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Table 6 Drought trends 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 sites	Mann–Kendall trend (Z test)			Sen’s slope (Q)
Study sites	Spring	Autumn	Annual	Spring	Autumn	Annual
Duda rangeland	− 0.28	1.13^c	0.70	− 0.01	0.02	0.01
Gomole rangeland	0.28^b	2.59^c	2.14^b	0.01	0.03	0.03
Deru Danfile Kebele	0.48	2.19^c	2.34^c	0.009	0.037	0.038
Jigesa Nanesa Kebele	− 0.55	1.06	0.25	− 0.011	0.022	0.005
Hema Kinsho Kebele	− 0.75	0.25	− 0.73	− 0.012	0.007	− 0.015
Buya Reera	− 0.30	0.98	0.28	− 0.007	0.014	0.006
Yametu Reera	0.58	3.34^a	3.49^a	0.010	0.049	0.054
Didahara Reera	0.13	2.84^b	2.16^c	0.003	0.042	0.030

^aSignificant at 0.001, ^bsignificant at 0.01 level, ^csignificant at 0.05 level

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