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Coppicing Capacity of Pycnanthus angolensis for Sustainable Forestry Techniques in the Climate Change

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Demographic pressure and climate change are two of the major challenges of the twenty-first century in which climate change is possibly the greatest threat, as it is leading to extreme weather conditions, increasing areas of drought, and species extinction. Pycnanthus angolensis is one of the overexploited indigenous tree species used in phytomedicine that is threatened by environmental factors such as climate change. Therefore, for sustainable utilisation of this species, coppicing capacity of decapitated seedlings of Pycnanthus angolensis (False African Nutmeg) was investigated to determine the effects of location and climate change. Five seedlings each from Osun (Gbongan, Ajaba), Ekiti (Otun, Ayetoro), and Oyo (Idito, Adewumi) at 12 weeks after transplanting were decapitated from diameter (0.9 to 2.1 cm) and heights (4.50 to 20.50 cm) (from the first four nodes of the plant) and laid out in an open nursery in two replicates in a complete randomised design (CRD) to evaluate new shoot height (SH), plant height (PH), number of leaves (NL), and number of nodes (NN) fortnightly for 14 weeks. The data were analysed with observed means subjected to Tukey Post Hoc. The SH ranged from 1.55 ± 1.01 to13.40 ± 1.01 cm, NN ranged from 2.30 ± 1.00 to 18.00 ± 1.00, and NL ranged from 1.35 ± 0.81 to 11.10 ± 0.81 cm. The NB ranged from 0.10 ± 0.62 to 3.40 ± 0.62 while the PH ranged from 8.90 ± 1.05 cm to 25.20 ± 1.05 cm. It was observed that Pycnanthus angolensis sourced from Gbongan responded positively to coppicing in a strategic way of conservation. The present study confirmed that Pycnanthus angolensis could be coppiced well at plant height from 4.50 to 20.50 cm. There was steady increment in coppicing capacity of Pycnanthus angolensis and proved to be site-dependent. Coppicing today remains a common forest management system for sustainable livelihood in climate change scenario.

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Bello, O.A. (2023). Coppicing Capacity of Pycnanthus angolensis for Sustainable Forestry Techniques in the Climate Change. In: Egbueri, J.C., Ighalo, J.O., Pande, C.B. (eds) Climate Change Impacts on Nigeria. Springer Climate. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-21007-5_10

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