Table 6. Importance of individual threat layers by species.

species	Overexploitation	Overgrazing	Fire	Cotton production	Mining	Climate change
Acacia macrostachya	22.1	0.0	1.5	12.2	0.2	41.6
Acacia senegal	0.9	19.5	1.0	7.6	0.3	50.9
Adansonia digitata	38.0	0.0	0.2	12.0	0.2	44.4
Annona senegalensis	0.1	0.0	0.5	17.7	0.2	24.0
Balanites aegyptiaca	3.3	20.7	0.0	7.0	0.3	52.1
Bombax costatum	57.8	0.0	1.6	14.2	0.2	32.1
Boscia senegalensis	0.3	3.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	78.3
Detarium microcarpum	18.5	0.0	5.0	18.4	0.2	21.8
Lannea microcarpa	0.9	0.0	1.3	12.3	0.2	40.2
Parkia biglobosa	41.2	0.0	4.2	14.9	0.2	33.1
Sclerocarya birrea	0.4	0.0	0.0	10.8	0.2	44.3
Strychnos spinosa	0.0	0.0	4.7	15.9	0.2	28.0
Tamarindus indica	1.1	0.0	3.3	12.9	0.2	40.4
Vitellaria paradoxa	41.1	0.0	1.4	13.7	0.2	36.7
Ximenia americana	0.0	0.0	2.2	11.8	0.2	34.9
Ziziphus mauritiana	0.0	0.4	4.9	10.5	0.2	46.2
average	14.1	2.7	2.0	12.0	0.2	40.5

Percentage of distribution area (calculated for each species separately) assigned to the six different threats with ‘Very high’ and ‘High’ threat magnitude under this method. The most prevalent threat for each species is highlighted in bold.