Effects of Climate and Land Use on Herbaceous Species Richness and Vegetation Composition in West African Savanna Ecosystems
Table 3
Herbaceous vegetation diversity indices along climate-land use conditions.
Climatic zone
Land use
Mean richness
Evenness ()
Sahel
Communal area
14.34 ± 4.71
8.23 ± 3.15
1.27 ± 0.23
0.77 ± 0.09
Protected area
19.50 ± 4.74
10.05 ± 3.12
1.20 ± 0.06
0.77 ± 0.05
North Sudanian
Communal area
21.67 ± 7.90
13.31 ± 5.43
1.15 ± 0.08
0.83 ± 0.06
Protected area
15.86 ± 5.90
10.58 ± 4.14
1.19 ± 0.12
0.84 ± 0.06
South Sudanian
Communal area
25.58 ± 6.34
18.00 ± 4.60
1.09 ± 0.04
0.89 ± 0.03
Protected area
19.51 ± 6.35
14.63 ± 4.96
1.11 ± 0.04
0.90 ± 0.03
Superscript letters indicate significant differences according to Student's -test. The numbers with the same letters indicate that there is no significant difference.
