Population Status And Diet Of Starcks Hare (lepus Starcki Petter 1963) In Bale Mountains National Park Ethiopia.

The population status and diet of Starck’s hare Lepus starcki Petter, 1963 wasrninvestigated in the Bale Mountains National Park from June-September (wet season) andrnDecember-January (dry season) in 2006/2007. A survey of population status wasrnundertaken using distance sampling method. The density of Starck’s hare was estimatedrnto be 18.35 per km2 during the wet season (with 95% confidence interval 12.47-26.99).rnThe estimated density during the dry season was 13.33 per km2 (95% CI 9.17-19.39). Thernpopulation in the study area was estimated to be 6300 during the wet season (95% CIrn4300-9200) and 4600 during the dry season (95% CI 3100-6600). More hares wererndetected from Sanetti Plateau and the least was from Web Valley (Kotera). Line interceptrnmethod was used to estimate the coverage of vegetation in the study area. Vegetationrncoverage was high (65.21%) during the wet season and low (

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