Table 4.
The recorded vegetation groups with their biodiversity indices and densities (individual/hectare) of different Commiphora species.
Vegetation groups |
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I | II | III | IV | V | VI | VII | VIII | |
C. giladensis | 0 | 30 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
C. quadricincta | 2 | 0 | 50 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
C. myrrha | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 35 | 5 |
C. kataf | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
C. habessinica | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Number of stands | 10 | 20 | 40 | 10 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 |
Total species number (Gamma species diversity | 21 | 17 | 25 | 31 | 28 | 71 | 59 | 36 |
Species richness (sp stand-1 | 5.3 ± 0.03 | 5.1 ± 0.02 | 4.5 ± 0.02 | 2.57 ± 0.01 | 10.5 ± 0.95 | 11.5 ± 0.91 | 8.3 ± 0.90 | 7.4 ± 0.8 |
Shanon index | 1.10 ± 0.08 | 1.06 ± 0.7 | 0.93 ± 0.07 | 0.53 ± 0.02 | 2.1 ± 0.09 | 2.4 ± 0.09 | 1.73 ± 0.07 | 1.54 ± 0.08 |