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<strong>Mgambo</strong> <strong>Forest</strong> <strong>Reserve</strong><br />

Table 16 Disturbance transect results showing total timber counts and average timber counts per hectare.<br />

Transect<br />

number<br />

Number of timbers/ha<br />

Transect<br />

length<br />

(m)<br />

Total no.<br />

timber<br />

sampled<br />

Live<br />

Timbers<br />

Live<br />

Timbers/<br />

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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 />

33<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 />

120<br />

100<br />

80<br />

60<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 />

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

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