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 |