International Journal of Ecology / 2013 / Article / Tab 1 / Research Article
Seasonal Selection Preferences for Woody Plants by Breeding Herds of African Elephants (Loxodonta africana ) in a Woodland Savanna Table 1 Manly’s alpha index values of species selected (S) and neglected (N) in the early November–January and late wet seasons (February–April) by African elephant breeding herds in the southern Kruger National Park from March 2002 to September 2005. If
, then the species is considered to be selected, while if
, the species is neglected.
Early wet season (
= 0.0227) Late wet season (
= 0.0263) Species α Selected/neglected Species α Selected/neglected Manilkara mochisia 0.0866 S Vachellia nilotica 0.0963 S Schotia capitata 0.0866 S Boscia mossambicensis 0.0963 S Strychnos madagascariensis 0.0866 S Ozoroa obovata 0.0723 S Bolusanthus speciosus 0.0577 S Clerodendrum glabrum 0.0642 S Peltophorum africanum 0.0469 S Albizia harveyi 0.0482 S Carissa bispinosa 0.0433 S Sclerocarya birrea 0.0482 S Combretum molle 0.0433 S Ximenia americana 0.0482 S Grewia hexamita 0.0408 S Grewia bicolor 0.0351 S Boscia albitrunca 0.0371 S Grewia monticola 0.0341 S Sclerocarya birrea 0.0371 S Boscia albitrunca 0.0321 S Lannea schweinfurthii 0.0334 S Searsia gueinzii 0.0321 S Albizia petersiana 0.0289 S Strychnos spinosa 0.0321 S Dombeya rotundifolia 0.0289 S Lannea schweinfurthii 0.0321 S Ozoroa engleri 0.0266 S Grewia flavescens 0.0299 S Cassia abbreviata 0.0217 N Grewia hexamita 0.0282 S Mundulea sericea 0.0217 N Manilkara mochisia 0.0241 N Cissus cornifolia 0.0204 N Terminalia prunioides 0.0222 N Diospyros mespiliformis 0.0200 N Combretum apiculatum 0.0218 N Grewia bicolor 0.0192 N Combretum zeyheri 0.0201 N Grewia flavescens 0.0164 N Ziziphus mucronata 0.0186 N Searsia gueinzii 0.0162 N Combretum imberbe 0.0161 N Pterocarpus rotundifolius 0.0156 N Albizia forbesii 0.0140 N Ximenia caffra 0.0144 N Dalbergia melanoxylon 0.0139 N Euclea divinorum 0.0131 N Pterocarpus rotundifolius 0.0129 N Albizia forbesii 0.0124 N Diospyros mespiliformis 0.0126 N Combretum zeyheri 0.0124 N Euclea divinorum 0.0114 N Dichrostachys cinerea 0.0118 N Vachellia tortilis 0.0113 N Ehretia amoena 0.01100 N Ehretia amoena 0.0098 N Dalbergia melanoxylon 0.0107 N Gymnosporia buxifolia 0.0092 N Vachellia nigrescens 0.0105 N Gymnosporia senegalensis 0.0089 N Flueggea virosa 0.0084 N Dichrostachys cinerea 0.0084 N Vachellia robusta 0.0081 N Combretum hereroense 0.0075 N Combretum collinum 0.0072 N Vachellia robusta 0.0064 N Combretum hereroense 0.0069 N Vachellia nigrescens 0.0057 N Ziziphus mucronata 0.0064 N Philenoptera violacea 0.0055 N Vachellia gerrardii 0.0054 N Combretum paniculatum 0.0044 N Gymnosporia senegalensis 0.0052 N Grewia villosa 0.0040 N Combretum paniculatum 0.0048 N Flueggea virosa 0.0019 N Grewia villosa 0.0040 N Vachellia tortilis 0.0036 N Combretum apiculatum 0.0029 N Euclea undulate 0.0024 N Philenoptera violacea 0.0022 N Cienfuegosia hildebrandtii 0.0012 N
