Pastoralism

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Table 3 Trend of seasonal and annual rainfall in the study rangelands (1981–2018)

From: Temporal climate conditions and spatial drought patterns across rangelands in pastoral areas of West Guji and Borana zones, Southern Ethiopia

Study areas	Mann–Kendall trend (Z test)			Sen’s slope (Q)
Study areas	Spring	Autumn	Annual	Spring	Autumn	Annual
Duda rangeland	− 0.25^a	1.13	0.68	− 0.24	0.62	0.01
Gomole rangeland	0.2	2.61	2.19	0.08	0.99	0.03
Deru Danfile Kebele	0.48^b	2.19	2.34	0.31	1.08	5.73
Jigesa Nanesa Kebele	− 0.55	1.06	0.25	− 0.39	0.62	0.97
Hema Kinsho Kebele	− 0.75	0.25	− 0.73	− 0.40	0.22	− 2.35
Buya Reera	− 0.3	0.98	0.28^b	− 0.23	0.43	0.76
Yametu Reera	0.58	3.34	3.49	0.32	1.77	8.91
Didahara Reera	0.13	2.84	2.16	0.06	0.99	3.14

^aSignificant at 0.01 level, ^b significant at 0.05 level

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