FLORISTIC COMPOSITION IN THE RANGELANDS OF GAMBELLA, SOUTHWESTERN ETHIOPIA.

Ketema Tilahun 1* , Lisanework Nigatu 2 , Solomon Mengistu 3 and John Barnabas 4 . 1. Gambella University, Department of Animal Production and Health, Gambella P.O.Box 126, Ethiopia. 2. Haramaya University. Department of Plant Science, Dire Dawa, P.O.Box 138, Ethiopia. 3. Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR), Holeta Agricultural Research Centre, Holeta,P.O.Box 31 Ethiopia. 4. Gambella University, Department of Plant Science, Gambella, P.O.Box 126 Ethiopia. ...................................................................................................................... Manuscript Info Abstract ......................... ........................................................................ Manuscript History

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