Role of exclosure on woody species diversity in comparison to adjacent open grazing land: The case of wenago district, Southern Ethiopia

Woody species diversity and carbon stock potentials in homegarden agroforestry and other land use systems, northern Ethiopia

“…This could be related to the dominance of fruits and nitrogen-fixing tree species in the homegarden. The number of woody species recorded in an exclosure in the current study area was higher than the previous reports [ 37 , 38 , 61 ]. But the total number of woody species reported in exclosure from North Western Ethiopia [ 31 ] was more than thrice that of the current one.…”

“…Concerning exclosure, it was reported that the Shannon diversity index value of 2.72 in Northwestern Ethiopia [ 31 ] is twice more than the value of the current study. Similarly, Shannon's diversity index of exclosure in the present study was significantly lower than reports from central and northern Ethiopia [ 30 ], and Southern Ethiopia [ 61 ]. The difference might be due to variation in management practices, dominant species type, soil condition, and geographical location [ 63 ].…”