Mgambo Forest Reserve: A biodiversity survey. - Eastern Arc ...
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<strong>Mgambo</strong> <strong>Forest</strong> <strong>Reserve</strong><br />
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Table 16 Disturbance transect results showing total timber counts and average timber counts per hectare.<br />
Transect<br />
number<br />
Transect<br />
length<br />
(m)<br />
Total no.<br />
timber<br />
sampled<br />
Live<br />
Timbers<br />
Live<br />
Timbers/<br />
ha<br />
Dead<br />
Timbers<br />
Dead<br />
Timbers/<br />
ha<br />
Old Cut<br />
Timbers<br />
Old Cut<br />
Timbers<br />
/ha<br />
New Cut<br />
Timbers<br />
New Cut<br />
Poles<br />
/ha<br />
0 450 89 69 153 20 44 0 0 0 0<br />
1 850 143 117 138 22 26 3 4 1 1<br />
2 1200 165 137 114 27 23 1 1 0 0<br />
3 2535 527 419 165 84 33 24 9 0 0<br />
4 3550 571 480 135 85 24 5 1 1 0<br />
5 3800 894 692 182 194 51 8 2 0 0<br />
6 1250 192 154 123 35 28 3 2 0 0<br />
Total 136350 2581 2068 1011 467 229 44 20 2 1<br />
200<br />
180<br />
160<br />
140<br />
Number of timbers/ha<br />
120<br />
100<br />
80<br />
60<br />
Sum of live timbers/ha<br />
Sum of dead timbers/ha<br />
Sum of old cut timbers/ha<br />
Sum of new cut timbers/ha<br />
40<br />
20<br />
0<br />
0 1 2 3 4 5 6<br />
Transect number<br />
Figure 12 The relative abundance of live, dead and cut timbers in <strong>Mgambo</strong> FR.<br />
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