%0 Journal Article
%T Tree Species Composition and Diversity in the Riparian Forest of Lake Barombi Kotto, Cameroon
%A Awo Miranda Egbe
%A Pascal Tabi Tabot
%A Fonge Beatrice Ambo
%J American Journal of Plant Sciences
%P 127-145
%@ 2158-2750
%D 2021
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/ajps.2021.121008
%X Tree species composition and
diversity were investigated in the riparian forest around Lake Barombi Kotto,
Cameroon. This study aimed at determining</span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"> </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">the tree species composition, population structure,
and providing evidence of anthropogenic disturbances in the riparian forest of
Lake Barombi Kotto. The objectives were to determine the tree species
composition and diversity in the riparian forest around Lake Barombi Kotto, to
elucidate the forest structure and to document the anthropogenic disturbances
in this forest. Five plots were laid within which </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">the </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">tree enumeration and measurement of dbh were carried
out.</span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"> </span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Trees were identified using scientific
identification keys in the Flora of W</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">est
Africa. Disturbance scores were given to each site by qualitatively assessing
various disturbances. A total of 340 trees belonging to 70 plant species, 63
genera and 28 plant families were enumerated. Shannon-Wiener diversity varied
across sites, with the highest value (H = 3.45) recorded in Tung and the lowest
(H = 2.21) in Malenda. Population structure differed across sites,</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> the
largest stand basal area of 43.78 m</span><sup><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">2</span></sup><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">/ha was recorded in Bondokombo
while the smallest (2.15 m</span><sup><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">2</span></sup><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">/ha)</span></span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"> </span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">was recorded in the Sacred Island. </span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Cecropia</span></i></span><i><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"> </span></i><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">peltata</span></i><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> L., </span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Pseudospondias</span></i></span><i><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"> </span></i><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">macrocarpa</span></i><i><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"> </span></i><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Oliv. Pierre and </span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Ceiba</span></i></span><i><span
%K Riparian Forest
%K Tree Dynamics
%K Importance Value Index
%K Lake Barombi Kotto
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=106857