Forest Ecosystems

Table 2 A comparison of fuel wood use of mesquite and native tree species for different stakeholders. Data are mean ± standard deviation

From: Use of non-timber forest products from invasive alien Prosopis species (mesquite) and native trees in South Africa: implications for management

	Mesquite fuelwood			Native species fuelwood			p-value (mesquite vs. native)
Stake-holder group	% of hh using	Mean use (kg/hh/yr)	Mean value (R/hh/yr)	% of hh using	Mean use (kg/hh/yr)	Mean value (R/hh/yr)	% of hh using	Mean use (kg/hh/yr)	Mean value (R/hh/yr)
Farmers	54	1648 ± 1650^a	2060 ± 2676^a	85	1784 ± 1892^a	2230 ± 2523^a	0.03	0.630	0.85
Communal rural	48	795 ± 1021^b	930 ± 1229^b	69	860 ± 1110^b	1125 ± 1253^b	0.04	0.17	0.48
Urban - affluent	19	392 ± 259^b	586 ± 343_b	63	339 ± 271^c	641 ± 553^c	0.005	0.39	0.63
Urban - informal	51	539 ± 721^b	979 ± 1134_b	48	528 ± 626^c	1155 ± 1214^b	0.869	0 .09	0.42

Superscript letters = significant differences between different stakeholder groups - Tukey post hoc test. hh = household

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