Table 6 Elephant selection ratios reported from four different studies in Kibale National Park, Uganda between 1962 and 2013 and the density (per ha) of stems of these species found during our sampling in 1978 and 2019

Moraceae

Antiaris toxicaria

2.85

2.08

3.47

6.61

3.75

0

0

Fabaceae

Newtonia buchananii

2.12

1.6

4.66

5.22

3.40

0

0

Sapotaceae

Mimusops bagshawei

3.21

0.63

4.32

2.33

2.62

1.41

7.06

Moraceae

Ficus exasperata

0.96

n/a

3.94

2.5

2.47

1.41

0.71

Sapindaceae

Blighia unijugata

2.8

n/a

3

1.06

2.29

0

1.41

Ulmacaea

Celtis africana

3.42

3.27

1.22

0.68

2.15

4.94

9.88

Annonaceae

Monodora myristica

1.69

1.75

0

5.06

2.13

2.12

1.41

Moraceae

Trilepsium madagascariense

2.95

2.29

2.72

0.38

2.09

4.94

29.65

Meliaceae

Lovoa swynnertonii

2.85

0.82

3.56

1

2.06

2.12

1.41

Rosaceae

Parinari excelsa

1.17

0.19

5.75

0.61

1.93

2.82

2.82

Olacaceae

Strombosia scheffleri

2.66

0.66

4.06

0.28

1.92

8.47

17.65

Meliaceae

Trichilia splendida

2.2

1.9

0.71

2.02

1.71

0

0

Average

2.35

1.46

2.9

2.14

2.38