Extent of the Invasion Potential of

Swietennia macrophylla Plantation on

a Secondary Forest inside Mt. Makiling
Forest Reserve
Objectives:

Generally, the objective of the study is to assess the extent of

invasion of the species Swietennia macrophylla (Mahogany) in the
boundary of a Mahogany Plantation Specifically, it aims to:

• To determine the regeneration within and away from the mother

trees of mahogany in a mahogany plantation ; and

• To assess the dispersal radius of regenerants and leaf litter

matting of the alleged bio-invasive tree species.
Methodology:

Study shall be conducted at the Permanent Field Laboratory PFLA 3,

MFR,
•Purposive sampling shall be done by identifying four mahogany
with biggest DBH and designated as mother tree.
• plots shall be established in a northeastern and southwestern
directions of mother trees. Northeast and southwest of mother
trees are the directions of wind when seeds are ready to be
disseminated.
• plots shall have dimensions of 10m x 10m.
• All saplings (<20cm dbh) inside the plot shall be identified and
listed
• Inside the main plot, a 5m x 5m sub-plot shall be established for all
the poles (<10 cm dbh).
• Abundance, and Biodiversity values shall be computed and
assessed using the Fernando Biodiversity Scale (1998)
Table 1: The Fernando Biodiversity Scale (1998)
Pielou (J’)
Relative Values Shannon (H’) Index
Evenness Index
Very High 3.5 and above 0.75-1.00
High 3.0-3.49 0.50-0.74
Moderate 2.5-2.99 0.25-0.49
Low 2.0-2.49 0.15-0.24
Very Low 1.9 & below 0.05-0.14
 NHS8 NIS8

SWI8

NGS7 NHS7 NIS7 Intermediate Layer (10x10) = < 20cm dbh

SWH7 SWI7
N To CFNR Campus
NFS6 NGS6 NHS6 NIS6
Understorey Layer (5x5)= < 10cm dbh
SWH6 SWI6
SWG6
NES5 NFS5 NGS5 NHS5 NIS5
SWH5 SWI5
SW54 SWG5
NDS4 NES4 NFS4 NGS4 NHS4 NIS4
S
SWE4
SWF4
W SWG4 SWH4 SWI4
To NCS3 NDS3 NES3 NFS3 NGS3 NHS3 NIS3
Mudspring SWD3 SWG3 SWH3 SWI3
SWE3 SWF3
NBS2 NCS2 NDS2 NES2 NFW2 NGS2 NHS2 NIS2

SWC2 SWD2 SWE2 SWF2 SWG2 SWH2

SWI6
NAS1 NBS1 NCS1 NDS1 NES1 NFS1 NGS1 NHS1 NIS1

SWB1 SWC1 SWD1 SWE1 SWF1 SWG1 SWH1 SWI1

TP
NA NB NC ND NE NF NS NH NI 10m
NWA1 NWB1 NWC1 NWD1 NWE1 NWF1 NWG1 NWH1 NWH1
W1 NAW1 NBW1 NCW1 NDW1 NEW1 NFW1 NGW1 NHW1 NIW1

NWA2 NWB2 NWC2 NWD2 NWE2 NWF2 NWG2 NWH2 NWH2

W2 NAW2 NBW2 NCW2 NDW2 NEW2 NFW2 NGW2 NHW2 NIW2
NWA3 NWB3 NWC3 NWD3 NWE3
NWF3 NWG3 NWH3 NWH3
5m
W3 NAW3 NBW3 NCW3 NDW3 NEW3 NFW3 NGW3 NHW3 NIW3
NWA4 NWB4
NWC4
NWD4
NWE4 NWF4 NWG4
NWH4
NWH4 10m
W4 NAW4
NWA5
NBW4
NWB5 NWC5
NCW4 NDW4 NEW4 NFW4
NWG5
NGW4 NHW4
NWH5
NIW4 5m
NWD5 NWE5 NWF5 NWH5
W5 NAW5 NBW5 NCW5 NDW5 NEW5 NFW5 NGW5 NHW5 NIW5
NWA6 NWC6 NWG6 NWH6
NWB6 NWD6 NWE6 NWF6 NWH6
W6 NAW6 NBW6 NCW6 NDW6 NEW6 NFW6 NGW6 NHW6 NIW6

NWA7 NWB7 NWC7 NWD7 NWE7 NWF7 NWG7 NWH7 NWH7

W7 NAW7 NBW7 NCW7 NDW7 NEW7 NFW7 NGW7 NHW7 NIW7
Parameters Equipment
• Species Name • GPS
• Abundance • Compass
• Density • Diameter Tape
• Frequency
• Meter Tape
• Biodiversity Index
• Importance Value • Camera
• Light Intensity • Ruler
• Leaf Litter Depth • Light Meter
• Diameter at Breast Height
 Abundance, Density and Frequency Matrix
Total number of Individuals in a species per
Density (Den)
unit area of the sampling plots
Abundance (Abund) Number of Individuals in a species

Frequency (Freq) Number of times a species occurred in all plots x 100

Total number of points

Relative Density Density x 100

(RDen) Total Density

Relative Abundance Abundance x 100

(Rabund) Total Abundance

Relative Frequency Frequency x 100

(Rfreq) Total Frequency
Data Analysis
• Leaf litter, light intensity, and rainfall shall be
analyzed relating it to the number of
regenarants present, their density and their
abundance.
• The results of the assessment of the plots
shall be compared between and among the
distances covered.