International Journal of
Biodiversity and Conservation

  • Abbreviation: Int. J. Biodivers. Conserv.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2141-243X
  • DOI: 10.5897/IJBC
  • Start Year: 2009
  • Published Articles: 679

Full Length Research Paper

Knowledge, attitude and practices of peasants towards hyraxes in two selected church forests in Tigray Region, Northern Ethiopia

Teklay Girmay
  • Teklay Girmay
  • Department of Biology, Adigrat University, P. O. Box, 50 Adigrat, Ethiopia.
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Zeyede Teshome
  • Zeyede Teshome
  • Department of Biology, Adigrat University, P. O. Box, 50 Adigrat, Ethiopia.
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Milite Mahari
  • Milite Mahari
  • Department of Biology, Mekelle University, P. O. Box, 231 Brussels, Belgium.
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  •  Received: 19 November 2014
  •  Accepted: 07 April 2015
  •  Published: 30 May 2015

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