Addisu Mekonnen Kassie
Full name | First name: Addisu |
Father’s name: Mekonnen | |
Grand father’s name: Kassie | |
Education attended |
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Academic Rank | Lecturer (On study leave) |
Working for AAU | Since 2009 |
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Memberships of international bodies/ journals – editorial roles/ initiatives etc |
Member (since 2013),International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Primate Specialist Group, Africa Section and Species Survival Commission (SSC) |
Address | Campus: College of Natural ScienceBuilding: Graduate Building
Floor number: 3rd Office room no.: 303 Mobile: + 251 9 11 75 74 72 University email ID: addisu.mekonnen@aau.edu.et Alternative email ID: addisumk@yahoo.com |
Research interests | Behavioural ecology and conservation biology of primates and other large mammals. Currently, I have been working on several research projects in collaboration with other researchers and scientists on the endemic and little known primates of Ethiopia: Bale monkey (Chlorocebusdjamdjamensis), Boutourlini’s blue monkey (Cercopithecusmitisboutourlinii), gelada monkey (Theropithecus gelada), and black and white colobus monkey (Colobusguereza) as well as De Brazza’s monkey (Cercopithecusneglectus). |
Publications in reputable journals | DerejeTesfaye,Peter J. Fashing, AfeworkBekele, AddisuMekonnen, and AnagawAtickem (2013). Ecological flexibility among Boutourlini’s blue monkeys (Cercopithecusmitisboutourlinii) in Jibat Forest, Ethiopia: A comparison of habitat use, ranging behavior, and diet in intact and fragmented forest.International Journal of Primatology 34: 615–640.AddisuMekonnen, AfeworkBekele,Peter J. Fashing, Lernould, J., AnagawAtickem and Nils Chr. Stenseth(2012).Newly discovered Bale monkey populations in forest fragments in southern Ethiopia: Evidence of crop raiding, hybridization with grivets, and other conservation threats.American Journal of Primatology 74: 423–432.
AddisuMekonnen, AfeworkBekele, Peter J. Fashing, Graham Hemson and AnagawAtickem (2010). Diet, activity patterns, and ranging ecology of the Bale monkey (Chlorocebusdjamdjamensis) in Odobullu Forest, Ethiopia. International Journal of Primatology31: 339–362. AddisuMekonnen, AfeworkBekele, Graham Hemson, EyobTeshome and AnagawAtickem (2010). Population size and habitat preference of the Vulnerable Bale monkey (Chlorocebusdjamdjamensis) in Odobullu Forest and its distribution across the Bale Mountains, Ethiopia.Oryx 44: 558–563. |