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Belem et al.: <strong>Use</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Non</strong> <strong>Wood</strong> <strong>Forest</strong> <strong>Products</strong> <strong>by</strong> <strong>local</strong> <strong>people</strong> <strong>bordering</strong> .......(4). Vegetation structure and speciesregenerationOur study has recorded 97 species that are distributedwithin 73 genera and 33 families. Thedistribution <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> park’s whole woody species <strong>by</strong>class <strong>of</strong> diameter and <strong>by</strong> height is presented in <strong>the</strong>figures 3 and 4. As it can be seen, young trees andshrubs dominate aged ones; <strong>the</strong> recruitment - newindividuals joining <strong>the</strong> population, i.e. through birthor germination is good.Individual species inventories show that <strong>the</strong> degree<strong>of</strong> regeneration varies from one species to ano<strong>the</strong>r.Among <strong>the</strong> important species, Adansonia digitata,Saba senegalensis, Vitex doniana, Paullinia pinnataand Sarcocephalus latifolius are not recorded in<strong>the</strong> plots. Balanites aegyptiaca, Bombax costatum,Parkia biglobosa, Pterocarpus erinaceus, Sclerocaryabirrea, Tamarindus indica and Sterculia setigerapresent a less than one individual seedling (d

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