Effects of Fire Frequency on Woody Plant Composition and Functional Traits in a Wet Savanna Ecosystem

Figure 2

Triplot based on a CCA (first two axes explaining 66.13% of total variation) illustrating the location of the three fire frequency regimes (HFF), medium fire frequency (MFF), and low fire frequency (LFF), environmental variables (Fric = functional richness; RaoQ = Rao’s Quadratic Entropy; Resprout C = resprouting capacity; Spp. = species) and tree species within multivariate space. Key to species: A. mea = Acacia mearnsii; B.gla = Brachystegia glaucescens; B.spi = Brachystegia spiciformis; B.uti = Brachystegia utilis; B.afr = Burkea africana; C.mol = Combretum mole; C.zey = Combretum zeyheri; C.pet = Cassia petersiana; D.cin = Dichrostachys cinerea; D.con = Diplorhynchus condylocarpon; J.glo = Julbernardia globiflora; L.dis = Lannea discolor; P.cur = Parinari curatellifolia; P.pat = Pinus patula; P.gag = Protea gaguedi; P.afr = Prunus africana; R.lan = Rhus lancea; S.cor = Syzygium cordatum; S.gui = Syzygium guineense; V.Amy = Vachellia amythethophylla; V.kar = Vachellia karroo; V.tor = Vachellia tortilis; V.infa = Vangueria infausta.