Using transect sampling to determine the distribution of some key non-timber forest products across habitat types near Boumba-Bek National Park, South-east Cameroon

Table 2 Diversity of habitat types in the northern periphery of Boumba-Bek National Park

No.	Habitat type	Distances (m)	Surface area (ha)	Proportion (%)
1	Cacao agroforest	887	1.77	1.11
2	Forest gap	1161	2.32	1.45
3	Food crop field	132	0.26	0.16
4	Swamp	2374	4.75	2.96
5	Periodically flood forest	21,067	42.13	26.31
6	Old secondary forest	7384	14.77	9.22
7	Young secondary forest	26,186	52.37	32.70
8	Young Marantaceae secondary forest	15,212	30.42	19.00
9	Mid-age secondary forest	3641	7.28	4.55
10	Old fallow	357	0.71	0.45
11	Young fallow	1497	2.99	1.87
12	Young fallow with Chromolaena odorata	62	0.12	0.08
13	Mid-age fallow	121	0.24	0.15
	Total	80,081	160	100

The proportion of vegetation types was obtained by calculating the ratio of the distance occupied by the habitat type to the total distance of all transects
CAA cocoa agroforest, FOG forest gap, FCF food crop field, SWP swamp, PFF periodically flooded forest, OSF old secondary forest, YSF Young secondary forest, YSF-Ma young Marantaceae secondary forests, MISF mid-age secondary forests, OLF old fallow, YOF young fallow, YOF-Co young fallow with C. odorata, MIF mid-age fallow

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