Research Article
Foraging Ecology and Diurnal Activity Patterns of Klipspringer (Oreotragus oreotragus) in Yetefet Woyenat Forest, East Gojjam, Ethiopia
Table 1
Seasonal percentage contribution of plant species consumed by klipspringers during the dry and wet seasons.
| Species consumed | Common name | Family | Relative percentage | Wet season (%) | Dry season (%) |
| Dovyalis abyssinica | Abyssinica gooseberry | Flacourtiaceae | 13.1 | 12.7 | Gymnosporia arbutifolia | Confettie tree | Celastraceae | 19.6 | 19.6 | Carissa edulis | Carandas pulm | Apocynaceae | 21.3 | 23.5 | Rosa abyssinica | Abyssinian rose | Rosaceae | 16.4 | 20.6 | Myrsine africana | African box wood | Myrsinaceae | 10.6 | 11.9 | Olea europea | Wild olive | Oleaceae | 8.4 | 6.9 | Oplismenus compositus | Running mountain grass | Poaceae | 4.9 | 2.9 | Andropogon gayanus | Gamba grass | Poaceae | 5.7 | 1.9 | Total | 100 | 100 |
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