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Table 3 Species richness estimates and other values characterising the use of animals by traditional healers in the WCP

From: Traditional medicinal animal use by Xhosa and Sotho communities in the Western Cape Province, South Africa

 

All species

Mammals

Reptiles

Samples (n)

17

17

16

Individuals (N)

450

365

67

Observed species richness

71

52

13

Estimated species richness

 ICE

74.7

54.5

13.6

 Chao 2

73.3 ± 3.0

55.4 ± 3.2

13.0 ± 1.8

 Jack 1

79.4 ± 2.1

58.5 ± 1.5

14.9 ± 0.8

 Jack 2

78.3

61.5

14.2

 Bootstrap

75.5

55.8

14.2

 MMMeans

85.8

61.1

14.5

Singletons1

9

7

1

Doubletons2

13

6

3

  1. Bird taxa were excluded due to their relatively low incidence in the market
  2. 1Number of species occurring only once across all samples
  3. 2Number of species occurring only twice across all samples
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Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

ISSN: 1746-4269

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