SPECIES COMPOSITION, RELATIVE ABUNDANCE, AND HABITAT ASSOCIATION  OF AVIFAUNA IN ZEGIE PENINSULA FOREST PATCHES AND ASSOCIATED  WETLANDS, BAHIR DAR, ETHIOPIA

MISGANAW, MOLA

dc.contributor.author	MISGANAW, MOLA
dc.date.accessioned	2019-09-03T09:12:10Z
dc.date.available	2019-09-03T09:12:10Z
dc.date.issued	2019-09-03
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/9658
dc.description.abstract	Birds are the most diverse group of animals that distributed in different habitats. The study about species composition, relative abundance and habitat association of avian fauna in Zegie Peninsula forest patches and associated wetlands was carried out from August 2018 to March 2019, covering both the wet and dry seasons. Forest, shrub, lakeshore and wetland habitats were identified habitat types in the study area for data collection. Data were collected using point count and line transect methods, for 24 days in total for both seasons in the morning and afternoon. A total of 96 species of birds were identified during the whole study period. Out of the total, 40 species were observed during the wet season; 13 during dry and 43 species in both seasons. There was statistically significance variation of species distribution among habitats (χ 2 =11.89, df=3, p=0.008). During the wet season, the highest species diversity was recorded in the wetland habitat (H’=3.3) followed by forest habitat (H’= 2.9). During the dry season, avian diversity was highest in lakeshore (H’=2.58) followed by wetland (H’=2.51). Highest evenness was observed in the shrub land (E=0.87) and (E=0.84) during the wet and dry seasons, respectively .During the wet season, the highest species similarity was recorded between wetland and lakeshore habitat (SI=0.39) and during the dry season the highest species similarity was recorded between forest and shrub habitats (SI= 0.6).Based on encounter rate data 64(66.66%) of the avian species were uncommon. Currently, however, the species diversity in the area decreases. This might be due to various anthropogenic activities such as deforestation of trees for timber and cutting tree for fire wood. Therefore, awareness creation should be given to the local community to reduce habitat destruction due to various human induced factors such as tree cutting and fire wood production within the area.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.subject	BIOLOGY	en_US
dc.title	SPECIES COMPOSITION, RELATIVE ABUNDANCE, AND HABITAT ASSOCIATION OF AVIFAUNA IN ZEGIE PENINSULA FOREST PATCHES AND ASSOCIATED WETLANDS, BAHIR DAR, ETHIOPIA	en_US
dc.type	Thesis	en_US