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International Journal of Biodiversity and Conservation OPEN ACCESS International Journal of Biodiversity and Conservation April 2018 ISSN 2141-243X DOI: 10.5897/IJBC www.academicjournals.org AcademicJournals Academic Journals ABOUT IJBC The International Journal of Biodiversity and Conservation (IJBC) (ISSN2141-243X) is published Monthly (one volume per year) by Academic Journals. International Journal of Biodiversity and Conservation (IJBC)provides rapid publication (monthly) of articles in all areas of the subject such as Information Technology and its Applications in Environmental Management and Planning, Environmental Management and Technologies, Green Technology and Environmental Conservation, Health: Environment and Sustainable Development etc. The Journal welcomes the submission of manuscripts that meet the general criteria of significance and scientific excellence. Papers will be published shortly after acceptance. All articles published in IJBC are peer reviewed. Contact Us Editorial Office: [email protected] Help Desk: [email protected] Website: http://www.academicjournals.org/journal/IJBC Submit manuscript online http://ms.academicjournals.me/ Editor-In-Chief Associate Editors Prof. Samir I. Ghabbour Dr. Shannon Barber-Meyer Department of Natural Resources, World Wildlife Fund Institute of African Research & Studies, Cairo 1250 24th St. NW, Washington, DC 20037 University, Egypt USA Dr. Shyam Singh Yadav Editors National Agricultural Research Institute, Papua New Guinea Dr. Edilegnaw Wale, PhD Department of Agricultural Economics Schoolof Agricultural Sciences and Agribusiness Dr. Michael G. Andreu University of Kwazulu-Natal School of Forest Resources and Conservation P bag X 01 Scoffsville 3209 University of Florida - GCREC Pietermaritzburg 1200 N. Park Road South Africa. Plant City, FL USA Dr. BeqirajSajmir Department of Biology Dr. S.S. Samant Faculty of Natural Sciences, Biodiversity Conservation and Management University of Tirana G>B. Pant Institute of Himalayan BulevardiZog I, Tirana, Environment and Development, Albania Himachal Unit, Mohal-Kullu- 175 126, Himachal Pradesh, India Dr. Grizelle González Research Ecologist Int. Inst. of Tropical Forestry / USDA Forest Service Prof. M. A. Said JardínBotánico Sur National Institute of Oceanography & Fisheries, KayetBey, 1201 CalleCeiba Alexandria, Egypt San Juan, PR 00926-1119 Prof. RedaHelmySammour Dr. KorousKhoshbakht Botany Department ShahidBeheshtiUnivertsity Faculty of Science, Environmental Science Research Institute Tanta University Vice President of Research & Post Graduation Tanta, Evin, Tehran, Iran Egypt Dr. Al. Kucheryavyy Ichthyology Dep. of Biological Sci Faculty Moscow State University. Ecology and Evolution Lab, IPEE (www.sevin.ru) Russia Dr. Marko Sabovljevic Institute of Botany and Garden Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade Takovska 43, 11000 Belgrade Serbia. EditorialBoard Shreekar Pant Audil Rashid Centre for Biodiversity Studies Assistant Professor School of Biosciences and Biotechnology, Department of Environmental Sciences Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University. PMAS Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi India Pakistan Prof. Philomena George KrishnenduMondal Karunyanagar, coimbatore ,tamilnadu, Wildlife Institute of India. P.O. Box 18. India. Chandrabani. Dehradun 248001. Uttarakhand, India Feng XU Xinjiang Institute of Ecologyand Geography, Anna Maria Mercuri Chinese Academyof Sciences,China Department of Biology, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia Naseem Ahmad VialeCaduti in Guerra 127, 41123 Modena - Italy Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh- 202002 (UP)India OzgeZencir Erzincan University Eman AAlam Kemah Vocational Training School, National Research Centre, El-behoos street, Erzincan University, Kemah, Erzincan, Turkey Dokki, Giza, Egypt Ashwinikumarbhagwantkshirsagar Mgm, College of Agricultural Biotechnology Hemant K Badola Mgm campus, n6 Cidco, Aurangabad GB Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment & Development, Sikkim Unit, India Prof emer. Edmond de Langhe KatholiekeUniversiteit Leuven, AshwinikumarBhagwantKshirsagar BelgiumLeeuwerikenstraat 52/0801 MGM Campus, N6 CIDCO, Aurangabad. 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Chandrabani P.R.China Dehradun- 248001. Uttarakhand Laghetti Gaetano Dr. MulugetaTaye Institute of Plant Genetics (National Research Production Ecology and Resource Council) Conservation/Horticulture/ Via g. Amendola, 165/a - 70126 – bari. Rural Development Italy Institute of Agriculture and Development Studies Ethiopia OseiYeboah North Carolina Agricultural Technical State Dr. Murugan Sankaran University Breeding and Biotechnology of Horticultural Crops 1601 east market street, greensboro, nc 27441 Division of Horticulture and Forestry Central Agricultural Research Institute, Roberto Cazzolla Gatti Port Blair-744101, A&N Islands University of Tuscia (viterbo) India Via San Camillo de Lellis, Snc 01100 Viterbo, Italy Seyed Kazem Sabbagh Department of Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zzabol, Iran, siastan –balochistan, Zabol, 4km Bonjarddv. Uzoma Darlington Chima University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria Dept. of Forestry and Wildlife Management, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Port Harcourt, P.M.B. 5323 Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria. Dr. Vu Dinh Thong Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology 18 Hoang Quoc Viet road, caugiay district, Hanoi, Vietnam Yusuf Garba Bayero University, Kano P.M.B 3011 Kano - Nigeria Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Bayero University, Kano International Journal of Biodiversity and Conservation InternationalJournalofMedicine and MedicalSciences Table of Contents: Volume 10 Number 4 April 2018 ARTICLES Mammalwatching: A new source of support for science and conservation 154 Vladimir Dinets and Jon Hall Plant diversity analysis for conservation of Afromontane vegetation in socio-ecological mountain landscape of Gurage, South Central Ethiopia 161 Mesfin Sahle, Christine Fürst and Kumelachew Yeshitela Effect of forest management approach on household economy and community participation in conservation: A case of Aberdare Forest Ecosystem, Kenya 172 Elizabeth W. Wambugu, Gilbert O. Obwoyere and Bernard K. Kirui Species diversity, habitat association and abundance of avifauna and large mammals in Gonde Teklehimanot and Aresema monasteries in North Gondar, Ethiopia 185 Eshetu Moges, Getinet Masersha, Tebaber Chanie, Agrie Addisu, Eyobe bv Mesfin and Cherkos Wgeorgis Beyen Spatial-temporal distribution, abundance, diversity and mortality of birds on road network in the Serengeti Ecosystem, Tanzania 192 Ally K. Nkwabi, Richard D. Lyamuya, Emmanuel Masenga, John Bukombe, Grayson Mwakalebe, Maulid Mdaki and Robert Fyumagwa Vol. 10(4), pp. 154-160, April 2018 DOI: 10.5897/IJBC2017.1162 Article Number: FBF3AD756278 International Journal of Biodiversity and ISSN 2141-243X Copyright © 2018 Conservation Author(s) retain the copyright of this article http://www.academicjournals.org/IJBC Review Mammalwatching: A new source of support for science and conservation Vladimir Dinets1,2* and Jon Hall2 1Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, 1919-1 Tancha, Onna-son, Kunigami-gun, Okinawa, 904-0495, Japan. 2Department of Psychology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA. Received 27 October, 2017; Accepted 18 February, 2018 During the 20th century, birding evolved from a little-known hobby into a global phenomenon important for ornithology and bird conservation. More recently a similar change has begun for mammalwatching, which is rapidly gaining popularity and is already providing financial support, observational data, diagnostic information, and a volunteer base for mammalogy and mammalian conservation. The study data suggest that mammalwatching has the potential to end decades of neglect of small mammals in dire need of conservation, to improve our knowledge of mammalian status and distribution, and to increase public support for conservation measures, especially for species not seen as particularly charismatic by the general public. Professional mammologists and conservation workers can benefit from this new trend, but they can also help it. We offer a number of suggestions as to how professionals mammalogists and the amateur community can better work together to promote conservation and science. Key words: Amateur naturalists, biodiversity, citizen science, ecotourism, mammalogy, mammals, volunteering. INTRODUCTION A century ago, watching birds was a little-known hobby, birds (Moss, 2004). But things gradually changed. Now practiced by a small number of people who might be birding is, along with other
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