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Table 1 Response percentages of individual woody species in terms of complete mortality (M), partial mortality (PM) and coppicing (C) for six bush control treatments in the Borana rangelands

From: The effects of bush control methods on encroaching woody plants in terms of die-off and survival in Borana rangelands, southern Ethiopia

 

Bush control methods

CO

C

C+B

C+F

C+F+B

SB

Species list

M

PM

C

M

PM

C

M

PM

C

M

PM

C

M

PM

C

M

PM

C*

A. mellifera

3.5

0.7

NM

40.4

0.7

58.9

70

2

28

90

0

10

95

1

4

98.8

0

1.2

A. drepanolobium

5.4

0.6

NM

45.4

0.2

54.4

79

0.5

20.5

66.7

0

33.3

94

1

5

98

0

2

A. reficiens

2.7

0.5

NM

79.1

1.5

19.4

91

0

9

85.8

0

14.2

96.1

0

3.9

98.8

1

1.2

Mean proportion (%)

3.9

0.6

NM

55

0.8

44.2

80

0.8

19.2

80.8

0

19.2

95

0.7

4.3

98.5

0.3

1.5

  1. CO control, C cutting, C+B cutting and browsing, C+F cutting and fire, C+F+B cutting combined to fire and browsing, SB stem-burning, M mortality, PM partial mortality, C* coppicing, NM not measured