Topography and soil variables drive the plant community distribution pattern and species richness in the Arjo-Diga forest in western Ethiopia

• Tariku Berihun Tenaw ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Tariku Berihun Tenaw, Tamrat Bekele Gode, Ermias Lulekal Molla, Zemede Asfaw Woldemariam

  Roles Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: berihun.tariku@yahoo.com

  Affiliations Department of Biology, Dilla University, Dilla, Ethiopia, Department of Plant Biology and Biodiversity Management, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8579-3454

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• Tamrat Bekele Gode ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Tariku Berihun Tenaw, Tamrat Bekele Gode, Ermias Lulekal Molla, Zemede Asfaw Woldemariam

  Roles Supervision

  Affiliation Department of Plant Biology and Biodiversity Management, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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• Ermias Lulekal Molla ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Tariku Berihun Tenaw, Tamrat Bekele Gode, Ermias Lulekal Molla, Zemede Asfaw Woldemariam

  Roles Supervision

  Affiliation Department of Plant Biology and Biodiversity Management, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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• Zemede Asfaw Woldemariam

  Contributed equally to this work with: Tariku Berihun Tenaw, Tamrat Bekele Gode, Ermias Lulekal Molla, Zemede Asfaw Woldemariam

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision

  Affiliation Department of Plant Biology and Biodiversity Management, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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