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Afework Bekele publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Afework Bekele sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 240 publications — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Afework Bekele D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Afework Bekele sits on this spectrum.

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1% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Afework Bekele is affiliated with Addis Ababa University in Ethiopia. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with a particular emphasis on ecology and conservation.

The scientist has contributed extensively to the study of wildlife ecology and conservation, with notable work in primate behavior and ecology, rangeland management and livestock ecology, and species distribution related to climate change. Their research also covers animal ecology and behavior studies, bat biology and ecology, and animal vocal communication and behavior.

Key topics of Afework Bekele's work include:

  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Primate Behavior and Ecology
  • Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
  • Bat Biology and Ecology Studies
  • Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior

Bekele's publications appear frequently in several scientific journals. The most common venues are:

  • Global Ecology and Conservation
  • African Journal of Ecology
  • Research Square
  • SINET Ethiopian Journal of Science
  • Ecology and Evolution

Afework Bekele has co-authored many papers with several frequent collaborators, including:

  • Anagaw Atickem
  • Nils Chr. Stenseth
  • Mesele Yihune
  • Diress Tsegaye
  • Peter J. Fashing

Selected recent publications by Bekele include:

  • "Human-wildlife conflict and coexistence: a case study from Senkele Swayne's Hartebeest Sanctuary in Ethiopia," 2020, Wildlife Biology
  • "Traditional shade coffee forest systems act as refuges for medium- and large-sized mammals as natural forest dwindles in Ethiopia," 2021, Biological Conservation
  • "Impacts of climate change on predicted habitat suitability and distribution of Djaffa Mountains Guereza (Colobus guereza gallarum, Neumann 1902) using MaxEnt algorithm in Eastern Ethiopian Highland," 2022, Global Ecology and Conservation
  • "Feeding ecology and diet of the southern geladas (Theropithecus gelada obscurus) in human-modified landscape, Wollo, Ethiopia," 2021, Ecology and Evolution
  • "Distribution and conservation status of Boutourlini's blue monkey (Cercopithecus mitis boutourlinii), a Vulnerable subspecies endemic to western Ethiopia," 2020, Primates

Their research spans multiple subfields of environmental science, including ecology, social psychology, policy and law in management and monitoring, ecology evolution behavior and systematics, and ecological modeling.

Best Publications

  • The cryptic African wolf: Canis aureus lupaster is not a golden jackal and is not endemic to Egypt.

    Eli Knispel Rueness;Maria Gulbrandsen Asmyhr;Claudio Sillero-Zubiri;David W. Macdonald

  • 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

    Dereje Tesfaye;Peter J. Fashing;Afework Bekele;Addisu Mekonnen

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

    Addisu Mekonnen;Afework Bekele;Peter J. Fashing;Graham Hemson

  • DNA Metabarcoding Reveals Diet Overlap between the Endangered Walia Ibex and Domestic Goats -Implications for Conservation

    Berihun Gebremedhin;Øystein Flagstad;Afework Bekele;Desalegn Chala

  • Systematics and geographic variation of Ethiopian Arvicanthis (Rodentia, Muridae)

    Afework Bekele;E. Capanna;M. Corti;L. F. Marcus

  • Farmer’s perceptions of rodents as crop pests : Knowl- edge, attitudes and practices in rodent pest management in Tanzania and Ethiopia

    Rhodes H. Makundi;Afework Bekele;Herwig Leirs;Apia W. Massawe

  • Anti-predator behavior of gelada baboons

    Toshitaka Iwamoto;Akio Mori;Masao Kawai;Afework Bekele

  • 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

    Addisu Mekonnen;Addisu Mekonnen;Peter J. Fashing;Peter J. Fashing;Afework Bekele;R. Adriana Hernandez-Aguilar

  • Competition between domestic dogs and Ethiopian wolf (Canis simensis) in the Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia.

    A. Atickem;A. Bekele;S. D. Williams

  • Population ecology of rodents of maize fields and grassland in Central Ethiopia

    Afework Bekele;Herwig Leirs

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

    Addisu Mekonnen;Addisu Mekonnen;Peter J. Fashing;Peter J. Fashing;Afework Bekele;R. Adriana Hernandez-Aguilar

  • Human–gelada baboon conflict in and around the Simien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia

    Mesele Yihune;Afework Bekele;Zelealem Tefera

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

    Dietmar Zinner;Anagaw Meshesha Atickem;Jacinta C. Beehner;Afework Bekele

  • Microhabitat choice and diet of rodents in Maynugus irrigation field, northern Ethiopia

    Workneh Gebresilassie;Afework Bekele;Gurja Belay;M. Balakrishnan

  • DIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION OF ETHIOPIAN MAMMALS: WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED IN 30 YEARS?

    Leonid A. Lavrenchenko;Afework Bekele

  • Spatial ecology of golden jackal in farmland in the Ethiopian Highlands

    Ermias Admasu;Simon J. Thirgood;Afework Bekele;M. Karen Laurenson

  • Population size, group composition and behavioural ecology of geladas (Theropithecus gelada) and human-gelada conflict in Wonchit Valley, Ethiopia.

    Zewdu Kifle;Gurja Belay;Afework Bekele

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

    Kelil Abu;Addisu Mekonnen;Addisu Mekonnen;Afework Bekele;Peter J. Fashing;Peter J. Fashing

  • Newly discovered Bale monkey populations in forest fragments in southern Ethiopia: evidence of crop raiding, hybridization with grivets, and other conservation threats.

    Addisu Mekonnen;Afework Bekele;Peter J. Fashing;Jean-Marc Lernould

  • Ethiopian highlands as a cradle of the African fossorial root-rats (genus Tachyoryctes), the genetic evidence.

    Radim Šumbera;Jarmila Krásová;Leonid A. Lavrenchenko;Sewnet Mengistu

  • Livestock predation in the Bale Mountains, Ethiopia.

    Anagaw Atickem;Stuart Williams;Afework Bekele;Simon Thirgood

  • Population dynamics of the Ethiopian endemic rodent Praomys albipes in the Menagesha State Forest

    Afework Bekele

  • Attitude and Perceptions of Local Residents toward the Protected Area of Abijata-Shalla Lakes National Park (ASLNP), Ethiopia

    Tewodros Kumssa;Afework Bekele

  • Diversity and Relative Abundance of Birds of Alatish National Park, North Gondar, Ethiopia

    Girma Mengesha;Afework Bekele

Frequent Co-Authors

Nils Chr. Stenseth
Nils Chr. Stenseth University of Oslo
Claudio Sillero-Zubiri
Claudio Sillero-Zubiri University of Oxford
Dietmar Zinner
Dietmar Zinner German Primate Center
Josef Bryja
Josef Bryja Czech Academy of Sciences
Herwig Leirs
Herwig Leirs University of Antwerp
Leif Egil Loe
Leif Egil Loe Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Ron Verhagen
Ron Verhagen University of Antwerp
Radim Šumbera
Radim Šumbera University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice
Chris S. Elphick
Chris S. Elphick University of Connecticut
Albano Beja-Pereira
Albano Beja-Pereira University of Porto

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