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Received: 3 July 2018

Accepted: 10 October 2018

First Online: 26 October 2018

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: Denbeshu Debeko is a PhD candidate at Hawassa University. His research interest includes influence of grazing and climate on grassland ecosystems, indigenous knowledge, and animal nutrition. Hawassa University, College of Agriculture, Department of Animal and Range Sciences P.O.Box 05, Hawassa, Ethiopia.Ayana Angassa is a Rangeland Ecologists at Botswana University of Agriculture and natural resources. His research interest includes influence of grazing and climate on grassland ecosystems, carbon sequestration, indigenous knowledge, invasive plant species, and sustainable management and conservation of natural resources. Private Bag 0027, Sebele, Gaborone, Botswana.Aster Abebe is an Animal Nutritionist at Hawassa University. Her research interest includes the nutritional quality of forage plants, grazing effects, indigenous knowledge, invasive plant species, and sustainable management and conservation of natural resources. Hawassa University, College of Agriculture, Department of Animal and Range Sciences P.O.Box 05, Hawassa, Ethiopia.Ashenaf Burka is GIS specialist at Hawassa University. His research interest includes natural resources management, environmental geography, and indigenous knowledge. Hawassa University, Wondo Genet College of Natural Resources and Forestry, Hawassa, Ethiopia.Adugna Tolera is Nutritionist at Hawassa University. His research interest includes ruminant nutrition, the nutritional quality of forage plants, grazing effects, indigenous knowledge, and sustainable management and conservation of natural resources. Hawassa University, College of Agriculture, Department of Animal and Range Sciences P.O.Box 05, Hawassa, Ethiopia.

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