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: 689

Full Length Research Paper

A preliminary study on species composition, relative abundance and distribution of bird species in Choke Mountains, East Gojjam, Ethiopia

Bewketu Takele
  • Bewketu Takele
  • Department of Biology, College of Natural and Computational, Sciences, Debre Markos University, Ethiopia.
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Bezawork Afework
  • Bezawork Afework
  • Departments of Zoological Sciences, College of Natural and Computational, Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia.
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  •  Received: 18 October 2018
  •  Accepted: 20 November 2018
  •  Published: 31 December 2018

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