Diversity, abundance, and conservation status of woody species in a West African dry forest

• Published in: Conservation Science and Practice
• Main Authors: Rahila M. Yilangai, Joseph Daniel Onoja, Sonali Saha, Emmanuel Barde Elisha, Shiiwua A. Manu, Yahkat Barshep, Mary Molokwu‐Odozi
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2023
• Subjects: Afrotropic; rarity; species richness; Sudanian biome; woody plants; Ecology; QH540-549.5; General. Including nature conservation; geographical distribution; QH1-199.5; Tula; Tula Mountains
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.12888; https://doaj.org/article/072cc78965a549d7aa1497b49acb4c80

Abstract This study presents data on woody plant species richness and diversity of an inaccessible dry forest of Tula Mountains Woodland (TMW) located in the northeast of Nigeria. TMW supports a minimally disturbed mosaic of dry forest‐woodland. We sampled woody species in 190 plots of size 0.01‐ha,...