Structural Characterization of Prosopis africana Populations (Guill., Perrott., and Rich.) Taub in Benin
Table 4
Dendrometric characterization of P. africana according to vegetations types.
Parameters
Farms (pl = 40)
Fallows (pl = 47)
Savannah (pl = 52)
values
M
SE
M
SE
M
SE
P. africana
Density (, stems/ha)
34.95ab
5.54
34.74b
5.16
52.39a
4.97
0.022
Diameter (, cm)
37.02a
2.36
33.66a
2.20
29.61a
2.12
0.067
Basal surface area (, m²/ha)
4.47a
0.71
3.01a
0.67
3.31a
0.65
0.303
Lorey height (, m)
9.25a
0.42
10.72b
0.39
8.66b
0.38
0.001
Contribution of Basal surface area (, %)
86.99a
4.35
73.96ab
4.06
65.69b
3.90
0.002
Density of regeneration (, stems/ha)
7.28a
12.3
23.21a
11.48
27.96a
11.05
0.438
Global
Density (, stems/ha)
58.23b
16.81
108.62ab
15.68
126.28a
15.09
0.010
Diameter (, cm)
10.73a
0.66
8.91ab
0.62
8.57b
0.60
0.041
Basal surface area (, m²/ha)
4.44a
0.89
5.47a
0.83
4.97a
0.80
0.696
Note: M = mean, SE = standard deviation. The averages followed the same line of the same letters (a or b or ab) are not significantly different at the 5% level (test Tuskey).
