NDLI: Mesoscale transect sampling of trees in the lomako–yekokora interfluvium, democratic republic of the Congo

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Author	Philippe Boubli, Jean Eriksson, Jonas Wich, Serge Hohmann, Gottfried Fruth, Barbara
Copyright Year	2004
Abstract	We conducted a mesoscale transect sampling of trees ≥10 cm DBH in the Lomako–Yekokora interfluvial forest, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Our objective was to characterize the forest landscape contained between the Lomako and Yekokora rivers in terms of its floristic composition and to investigate how representative the Lomako study site, the location of a long-term study of primates, was of the entire forest block. Fifteen transects were laid out at seven sample stations placed approximately 10 km apart and alongside a 70 km trail running from the Lomako study site to the margins of the Yekokora river. Three transects totaling 3.65 ha were laid out at the Lomako study site and two transects totaling 2 ha at each of the remaining six sample stations, amounting to 15.65 ha in total. Average DBH, tree density, tree species richness and floristic composition were determined for each transect. There were 5353 trees ≥10 cm DBH in the total sample, representing 150 species in 35 families. Caesalpinoideae trees dominated the sample followed by Olacaceae and Annonaceae. Four forest types were identified: mixed primary (57% of the sampled plots), secondary forest (9%), Gilbertiodendron (22%), and swamp (12%). The seven sample stations differed from each other in average DBH, tree density, tree species richness and floristic composition. Most of the difference, however, was due to the fact that the four forest types were not equally represented at each sample station. When forest types were contrasted independently, a marked difference in average DBH, tree density, tree species richness and floristic composition was recorded. Conversely, when only mixed primary forest was analyzed across the sample stations, no significant difference was detected except for average DBH. Thus the Lomako study site is representative of the forest landscape contained between the Lomako and Yekokora rivers only when the different forest types are treated separately. The sample stations (including Lomako) differ from each other, however, in the proportional contribution of each forest type.
Starting Page	2399
Ending Page	2417
Page Count	19
File Format	PDF
ISSN	09603115
Journal	Biodiversity and Conservation
Volume Number	13
Issue Number	13
e-ISSN	15729710
Language	English
Publisher	Kluwer Academic Publishers
Publisher Date	2004-01-01
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Evolutionary Biology Tree Biology Plant Sciences
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Ecology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics Nature and Landscape Conservation

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