Table 2 |
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Food sources of Zonocerus variegatus among the annual and perennial crops in the humid forest of Southern Cameroon. |
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All |
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Crops |
AECD-Blocks |
General feeder (Polyphagous) |
Oligophagous |
Monophagous |
No crop attacked |
Absent in the village |
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Annual crops |
Yaounde |
60 |
40 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Mbalmayo |
70 |
30 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Ebolowa |
70 |
30 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Mean |
67 |
33 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Young Perennial Crop |
Yaounde |
20 |
20 |
10 |
50 |
0 |
|
Mbalmayo |
20 |
20 |
10 |
50 |
0 |
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Ebolowa |
30 |
50 |
0 |
20 |
0 |
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Mean |
23 |
30 |
7 |
40 |
0 |
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Female |
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Annual crops |
Yaounde |
60 |
40 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Mbalmayo |
60 |
40 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Ebolowa |
60 |
40 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Mean |
60 |
40 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Young Perennial Crop |
Yaounde |
20 |
0 |
0 |
80 |
0 |
|
Mbalmayo |
40 |
0 |
0 |
60 |
0 |
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Ebolowa |
40 |
40 |
0 |
20 |
0 |
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Mean |
33 |
13 |
0 |
53 |
0 |
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Male |
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Annual crops |
Yaounde |
60 |
40 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Mbalmayo |
80 |
20 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Ebolowa |
80 |
20 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Mean |
73 |
27 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Young Perennial Crop |
Yaounde |
20 |
40 |
20 |
20 |
0 |
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Mbalmayo |
0 |
40 |
20 |
40 |
0 |
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Ebolowa |
20 |
60 |
0 |
40 |
0 |
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Mean |
13 |
47 |
13 |
33 |
0 |
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The values are averages of the scores for 10 groups of farmers (5 male and 5 female groups) interviewed per block; AECD-Blocks = Agro-Ecological, Cultural and Demographic Blocks |
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Kekeunou et al. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2006 2:17 doi:10.1186/1746-4269-2-17 |
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