ArticlePloS one2025
Influence of environmental and anthropogenic factors on forest patch composition and structure in North Wollo Zone, Amhara region, Ethiopia.
Article in PloS one, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
1 citing paper in PubMed.
- Ethnoveterinary practices and traditional medicinal plant use in North Wollo, Ethiopia.Journal of ethnobiology and ethnomedicine · 2026Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
4 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Ethiopia's vegetation is increasingly threatened by anthropogenic activities and natural factors, leading to forest degradation and fragmentation. This study analyzed the composition and structure of woody species in the Gerado, Micha, and Mekelet forest patches in the North Wollo Zone, Ethiopia. Data were collected from 95 systematically laid plots (20 x 20 m²) along elevation gradients, sampling trees and shrubs with a diameter at breast height (DBH) ≥ 2.5 cm and height ≥ 2 m. Species diversity and richness were assessed using the Shannon-Wiener diversity index, while plant communities and their relationships with environmental variables were analyzed using hierarchical clustering and Redundancy Analysis (RDA) in R software. A total of 55 woody species, from 46 genera and 31 families, were recorded. Fabaceae was the most species-rich family (12 species). Four distinct plant community types were identified (R = 0.4703, p ≤ 0.001), with altitude, slope, and tree cutting significantly influencing community composition (p ≤ 0.05). The dominant species across all patches were Dodonaea viscosa subsp. angustifolia, Olea europaea L. subsp. cuspidata, and Vachellia sieberiana. Anthropogenic disturbances, such as tree cutting, firewood collection, charcoal production, and grazing, were key factors affecting vegetation structure. The findings highlight the need for community-based conservation strategies tailored to the unique ecological and socio-economic conditions of each forest patch to improve ecosystem resilience and sustainability.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.