Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Volume 5, Issue 4, December 2020

  • Performance Evaluation of Improved Oat Varieties/Accessions at East Guji Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia

    Tamrat Dinkale, Wubshet Tesfaye, Yerosan Wekgari

    Issue: Volume 5, Issue 4, December 2020
    Pages: 121-124
    Received: 16 September 2020
    Accepted: 29 September 2020
    Published: 30 October 2020
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    Abstract: The study was conducted with the objectives to introduce adaptive, high grain and forage yielder of improved Oat accessions/varieties for mid land of Guji zone, Oromia, Ethiopia. The experiment was conducted in Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) with three replications under Bore Agricultural Research Center, Adola sub site for two consecutive... Show More
  • Evaluation of Nutrient Content of Vermicompost Made from Different Substrates at Mechara Agricultural Research Center on Station, West Hararghe Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia

    Tadele Geremu, Habtamu Hailu, Alemayhu Diriba

    Issue: Volume 5, Issue 4, December 2020
    Pages: 125-130
    Received: 26 September 2020
    Accepted: 13 October 2020
    Published: 30 October 2020
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    Abstract: The study was conducted at Mechara Agricultural Research Centre during 2016–2018 to evaluate nutrient content of vermicompost made from different substrates. The treatments were sorghum straw, maize straw, teff straw, haricot bean straw, grass straw and mixture of all straws. A red worm (Eisenia fetida) was selected to digest the substrates. The su... Show More
  • Phenotypic Characterization of Indigenous Chicken Ecotypes in Awi Zone, Ethiopia

    Andualem Yihun, Manzoor Ahmed Kirmani, Meseret Molla

    Issue: Volume 5, Issue 4, December 2020
    Pages: 131-139
    Received: 02 October 2020
    Accepted: 21 October 2020
    Published: 04 November 2020
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    Abstract: The study was conducted in three districts of Awi zone in Amhara region, with the aim to characterize and identify the phenotypic variation of indigenous chicken ecotypes. A total of 720 indigenous chicken ecotypes were (504) females and (216) males from the whole districts) to describe qualitative and quantitative traits. Local chicken were mostly... Show More
  • Review on Gender Roles in Livestock Value Chain in Ethiopia

    Dabesa Wegari Obosha

    Issue: Volume 5, Issue 4, December 2020
    Pages: 140-147
    Received: 25 August 2020
    Accepted: 18 September 2020
    Published: 11 November 2020
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    Abstract: This paper is reviewed based on livestock value chain from gender perspectives in Ethiopia. Livestock are generally considered a key resource for rural livelihoods and they also play significant economic and cultural roles in the country. They can also be an entry point to promote gender empowerment in rural areas because livestock activities are a... Show More
  • Response of Chickpea (Cicer aeritinum L.) Genotype to Intra and Inter Row Spacing at Huletegna Choroko, Southern Ethiopia

    Tatek Tamiru, Walelign Worku, Worku Mengesha, Getu Weya

    Issue: Volume 5, Issue 4, December 2020
    Pages: 148-158
    Received: 21 September 2020
    Accepted: 06 October 2020
    Published: 19 November 2020
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    Abstract: Chickpea has a major role in the daily diet of the rural community and urban population as a good source of energy, protein, minerals, vitamins, fiber and its straw is used for animal feed, and it also improves soil fertility by fixing the atmospheric nitrogen. Optimum plant density and appropriate genotypes for a given agro ecology influences plan... Show More
  • Adaptability and Performance Evaluation of Coffee (coffea arabica l.) Varieties on Growth, Yield and Assosiation of Traits at Mid Highland Area of Western Ethiopia

    Nimona Fufa, Desta Bekele, Jemal Ibirahim

    Issue: Volume 5, Issue 4, December 2020
    Pages: 159-163
    Received: 29 October 2020
    Accepted: 10 November 2020
    Published: 19 November 2020
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    Abstract: The bases of the idea to conduct this field experiment was the uses of the coffee and the suitable agro-ecology of mao-komo special distinct area, which have relatively the same ecology with potential coffee producing area of western wellega. To identifying adaptable coffee varieties that could exhibit higher yield to maximize coffee production and... Show More
  • How Australian Aborigines Shaped and Maintained Fire Regimes and the Biota

    Vic Jurskis, Roger Underwood, Neil Burrows

    Issue: Volume 5, Issue 4, December 2020
    Pages: 164-172
    Received: 22 October 2020
    Accepted: 12 November 2020
    Published: 23 November 2020
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    Abstract: People proliferated across Australia, which was then a part of Sahul, from about 40 000 years ago when megafauna finally disappeared long before the Last Glacial Maximum. The so called ‘blitzkrieg’ hypothesis proposes that megafauna were extinguished by Aboriginal hunting. It is argued, either that there were some changes in vegetation and fire reg... Show More
  • Social Organization and Activity Patterns of Common Warthog (Phacochoerus africanus Gmelin, 1788) in Dabena Valley Forest, Western Ethiopia

    Alemayehu Edossa, Afework Bekele, Habte Jebessa Debella

    Issue: Volume 5, Issue 4, December 2020
    Pages: 173-181
    Received: 05 October 2020
    Accepted: 24 October 2020
    Published: 27 November 2020
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    Abstract: Studies on social organization and activity patterns of common warthog (Phacochoerus africanus Gmelin, 1788) was conducted in southwestern and northeastern Dabena Valley Forest from May 2016 to June 2018. These were in Gassi Controlled Area (GCHA) the southwestern part and in Haro Aba Diko Controlled Hunting Area (HADCHA); the northeastern part of ... Show More
  • Improving Model of Hard Clam (Meretrix lyrata) Seed Nursing in the Coastal Area - Case Study in Tra Vinh Province, Mekong River Delta, Vietnam

    Ta Thi Kim Oanh, Nguyen Van Lap, Nguyen Thi Mong Lan, Ta Duy Thong

    Issue: Volume 5, Issue 4, December 2020
    Pages: 182-188
    Received: 19 October 2020
    Accepted: 04 November 2020
    Published: 04 December 2020
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    Abstract: The model of clam seed nursery in the coastal area of Tra Vinh province was carried out from June 2019 to February 2020 in the coastal dune and tidal flat in Thanh Dat Cooperative. The clam seed source is the natural seed harvested in the coast of Tra Vinh province with the goal of exploiting and using local resources to provide clam seeds for the ... Show More