Table 2.
Pair wise ranking of factors considered as threats to wild edible vegetables
|
Factors |
Respondents |
Total |
Rank |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
MH* |
MH |
MH |
MH |
H* |
DH |
DH |
DH |
AB* |
AB |
AB |
AB |
Mu* |
Mu |
Mu |
Mu |
Mn* |
Mn |
Mn |
Mn |
|||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |||
| Agricultural land expansion |
4 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
6 |
5 |
3 |
7 |
3 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
4 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
65 |
1 |
| Over harvesting |
2 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
4 |
2 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
4 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
50 |
2 |
| Over grazing |
1 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
36 |
3 |
| Fire |
3 |
2 |
4 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
31 |
4 |
| Fuel | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 5 |
*MH Margalla Hills National Park, *H Haripur, *AB Abbottabad,*Mu Murree, *Mn Mansehra. The score mentioned in the table is based on the information from 16 key informants at four sub sites from each study area.