Woody Species Composition, Vegetation Structure, and Regeneration Status of Majang Forest Biosphere Reserves in Southwestern Ethiopia

Table 5

Stand characteristics of woody species and analysis of variance in four study sites.

Forest characteristics	Site I	Site II	Site III	Site IV
No. of plots (n)	45	40	30	25
No. of families	43	45	44	34
No. of species	77	78	82	84
No of genera	68	72	74	60
D (stem ha^−1)	1232^a	1318^b	1478^c	1309^d
BA (m^2 ha^−1)	54.8^a	56.8^b	67.1^c	76.3^d
Harvesting index (mean ± standard error %)	134 ± 4.2	158 ± 4.9	164 ± 6.1	176 ± 6.5
Herbaceous cover (mean ± standard error %)	165 ± 5.2	182 ± 5.4	182 ± 6.7	147 ± 5.4

Significant at  < 0.05; different letters indicate significant differences between sites. Site I = Janje–Dope, Site II = Newi–Baya, Site III = Gonchi–Gelesha, and Site IV = Gumare–Kabo.