41) Moges, A., Bekele, A., Fashing, P.J., Yazezew, D., Ibrahim, H., Chane, M., Nguyen, N., Venkataraman, V.V., Eppley, T.M., and Mekonnen, A. (in review). Ranging ecology and habitat use of the threatened Arsi gelada (Theropithicus gelada arsi) at Goro-Jena, eastern Arsi, Ethiopia. Primates 

40) Yazezew, D., Bekele, A., Fashing, P.J., Nguyen, N., Ibrahim, H., Moges, A., Venkataraman, V.V., Eppley, T.M. and Mekonnen, A. (in review). Activity budget and ranging ecology of Omo River Guerezas (Colobus guereza guereza) in natural versus plantation forest in the central highlands of Ethiopia. Primates 

39) Moges, A., Bekele, A., Fashing, P.J., Yazezew, D., Ibrahim, H., Nguyen, N., Eppley, T.M., Venkataraman, V.V. and Mekonnen, A. (in review). Seasonal activity patterns of Arsi geladas (Theropithecus gelada arsi) inhabiting an anthropogenic landscape at Goro-Jena in eastern Arsi, Ethiopia. Folia Primatologica

==== PUBLISHED ====

==== 2024 ====

38. Setchell, J.M., Bicca‑Marques, J.C., Guo, S., Robinson, C.A.J., Kessler, S.E., Mekonnen, A. and Razafindratsima, O.H. (2024). Promoting Equitable Research Partnerships in Primatology. International Journal of Primatology DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10764-024-00463-1

37) Eppley, T.M., Reuter, K.E., Sefczek, T.M., Tinsman, J., et. al. (including Mekonnen, A.). (2024). Tropical field stations yield high conservation return on investment. Conservation Letters 17: e13007. DOI: http://doi.org/10.1111/conl.13007

36) Tadesse, M., Ajibade, F.O., Minale, M., Mekonnen, A. and Guadie, A. (2024). Physicochemical and microbial community dynamics of Kocho fermented from different enset varieties in South West Ethiopia. Heliyon 10: e25621. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e25621

35) Clements, H.S., Do Linh San, E., Hempson, G., Linden, B. et al. (including Mekonnen, A.). (2024). The bii4africa dataset of faunal and floral population intactness estimates across Africa’s major land uses. Scientific Data 11: 191. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02832-6

34) Mekonnen, A., Fashing, P.J., Chapman, C.A., Worku, E.A., Fetene, B., Fekadu, M., Guadie, A., Stenseth, N.C. and Venkataraman, V.V. (2024). The Ethiopian wolf can act as a flagship and umbrella species to protect the Afroalpine ecosystem and foster sustainable development. Environmental Conservation 51: 45–54. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0376892923000309

33) Yazezew, D., Bekele, A., Fashing, P.J., Nguyen, N., Ibrahim, H., Moges, A., Eppley, T.M. and Mekonnen, A. (2024). Feeding ecology of Omo River guerezas (Colobus guereza guereza) in natural versus plantation forests in the central highlands of Ethiopia. International Journal of Primatology  45: 282–307. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10764-023-00401-7

==== 2023 ====

32) Gemeda, B., Tesfaye, G., Simachew, A., Wange, A., Mekonnen, A., Guadie, A. and Andualem, A. (2023). Responses of common enset (Ensete ventricosum) varieties in Ethiopia to Xanthomonas and virulence of Xanthomonas strains. Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology 53: 102872. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bcab.2023.102872

31) Gemeda, B., Tesfaye, G., Simachew, A., Wange, A., Mekonnen, A., Guadie, A. and Andualem, B. (2023). 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. Agricultural Systems 212: 103768. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2023.103768

30) Ibrahim, H., Bekele, A., Fashing, P.J., Nguyen, N., Yazezew, D., Moges, A., Venkataraman, V.V. and Mekonnen, A. (2023). Feeding ecology of a highland population of hamadryas baboons (Papio hamadryas) at Borena-Sayint National Park, northern Ethiopia. Primates 64: 513–526. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10329-023-01077-6

29) Ibrahim, H., Bekele, A., Yazezew, D. and Mekonnen, A. (2023). Assessment of crop foraging by hamadryas baboons (Papio hamadryas) in and around Borena-Sayint National Park, northern Ethiopia. Global Ecology and Conservation 44: e02498. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2023.e02498

28) Venkataraman, V.V. and Mekonnen, A. (2023). Geladas. Current Biology 33:R382-R384. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2023.04.022

27) Kibaja, M.J., Mekonnen, A., Reitan, T., Nahonyo, C.L., Levi, M., Stenseth, N.C. and Hernandez-Aguilar, R.A. (2023). On the move: Activity budget and ranging ecology of endangered Ashy red colobus monkeys (Piliocolobus tephrosceles) in a savanna woodland habitat. Global Ecology and Conservation 43: e02440. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2023.e02440

==== 2022 ====

26) Fashing, P.J., Nguyen, N., Demissew, D. Gizaw, A., Atickem, A., Mekonnen, A., Nurmi, N.O., Kerby, J.T. and Stenseth, N.C. (2022). Ecology, evolution, and conservation of Ethiopia’s biodiversity. Proceeding of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 119: e2206635119. DOI: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2206635119

25) Yesigat, A., Worku, A., Mekonnen, A., Bae, W., Feyisa, G.L., Gatew, S., Han, J-L, Liu, W., Wang, A. and Guadie, A. (2022). Phosphorus recovery as K-struvite from a waste stream: A review of influencing factors, advantages, disadvantages and challenges. Environmental Research 214: 11408611. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2022.114086

24) Chapman, C.A., Abernathy, K., Chapman, L.J., Downs, Effiom, E.O., Gogarten, J.F., Golooba, M., Kalbitzer, U., Lawes, M.J., Mekonnen, A., Omeja, P., Razafindratsima, O., Sheil, D., Tabor, G.M., Tumwesigye, C. and Sarkar, D. (2022). The future of Sub-Saharan Africa’s Biodiversity in the Face of Climate and Societal Change. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 10: 790552. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2022.790552

23) Twining-Ward, C., et al., (including Mekonnen, A.). (2022). Social media’s potential to promote conservation at the local level: An assessment in eleven primate range countries. Folia Primatologica 93: 163-173. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/14219980-bja10001

22) Yazezew, D., Bekele, A., Fashing, P.J., Nguyen, N., Moges, A., Ibrahim, H., Burke, R., Eppley, T.M. and Mekonnen, A. (2022). Population size and habitat preference of the Omo River guereza (Colobus guereza guereza) in a multi-habitat matrix in the central highlands of Ethiopia. Primates  63: 151–160. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10329-022-00972-8 

21) Mekonnen, A., Fashing, P.J., Chapman,C.A., Venkataraman, V.V. and Stenseth, N.C. (2022). The value of flagship and umbrella species for restoration and sustainable development: Bale monkeys and bamboo forest in Ethiopia. Journal for Nature Conservation 65: 126117. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnc.2021.126117

20) Mekonnen, A., Downs, C., Effiom, E.O., Kibaja, M., Lawes, M.J., Omeja, P., Ratsoavina, F.M., Razafindratsima, O., Sarkar, D., Stenseth, N.C. and Chapman, C.A. (2022). Can I Afford to Publish? A Dilemma for African Scholars. Ecology Letters 25: 711–715. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13949

==== 2021 ====

19) Mekonnen, A., Downs, C., Effiom, E.O., Razafindratsima, O., Stenseth, N.C. and Chapman, C.A. (2021). What costs half a year’spay for African Scholars? Open access. Nature 596: 189. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02173-7

18) Mekonnen, A., Fashing, P.J., Venkataraman, V.V., Chapman, C.A., Stenseth, N.C. and Hernandez-Aguilar, R.A. (2021). Sleeping site and tree selection by Bale monkeys (Chlorocebus djamdjamensis) at Kokosa forest fragment in southern Ethiopia. International Journal of Primatology 42: 915–932. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10764-021-00251-1

17) Amato, K.R. et. al. (including Mekonnen, A.). (2021). Fermented food consumption in wild non-human primates and its ecological drivers. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 175: 513-530. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.24257

==== 2020 ====

16) Trede, F., Lemkul, A., Atickem, A., Beehner, J.C., Bergman, T.J., Burke, R., Fashing, P.J., Knauf, S., Mekonnen, A., Moges, A., Nguyen, N., Roos, C. and Zinner, D. (2020). Geographic distribution of microsatellite alleles in geladas (Primates, Cercopithecidae): Evidence for three evolutionary units. Zoologica Scripta 49: 659–667. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/zsc.12451

15) Mekonnen, A., Fashing, P.J., Bekele, A. and Stenseth, N.C. (2020). Distribution and conservation status of Boutourlini’sblue monkey (Cercopithecus mitis boutourlinii), a Vulnerable subspecies endemic to western Ethiopia. Primates 61: 785–796. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10329-020-00831-4

14) Mekonnen, A., Fashing, P.J., Bekele, A. and Stenseth, N.C. (2020). Use of cultivated foods and matrix habitat by Bale monkeys in forest fragments: Assessing local human attitudes and perceptions. American Journal of Primatology 82: e23074. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.23074

==== 2019 ====

13) Atickem, A., Stenseth, N.C., Fashing, P.J., Nguyen,N., Chapman, C.A., Bekele, A., Mekonnen, A., Omeja, P.A. and Kalbitzer, U. (2019). Build science in Africa. Nature 570: 297-300. DOI: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-01885-1

==== 2018 ====

12) Zinner, D., Atickem, A., Beehner, J.C., Bekele, A., Bergman, T.J., Burke, R., Dolotovskaya, S., Fashing, P.J., Gippoliti, S., Knauf, S., Knauf, Y., Mekonnen, A., Moges, A., Nguyen, N., Stenseth, N.C. and Roos, C. (2018). Phylogeography, mitochondrial DNA diversity and demographic history of geladas (Theropithecus gelada). PLoS ONE 13: e0202303. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0202303

11) Mekonnen, A., Rueness, E.K., Stenseth, N.C., Fashing, P.J., Bekele, A., Hernandez-Aguilar, R.A., Missbach, R., Haus, T., Zinner, D. and Roos, C. (2018). Population genetic structure and evolutionary history of Bale monkeys (Chlorocebus djamdjamensis) in the southern Ethiopian Highlands. BMC Evolutionary Biology 18: 106. DOI: 10.1186/s12862-018-1217-y

10) Mekonnen, A., Fashing, P.J., Sargis, E.J., Venkataraman, V.V., Bekele, A., Hernandez-Aguilar, R.A., Rueness, E.K. and Stenseth, N.C. (2018). Flexibility in positional behavior, strata use, and substrate utilization among Bale monkeys (Chlorocebus djamdjamensis) in response to habitat fragmentation and degradation. American Journal of Primatology 80: e22760. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajp.22760

9) Mekonnen, A., Fashing, P.J., Bekele, A., Hernandez-Aguilar, R.A., Rueness, E.K. and Stenseth, N.C. (2018). Dietary flexibility of Bale monkeys (Chlorocebus djamdjamensis) in southern Ethiopia: Effects of habitat degradation and life in fragments. BMC Ecology 18: 4. DOI: 10.1186/s12898-018-0161-4

8) Trosvik, P., de Muinck, E.J., Rueness, E.K.,Fashing, P.J., Beierschmitt, E.C., Callingham, K.R., Kraus, J.B., Trew, T.H., Moges, A., Mekonnen, A., Venkataraman, V.V. and Nguyen, N. (2018). Multilevel social structure and diet shape the gut microbiota of the grazing gelada monkey. Microbiome 6: 84. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40168-018-0468-6

7) Trosvik, P., Rueness, E.K., de Muinck, E.J.,Moges, A. and Mekonnen, A. (2018). Ecological plasticity in the gastrointestinal microbiomes of Ethiopian Chlorocebus monkeys. Scientific Reports 8: 20. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-18435-2

6) Abu, K., Mekonnen, A. , Bekele, A. and Fashing, P.J. (2018). Diet and activity patterns of Arsi geladas in low-elevation disturbed habitat south of the Rift Valley at Indetu, Ethiopia. Primates 59: 153–161. DOI 10.1007/s10329-017-0640-9

==== 2017 ====

5) Mekonnen, A., Fashing, P.J., Bekele, A., Hernandez-Aguilar, R.A., Rueness, E.K., Nguyen, N. and Stenseth, N.C. (2017). 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. American Journal of Primatology 79: e22644. DOI: 10.1002/ajp.22644

==== 2013 ====

4) Tesfaye, D., Fashing, P.J., Bekele, A., Mekonnen, A., and Atickem, A. (2013). Ecological flexibility among 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. International Journal of Primatology 34: 615–640. DOI: 10.1007/s10764-013-9684-x

==== 2012 ====

3) Mekonnen, A., Bekele, A., Fashing, P.J., Lernould, J., Atickem, A. and Stenseth, N.C. (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. DOI: 10.1002/ajp.21999

==== 2010 ====

2) Mekonnen, A., Bekele, A., Fashing, P.J., Hemson, G. and Atickem A. (2010). Diet, activity patterns, and ranging ecology of the Bale monkey (Chlorocebus djamdjamensis) in Odobullu Forest, Ethiopia. International Journal of Primatology 31: 339–362. DOI: 10.1007/s10764-010-9389-3

1) Mekonnen, A., Bekele, A., Hemson, G. Teshome, E. and Atickem, A. (2010). Population size and habitat preference of the Vulnerable Bale monkey (Chlorocebus djamdjamensis) in Odobullu Forest and its distribution across the Bale Mountains, Ethiopia. Oryx 44:558–563. DOI: 10.1017/S0030605310000748

10) Butynski, T.M., Mekonnen, A. and De Jong, Y.A. (2022). Chlorocebus djamdjamensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T4240A205910680. DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T4240A205910680.en.

9) Butynski, T.M., Mekonnen, A. and De Jong, Y.A. (2022). Chlorocebus djamdjamensis ssp. harennaensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T205910110A205910458. DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T205910110A205910458.en.

8) De Jong, Y.A., Mekonnen, A. and Butynski, T.M. (2022). Chlorocebus djamdjamensis ssp. djamdjamensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T205910256A205910259. DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T205910256A205910259.en.

7) Fashing, P.J., Nguyen, N., Burke, R., Mekonnen, A. & Gippoliti, S. (2022). Theropithecus gelada ssp. obscurus (amended version of 2019 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T40010A217756116. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T40010A217756116.en.

6) Gippoliti, S., Mekonnen, A., Burke, R., Nguyen, N. and Fashing, P.J. (2022). Theropithecus gelada (amended version of 2019 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T21744A217754712. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T21744A217754712.en.

5) Gippoliti, S. Butynski, T.M. and Mekonnen, A. (2019). Chlorocebus djamdjamensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T4240A17958005. DOI: https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/4240/17958005

4) Gippoliti, S., Mekonnen, A., Burke, R.J., Nguyen N. and Fashing, P.J. (2019). Theropithecus gelada. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T21744A17941908. DOI: https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/21744/17941908

3) Fashing, P.J., Nguyen, N., Burke, R.J., Mekonnen, A. and Gippoliti, S. (2019). Theropithecus gelada ssp.gelada. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019:e.T136849A17982784. DOI: https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136849/17982784

2) Fashing, P.J., Nguyen, N., Burke, R.J., Mekonnen, A. and Gippoliti, S. (2019). Theropithecus gelada ssp.obscurus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019:e.T40010A17982810. DOI: https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/40010/17982810

1) Mekonnen, A. and Jafe,K.E. (2016). Bale Mountains Monkey Chlorocebus djamdjamensis. In: N. Rowe and M. Mayers (eds.). All the World’s Primates. Charlestown, R.I., Pogonias Press. pp. 473-474.

Presentations

6) Mekonnen, A., Fashing, P.J., Bekele, A. and Stenseth, N.C. (2018). Flexibility in use of cultivated foods and matrix by Bale monkeys in forest fragments: Assessing local attitudes and perceptions. International Primatological Society XXVIICongress, Nairobi, Kenya. August 19-25, 2018.

5) Mekonnen, A., Fashing, P.J., Chapman, A.C., Bekele, A. and Stenseth, N.C. (2018). The threatened Bale monkey as a flagship species for the conservation of highland bamboo in southern Ethiopia. Global Bamboo and Rattan Congress, Beijing, China. June 25-27, 2018.

4)  Rindal, V.D., Reitan, T., Sætre, G-P., Ndimuligo, S. A., Mekonnen, A. and Hernandez-Aguilar, R.A. (2017). Behavioural flexibility of vervet monkeys (Chlorocebus pygerythrus) living in a savanna-woodland fragment in Tanzania. 7th Congress of the European Federation for Primatology. August 21-25, 2017, Strasbourg, France.

3) Burke, R.J., Atickem, A., Fashing, P.J., Mekonnen, A., Nguyen, N. and Willis, K.J. (2016). Landscape-level trophic effects of geladas: A herbivore aerial census-survey approach in the Ethiopian highlands. International Primatological Society XXVI Congress, Chicago, USA. August 21-27, 2016.

2) Mekonnen, A., Fashing, P.J., Bekele, A., Hernandez-Aguilar, R.A., Rueness, K.E., Nguyen, N. and Stenseth, N.C. (2016). Effects of habitat loss and fragmentation on the activity budget, ranging ecology and habitat use of Bale monkeys (Chlorocebus djamdjamensis) in the southern Ethiopian Highlands. International Primatological Society XXVI Congress, Chicago, USA. August 21-27, 2016.

1) Mekonnen, A., Fashing, P.J., Bekele, A., Rueness, K.E., Atickem, A., Hernandez-Aguilar, R.A. and Stenseth, N.C. (2014). Dietary plasticity of Bale monkeys (Chlorocebusdjamdjamensis) in continuous and fragmented forests of the southern Ethiopian Highlands. International Primatological Society XXV Congress, Hanoi, Vietnam.

Invited Seminars

Mekonnen A. (2024). Ecology, behaviour, genetics, and conservation of Bale monkeys in Ethiopia: A long-term study. ANARKY Seminar, Department of Anthropology and Archaeology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada. 07 February 2024.

Mekonnen A. (2022). Ecology, behaviour, genetics, and conservation of Bale monkeys in Ethiopia. University of Calgary, Department of Anthropology and Archaeology, Primate Behaviour course Guest Lecture, Calgary, Canada. 09 March 2023. # of students = 200

Mekonnen A. (2022). Ecology and Conservation of Bale Monkeys (Chlorocebus djamdjamensis) in Ethiopia. University of Calgary, Wildlife Conservation Club, Calgary, Canada. 02 Dec. 2022.

Mekonnen A. (2021). Building Conservation Science in Africa: The Case of Primate Research in Ethiopia. University of Calgary, Department of Anthropology and Archaeology, Calgary, Canada. 27 Sept. 2021.

Mekonnen A. (2020). The threatened bamboo-eating Bale monkey (Chlorocebus djamdjamensis): Its ecology, behavior, genetics, and conservation in southern Ethiopia. Stony Brook University, Department of Anthropology, Stony Brook, USA. 09 Sept. 2020.

Mekonnen, A. (2014). Behavioral ecology and conservation biology of Bale monkeys in the Southern Ethiopian Highlands. German Primate Center (DPZ) Kolloquium Series, Gottingen, Germany. 30 July 2014.