo-Rey	Terminalia laxiflora	36	36.96	28.8	101.76
	Sterculia setigera	14.38	24.7	20.7	59.78
	Faidherbia albida	10.45	17.05	16	43.5
	Piliostigma reticulatum	16.07	10.12	13.6	39.79
	Sclerocarya birrea	11.79	2.82	10.7	25.31
	Ximenia americana	10	1.63	5.6	17.23
	Other species	1.31	6.72	4.6	12.63

Note: RFi: Relative frequency; RDi: Relative density; RCi: Relative Dominance or Cover; SIV:Species Importance Value