Table 2 Importance value index of main species in each land use/cover category (LUCa)
From: Allometric models and aboveground biomass stocks of a West African Sudan Savannah watershed in Benin
Species name | Importance value index (IVI) (%) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Forestland | Grassland | Cropland | Settlement | |
T. macroptera | 42.57 | 125.85 | 19.23 | – |
A. seyal | 33.18 | 24.39 | 21.01 | – |
C. glutinosum | 31.13 | – | 5.99 | – |
P. erinaceus | 25.55 | – | 6.02 | – |
A. leiocarpus | 24.09 | – | – | – |
M. inermis | 18.22 | – | – | – |
L. microcrapa | 16.06 | – | 44.97 | 28.25 |
Ficus sp. | 8.79 | 32.28 | 28.84 | 42.08 |
C. febrifuga | 8.01 | – | – | – |
E. africana | 7.32 | 22.27 | – | – |
P. biglobosa | – | 42.14 | 65.50 | – |
V. paradoxa | – | – | 21.28 | – |
A. indica | – | – | 15.92 | 96.63 |