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: 680

Full Length Research Paper

Land use, land cover and climate change impacts on the bird community in and around Lake Zeway, Ethiopia

Girma Mengesha
  • Girma Mengesha
  • School of Wildlife and Ecotourism, Hawassa University, P.O. box 5/128, Shashemene, Ethiopia
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Afweork Bekele
  • Afweork Bekele
  • Department of Zoological Sciences, Addis Ababa University, P.O. box 1176, Addis Ababa
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Gail Fraser
  • Gail Fraser
  • Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University, 4700 Keele Street, Toronto, Canada
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Yosef Mamo
  • Yosef Mamo
  • School of Wildlife and Ecotourism, Hawassa University, P.O. box 5/128, Shashemene, Ethiopia
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  •  Accepted: 10 December 2013
  •  Published: 28 March 2014

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