Diversity and abundance of birds in dumpsites of Afar region, Ethiopia: implication for conservation

BMC Zoology

Table 3 Diversity indices of birds in dumpsites of Afar during wet and dry seasons

Dumpsites	Season	S	N	D	H’	E
Logiya	Wet	24	264	0.91	2.77	0.66
	Dry	26	201	0.912	2.84	0.66
Semera	Wet	20	379	0.929	2.81	0.83
	Dry	21	440	0.921	2.76	0.76
Teru	Wet	27	243	0.927	2.91	0.68
	Dry	26	147	0.932	2.95	0.74
Dufti	Wet	28	269	0.917	2.87	0.63
	Dry	25	117	0.928	2.93	0.77
Abala	Wet	32	543	0.948	3.18	0.75
	Dry	27	289	0.932	2.96	0.72
Afambo	Wet	32	317	0.949	3.18	0.75
	Dry	32	148	0.941	3.13	0.71
Miele	Wet	17	103	0.905	2.59	0.78
	Dry	15	113	0.907	2.51	0.82
Asaita	Wet	24	164	0.913	2.78	0.67
	Dry	26	143	0.909	2.87	0.68
Afdera	Wet	21	110	0.933	2.87	0.84
	Dry	20	133	0.936	2.85	0.86

Where, S = species richness, N = abundance, D = Simpson’s dominance index, H’= Shannon-Weiner diversity index and E = Evenness.

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