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Figure 1: Map of Akwa Ibom showing Local Government Areas and study area
Note: Source: Offiong et al. (2011)
2.3 Herb species population density, diversity index,
richness and evenness
In the herb category, Table 3 shows that
Costus afar
and
Hippocratea africana
had the highest density of
53 individuals/ha and 11 individuals/0.6 ha
respectively while the other five other herb species
enumerated had a population density of less than 10
individual/0.6 ha. The Species diversity index,
Richness and Evenness of herb species is
-
0.462 5,
3.251 9,
-
0.547 3 respectively.
2.4 Climber species population density, diversity
index, richness and evenness
Table 4 indicates that
Cissus quadrangularis
had the
highest population density of 7 individual/0.6 ha,
Gnetum africanum
3 individual/0.6 ha and
Piper
guineensis
2 individual/0.6 ha while
Dioscorea
bulbifera
had the least population density of 1
individual/0.6 ha. The Species diversity index,
Richness and Evenness of climber is
-
0.495 7, 2.693 1,
-
0.823 3 respectively.
STUDY AREA
