Table 1 The density (trees per ha) of the twenty five most common tree species > 10 cm DBH in an old-growth section of forest in Kibale National Park, Uganda that was enumerated in 1978 and 2019
From: A 40-year evaluation of drivers of African rainforest change
1978 | 2019 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Family | Species | Density (ha) | Family | Species | Density (ha) |
Ebenaeae | Diospyros abyssinica | 78.36 | Ebenaeae | Diospyros abyssinica | 63.54 |
Ulmaceae | Celtis gomphophylla | 40.95 | Annonaceae | Uvariopsis congensis | 40.24 |
Annonaceae | Uvariopsis congensis | 33.18 | Ulmaceae | Celtis gomphophylla | 34.59 |
Bignoniaceae | Markhamia lutea | 29.65 | Apocynceae | Funtumia africana | 33.89 |
Apocynceae | Funtumia africana | 26.12 | Moraceae | Trilepisium madagascariense | 29.65 |
Olacaceae | Strombosia scheffleri | 8.47 | Bignoniaceae | Markhamia lutea | 19.77 |
Rutaceae | Vepris nobilis | 8.47 | Olacaceae | Strombosia scheffleri | 17.65 |
Malvaceae | Dombeya kirkii | 7.06 | Rutaceae | Vepris nobilis | 16.24 |
Leguminosae | Millettia dura | 6.35 | Ulmaceae | Celtis africana | 12.00 |
Ulmaceae | Chaetachme aristata | 5.65 | Ulmaceae | Chaetachme aristata | 10.59 |
Ulmaceae | Celtis africana | 4.94 | Sapindaceae | Lepisanthes senegalensis | 8.47 |
Sapindaceae | Lepisanthes senegalensis | 4.24 | Sapotaceae | Mimusops bagshawei | 7.06 |
Sapotaceae | Chrysophyllum gorungosanum | 3.53 | Sterculiaceae | Leptonychia mildbraedii | 5.65 |
Euphorbiaceae | Neoboutonia macrocalyx | 3.53 | Sapindaceae | Pancovia turbinata | 5.65 |
Oleaceae | Olea capensis | 3.53 | Guttiferae | Symphonia globulifera | 4.94 |
Rhizophoraceae | Cassipourea abyssinica | 2.82 | Leguminosae | Albizia grandibracteata | 4.24 |
Chrysobalanaceae | Parinari excelsa | 2.82 | Boraginaceae | Ehretia cymosa | 3.53 |
Rubiaceae | Vangueria apiculata | 2.82 | Rutaceae | Fagaropsis angolensis | 3.53 |
Olacaceae | Chionanthus africanus | 2.12 | Oleaceae | Olea capensis | 3.53 |
Meliaceae | Lovoa swynnertonii | 2.12 | Chrysobalanaceae | Parinari | 2.82 |
Annonaceae | Monodora myristica | 2.12 | Sapotaceae | Pouteria altissima | 2.82 |
Unknown 1 | 2.12 | Rhizophoraceae | Cassipourea abyssinica | 2.12 | |
Moraceae | Ficus sansibarica | 1.41 | Rubiaceae | Dictyandra arborescens | 2.12 |
Moraceae | Ficus exasperata | 1.41 | Leguminosae | Millettia dura | 2.12 |
Apocynceae | Tabernaemontana odoratissima | 1.41 | Euphorbiaceae | Shirakiopsis elliptica | 2.12 |