Research Article

Avian Community Structure as a Function of Season, Habitat Type, and Disturbance, in Mole National Park, Northern Region (Ghana)

Table 1

Mean number of birds counted at each sampling point count (SPC), across the four habitat types, in the wet (n = 3033) and dry (n = 1648) seasons.

No. of individualsSPC 1SPC 2SPC 3SPC 4

Dry season

Woodland5577.3±1.26.8±1.026.7±1.15.8±1.1
Grassland2623.0±0.852.8±0.213.6±0.333.1±0.04
Shrubland5366.0±1.086.3±1.27.1±0.45.9±1.05
Riparian zone2934.1±1.063.5±1.33.2±0.93.1±1.9
Wet season
Woodland9817.4±1.48.5 ±1.98.1±1.68.6±1.3
Grassland4473.4±2.14.7±1.52.8±1.73.5±1.3
Shrubland9278.1±2.27.4±1.478.2±1.16.9±1.04
Riparian zone6786.1±0.44.9±1.86.3±1.65.1±0.07