Data on vegetation sampling in areas dominated by Pteridium aquilinum in Nyungwe forest, Western Province of Rwanda

Data on vegetation sampling in areas dominated by Pteridium aquilinum in Nyungwe forest, Western Province of Rwanda

The data presented in this article describe plant traits (ecological strategy, plant succession, biological form, plant distribution and conservation status), cover-abundance scores of individualized communities after the application of Multivariate Statistical Package (MVSP) software and coverage p...

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Main Authors: J.M.V. Senyanzobe, Josephine M. Mulei, Elias Bizuru, Concorde Nsengumuremyi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-02-01
Series:Data in Brief
Subjects:
Eagle fern
Vegetation data
Plant species
Plant communities
Species diversity
Cover-abundance
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352340921000561
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spelling doaj-46bf14b213264a19be7dd6e808359bac2021-01-24T04:28:05ZengElsevierData in Brief2352-34092021-02-0134106772Data on vegetation sampling in areas dominated by Pteridium aquilinum in Nyungwe forest, Western Province of RwandaJ.M.V. Senyanzobe0Josephine M. Mulei1Elias Bizuru2Concorde Nsengumuremyi3University of Rwanda, Rwanda; Corresponding author.University of Eldoret, KenyaUniversity of Rwanda, RwandaCollege of Kitabi, RwandaThe data presented in this article describe plant traits (ecological strategy, plant succession, biological form, plant distribution and conservation status), cover-abundance scores of individualized communities after the application of Multivariate Statistical Package (MVSP) software and coverage percentage of species which compose the communities in areas sampled from Nyungwe forest. Taxonomic diversity indices (Shannon, Evenness and Richness) were also calculated and included in the dataset. The observed data can support the evaluation of Pteridium invasion in comparable forest types.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352340921000561Eagle fernVegetation dataPlant speciesPlant communitiesSpecies diversityCover-abundance
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author J.M.V. Senyanzobe
Josephine M. Mulei
Elias Bizuru
Concorde Nsengumuremyi
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Josephine M. Mulei
Elias Bizuru
Concorde Nsengumuremyi
Data on vegetation sampling in areas dominated by Pteridium aquilinum in Nyungwe forest, Western Province of Rwanda
Data in Brief
Eagle fern
Vegetation data
Plant species
Plant communities
Species diversity
Cover-abundance
author_facet J.M.V. Senyanzobe
Josephine M. Mulei
Elias Bizuru
Concorde Nsengumuremyi
author_sort J.M.V. Senyanzobe
title Data on vegetation sampling in areas dominated by Pteridium aquilinum in Nyungwe forest, Western Province of Rwanda
title_short Data on vegetation sampling in areas dominated by Pteridium aquilinum in Nyungwe forest, Western Province of Rwanda
title_full Data on vegetation sampling in areas dominated by Pteridium aquilinum in Nyungwe forest, Western Province of Rwanda
title_fullStr Data on vegetation sampling in areas dominated by Pteridium aquilinum in Nyungwe forest, Western Province of Rwanda
title_full_unstemmed Data on vegetation sampling in areas dominated by Pteridium aquilinum in Nyungwe forest, Western Province of Rwanda
title_sort data on vegetation sampling in areas dominated by pteridium aquilinum in nyungwe forest, western province of rwanda
publisher Elsevier
series Data in Brief
issn 2352-3409
publishDate 2021-02-01
description The data presented in this article describe plant traits (ecological strategy, plant succession, biological form, plant distribution and conservation status), cover-abundance scores of individualized communities after the application of Multivariate Statistical Package (MVSP) software and coverage percentage of species which compose the communities in areas sampled from Nyungwe forest. Taxonomic diversity indices (Shannon, Evenness and Richness) were also calculated and included in the dataset. The observed data can support the evaluation of Pteridium invasion in comparable forest types.
topic Eagle fern
Vegetation data
Plant species
Plant communities
Species diversity
Cover-abundance
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352340921000561
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