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No. <strong>of</strong> <strong>in</strong>dividuals (n = 1065)<br />

1000<br />

900<br />

800<br />

700<br />

600<br />

500<br />

400<br />

300<br />

200<br />

100<br />

0<br />

where <strong>the</strong>re are greater proportions <strong>of</strong> secondary forest,<br />

and common <strong>in</strong> Obonyi I and Mfakwe. The cumulative<br />

size-class distribution <strong>in</strong>dicates good regeneration and<br />

recruitment and no immediate impacts <strong>of</strong> utilization<br />

(Figure 6).<br />

4.6 Fever bark (Annickia chlorantha)<br />

Table 8 summarizes <strong>the</strong> transect data for Fever bark.<br />

Compared to <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r three sites, <strong>Takamanda</strong> is<br />

characterized by fewer <strong>in</strong>dividuals <strong>of</strong> A. chlorantha.<br />

Matene and Mfakwe <strong>in</strong> particular have high<br />

50<br />

Size-class (cm)<br />

concentrations <strong>of</strong> <strong>in</strong>dividuals with a high proportion <strong>of</strong><br />

productive stems.<br />

The cumulative size-class distribution for this<br />

species exhibits good regeneration and recruitment and<br />

no immediate impacts <strong>of</strong> utilization (Figure 7).<br />

4.7 Lianas: Eru (Gnetum spp.) and bush<br />

pepper (Piper gu<strong>in</strong>eensis)<br />

Piper gu<strong>in</strong>eensis shows a greater abundance <strong>in</strong><br />

<strong>Takamanda</strong> Forest Reserve at 6.45 <strong>in</strong>dividuals/ha (Table<br />

9) than <strong>in</strong> Mokoko Forest Reserve as 4 stems/ha.<br />

Although <strong>the</strong>re are no comparative figures for Gnetum

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