Mapping and Floristic Diversity of the Nakpadjouak Community Forest, Tami Canton, Togo (West Africa)  

作　　者：Senyo Kossi Ehlui Christian Anthony-Krueger Edinam Kola Wouyo Atakpama Alagie Bah Henrik von Wehrden Tchaa Boukpessi Senyo Kossi Ehlui;Christian Anthony-Krueger;Edinam Kola;Wouyo Atakpama;Alagie Bah;Henrik von Wehrden;Tchaa Boukpessi(West Africa Science Service Center on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use WASCAL, University of the Gambia, Banjul, Gambia;Laboratoire de Recherche sur la Dynamique des Milieux et des Socié,té,s, Department of Geography, University of Lomé, Lome, Togo;Department of Science Education, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana;Laboratoire de Botanique et É,cologie Vé,gé,tale, Dé,partement botanique, Faculté, des sciences, Université, de Lomé, Lome, Togo;West Africa Plant Red List Authority (WAPRLA), IUCN Species Survival Commission, Gland, Switzerland;Center for International Forestry Research and World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF), Nairobi, Kenya;Faculty of Sustainability, Center of Methods, Leuphana University of Lü,neburg, Lü,neburg, Germany;Laboratoire de Recherches Biogé,ographiques et d’,Etudes Environnementales, Department of Geography, University of Lome, Lome, Togo)

机构地区：[1]West Africa Science Service Center on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use WASCAL, University of the Gambia, Banjul, Gambia [2]Laboratoire de Recherche sur la Dynamique des Milieux et des Socié,té,s, Department of Geography, University of Lomé, Lome, Togo [3]Department of Science Education, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana [4]Laboratoire de Botanique et É,cologie Vé,gé,tale, Dé,partement botanique, Faculté, des sciences, Université, de Lomé, Lome, Togo [5]West Africa Plant Red List Authority (WAPRLA), IUCN Species Survival Commission, Gland, Switzerland [6]Center for International Forestry Research and World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF), Nairobi, Kenya [7]Faculty of Sustainability, Center of Methods, Leuphana University of Lü,neburg, Lü,neburg, Germany [8]Laboratoire de Recherches Biogé,ographiques et d’,Etudes Environnementales, Department of Geography, University of Lome, Lome, Togo

出　　处：《Natural Resources》2024年第4期83-105,共23页自然资源（英文）

摘　　要：Since 2015, community forests have been promoted in Togo as an alternative to protect areas from degradation and as a means of contributing to forest landscape restoration. The study focuses on the Nakpadjouak Community Forest (NCF) in Tami (Togo, West Africa) which contributes to community forests sustainable management. It aims in (i) mapping forest ecosystems and analysing their dynamic and (ii) characterizing the floristic diversity of the NCF. The ecosystems were mapped and their dynamic was evaluated based on Google Earth images of 2014 and 2020. Floristic and forestry inventories were carried out using the transect technique in a sample of 20 plots of 50 m × 20 m. The NCF was made up mainly by wooded/shrub savannahs (95.37%) and croplands/fallow (4.63%) in 2014. These two land use types undergone changes over the 6 years prior to 2020. By 2020, the NCF had 3 land use types: wooded/shrub savannahs (77.59%), open forest/wooded savannahs (22.23%), and croplands/fallows (0.18%). A total of 89 plant species belonging to 70 genera and 28 families were recorded within the NCF. The dominant species are: Heteropogon contortus (L.) P.Beauv. and Combretum collinum Fresen. followed by Pteleopsissuberosa Engl. & Diels, Annona senegalensis Pers. The most common species are: Lannea acida A.Rich. s.l., A. senegalensis, Vitellaria paradoxa C.F.Gaertner subsp. paradoxa, C. collinum and Acacia dudgeonii Craib ex Holland. Due to its small area of just 40 hectares and its diverse plant life, this community forest of Savannahs Region is a significant biodiversity hotspot and warrants conservation efforts.Since 2015, community forests have been promoted in Togo as an alternative to protect areas from degradation and as a means of contributing to forest landscape restoration. The study focuses on the Nakpadjouak Community Forest (NCF) in Tami (Togo, West Africa) which contributes to community forests sustainable management. It aims in (i) mapping forest ecosystems and analysing their dynamic and (ii) characterizing the floristic diversity of the NCF. The ecosystems were mapped and their dynamic was evaluated based on Google Earth images of 2014 and 2020. Floristic and forestry inventories were carried out using the transect technique in a sample of 20 plots of 50 m × 20 m. The NCF was made up mainly by wooded/shrub savannahs (95.37%) and croplands/fallow (4.63%) in 2014. These two land use types undergone changes over the 6 years prior to 2020. By 2020, the NCF had 3 land use types: wooded/shrub savannahs (77.59%), open forest/wooded savannahs (22.23%), and croplands/fallows (0.18%). A total of 89 plant species belonging to 70 genera and 28 families were recorded within the NCF. The dominant species are: Heteropogon contortus (L.) P.Beauv. and Combretum collinum Fresen. followed by Pteleopsissuberosa Engl. & Diels, Annona senegalensis Pers. The most common species are: Lannea acida A.Rich. s.l., A. senegalensis, Vitellaria paradoxa C.F.Gaertner subsp. paradoxa, C. collinum and Acacia dudgeonii Craib ex Holland. Due to its small area of just 40 hectares and its diverse plant life, this community forest of Savannahs Region is a significant biodiversity hotspot and warrants conservation efforts.

关 键 词：Community Forest Floristic Diversity Land Use Change Biodiversity Hotspot Tami Savannah Region TOGO 

分 类 号：S71[农业科学—林学]