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Natural Regeneration Potentials Of Some Indigenous Timber Species In An Exploited Plantation Site At Sapoba, Benin City, Nigeria
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significantly (p ≤ 0.05) the most abundant species (42.0%), while the Meliaceae and the Leguminaseae were significantly the most abundant families (p ≤ 0.05)encounted. These were Meliaceae: Entandrophragma
angolense(16.5%), Lovoa trichiliodes(8.3%), khaya ivorensis (5.2%) , Entandrophragma cylindricum(3.4%), Guarea cedrata(2.0%), and G. thompsonii(1.0%) and Leguminosae. Albizia ferruginea (3.0%), A. lebbeck (0.6%), Berlinia grandiflora (1.0%), Daniela ogea (0.9%). Piptadeniastrum africana (4.2%) and G. balsamiferam (42.0%). Other species in other families encounterted were Antiaris africana (3.2%), Celtis zenkeri (0.8%), Diospyros mespiliformis (1.00%), Lophira alata (3.2%), Pycannthus angolensis (3.5%) and Terminalia ivorensis (0.5%). Collar diameter correlated significantly and positively with height (r =0.77), showing that generally, the taller the individual stem the larger the collar diameter. The significance of these findings in relation to conservation and management of the choice indigenous timber species to restore them to their pride of place both in Nigeria and abroad.