{"title":"Seasonal home range of Swayne's Hartebeest ( Alcelaphus buselaphus swaynei ) in Senkele Swayne's Hartebeest Sanctuary","authors":"Berhanu Gebre, S. Yirga","doi":"10.4314/SINET.V27I2.18237","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/SINET.V27I2.18237","url":null,"abstract":"The home range of the endangered Ethiopian endemic hartebeest, Swayne's hartebeest, Alcelaphus buselaphus swaynei , was studied in Senkele Swayne's Hartebeest Sanctuary (SSHS). The size of the sanctuary has been diminishing since 1974, resulting in the shrinking of the area available for the hartebeests. Even in the current available habitat, the animals still preserved their behaviour of ranging in wider area during the wet season and smaller area during the dry season. However, when the human settlers migrate from the sanctuary and the bordering area during the dry season, the hartebeests occupy a range which is larger than their wet season range in the sanctuary. As their dry season home range increased in absence of the settlers, their movement was observed to have increased becoming equivalent to that of the wet season. Key words/phrases : Alcelaphus buselaphus swaynei , home range, human interference, movement, Senkele Swayne's Hartebeest Sanctuary SINET: Ethiopian Journal of Science Vol. 27 (2) 2004: 121–126","PeriodicalId":245987,"journal":{"name":"Sinet, Ethiopian Journal of Science","volume":"40 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129111086","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Seasonality and diel activity pattern of Glossina morsitans submorsitans ) (Diptera: Glossinidae) in Ghibe River Valley, Southwest Ethiopia","authors":"Merid Negash, M. Girma, E. Seyoum","doi":"10.4314/SINET.V27I2.18241","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/SINET.V27I2.18241","url":null,"abstract":"Aspects of the ecology of Glossina morsitans submorsitans inhabiting Ghibe River Valley was studied from October 2000 up to September 2001 with baited monoconical traps. The baits were acetone plus cow urine. Seasonality of the flies were investigated using baited monoconical traps by taking sample every month for five consecutive days for twelve months and diel activity pattern was investigated by taking sample every hour for three consecutive days. The density of G. m. submorsitans was found to be high during wet months and decrease during dry months. It was widely distributed during the rainy season in the savanna woodland; while its distribution was patchy during the dry season. G. m. submorsitans showed a bi-modal daily activity pattern with morning peak followed by mid day depression and then afternoon peak. Its activity rhythm showed a dual relation with temperature, positively correlated in the morning when the temperature is less than 30°C and negatively correlated when temperature is greater than 30°C. Its relation with relative humidity was also both positively and negatively correlated at different time of the day. Key words/phrases : Diel activity, Ghibe River Valley, G. m. submorsitans, seasonality, Southwest Ethiopia SINET: Ethiopian Journal of Science Vol. 27 (2) 2004: 135–142","PeriodicalId":245987,"journal":{"name":"Sinet, Ethiopian Journal of Science","volume":"27 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114776250","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A comparative study of models for correlated binary data with applications to health services research","authors":"G. Dilba, M. Aerts","doi":"10.4314/SINET.V27I2.18239","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/SINET.V27I2.18239","url":null,"abstract":"Various methods of modeling correlated binary data are compared as applied to data from health services research. The methods include the standard logistic regression, a simple adjustment of the standard errors of logistic regression by a single inflator, the weighted logistic regression, the generalized estimating equation, the beta-binomial model, and two proposed bootstrap methods. First, these approaches are compared for a fixed set of predictors by individual tests of significance. Next, several subsets of predictors are compared through the AIC criterion, whenever applicable. Key words/phrases : Beta-binomial, bootstrap, correlated binary data, model selection, overdispersion SINET: Ethiopian Journal of Science Vol. 27 (2) 2004: 97–104","PeriodicalId":245987,"journal":{"name":"Sinet, Ethiopian Journal of Science","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134252096","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Growth of subharmonic functions of order greater than half","authors":"S. Mohammed","doi":"10.4314/SINET.V27I2.18238","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/SINET.V27I2.18238","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper we shall study the growth and asymptotic behaviour of sub-harmonic functions of order greater than half near Polya peaks. In some way our result is a generalization of Paley's conjecture. The method employed is a non-asymptotic via a normal family of subharmonic functions. Key words/phrases : Order, Polya peaks, star function, subharmonic SINET: Ethiopian Journal of Science Vol. 27 (2) 2004: 93-97","PeriodicalId":245987,"journal":{"name":"Sinet, Ethiopian Journal of Science","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125403178","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A study on light trap catches of some rice pests in relation to meteorological factors","authors":"M. Sharma, V. Pandey, Rs Singh, R. Singh","doi":"10.4314/SINET.V27I2.18244","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/SINET.V27I2.18244","url":null,"abstract":"The effect of meteorological factors on the population build up of green leafhopper Nephotettix virescens Dist (Cicadellidae, Hemiptera), plant hoppers Cofana spectra Dist (Delphacidae, Hemiptera) and C. yasumatsui Young ( Kolla mimica , Hemiptera) and rice gundhi bug Leptocoriza acuta Thunberg (Alydidae, Hemiptera) in rice growing season (July to November) was studied through light trap collection during ten years (1988–1997). Maximum populations of Nephotettix virescens Dist (Cicadellidae, Hemiptera) and C. yasumatsui Young (Kolla mimica, Hemiptera) were recorded in the third week of October during all the years. Cofana spectra Dist had maintained peak activity in respect of population in the last week of September and third week of October. Leptocoriza acuta Thunberg (Alydidae, Hemiptera) had maximum population in second and third weeks of October during the aforesaid period. No meteorological factors have significant effect on the population build up of Nephotettix virescens Dist, Cofana spectra Dist and C. yasumatsui Young in the month of October. In the case of Leptocoriza acuta Thunberg, no other factor but rainfall had positive correlation of order 0.857 with population build up in the fourth week of September. Key words/phrases : Meteorological factors, path analysis, regression analysis, rice insect pests SINET: Ethiopian Journal of Science : Vol. 27 (2) 2004: 165–170","PeriodicalId":245987,"journal":{"name":"Sinet, Ethiopian Journal of Science","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114200362","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Population dynamics and distribution of the coffee berry borer, Hypothenemus hampei (Ferrari) (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) on Coffea arabica L. in Southwestern Ethiopia","authors":"E. Mendesil, B. Jembere, E. Seyoum","doi":"10.4314/SINET.V27I2.18240","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/SINET.V27I2.18240","url":null,"abstract":"Population dynamics and distribution of coffee berry borer, Hypothenemus hampei (Ferrari) (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) were studied on Coffea arabica L. in southwestern region of Ethiopia. Thirty coffee trees were sampled at weekly intervals from 2000 to 2001. Findings of this study showed that coffee berry borer population had a marked seasonal variation both on dry leftover and fallen coffee berries. Number of adult borers on dry leftover berries was significantly higher than on fallen berries (χ 2 = 3.89, P Key words/phrases : Coffee berry borer, Coffea arabica, Ethiopia, Hypothenemus hampei, population dynamics SINET: Ethiopian Journal of Science Vol. 27 (2) 2004: 127–134","PeriodicalId":245987,"journal":{"name":"Sinet, Ethiopian Journal of Science","volume":"93 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133582033","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tilahun Teklehaymanot, E. Bekele, S. Demissew, I. Nordal
{"title":"Isoenzyme analysis of five endemic and one widespread Kniphofia species (Asphodelaceae) of Ethiopia","authors":"Tilahun Teklehaymanot, E. Bekele, S. Demissew, I. Nordal","doi":"10.4314/SINET.V27I2.18242","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/SINET.V27I2.18242","url":null,"abstract":"There are seven species of genus Kniphofia in Ethiopian flora. K. foliosa, K. hildebrandtii, K. insignis, K. isoetifolia , and K. schimperi are endemic. Kniphofia pumila and K. thomsonii are widespread from West Africa to Eastern and Central Africa. In this study the genetic diversity and the relationships between five endemic and one widespread Kniphofia species in Ethiopia was conducted based on isoenzymes systems. The electrophoretic analyses of four enzymes systems in the species from ten experimental sites in ten locations revealed seven putative loci, of which PGM-1, PGM-2, AAT-2 and GPI-2 were polymorphic. The species have displayed higher genetic diversity parameters than other endemic plants. The over all mean inbreeding coefficient (F) was positive indicating slight deficiency in the number of heterozygotes. The total genetic diversity varies from 0.5 in K. schimperi to 1.11 in K. isoetifolia indicating very low diversification between the populations with in a species. At the generic level HT ranges from 0.034 to 0.470 with a mean of 0.247. The genetic variation among the species (G ST ) is 6.6%. Over all mean of genetic distance (0.011) and genetic similarity (0.938) indicated high similarity among the populations. Despite morphological variation particularly in floral morphology and inflorescence architecture, the over all mean of unbiased genetic identity of the species (0.989) is much higher than described for congeneric species (I = 0.64). The results, therefore, indicate that the Ethiopian Kniphofia species share a fairly recent common ancestor, but have differentiated in floral and inflorescence character through rapid evolution. This hypothesis needs, however, further testing. Key words/phrases : Endemism, genetic diversity, isoenzyme, kniphofia, inbreeding coefficient SINET: Ethiopian Journal of Science Vol. 27 (2) 2004:143–152","PeriodicalId":245987,"journal":{"name":"Sinet, Ethiopian Journal of Science","volume":"44 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116084238","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Growth performance and survival of local and white leghorn chicken under intensive management system","authors":"S. Demeke","doi":"10.4314/SINET.V27I2.18243","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/SINET.V27I2.18243","url":null,"abstract":"This study was conducted to evaluate the comparative growth, sexual maturity, survival, and feed utilization efficiency of local and White Leghorn chicken under intensive management condition. Five groups of each of the two breeds, with 200 baby chicks each, were subjected to appetite feeding with commercial layer's type starter's and grower's ration at day old to eight weeks and eight weeks to twenty weeks of age respectively in a completely randomised design with 5 replication. The results showed that mean daily feed intake and total feed consumption from hatching to maturity were significantly higher (P Key words/phrases : Growth, intensive, local chicken, survival, White Leghorn SINET: Ethiopian Journal of Science Vol. 27 (2) 2004: 161–164","PeriodicalId":245987,"journal":{"name":"Sinet, Ethiopian Journal of Science","volume":"23 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125123445","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Analysis of genetic diversity in linseed using AFLP markers","authors":"A. Wakjira, C. Viljoen, M. Labuschagne","doi":"10.4314/SINET.V28I1.18230","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/SINET.V28I1.18230","url":null,"abstract":"Linseed ( Linum usitatissimum L.) is the second most important oilseed crop in the highlands of Ethiopia where it has been cultivated for its valuable seed-oil since antiquity. Sixty accessions of linseed predominantly from Ethiopia were analysed using amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) markers to assess their genetic diversity. Out of seven pairs of AFLP primers screened, Ec o-ACA/ Mse -CAT and Eco -ACA/ Mse -CTT resulted in a greater number of amplification products. The estimated genetic distance for pairwise accessions significantly (P Key words/phrases : AFLP, DNA markers, genetic diversity, linseed SINET: Ethiopian Journal of Science Vol. 28 (1) 2005: 41–50","PeriodicalId":245987,"journal":{"name":"Sinet, Ethiopian Journal of Science","volume":"63 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-10-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116399990","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Metabolism of [ 14 C]GA 19 and [ 14 C]GA 53 by ecotypes of Betula pendula : the role of photoperiod","authors":"Berhanu Abraha Tsegay, J. Olsen, O. Junttila","doi":"10.4314/SINET.V28I1.18229","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/SINET.V28I1.18229","url":null,"abstract":"In many temperate woody species, short days (SDs) induced growth cessation has been shown to be prevented by the application of gibberellins (GAs). Evidence has also been forwarded for the influence of photoperiod on the metabolism of applied GAs. Continuing with this line of research, we studied the metabolism of 14C-labelled GA 19 and GA 53 . [ 14 C]GA 19 and [ 14 C] A 53 were applied to the apices of the northern ecotype (67o N) and to the leaves of the southern ecotype (64o N) of Betula pendula Roth. under different photoperiods and at different times in order to compare metabolism during day and night periods. Assay of metabolites was made 10 h after application. Less than half of each applied GA was taken in by the plants and most of the activity was recovered from the application points. There was no clear effect of photoperiod on uptake of the GAs. After the HPLC analysis, most of the absorbed radiolabelled GAs were eluted as unmetabolised forms. However, significant levels of gibberellins A 20 , A 29 , A 1 , and A 8 were recovered as metabolites of [ 14 C]GA 19 both in apical stems and leaves. In 1SD and 4SD-treated plants, there was less metabolism of [ 14 C]GA 19 compared to LD-treated plants. The difference was due to reduced metabolism of 14 C]GA 19 by SD-treated plants during the night period. On the other hand, metabolism of [ 14 C]GA53 was very limited in all day-length treatments and during both, day and night periods. The most abundant metabolite was [ 14 C]GA 19 (10% of the activity in the samples). Key words/phrases : Conjugation, ecotype, gibberellins, metabolism, radioactivity SINET: Ethiopian Journal of Science Vol. 28 (1) 2005: 33–40","PeriodicalId":245987,"journal":{"name":"Sinet, Ethiopian Journal of Science","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-10-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131984270","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}