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: 678

Full Length Research Paper

The prevalence and impact of coffee arthropod pests in the gedeo indigenous agro forestry systems, Southern Ethiopia

Fekadu Gemechu*
  • Fekadu Gemechu*
  • Department of Biology, Dilla University College of Natural and Computational Sciences, P. O. Box – 419, Ethiopia.
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Melesse Maryo
  • Melesse Maryo
  • Department of Biology, Dilla University College of Natural and Computational Sciences, P. O. Box – 419, Ethiopia.
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Girmaye Benti
  • Girmaye Benti
  • Department of Biology, Dilla University College of Natural and Computational Sciences, P. O. Box – 419, Ethiopia.
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  •  Received: 06 February 2016
  •  Accepted: 26 July 2016
  •  Published: 31 October 2016

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