The Effects of Landscape Change on Plant Diversity and Structure in the Bale Mountains National Park, Southeastern Ethiopia

Table 4

Woody species structure in the edge habitats of the BMNP.

Species	Abundance	Basal area (m^2 ha^−1)	Density (stem ha^−1)	Relative density	Relative frequency	Relative dominance	IVI
Celtis africana	12	1.94	9	1.79	6.35	5.18	13.32
Cordia africana	10	4.15	8	1.49	4.76	14.81	21.06
Croton macrostachyus	22	2.34	17	3.28	6.35	6.27	15.90
Diospyros abyssinica	3	0.95	2	0.45	1.59	5.08	7.12
Ehretia cymosa	12	7.31	9	1.79	4.76	15.64	22.19
Hagenia abyssinica	32	6.84	25	4.78	7.94	14.62	27.34
Hypericum revolutum	174	1.93	136	25.97	11.11	2.95	40.03
Juniperus procera	90	6.63	70	13.43	12.70	8.87	35.00
Lepidotrichilia volkensii	4	0.48	3	0.60	3.17	2.59	6.36
Macaranga capensis	6	0.44	5	0.90	3.17	2.34	6.41
Maytenus undata	54	0.00	42	8.06	4.76	0.00	12.82
Myrsine melanophoeos	170	0.28	133	25.37	7.94	0.61	33.92
Olea capensis	4	1.08	3	0.60	4.76	5.78	11.14
Olea welwitschii	6	0.17	5	0.90	1.59	1.79	4.27
Podocarpus falcatus	40	0.68	31	5.97	12.70	1.21	19.88
Pouteria adolfi-friederici	3	0.19	2	0.45	1.59	2.01	4.05
Syzygium guineense	28	6.70	22	4.18	4.76	10.24	19.18
Total	670	42.13	523	100	100	100	300

IVI: importance value index.