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  1. Seasonal activity patterns of Arsi geladas (Theropithecus gelada arsi) inhabiting an anthropogenic landscape at Goro-Jena, Ethiopia

    Article • Folia Primatologica, April 2025, De Gruyter

    Dr. Addisu Mekonnen

  2. Promoting Equitable Research Partnerships in Primatology

    Article • International Journal of Primatology, October 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Addisu Mekonnen

  3. Tropical field stations yield high conservation return on investment

    Article • Conservation Letters, March 2024, Wiley

    Dr. Addisu Mekonnen

  4. The bii4africa dataset of faunal and floral population intactness estimates across Africa’s major land uses

    Article • Scientific Data, February 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Esther Ekua Amoako, Dr Trevor McIntyre, Dr. Addisu Mekonnen

  5. Physicochemical and microbial community dynamics of Kocho fermented from different enset varieties in South West Ethiopia

    Article • Heliyon, February 2024, Elsevier

    Dr. Addisu Mekonnen

  6. Linking indigenous with scientific knowledge about enset (Ensete ventricosum) disease management in Gamo highlands of Ethiopia: Evidence from local people response, soil physicochemical and microbial dynamics

    Article • Agricultural Systems, December 2023, Elsevier

    Dr. Addisu Mekonnen

  7. The Ethiopian wolf can act as a flagship and umbrella species to protect the Afroalpine ecosystem and foster sustainable development

    Article • Environmental Conservation, November 2023, Cambridge University Press

    Dr. Addisu Mekonnen

  8. Feeding Ecology of Omo River Guerezas (Colobus guereza guereza) in Natural Versus Plantation Forests in the Central Highlands of Ethiopia

    Article • International Journal of Primatology, October 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Addisu Mekonnen

  9. Responses of common enset (Ensete ventricosum) varieties in Ethiopia to Xanthomonas and virulence of Xanthomonas strains

    Article • Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology, October 2023, Elsevier

    Dr. Addisu Mekonnen

  10. Assessment of crop foraging by hamadryas baboons (Papio hamadryas) in and around Borena-Sayint National Park, northern Ethiopia

    Article • Global Ecology and Conservation, August 2023, Elsevier

    Dr. Addisu Mekonnen

  11. Feeding ecology of a highland population of hamadryas baboons (Papio hamadryas) at Borena-Sayint National Park, northern Ethiopia

    Article • Primates, June 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Addisu Mekonnen

  12. On the move: Activity budget and ranging ecology of endangered Ashy red colobus monkeys (Piliocolobus tephrosceles) in a savanna woodland habitat

    Article • Global Ecology and Conservation, June 2023, Elsevier

    Dr. Addisu Mekonnen

  13. Geladas

    Article • Current Biology, May 2023, Elsevier

    Dr. Addisu Mekonnen

  14. Ecology, evolution, and conservation of Ethiopia’s biodiversity

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, December 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Dr. Addisu Mekonnen

  15. Phosphorus recovery as K-struvite from a waste stream: A review of influencing factors, advantages, disadvantages and challenges

    Article • Environmental Research, November 2022, Elsevier

    Dr. Addisu Mekonnen

  16. The future of sub-Saharan Africa’s biodiversity in the face of climate and societal change

    Article • Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, August 2022, Frontiers

    Dr. Addisu Mekonnen, Professor Michael John Lawes

  17. Social media’s potential to promote conservation at the local level: an assessment in eleven primate range countries

    Article • Folia Primatologica, May 2022, Brill

    Colin Chapman, Dr. Addisu Mekonnen

  18. The value of flagship and umbrella species for restoration and sustainable development: Bale monkeys and bamboo forest in Ethiopia

    Article • Journal for Nature Conservation, February 2022, Elsevier

    Dr. Addisu Mekonnen

  19. Population size and habitat preference of the Omo River guereza (Colobus guereza guereza) in a multi-habitat matrix in the central highlands of Ethiopia

    Article • Primates, January 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Addisu Mekonnen

  20. Can I afford to publish? A dilemma for African scholars

    Article • Ecology Letters, December 2021, Wiley

    Dr. Addisu Mekonnen, Professor Michael John Lawes

  21. Sleeping Site and Tree Selection by Bale Monkeys (Chlorocebus djamdjamensis) at Kokosa Forest Fragment in Southern Ethiopia

    Article • International Journal of Primatology, November 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Addisu Mekonnen

  22. Can I Afford to Publish? A Dilemma for African Scholars

    Article • September 2021, Wiley

    Dr. Addisu Mekonnen

  23. What costs half a year’s pay for African scholars? Open access

    Article • Nature, August 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Addisu Mekonnen

  24. Fermented food consumption in wild nonhuman primates and its ecological drivers

    Article • American Journal of Physical Anthropology, March 2021, Wiley

    Dr. Addisu Mekonnen

  25. Geographic distribution of microsatellite alleles in geladas (Primates, Cercopithecidae): Evidence for three evolutionary units

    Article • Zoologica Scripta, September 2020, Wiley

    Dr. Addisu Mekonnen

  26. Distribution and conservation status of Boutourlini’s blue monkey (Cercopithecus mitis boutourlinii), a Vulnerable subspecies endemic to western Ethiopia

    Article • Primates, June 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Addisu Mekonnen

  27. Use of cultivated foods and matrix habitat by Bale monkeys in forest fragments: Assessing local human attitudes and perceptions

    Article • American Journal of Primatology, December 2019, Wiley

    Dr. Addisu Mekonnen

  28. Build science in Africa

    Article • Nature, June 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Addisu Mekonnen

  29. Phylogeography, mitochondrial DNA diversity, and demographic history of geladas (Theropithecus gelada)

    Article • PLOS One, August 2018, PLOS

    Dr. Addisu Mekonnen

  30. Population genetic structure and evolutionary history of Bale monkeys (Chlorocebus djamdjamensis) in the southern Ethiopian Highlands

    Article • BMC Evolutionary Biology, July 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Addisu Mekonnen

  31. Multilevel social structure and diet shape the gut microbiota of the gelada monkey, the only grazing primate

    Article • Microbiome, May 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Addisu Mekonnen

  32. Flexibility in positional behavior, strata use, and substrate utilization among Bale monkeys (Chlorocebus djamdjamensis ) in response to habitat fragmentation and degradation

    Article • American Journal of Primatology, April 2018, Wiley

    Dr. Addisu Mekonnen

  33. Dietary flexibility of Bale monkeys (Chlorocebus djamdjamensis) in southern Ethiopia: effects of habitat degradation and life in fragments

    Article • BMC Ecology, February 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Addisu Mekonnen

  34. Ecological plasticity in the gastrointestinal microbiomes of Ethiopian Chlorocebus monkeys

    Article • Scientific Reports, January 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Addisu Mekonnen

  35. Diet and activity patterns of Arsi geladas in low-elevation disturbed habitat south of the Rift Valley at Indetu, Ethiopia

    Article • Primates, December 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Addisu Mekonnen

  36. Impacts of habitat loss and fragmentation on the activity budget, ranging ecology and habitat use of Bale monkeys (Chlorocebus djamdjamensis ) in the southern Ethiopian Highlands

    Article • American Journal of Primatology, February 2017, Wiley

    Dr. Addisu Mekonnen

  37. Ecological Flexibility in Boutourlini’s Blue Monkeys (Cercopithecus mitis boutourlinii) in Jibat Forest, Ethiopia: A Comparison of Habitat Use, Ranging Behavior, and Diet in Intact and Fragmented Forest

    Article • International Journal of Primatology, May 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Addisu Mekonnen

  38. Newly Discovered Bale Monkey Populations in Forest Fragments in Southern Ethiopia: Evidence of Crop Raiding, Hybridization With Grivets, and Other Conservation Threats

    Article • American Journal of Primatology, February 2012, Wiley

    Dr. Addisu Mekonnen

  39. Population size and habitat preference of the Vulnerable Bale monkey Chlorocebus djamdjamensis in Odobullu Forest and its distribution across the Bale Mountains, Ethiopia

    Article • Oryx, October 2010, Cambridge University Press

    Dr. Addisu Mekonnen

  40. Diet, Activity Patterns, and Ranging Ecology of the Bale Monkey (Chlorocebus djamdjamensis) in Odobullu Forest, Ethiopia

    Article • International Journal of Primatology, March 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Addisu Mekonnen