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

Table 6

IVI of woody species in the edge and interior habitats.

Species	Relative density (%)		Relative frequency (%)		Relative dominance (%)		IVI
	Edge	Interior	Edge	Interior	Edge	Interior	Edge	Interior
Juniperus procera	11.72	20.13	8.79	11.94	11.98	25.03	32.49	37.10
Croton macrostachyus	2.86	22.33	4.40	10.45	8.47	7.83	15.73	40.61
Hagenia abyssinica	5.21	5.03	5.49	11.94	19.76	8.28	30.47	25.25
Syzygium guineense	3.65	5.35	7.69	4.48	13.84	20.21	25.18	30.03
Podocarpus falcatus	5.21	12.26	6.59	11.94	1.64	5.29	13.44	29.49
Myrsine melanophoeos	22.14	5.03	5.49	2.99	0.82	0.31	28.45	8.33
Ehretia cymosa	1.56	11.64	3.30	7.46	4.01	9.29	8.87	28.38
Hypericum revolutum	22.66	—	7.69	—	3.99	—	34.34	—
Cordia africana	1.57	—	4.48	—	8.79	—	14.84	—
Ocotea kenyensis	4.17	—	7.69	—	2.33	—	14.19	—