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  1. Allometric Models for Estimating Biomass and Carbon Stocks in Natural and Homestead Highland Bamboo Stands in the Sidama Region, Ethiopia

    Article • Forests, April 2025, MDPI AG

    Gudeta Sileshi

  2. Mixed-Effects Height Prediction Model for Juniperus procera Trees from a Dry Afromontane Forest in Ethiopia

    Article • Forests, February 2024, MDPI AG

    Gudeta Sileshi

  3. Modeling and Mapping Habitat Suitability of Highland Bamboo under Climate Change in Ethiopia

    Article • Forests, May 2022, MDPI AG

    Gudeta Sileshi

  4. Developing tree volume equation for Parkia timoriana grown in home gardens and shifting cultivation areas of North-East India

    Article • Forests Trees and Livelihoods, May 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Gudeta Sileshi, Uttam Thangjam, Uttam Sahoo

  5. Sustainable Intensification with Cereal-Legume Intercropping in Eastern and Southern Africa

    Article • Sustainability, May 2019, MDPI AG

    Gudeta Sileshi

  6. Allometric Models for Estimation of Forest Biomass in North East India

    Article • Forests, January 2019, MDPI AG

    Gudeta Sileshi

  7. Managing India's small landholder farms for food security and achieving the “4 per Thousand” target

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, September 2018, Elsevier

    Gudeta Sileshi

  8. Net ecosystem productivity and carbon dynamics of the traditionally managed Imperata grasslands of North East India

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, September 2018, Elsevier

    Gudeta Sileshi

  9. Estimating biomass stocks and potential loss of biomass carbon through clear-felling of rubber plantations

    Article • Biomass and Bioenergy, August 2018, Elsevier

    Gudeta Sileshi

  10. Impact of land use changes on the storage of soil organic carbon in active and recalcitrant pools in a humid tropical region of India

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, May 2018, Elsevier

    Gudeta Sileshi

  11. Integrated soil fertility management reduces termite damage to crops on degraded soils in western Ethiopia

    Article • Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment, January 2018, Elsevier

    Gudeta Sileshi

  12. Application of secondary nutrients and micronutrients increases crop yields in sub-Saharan Africa

    Article • Agronomy for Sustainable Development, July 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Gudeta Sileshi

  13. Accurate crop yield predictions from modelling tree-crop interactions in gliricidia-maize agroforestry

    Article • Agricultural Systems, July 2017, Elsevier

    Gudeta Sileshi

  14. Allometric scaling, biomass accumulation and carbon stocks in different aged stands of thin-walled bamboos Schizostachyum dullooa, Pseudostachyum polymorphum and Melocanna baccifera

    Article • Forest Ecology and Management, July 2017, Elsevier

    Gudeta Sileshi

  15. Generalized biomass and leaf area allometric equations for European tree species incorporating stand structure, tree age and climate

    Article • Forest Ecology and Management, July 2017, Elsevier

    Gudeta Sileshi

  16. Maize yield response, nitrogen use efficiency and financial returns to fertilizer on smallholder farms in southern Africa

    Article • Food Security, May 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Gudeta Sileshi

  17. Annual Burning Enhances Biomass Production and Nutrient Cycling in Degraded Imperata Grasslands

    Article • Land Degradation and Development, May 2017, Wiley

    Gudeta Sileshi, Arun Nath

  18. COMMENTS ON COE ET AL. (2016)–‘LOADING THE DICE IN FAVOUR OF THE FARMER . . .’

    Article • Experimental Agriculture, March 2017, Cambridge University Press

    Gudeta Sileshi

  19. Biomass stocks and carbon storage in Barringtonia acutangula floodplain forests in North East India

    Article • Biomass and Bioenergy, March 2017, Elsevier

    Gudeta Sileshi

  20. Stoichiometry of animal manure and implications for nutrient cycling and agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa

    Article • Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems, December 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Gudeta Sileshi

  21. Termite mounds alter the spatial distribution of African savanna tree species: artefacts and real patterns

    Article • Journal of Biogeography, September 2016, Wiley

    Gudeta Sileshi

  22. The magnitude and spatial extent of influence of Faidherbia albida trees on soil properties and primary productivity in drylands

    Article • Journal of Arid Environments, September 2016, Elsevier

    Gudeta Sileshi

  23. Uapaca kirkianaphenological phases and effect of fruit thinning on fruit traits in Malawi

    Article • Acta Horticulturae, June 2016, International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS)

    Gudeta Sileshi

  24. Spatial Variation in Tree Density and Estimated Aboveground Carbon Stocks in Southern Africa

    Article • Forests, March 2016, MDPI AG

    Gudeta Sileshi

  25. Allometric Models Based on Bayesian Frameworks Give Better Estimates of Aboveground Biomass in the Miombo Woodlands

    Article • Forests, February 2016, MDPI AG

    Gudeta Sileshi

  26. Exclusion of soil macrofauna did not affect soil quality: Statistical artefact or true lack of effect?

    Article • Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment, February 2016, Elsevier

    Gudeta Sileshi

  27. Allometric equations for estimating above-ground biomass and carbon stock in Faidherbia albida under contrasting management in Malawi

    Article • Agroforestry Systems, November 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Gudeta Sileshi

  28. Effects of agroforestry on pest, disease and weed control: A meta-analysis

    Article • Basic and Applied Ecology, November 2015, Elsevier

    Gudeta Sileshi

  29. Farmers and forest conservation in Malawi: the disconnect between attitudes, intentions and behaviour

    Article • Forests Trees and Livelihoods, October 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Gudeta Sileshi

  30. Agroforestry and deforestation in Malawi: inter-linkages between attitudes, beliefs and behaviours

    Article • Agroforestry Systems, September 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Gudeta Sileshi

  31. Tree planting by smallholder farmers in Malawi: Using the theory of planned behaviour to examine the relationship between attitudes and behaviour

    Article • Journal of Environmental Psychology, September 2015, Elsevier

    Gudeta Sileshi

  32. Responding to Crop Failure: Understanding Farmers’ Coping Strategies in Southern Malawi

    Article • Sustainability, February 2015, MDPI AG

    Gudeta Sileshi

  33. Effect of propagule type and fruiting time on Uapaca kirkiana fruit and seed size, seed germination and seedling growth

    Article • Trees, December 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Gudeta Sileshi

  34. Ethnoecological Knowledge for Identifying Elite Phenotypes of the Indigenous Fruit Tree,Uapaca kirkianain the Miombo Woodlands of Southern Africa

    Article • Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems, October 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Gudeta Sileshi

  35. A critical review of forest biomass estimation models, common mistakes and corrective measures

    Article • Forest Ecology and Management, October 2014, Elsevier

    Gudeta Sileshi

  36. Estimating aboveground tree biomass in three different miombo woodlands and associated land use systems in Malawi

    Article • Biomass and Bioenergy, July 2014, Elsevier

    Gudeta Sileshi

  37. The role of knowledge, attitudes and perceptions in the uptake of agricultural and agroforestry innovations among smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa

    Article • International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, May 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Gudeta Sileshi

  38. Modelling the scaling of stem growth with crown size and optimum stocking densities for systematic grid plantation of Faidherbia albida

    Article • New Forests, April 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Gudeta Sileshi

  39. Social actors and unsustainability of agriculture

    Article • Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, February 2014, Elsevier

    Gudeta Sileshi

  40. Amendment ofTephrosiaImproved Fallows with Inorganic Fertilizers Improves Soil Chemical Properties, N Uptake, and Maize Yield in Malawi

    Article • International Journal of Agronomy, January 2014, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Gudeta Sileshi, Maggie Munthali

  41. Is the use of termite mound material as soil amendment sustainable?

    Article • Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment, September 2013, Elsevier

    Gudeta Sileshi

  42. Productivity of Jatropha curcas under smallholder farm conditions in Kenya

    Article • Agroforestry Systems, December 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Gudeta Sileshi

  43. Germination response and viability of an endangered tropical conifer Widdringtonia whytei seeds to temperature and light

    Article • South African Journal of Botany, July 2012, Elsevier

    Gudeta Sileshi

  44. Distinct chemotypes of Tephrosia vogelii and implications for their use in pest control and soil enrichment

    Article • Phytochemistry, June 2012, Elsevier

    Gudeta Sileshi

  45. A critique of current trends in the statistical analysis of seed germination and viability data

    Article • Seed Science Research, March 2012, Cambridge University Press

    Gudeta Sileshi

  46. Cereal yield response to conservation agriculture practices in drylands of West Africa: A quantitative synthesis

    Article • Journal of Arid Environments, March 2012, Elsevier

    Gudeta Sileshi

  47. Application of distance–decay models for inferences about termite mound-induced patterns in dryland ecosystems

    Article • Journal of Arid Environments, February 2012, Elsevier

    Gudeta Sileshi

  48. Can Integration of Legume Trees Increase Yield Stability in Rainfed Maize Cropping Systems in Southern Africa?

    Article • Agronomy Journal, January 2012, American Society of Agronomy

    Gudeta Sileshi

  49. Effect of population size, tree diameter and crown position on viable seed output per cone of the tropical conifer Widdringtonia whytei in Malawi

    Article • Journal of Tropical Ecology, August 2011, Cambridge University Press

    Gudeta Sileshi

  50. Effect of organic fertilizer on the growth and fruit yield of six paprika (Capsicum annum L.) cultivars in Malawi

    Article • Agroforestry Systems, July 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Gudeta Sileshi

  51. Integration of legume trees in maize-based cropping systems improves rain use efficiency and yield stability under rain-fed agriculture

    Article • Agricultural Water Management, July 2011, Elsevier

    Gudeta Sileshi

  52. Abundance and diversity of soil invertebrates in annual crops, agroforestry and forest ecosystems in the Nilgiri biosphere reserve of Western Ghats, India

    Article • Agroforestry Systems, April 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Gudeta Sileshi

  53. Certification of agroforestry tree germplasm in Southern Africa: opportunities and challenges

    Article • Agroforestry Systems, April 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Gudeta Sileshi

  54. Applications of phytochemical and in vitro techniques for reducing over-harvesting of medicinal and pesticidal plants and generating income for the rural poor

    Article • Plant Cell Reports, March 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Gudeta Sileshi

  55. Agroforestry Tree Seed Production and Supply Systems in Malawi

    Article • Small-scale Forestry, February 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Gudeta Sileshi

  56. Agricultural success from Africa: the case of fertilizer tree systems in southern Africa (Malawi, Tanzania, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe)

    Article • International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, February 2011, Taylor & Francis

    Gudeta Sileshi

  57. Determination of the status of the etiological agent of American foulbrood, Paenibacillus larvae, in Swaziland

    Article • Journal of Apicultural Research, January 2011, Taylor & Francis

    Gudeta Sileshi

  58. Farmers' insect pest management practices and pesticidal plant use in the protection of stored maize and beans in Southern Africa

    Article • International Journal of Pest Management, October 2010, Taylor & Francis

    Gudeta Sileshi

  59. Fertiliser trees for sustainable food security in the maize-based production systems of East and Southern Africa. A review

    Article • Agronomy for Sustainable Development, September 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Gudeta Sileshi

  60. Termite-induced heterogeneity in African savanna vegetation: mechanisms and patterns

    Article • Journal of Vegetation Science, September 2010, Wiley

    Gudeta Sileshi

  61. Impact of Gliricidia sepium intercropping on soil organic matter fractions in a maize-based cropping system

    Article • Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment, August 2010, Elsevier

    Gudeta Sileshi

  62. Food Security: Farming Insects

    Article • Science, April 2010, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Gudeta Sileshi

  63. Variation in maize yield gaps with plant nutrient inputs, soil type and climate across sub-Saharan Africa

    Article • Field Crops Research, March 2010, Elsevier

    Gudeta Sileshi

  64. ‘What would be the three key preconditions for jumpstarting or scaling up the transfer of environmentally sound technologies for climate change to developing countries?’

    Article • November 2009, Wiley

    Mr Bert Scholtens, Gudeta Sileshi

  65. Labour inputs and financial profitability of conventional and agroforestry-based soil fertility management practices in Zambia

    Article • Agrekon, September 2009, Taylor & Francis

    Gudeta Sileshi

  66. Biodiversity of the urban homegardens of São Luís city, Northeastern Brazil

    Article • Urban Ecosystems, August 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Gudeta Sileshi

  67. Traditional occupancy–abundance models are inadequate for zero-inflated ecological count data

    Article • Ecological Modelling, August 2009, Elsevier

    Gudeta Sileshi

  68. Agricultural policies and the emergence of cotton as the dominant crop in northern Côte d’Ivoire: Historical overview and current outlook

    Article • Natural Resources Forum, May 2009, Wiley

    Gudeta Sileshi

  69. The miombo woodlands at the cross roads: Potential threats, sustainable livelihoods, policy gaps and challenges

    Article • Natural Resources Forum, May 2009, Wiley

    Gudeta Sileshi

  70. Integrating Ethno-Ecological and Scientific Knowledge of Termites for Sustainable Termite Management and Human Welfare in Africa

    Article • Ecology and Society, January 2009, Resilience Alliance, Inc.

    Gudeta Sileshi

  71. Mixed-species legume fallows affect faunal abundance and richness and N cycling compared to single species in maize-fallow rotations

    Article • Soil Biology and Biochemistry, December 2008, Elsevier

    Gudeta Sileshi

  72. The excess-zero problem in soil animal count data and choice of appropriate models for statistical inference

    Article • Pedobiologia, June 2008, Elsevier

    Gudeta Sileshi

  73. Meta-analysis of maize yield response to woody and herbaceous legumes in sub-Saharan Africa

    Article • Plant and Soil, April 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Gudeta Sileshi

  74. Domestication and conservation of indigenous Miombo fruit trees for improving rural livelihoods in southern Africa

    Article • Biodiversity, April 2008, Taylor & Francis

    Gudeta Sileshi

  75. Opportunity for conserving and utilizing agrobiodiversity through agroforestry in Southern Africa

    Article • Biodiversity, April 2008, Taylor & Francis

    Gudeta Sileshi

  76. Towards sustainable management of soil biodiversity in agricultural landscapes in Africa

    Article • Biodiversity, April 2008, Taylor & Francis

    Gudeta Sileshi

  77. Early growth and survival of three miombo woodland indigenous fruit tree species under fertilizer, manure and dry-season irrigation in southern Malawi

    Article • Forest Ecology and Management, March 2008, Elsevier

    Gudeta Sileshi

  78. Adoption of renewable soil fertility replenishment technologies in the southern African region: Lessons learnt and the way forward

    Article • Natural Resources Forum, December 2007, Wiley

    Gudeta Sileshi

  79. Managing fodder trees as a solution to human-livestock food conflicts and their contribution to income generation for smallholder farmers in southern Africa

    Article • Natural Resources Forum, December 2007, Wiley

    Gudeta Sileshi

  80. Farmers’ perceptions of tree mortality, pests and pest management practices in agroforestry in Malawi, Mozambique and Zambia

    Article • Agroforestry Systems, June 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Gudeta Sileshi

  81. Synergistic effect of inorganic N and P fertilizers and organic inputs from Gliricidia sepium on productivity of intercropped maize in Southern Malawi

    Article • Plant and Soil, April 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Gudeta Sileshi

  82. A method for estimating insect abundance and patch occupancy with potential applications in large-scale monitoring programmes

    Article • African Entomology, March 2007, Entomological Society of Southern Africa

    Gudeta Sileshi

  83. Farmer Participatory Evaluation of the Potential for Organic Vegetable Production in the Wetlands of Zambia

    Article • Outlook on Agriculture, December 2006, SAGE Publications

    Gudeta Sileshi

  84. Selecting the right statistical model for analysis of insect count data by using information theoretic measures

    Article • Bulletin of Entomological Research, October 2006, CABI Publishing

    Gudeta Sileshi

  85. Variation in macrofaunal communities under contrasting land use systems in eastern Zambia

    Article • Applied Soil Ecology, August 2006, Elsevier

    Gudeta Sileshi

  86. Long-term effects of improved legume fallows on soil invertebrate macrofauna and maize yield in eastern Zambia

    Article • Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment, July 2006, Elsevier

    Gudeta Sileshi

  87. The Short-term Impact of Forest Fire on Soil Invertebrates in the Miombo

    Article • Biodiversity and Conservation, June 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Gudeta Sileshi

  88. Quantity and quality of organic inputs from coppicing leguminous trees influence abundance of soil macrofauna in maize crops in eastern Zambia

    Article • Biology and Fertility of Soils, June 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Gudeta Sileshi

  89. Occupancy-abundance models for predicting densities of three leaf beetles damaging the multipurpose tree Sesbania sesban in eastern and southern Africa

    Article • Bulletin of Entomological Research, February 2006, Cambridge University Press

    Gudeta Sileshi

  90. TOWARDS THE DEVELOPMENT OF MIOMBO FRUIT TREES AS COMMERCIAL TREE CROPS IN SOUTHERN AFRICA

    Article • Forests Trees and Livelihoods, January 2006, Taylor & Francis

    Gudeta Sileshi

  91. Termite damage to maize grown in agroforestry systems, traditional fallows and monoculture on nitrogen-limited soils in eastern Zambia

    Article • Agricultural and Forest Entomology, February 2005, Wiley

    Gudeta Sileshi

  92. POTENTIAL OF BIOMASS TRANSFER TECHNOLOGIES IN SUSTAINING VEGETABLE PRODUCTION IN THE WETLANDS (DAMBOS) OF EASTERN ZAMBIA

    Article • Experimental Agriculture, December 2003, Cambridge University Press

    Gudeta Sileshi

  93. Effect of rotational fallows on abundance of soil insects and weeds in maize crops in eastern Zambia

    Article • Applied Soil Ecology, July 2003, Elsevier

    Gudeta Sileshi

  94. Article • Agroforestry Systems, January 2002, Springer Science + Business Media

    Gudeta Sileshi

  95. Article • Agroforestry Systems, January 2002, Springer Science + Business Media

    Gudeta Sileshi

  96. Parasitism of the Leaf-beetle Mesoplatys ochroptera Stål (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) in Eastern Zambia

    Article • Biocontrol Science and Technology, October 2001, Taylor & Francis

    Gudeta Sileshi

  97. Survival, longevity and fecundity of overwintering Mesoplatys ochroptera Stal (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) defoliating Sesbania sesban (Leguminosae) and implications for its management in southern Africa

    Article • Agricultural and Forest Entomology, August 2001, Wiley

    Gudeta Sileshi

  98. Article • BioControl, January 2001, Springer Science + Business Media

    Gudeta Sileshi

  99. Tuber damage by potato tuber moth, Phthorimae operculella Zeller (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae), in the field in eastern Ethiopia

    Article • International Journal of Pest Management, January 2001, Taylor & Francis

    Gudeta Sileshi

  100. Article • Agroforestry Systems, January 2000, Springer Science + Business Media

    Gudeta Sileshi

  101. Potential biocontrol agents for the blue couch grass, Digitaria abyssinica (A. Rich.) Stapf., in East Africa

    Article • International Journal of Pest Management, January 1997, Taylor & Francis

    Gudeta Sileshi