Effect of Different Growing Niches on Stand Structure of Highland Bamboo (Yushania alpina) in West Amhara, Northern Ethiopia

Table 2

Clump characteristics of bamboo culms (mean standard ± error).

No	Niche	Density of clump ha^−1	Density of culm clump^−1	C : C
1	BD	1,161 ± 48^q	21 ± 1.0^ab	1 : 69 ± 5^b
2	HS	953 ± 40^c	25 ± 1.0^a	1 : 47 ± 5^c
3	RB	999 ± 40^b	24 ± 1.0^a	1 : 54 ± 4^bc
4	RS	1,220 ± 48^a	17 ± 1.0^b	1 : 82 ± 6^a
5	WL	1,010 ± 40^b	20 ± 1.0^ab	1 : 60 ± 5^b

BD = boundary; HS = homestead; RB = river bank; RS = roadside; WL = woodlot plantation niches; C : C = culm-to-clump ratio; values in columns with different letters are significantly different (at α < 0.05).