Research Article
Abundance, Diversity, and Distribution of Primates at Welel Mountain, Kellem Wollega Zone, Oromia Region, Ethiopia
Table 2
Species richness, diversity indices (H′), and relative abundance of total primates in each habitat type during the wet and dry seasons.
| Wet season | Dry season | Habitat | Primate species | No. of individuals | Relative abundance | Shannon diversity index (H′) | Habitat | Primate species | No. of individuals | Relative abundance | Shannon diversity index (H′) |
| Forest | A | 82 | 0.22 | | Forest | A | 86 | 0.18 | | B | 154 | 0.41 | 1.14 | B | 176 | 0.37 | 1.11 | C | 7 | 0.02 | | C | 8 | 0.02 | | D | 131 | 0.35 | | D | 204 | 0.43 | | Total | 374 | | | Total | 474 | | |
| Woodland | A | 46 | 0.43 | | Woodland | A | 68 | 0.20 | | B | 107 | 0.38 | | B | 115 | 0.34 | | C | 5 | 0.02 | 1.1 | C | 6 | 0.02 | 1.12 | D | 121 | 0.43 | | D | 146 | 0.44 | | Total | 279 | | | Total | 335 | | |
| Shrubs | A | 56 | 0.24 | | Shrubs | A | 61 | 0.24 | | B | 89 | 0.38 | 1.08 | B | 92 | 0.37 | 1.08 | C | 0 | 0.00 | | C | 0 | 0.00 | | D | 88 | 0.38 | | D | 97 | 0.39 | | Total | 233 | | | Total | 250 | | |
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A: Colobus guereza, B: Chlorocebus aethiops, C: Cercopithecus mitis, D: Papio anubis.
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