Research Article

To What Extent Do Protected Areas Determine the Conservation of Native Flora? A Case Study in the Sudanian Zone of Burkina Faso

Table 4

Results of log-linear analysis (in SAS Inc., 1999 [22]) applied to diameter class frequency.

SectorsVegetation communitiesThe CATMOD procedure
Maximum likelihood analysis of variance
Protected areasUnprotected areas
SourceDFChi squarePr > ChiSqDFChi squarePr > ChiSq

NS
Class9124.23<0.00019157.98<0.0001
Gallery forestsDistr.10.010.936410.020.8749
Class * Distr.93.970.9134*91.120.9991*
Class4147.24<0.00014174.12<0.0001
Shrub savannasDistr.10.000.963410.060.8053
Class * Distr.40.410.9815*40.550.9682*
Class9141.34<0.00017132.19<0.0001
Tree savannasDistr.10.010.940010.001.0000
Class * Distr.70.470.9996*51.150.9500*
Class9136.22<0.00019117.33<0.0001
Woodland savannasDistr.10.320.571410.001.0000
Class * Distr.80.820.9992*71.300.9885*

SSClass970.19<0.0001997.12<0.0001
Gallery forestsDistr.10.000.950910.130.7179
Class * Distr.96.610.6774*93.300.9514*
Class4171.71<0.00014155.18<0.0001
Shrub savannasDistr.10.170.682810.000.9866
Class * Distr.40.620.9607*40.030.9999*
Class8224.44<0.00017121.65<0.0001
Tree savannasDistr.10.020.899810.150.7012
Class * Distr.71.500.9825*61.820.9357*
Class9142.41<0.00019120.31<0.0001
Woodland savannasDistr.10.001.000010.320.5714
Class * Distr.80.580.9998*81.020.9981*
Class9150.30<0.00019131.22<0.0001
WoodlandsDistr.10.170.675810.040.8378
Class * Distr.90.940.9996*92.070.9903*

An interaction “Class * Distr.” significant ( ) shows that the conformation between observed structure and Weibull Distribution is accepted.
*See values.