Structural Characterization of Prosopis africana Populations (Guill., Perrott., and Rich.) Taub in Benin
Table 5
Dendrometric characterization of P. africana according to climate zone.
Parameters
Guinean zone (pl = 39)
Soudanian zone (pl = 54)
Soudano-guinean zone (pl = 46)
values
M
SE
M
SE
M
SE
P. africana
Density (, stems/ha)
28.45b
5.59
35.41b
4.98
58.21a
5.09
0.000
Diameter (, cm)
40.38a
2.38
22.63b
2.12
37.28a
2.17
0.000
Basal surface area (, m²/ha)
3.33b
0.73
1.38b
0.65
6.08a
0.66
0.000
Lorey height (, m)
11.25a
0.43
8.88b
0.38
8.51b
0.39
0.000
Contribution of Basal surface area (, %)
69.38b
4.39
83.37a
3.91
73.89ab
4.00
0.051
Density of regeneration (, stems/ha)
4.85a
12.44
11.10a
11.08
42.50a
11.31
0.051
Global
Density (, stems/ha)
108.15ab
16.98
61.71b
15.13
123.27a
15.45
0.014
Diameter (, cm)
11.57a
0.67
6.70b
0.60
9.94a
0.61
0.000
Basal surface area (, m²/ha)
5.07a
0.90
2.10b
0.80
7.72a
0.82
0.000
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).
