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Appendix 1

Functional Attributes for the Woody Plant Species Recorded along the Chobe Riparian Woodland, Northern Botswana

Functional Attribute value / Height (m) / Leaf Area (cm2) / Growth form / Leaf lifetime / Fruit type
1 / 0-5 / 0-10 / Shrub / Deciduous / Berry
2 / 5-10 / 10-20 / Drupe
3 / 10-15 / 20-30 / Shrub/Tree / Semi deciduous / Winged
4 / 15-20 / 30-40 / Capsule
5 / > 20 / > 40 / Tree / Evergreen / Pod

Appendix 2

Functional Attributes Values for the Woody Plant Species Recorded in the Study Area along the Chobe Riverfront, Northern Botswana (See Appendix 1 for Functional Attribute Features)

Functional Attribute
Species / Height / Leaf Area / Growth form / Deciduous/
Evergreen / Fruit Type
Acacia flekii (ACFL) / 2 / 1 / 3 / 1 / 5
Acacia nigrescens (ACNE) / 4 / 3 / 5 / 1 / 5
Acacia schweinfurthii (ACSC) / 2 / 1 / 3 / 1 / 5
Acacia tortilis (ACTO) / 4 / 1 / 5 / 1 / 5
Albizia harveyi (ALHA) / 3 / 1 / 5 / 1 / 5
Berchemia discolor (BEDI) / 4 / 5 / 5 / 3 / 1
Boscia albitrunca (BOAL) / 2 / 2 / 5 / 1 / 1
Capparis tomentosa (CATO) / 2 / 3 / 3 / 5 / 1
Combretum apiculatum (COAP) / 2 / 5 / 5 / 1 / 3
Combretum elaeagnoides (COEL) / 1 / 4 / 5 / 1 / 3
Combretum hereroense (COHE) / 1 / 4 / 5 / 3 / 3
Combretum imberbe (COIM) / 3 / 3 / 5 / 3 / 3
Combretum mossambicense (COMO) / 1 / 5 / 3 / 1 / 3
Croton gratissimus (CROGA) / 2 / 4 / 3 / 1 / 4
Croton megalobotrys (CROME) / 3 / 5 / 5 / 1 / 4
Dichrostachys cinerea (DICI) / 2 / 1 / 3 / 1 / 3
Diospyros mespiliformis (DIME) / 3 / 5 / 5 / 3 / 1
Ficus sycomorus (FISC) / 5 / 5 / 5 / 3 / 1
Flueggea virosa (FLUV) / 1 / 2 / 3 / 1 / 1
Friesodielsia obovata (FROB) / 2 / 5 / 3 / 5 / 1
Garcinia livingstonei (GALI) / 2 / 5 / 5 / 3 / 1
Grewia retinervis (GRER) / 1 / 5 / 1 / 1 / 2
Gymonosporia senegalensis (GYSE) / 1 / 5 / 3 / 3 / 4
Markhamia zanzibarica (MAZA) / 2 / 5 / 5 / 1 / 4
Philenoptera violacea (PHVI) / 2 / 4 / 5 / 3 / 5
Phyllanthus reticulantus (PHRE) / 2 / 1 / 3 / 1 / 1
Sterculia africana (STAF) / 5 / 5 / 5 / 1 / 4
Trichilia emetica (TREM) / 4 / 5 / 5 / 5 / 4
Ziziphus mucronata (ZIMA) / 2 / 4 / 3 / 3 / 2

Appendix 3

Ecological Distances Between Woody Plant Species along Chobe Riparian Woodland, Northern Botswana

ACNE / ACNE
ACTO / 5 / ACTO
ACFL / 14 / 5 / ACFL
ACSC / 14 / 5 / 0 / ACSC
ALHA / 2 / 1 / 8 / 8 / ALHA
DICI / 14 / 5 / 0 / 8 / 8 / DICI
COAP / 12 / 24 / 24 / 24 / 21 / 24 / COAP
COEL / 14 / 22 / 18 / 18 / 17 / 18 / 2 / COEL
COHE / 18 / 26 / 22 / 22 / 21 / 22 / 2 / 4 / COHE
COIM / 9 / 13 / 17 / 17 / 12 / 17 / 9 / 9 / 5 / COIM
COMO / 17 / 29 / 25 / 25 / 24 / 25 / 5 / 5 / 5 / 12 / COMO
BOAL / 21 / 21 / 21 / 21 / 18 / 21 / 13 / 9 / 13 / 10 / 14 / BOAL
FLUV / 26 / 26 / 22 / 22 / 21 / 22 / 14 / 8 / 12 / 13 / 13 / 1 / FLUV
CRGA / 6 / 14 / 14 / 14 / 11 / 14 / 2 / 2 / 6 / 7 / 3 / 13 / 14 / CROGA
CRME / 6 / 18 / 22 / 22 / 17 / 22 / 2 / 6 / 10 / 9 / 5 / 19 / 22 / 2 / CROME
CATO / 36 / 40 / 40 / 40 / 37 / 40 / 24 / 22 / 10 / 9 / 25 / 17 / 18 / 26 / 30
FROB / 40 / 52 / 52 / 52 / 48 / 52 / 20 / 22 / 10 / 13 / 21 / 25 / 26 / 26 / 26
DIME / 25 / 37 / 41 / 37 / 36 / 41 / 9 / 13 / 6 / 8 / 12 / 14 / 17 / 15 / 13
BEDI / 24 / 36 / 44 / 44 / 37 / 44 / 12 / 18 / 14 / 9 / 17 / 17 / 22 / 18 / 14
GALI / 28 / 40 / 40 / 40 / 37 / 40 / 8 / 10 / 6 / 9 / 9 / 13 / 14 / 14 / 14
ZIMA / 18 / 26 / 26 / 26 / 23 / 26 / 6 / 6 / 2 / 3 / 7 / 9 / 10 / 8 / 10
GYSE / 18 / 29 / 26 / 26 / 25 / 26 / 6 / 6 / 2 / 9 / 5 / 22 / 22 / 6 / 8
GRER / 38 / 50 / 30 / 30 / 45 / 30 / 18 / 18 / 22 / 29 / 17 / 27 / 26 / 26 / 27
PHVI / 9 / 17 / 17 / 17 / 18 / 17 / 9 / 9 / 5 / 6 / 10 / 24 / 25 / 5 / 7
MAZA / 9 / 21 / 21 / 21 / 18 / 21 / 1 / 3 / 7 / 10 / 2 / 18 / 19 / 1 / 1
TREM / 21 / 33 / 41 / 41 / 34 / 41 / 21 / 27 / 15 / 10 / 26 / 39 / 43 / 22 / 17
STAF / 37 / 34 / 46 / 46 / 37 / 46 / 10 / 18 / 22 / 13 / 17 / 27 / 36 / 10 / 4
PHRE / 24 / 20 / 20 / 20 / 17 / 20 / 20 / 11 / 18 / 13 / 21 / 1 / 2 / 18 / 26
FISC / 25 / 37 / 45 / 45 / 40 / 45 / 17 / 25 / 21 / 12 / 22 / 22 / 29 / 23 / 17

Appendix 3 continued

CATO / CATO
FROB / 4 / FROB
DIME / 9 / 5 / DIME
BEDI / 12 / 8 / 1 / BEDI
GALI / 8 / 4 / 1 / 4 / GALI
ZIMA / 6 / 6 / 3 / 6 / 2 / ZIMA
GYSE / 18 / 14 / 13 / 18 / 10 / 6 / GYSE
GRER / 38 / 34 / 25 / 30 / 22 / 22 / 22 / GRER
LOCA / 21 / 21 / 18 / 21 / 17 / 9 / 3 / 31 / PHVI
MAZA / 29 / 29 / 14 / 17 / 13 / 9 / 5 / 21 / 6 / MAZA
TREM / 17 / 17 / 14 / 13 / 14 / 13 / 13 / 45 / 10 / 20 / TREM
STAF / 17 / 34 / 17 / 14 / 22 / 18 / 20 / 36 / 15 / 9 / 17 / STAF
PHRE / 17 / 32 / 21 / 24 / 20 / 14 / 30 / 34 / 29 / 25 / 45 / 34 / PHRE
FISC / 17 / 13 / 4 / 1 / 9 / 11 / 25 / 37 / 26 / 22 / 14 / 13 / 29

See Appendix 2 for species abbreviations, the attributes used and the corresponding scores for each species.

Appendix 4

Frequency distribution of ecological distance measures among canopy tree species and shrubs recorded in study plots in the Chobe River riparian woodland, northern Botswana, separated into five classes on a gradient of functional similarity-dissimilarity.