Table 3.

Availability of edible plant feed resources for small ruminants during the rainy season in the Low Deciduous Forest of Yucatán, México.

Plant Species	Family	Life Form	Availability (Kilograms of Dry Matter per Hectare)	%	Reference
Acacia collinsi	Fabaceae	Tree	4.8	0.2	[130]
Acacia pennatula	Fabaceae	Tree	37.6	2.5	[129]
			26.8	0.9	[130]
Bahuinia divaricata	Fabaceae	Shrub/Tree	2.6	0.1	[130]
Caesalpinia gaumeri	Fabaceae	Tree	15.3	1.0	[129]
			10.3	3.9	[129]
			183.8	6.2	[130]
Caesalpinia yucatanensis	Fabaceae	Shrub/Tree	1.7	0.1	[130]
Chamaecrista glandulosa	Fabaceae	Herb/Shrub	0.3	0.1	[129]
			1.7	0.1	[130]
Diphysa yucatanensis	Fabaceae	Shrub/Tree	5.7	0.2	[130]
Havardia albicans	Fabaceae	Tree	118.9	4.0	[130]
Leucaena leucocephala	Fabaceae	Shrub/Tree	15.6	1.0	[129]
			25.4	0.9	[130]
Lysiloma latisiliquum	Fabaceae	Tree	0.3	<0.1	[130]
Mimosa bahamensis	Fabaceae	Shrub/Tree	4.3	0.3	[129]
			0.9	0.3	[129]
			83.5	2.8	[130]
Piscidia piscipula	Fabaceae	Shrub/Tree	0.3	0.1	[129]
			6.7	0.2	[130]
Senegalia gaumeri	Fabaceae	Tree	16.3	0.5	[130]
Senna villosa	Fabaceae	Shrub/Tree	7.4	0.3	[130]
Ipomoea crynicalix	Convolvulaceae	Vine	119.7	8.0	[129]
			72.1	27.4	[129]
			115.3	3.9	[130]
Ipomoea nil	Convolvulaceae	Vine	1.2	0.1	[129]
			1.8	0.1	[130]
Jaquemontia penthanta	Convolvulaceae	Vine	0.3	<0.1	[130]
Merremia aegyptia	Convolvulaceae	Vine	5.0	1.9	[129]
			0.3	<0.1	[130]
Helicteres baruensis	Malvaceae	Shrub	2.5	0.9	[129]
Sida acuta	Malvaceae	Herb	1.7	0.1	[130]
Waltheria indica	Malvaceae	Herb	66.6	4.4	[129]
			10.7	4.1	[129]
			26.3	0.9	[130]
Bidens pilosa	Asteraceae	Herb	28.5	1.9	[129]
Porophylum punctatum	Asteraceae	Herb	3.4	0.2	[129]
			3.5	0.1	[130]
Viguiera dentata	Asteraceae	Herb	5.3	2	[129]
			3.8	0.1	[130]
Gymnopodium floribundum	Polygonaceae	Shrub/Tree	1132.8	75.5	[129]
			129.7	49.3	[129]
			1653.8	55.5	[130]
Neomillspaughia emarginata	Polygonaceae	Shrub/Tree	16.3	1.1	[129]
			66.3	2.2	[129]
Podopterus mexicanus	Polygonaceae	Shrub/Tree	60.6	2	[130]
Morinda royoc	Rubiaceae	Vine	1.8	0.1	[130]
Randia aculeata	Rubiaceae	Shrub	2.8	0.2	[129]
			4.3	0.1	[130]
Randia obcordata	Rubiaceae	Shrub/Tree	94.9	3.2	[130]
Cordia alliodora	Boraginaceae	Tree	30.7	1	[130]
Cordia globosa boroginosa	Boraginaceae	Shrub/Tree	35.8	2.4	[129]
Stachytarpheta jamaicensis	Verbenaceae	Shrub	0.4	<0.1	[130]
Lantana camara	Verbenaceae	Shrub	3	0.1	[130]
Acalypha spp.	Euphorbiaceae	Herb	9.6	3.6	[129]
Cnidoscolus aconitifolius	Euphorbiaceae	Shrub/Tree	3.4	<0.1	[130]
Tetramerium nervosum	Acanthaceae	Herb	0.3	<0.1	[130]
Parmentiera millspaughiana	Bignoniaceae	Shrub/Tree	2.4	0.1	[130]
Bursera simaruba	Burseraceae	Tree	2	0.1	[130]
Dioscorea polygonoides	Dioscoraceae	Vine	2.1	0.8	[129]
			0.3	<0.1	[130]
Diospyros anisandra	Ebenaceae	Shrub/Tree	65.6	2.2	[130]
Mentha villosa	Lamiaceae		15.2	0.5	[130]
Bunchosia swartziana	Malpighiaceae	Shrub/Tree	15.4	0.5	[130]
Passiflora biflora	Passifloraceae	Herb	1.8	0.1	[130]
Eragrostis ciliaris	Poaceae	Grass	15.3	1	[129]
			14.5	5.5	[129]
			283.8	9.5	[130]
Karwinskia humbdoltiana	Rhamnaceae	Tree	5.8	0.4	[129]
Cardiospermum corindum	Sapindaceae	Vine	1.5	0.1	[130]
Alvaradoa amorphoides	Simaroubaceae	Shrub/Tree	23	0.8	[130]
Solanum tridynamum	Solanaceae	Shrub	4.8	0.2	[130]

[129] Used a single exclusion quadrant of 200 m² (20 × 10 m), [130] Used 30 exclusion quadrants (2 m × 2 m), <0.1 Corresponds to those plant species whose availability in the field was less than 0.1% of the total biomass availability.