Community Structures of On-Farm Tree Species in Budaka Sub-County, Budaka District, Eastern Uganda

Author:

Shafiu Adili1,Tambari Umar1,Gobir Yusuf1,Dharmendra Singh2,Naka Keta2,Wurno Mustapha3,Waziri Sadiya4

Affiliation:

1. Department of Environmental Science, Shehu Shagari University of Education, Sokoto, Nigeria

2. Department of Plant Science and Biotechnology, Kebbi State University of Science and Techn, Aliero, Nigeria

3. Department of Forestry Technology, College of Agriculture and Animal Science Wurno Sokoto, Nigeria

4. Department of Chemical Science, University Sains Malaysia, Palau Penang

Abstract

Tree species population composition and diversity refers to the variety of tree species and their relative abundance in an ecosystem. In most tropical agro-ecosystems where land cover changes are faster than natural restoration, tree species composition, distribution, richness and diversity and the services provided by them are particularly susceptible to change globally from continuous stress factors such as bushfires, logging and cultivation. Data for the study was obtained from trees inventory using a systematic random sampling technique. A quadrant measuring 25m x 25m was laid. A total of sixty quadrants were used in the study. Each quadrant was demarcated using a measuring tape and its boundaries marked using pegs. All tree species encountered in each quadrant were identified and recorded. The unidentified specimens were collected, pressed and taken to Makerere University herbarium for proper identification. The results from the study revealed a total of 28 tree species belonging to 16 families were documented as being used by people in the four surveyed villages of Budaka Sub County, where Family Moraceae had the highest number of tree species with no significance difference in the density, diversity, richness, evenness, poles, saplings and seedlings of tree species across the four villages (Kruskal-Wallis P< 0.05). This indicates that these trees are under threat in the study area. This situation is quite alarming and calls for more resourceful and sustainable management and conservation techniques. Among others, it is suggested that laws should be enacted to protect the resource from further timber and fuel wood exploitation in the area in order to allow it to regenerate fully.

Publisher

Science Publishing Group

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