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Table 5 Frequency of substitute mentioned by respondents for each more threatened woody species

From: Traditional ecological knowledge-based assessment of threatened woody species and their potential substitutes in the Atakora mountain chain, a threatened hotspot of biodiversity in Northwestern Benin, West Africa

Common more threatened species

Substitutes

LF

Zones (%)

 
  

EA (n = 104)

CA (n = 87)

WA (n = 76)

Whole (%)

Afzelia africana

Khaya spp

Tree

1.92

0.00

0.00

0.75

Tectona grandis L.f.

Tree

0.96

0.00

0.00

0.37

Eucalyptus spp

Tree

0.96

0.00

0.00

0.37

Leucaena leucocephala (Lam.)de Wit

Tree

1.92

0.00

0.00

0.75

Pterocapus erinaceus Poir.

Tree

5.77

25.29

0.00

10.49

Isobelinia spp

Tree

0.96

0.00

0.00

0.37

Tamarindus indica L.

Tree

0.00

0.00

3.95

1.12

Anogeissus leiocarpa

 

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

Antiaris toxicaria

Pterocapus erinaceus Poir.

Tree

0.00

1.15

0.00

0.37

Bombax costatum

Daniellia oliveri (Rolfe)Hutch. & Dalziel

Tree

0.00

1.15

0.00

0.37

Borassus aethiopum

Elaeis guineensis Jacq.

Tree

0.96

0.00

0.00

0.37

Anogeissus leiocarpa (DC.) Gill. & Perr.

Tree

0.96

0.00

0.00

0.37

Khaya spp

Tree

0.96

14.94

0.00

5.24

Afzelia africana Pers.

Tree

0.96

1.15

0.00

0.75

Pterocapus erinaceus Poir.

Tree

0.96

14.94

0.00

5.24

Isobelinia spp

Tree

0.96

0.00

0.00

0.37

Diospyros mespiliformis

Pterocarpus erinaceus Poir.

Tree

0.00

1.15

0.00

0.37

Khaya senegalensis

Acacia sieberiana DC.

Tree

0.96

0.00

0.00

0.37

Afzelia africana Pers.

Tree

4.81

14.94

0.00

6.74

Pterocarpus erinaceus Poir.

Tree

6.73

40.23

23.68

22.47

Khaya spp

Tree

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

Borassus aethiopum Mart.

Tree

0.00

2.30

0.00

0.75

Ekebergia capensis Sparrm.

Tree

19.23

0.00

0.00

0.75

Isoberlinia doka Craib & Stapf

Tree

13.46

0.00

0.00

7.49

Isoberlinia tomentosa (Harms) Craib & Stapf

Tree

4.81

0.00

0.00

5.24

Tectona grandis L.f.

Tree

5.77

0.00

0.00

2.25

Leucaena leucocephala (Lam.)de Wit

Tree

1.92

0.00

0.00

0.75

Pseudocedrela kotschyi (Schweinf.) Harms

Tree

6.73

0.00

0.00

2.62

Parkia biglobosa

Adansonia digitata L.

Tree

0.00

2.30

5.26

2.25

Glycine max (L.)Merr.

Herb

0.00

0.00

2.63

0.75

Prosopis africana (Guill. & Perr.)Taub.

Tree

0.96

0.00

0.00

0.37

Acacia auriculiformis A.Cunn. ex Benth.

Tree

0.96

0.00

0.00

0.37

Pterocarpus erinaceus

Acacia sieberiana DC.

Tree

0.96

0.00

0.00

0.37

Isoberlinia spp.

Tree

1.92

0.00

0.00

0.75

Tectona grandis L.f.

Tree

0.96

0.00

0.00

0.37

Khaya spp

Tree

0.96

0.00

0.00

0.37

Leucaena leucocephala (Lam.)de Wit

Tree

1.92

0.00

0.00

0.75

Vitellaria paradoxa

Anacardium occidentale L.

Tree

0.96

0.00

0.00

0.37

Mangifera indica L.

Tree

0.96

0.00

0.00

0.37

Arachis hypogaea L.

Herb

0.00

0.00

2.63

0.75

Pentadesma butyracea Sabine

Tree

6.73

4.60

0.00

4.12

Acacia sieberiana DC.

Tree

0.96

0.00

0.00

0.37

Prosopis africana (Guill. & Perr.)Taub.

Tree

0.96

0.00

0.00

0.37

Vitex doniana

 

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

  1. LF life form, EA East Atakora, CA Central Atakora, WA West Atakora