Bird communities in homegardens at different distances from Afromontane forests in SW Ethiopia

Dataset type

This dataset that contains event based data for species which may include sampling information

Description

This is a study comparing the bird diversity in homegardens and forests in southwestern Ethiopia. The data consist of both point count and mist netting data from 8 sites: two forest sites and 3 homegardens close to the forest edge and 3 homegardens far from the forest. The results are published in: Engelen, D., Lemessa, D., Şekercioglu, C. & Hylander, K. 2016. Similar bird communities in homegardens at different distances from Afromontane forests. Bird Conservation International 8:1-13. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0959270916000162

Geographic Description

Ethiopia

Purpose

This is a study comparing the bird diversity in homegardens and forests in southwestern Ethiopia. The data consist of both point count and mist netting data from 8 sites: two forest sites and 3 homegardens close to the forest edge and 3 homegardens far from the forest. The results are published in: Engelen, D., Lemessa, D., Şekercioglu, C. & Hylander, K. 2016. Similar bird communities in homegardens at different distances from Afromontane forests. Bird Conservation International 8:1-13. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0959270916000162

Methods

see sampling description

Type of content

Includes: Point occurrence data.

Citation

Hylander K, Engelen D, Lemessa D, Şekercioglu Ç H (2026). Bird communities in homegardens at different distances from Afromontane forests in SW Ethiopia. Version 1.1. No organisation. Samplingevent dataset. https://ipt.gbif.org/resource?r=birds_homegardens_gera&v=1.1

Rights

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) License.

Digitised records

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