Pasture floristic composition in differentEucalyptusspecies plantations in some parts of northern Guinea savanna zone of Nigeria
✍ Scribed by A. B. I. Igboanugo; J. E. Omijeh; J. O. Adegbehin
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1990
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 518 KB
- Volume
- 12
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0167-4366
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✦ Synopsis
In view of the recurrent drought and human population pressures which have drastically reduced the density of pasture species within the Nigerian savannas, the nomadic herdsmen rely mostly on silvipastoralism, grazing their herds in Eucalyptus plantations. In this study, the population of understorey forage and non-forage species and the relative light intensities on the forest floors of two Eucalyptus species, viz: E. citridodora, and E. camald~lensis were compared with those of open savanna lands at Kabama, Samaru and Guga, all within the Northern Guinea savanna zone.
At normal 3 m by 3 m spacing between trees, the herbages were fewer in the plantations and the E. eitriodora plantation had only about half the number of species observed under E. camald~lensis in the same and other sites despite similarities in light intensity levels in all the plantations. This information forms a guideline in using eucalypts for establishing silvopastoral farms.