Research Article
Diversity, Species Composition, and Relative Abundance of Avifauna at Debre Libanos Monastery, Ethiopia
Table 3
Sorensen similarity index (S) of bird species in different habitats during wet and dry season.
| Habitats | Season | Common species | Similarity index |
| NF vs. RF vs. PL vs. ST | Wet | 4 | 0.088 | Dry | 7 | 0.147 |
| NF vs. RF vs. PL | Wet | 7 | 0.165 | Dry | 13 | 0.325 |
| NF vs. PL vs. ST | Wet | 6 | 0.176 | Dry | 8 | 0.239 |
| RF vs. PL vs. ST | Wet | 4 | 0.160 | Dry | 7 | 0.241 |
| NF vs. RF | Wet | 22 | 0.686 | Dry | 26 | 0.800 |
| NF vs. PL | Wet | 4 | 0.154 | Dry | 11 | 0.423 |
| NF vs. ST | Wet | 9 | 0.316 | Dry | 10 | 0.385 |
| RF vs. PL | Wet | 7 | 0.412 | Dry | 12 | 0.558 |
| RF vs. ST | Wet | 5 | 0.256 | Dry | 9 | 0.419 |
| PL vs. ST | Wet | 6 | 0.444 | Dry | 8 | 0.533 |
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NF: natural forest; RF: cliff/riverine forest; PL: plantation; ST: settlement.
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