BMC Ecology

Table 3 Stems density of NTFPs per hectare in different habitat types

From: Using transect sampling to determine the distribution of some key non-timber forest products across habitat types near Boumba-Bek National Park, South-east Cameroon

Habitat types	Species								Average density
Habitat types	A. lepidophyllus	B. toxisperma	I. gabonensis	P. oleosa	P. macrophylla	R. heudelotii	S. zenkeri	T. tetraptera	Average density
CAA	0.11	0	0	0	0.02	0.05	0	0.14	(0.32 ± 1.25)^b
FOG	1.14	0.01	0.03	0.04	0.38	0.11	0.11	0.03	(1.85 ± 3.07)^b
FCF	0.1	0	0.01	0	0.06	0	0	0	(0.17 ± 0.65)^b
SWF	1.57	0	0.03	0.06	0.34	0.18	0.08	0.09	(2.35 ± 6.95)^b
PFF	5.61	0	0.33	0.5	2.72	0.94	2.31	0.13	(12.53 ± 12.90)^b
OSF	3.63	0.02	0.11	0.18	0.83	1.71	0.39	0.02	(6.90 ± 13.9)^b
YSF	13.36	0.03	1.09	0.84	5.28	5.22	0.96	0.31	(27.08 ± 26.89)^a
YSF-Ma	4.86	0.01	0.23	0.39	1.1	1.68	3.5	0.13	(11.89 ± 21.20)^b
MISF	1.22	0.01	0.09	0.12	0.36	0.26	0	0.06	(2.11 ± 4.08)^b
OLF	0	0	0	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0	(0.04 ± 0.11)^b
YOF	0.41	0	0.03	0.01	0.21	0.15	0	0.03	(0.83 ± 2.83)^b
YOF-Co	0	0	0.01	0	0	0	0	0	(0.01 ± 0.03)^b
MIF	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	0	0	(0.03 ± 0.10)^b
Average density	(32.0 ± 21)^a	(0.1 ± 0.1)^d	(1.9 ± 1.6)^cd	(2.1 ± 1.0)^cd	(11.3 ± 8.2)^b	(10.3 ± 18.5)^bc	(7.4 ± 12.8)^bcd	(0.9 ± 0.8)^d

Average density values with same letter are not significantly different
CAA cocoa agroforest, FOG forest gap, FCF food crop field, SWP Swamp, PFF periodically flooded forest, OSF old secondary forest, YSF young secondary forest, YSF-Ma young Marantaceae secondary forests, MISF mid-age secondary forests, OLF old fallow, YOF young fallow, YOF-Co young fallow with C. odorata, MIF mid-age fallow

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