Research Article

Assessment of Edible Woody Plants’ Diversity, Their Threats, and Local People’s Perception in Borecha Woreda of Buno Bedele Zone, Southwestern Ethiopia

Table 5

Pairwise ranking of the major threats of edible woody plants.

Threats in rowsThreats in columnsScoreRank
AEOHLnrCvFr

Agricultural expansion (AE)OHLnrAEAE23rd
Overharvesting (OH)OHOHOH41st
Lack of natural regeneration (Lnr)LnrLnr32nd
Cultural value (Cv)Cv14th
Fire (Fr)05th