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Abstract Background Abiotic factors exert different impacts on the abundance of individual tree species in the forest but little has been known about the impact of abiotic factors on the individual plant, particularly, in a tropical forest. This study identified the impact of abiotic factors on the abundances of Podocarpus falcatus, Croton macrostachyus, Celtis africana, Syzygium guineense, Olea capensis, Diospyros abyssinica, Feliucium decipenses, and Coffea arabica. A systematic sample design was used in the Harana forest, where 1122 plots were established to collect the abundance of species. Random forest (RF), artificial neural network (ANN), and generalized linear model (GLM) models were used to examine the impacts of topographic, climatic, and edaphic factors on the log abundances of woody species. The RF model was used to predict the spatial distribution maps of the log abundances of each species. Results The RF model achieved a better prediction accuracy with R 2 = 71% and a mean squared error (MSE) of 0.28 for Feliucium decipenses. The RF model differentiated elevation, temperature, precipitation, clay, and potassium were the top variables that influenced the abundance of species. The ANN model showed that elevation induced a negative impact on the log abundances of all woody species. The GLM model reaffirmed the negative impact of elevation on all woody species except the log abundances of Syzygium guineense and Olea capensis. The ANN model indicated that soil organic matter (SOM) could positively affect the log abundances of all woody species. The GLM showed a similar positive impact of SOM, except for a negative impact on the log abundance of Celtis africana at p |
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