Edge-Interior Disparities in Tree Species and Structural Composition of the Kilengwe Forest in Morogoro Region, Tanzania

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</svg>-value</td><td align="center">Regression equation</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">Edge</td><td align="center">0.99</td><td align="center">Species richness = 14.72 ln area  − 2.15</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Intermediate</td><td align="center">0.98</td><td align="center">Species richness = 16.77 ln area − 1.78</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Interior</td><td align="center">0.97</td><td align="center">Species richness = 24.32 ln area − 0.88</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="3"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

Relationship between species richness and forest area.

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Table 3: Edge-Interior Disparities in Tree Species and Structural Composition of the Kilengwe Forest in Morogoro Region, Tanzania 