Statistical Analysis

Species

Descriptive Statistics

Variance

Parameters of the regression: y = b + ax

H (m)

D(m)

F value

b: constant

a: director coefficient

Zone 1: transition forest savanah

Triplochiton slceroxylon

47.54 ± 4.46

1.00 ± 0.21

144.4***

28.13

19.09

Sterculia rhinopetala

35.90 ± 5.87

0.77 ± 0.17

128.8***

12.35

30.38

Eribroma oblongum

47.27 ± 4.40

0.91 ± 0.15

128.7***

23.09

26.42

Piptadeniastrum africanum

43.06 ± 6.87

1.34 ± 0.25

42.5***

14.86

20.92

Terminalia superba

35.20 ± 4.56

0.82 ± 1.52

60.4***

14.98

24.78

Milicia excelsa (Moraceae)

53.87 ± 6.16

0.99 ± 0.16

78.4***

21.55

32.37

Zone 2: dense humid semidecidous forest

T. slceroxylon

43.29 ± 6.75

1.12 ± 0.24

26.26***

27.40

14.21

Entandophragma cylindricum

41.24 ± 8.36

1.16 ± 0.28

38.90***

17.79

20.18

Erythrophleum suaveolens

35.38 ± 4.72

0.95 ± 0.16

12.67***

26.08

9.74