International Journal of Ecology / 2013 / Article / Tab 2 / Research Article
Seasonal Selection Preferences for Woody Plants by Breeding Herds of African Elephants (Loxodonta africana ) in a Woodland Savanna Table 2 Manly’s alpha index values of species selected (S) and neglected (N) in the early May–July and late dry seasons (August–October) 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 dry season (1/m = 0.0161) Late dry season (1/m = 0.0145) Species α Selected/neglected Species α Selected/neglected Manilkara mochisia 0.093736 S Boscia mossambicensis 1 S Searsia gueinzii 0.065615 S Commiphora mollis 1 S Grewia monticola 0.06249 S Croton megalobotrys 1 S Vachellia xanthophloea 0.056241 S Grewia occidentalis 1 S Grewia bicolor 0.04838 S Peltophorum africanum 0.9286 S Ozoroa engleri 0.046868 S Vachellia xanthophloea 0.8571 S Rhoicissus spp. 0.046868 S Schotia brachypetala 0.5714 S Terminalia sericea 0.043263 S Grewia monticola 0.5616 S Ziziphus mucronata 0.04166 S Euclea natalensis 0.5 S Vachellia gerrardii 0.040534 S Kigelia africana 0.5 S Combretum imberbe 0.037494 S Spirostachys africana 0.5 S Grewia hexamita 0.036896 S Terminalia sericea 0.5 S Dombeya rotundifolia 0.035151 S Grewia bicolor 0.4901 S Peltophorum africanum 0.031245 S Grewia hexamita 0.4419 S Schotia brachypetala 0.031245 S Vachellia gerrardii 0.4 S Lannea schweinfurthii 0.027269 S Combretum imberbe 0.3636 S Pterocarpus rotundifolius 0.027102 S Albizia forbesii 0.2941 S Vachellia nigrescens 0.024996 S Grewia villosa 0.2895 S Albizia petersiana 0.022318 S Combretum zeyheri 0.2857 S Vachellia robusta 0.020377 S Dalbergia melanoxylon 0.2787 S Diospyros mespiliformis 0.019228 S Vachellia tortilis 0.25 S Ozoroa obovata 0.018747 S Manilkara mochisia 0.25 S Euclea divinorum 0.017439 S Mundulea sericea 0.25 S Combretum hereroense 0.017267 S Searsia gueinzii 0.25 S Dalbergia melanoxylon 0.015539 N Diospyros mespiliformis 0.2143 S Albizia forbesii 0.013339 N Euclea divinorum 0.1912 S Grewia flavescens 0.012226 N Combretum paniculatum 0.1818 S Sclerocarya birrea 0.010415 N Ochna inermis 0.1667 S Vachellia tortilis 0.008521 N Vachellia nigrescens 0.1386 S Dichrostachys cinerea 0.008497 N Ozoroa engleri 0.125 S Ximenia caffra 0.006695 N Grewia flavescens 0.1134 S Gymnosporia senegalensis 0.006465 N Vachellia robusta 0.1132 S Grewia villosa 0.003125 N Commiphora pyracanthoides 0.1111 S Flueggea virosa 0.001644 N Gymnosporia senegalensis 0.1111 S Ehretia amoena 0.001103 N Vachellia erubescens 0.1 S Vachellia erubescens 0 N Pterocarpus rotundifolius 0.0976 S Vachellia exuvialis 0 N Vachellia exuvialis 0.087 S Bolusanthus speciosus 0 N Dichrostachys cinerea 0.07 S Boscia foetida 0 N Ziziphus mucronata 0.0455 S Cissus cornifolia 0 N Ehretia amoena 0.0323 S Combretum apiculatum 0 N Combretum apiculatum 0.0313 S Commiphora mollis 0 N Combretum hereroense 0.0238 S Commiphora pyracanthoides 0 N Boscia foetida 0.0213 S Croton megalobotrys 0 N Vachellia grandicornuta 0 N Ehretia rigida 0 N Albizia petersiana 0 N Euclea natalensis 0 N Balanites maughamii 0 N Euphorbia ingens 0 N Berchemia discolor 0 N Grewia occidentalis 0 N Bolusanthus speciosus 0 N Gymnosporia buxifolia 0 N Boscia albitrunca 0 N Gymnosporia maranguensis 0 N Carissa bispinosa 0 N Hyperacanthus amoenus 0 N Commiphora africana 0 N Oncoba spinosa 0 N Ehretia rigida 0 N Ormocarpum trichocarpum 0 N Euclea undulata 0 N Philenoptera violacea 0 N Flueggea virosa 0 N Phoenix reclinata 0 N Gardenia volkensii 0 N Phyllanthus reticulatus 0 N Gymnosporia buxifolia 0 N Senna petersiana 0 N Lannea schweinfurthii 0 N Spirostachys africana 0 N Mystroxylon aethiopicum 0 N Strychnos madagascariensis 0 N Oncoba spinosa 0 N Terminalia phanerophlebia 0 N Ormocarpum trichocarpum 0 N Terminalia prunioides 0 N Philenoptera violacea 0 N Ximenia americana 0 N Phyllanthus reticulatus 0 N Ptaeroxylon obliquum 0 N Schotia caffra 0 N Sclerocarya birrea 0 N Senna petersiana 0 N Strychnos spinosa 0 N Terminalia phanerophlebia 0 N Ximenia americana 0 N
