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Anthropogenic Pressure on Tree Species Diversity, Composition, and Growth of Balanites aegyptiaca in Dinder Biosphere Reserve, Sudan

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dc.creator Mohammed, Elmugheira M. I.
dc.creator H., Elhag A. M.
dc.creator Ndakidemi, Patrick A.
dc.creator Treydte, Anna C.
dc.date 2021-04-01T12:47:56Z
dc.date 2021-04-01T12:47:56Z
dc.date 2021-03-04
dc.date.accessioned 2022-10-25T09:20:45Z
dc.date.available 2022-10-25T09:20:45Z
dc.identifier https://doi.org/10.3390/plants10030483
dc.identifier https://dspace.nm-aist.ac.tz/handle/20.500.12479/1151
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/95215
dc.description This research article published by MDPI, 2021
dc.description Anthropogenic disturbances, such as illegal harvesting and livestock browsing, often affect natural forests. However, the resulting tree species diversity, composition, and population structure have rarely been quantified. We assessed tree species diversity and importance value indices and, in particular, Balanites aegyptiaca (L.) Del. population structure, across 100 sample plots of 25 m × 40 m in disturbed and non-disturbed sites at the Dinder Biosphere Reserve, Sudan, from April 2019 to April 2020. We found that the tree species diversity in non-disturbed sites was more than double that of disturbed sites (p < 0.001, T = 32.6), and seedlings and saplings comprised more than 72% of the entire tree population (F2,48 = 116.4, p = 0.034; F2,48 = 163.2, p = 0.021, respectively). The tree density of B. aegyptiaca in the disturbed site was less than half that of the non-disturbed site (p = 0.018, T = 2.6). Balanites aegyptiaca was seven times more aggregated in disturbed sites compared to more regularly spaced trees in non-disturbed sites (T = 39.3 and p < 0.001). The poor B. aegyptiaca population status of the disturbed site shows that the conservation of this vulnerable species is essential for a sustainable management and utilization scheme.
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dc.language en
dc.publisher MDPI
dc.subject Balanitaceae
dc.subject Rangelands
dc.subject Species dynamics
dc.subject Sustainable management
dc.title Anthropogenic Pressure on Tree Species Diversity, Composition, and Growth of Balanites aegyptiaca in Dinder Biosphere Reserve, Sudan


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