Table 1. Estimated mean biomass (in g m−2, ±1 standard deviation) of three vegetation categories measured in the Mudumalai Forest Dynamics Plot.
Ground vegetation | Density category | Biomass | ± SD | Density score |
Lantana camara | Absent | 0 | 0 | |
Present | 48.3 | ±15.6 | 1 | |
Common | 503.1 | ±30.5 | 10 | |
Dense | 858.5 | ±154.2 | 18 | |
Very dense | 2038.5 | ±226.0 | 42 | |
Chromolaena odorata | Absent | 0 | 0 | |
Present | 49.8 | ±11.4 | 1 | |
Common | 118 | ±75.9 | 2 | |
Dense | 728.5 | ±261.0 | 15 | |
Very dense | 1165.9 | ±348.2 | 23 | |
Grasses | Absent | 0 | 0 | |
Present | 95.5 | ±27.1 | 1 | |
Common | 227.6 | ±73.8 | 2 | |
Dense | 704.2 | ±187.5 | 7 | |
Very dense | 813.2 | ±170.5 | 9 |
Density scores have been assigned to each category as the ratio between that category and the ‘present’ category.