selected publications
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article
- Litterfall production and associated carbon and nitrogen flux along exclosure chronosequence at Kewet district, central lowland of Ethiopia. Environmental Systems Research. 9:1-12. 2020
- Tree-ring δ18O climate signals vary among tree functional types in South Asian tropical moist forests. Science of The Total Environment. 143939. 2020
- No evidence for carryover effect in tree rings based on a pulse-labelling experiment on Juniperus communis in South Germany. Trees-structure and Function. 1-10. 2020
- Disentangling the effects of atmospheric CO2 and climate on intrinsic water-use efficiency in South Asian tropical moist forest trees.. Tree Physiology. 40:904-916. 2020
- Indigenous ways of environmental protection in Gedeo community, Southern Ethiopia: A socio-ecological perspective. Cogent food & agriculture. 6. 2020
- Spatial groundwater recharge estimation in Raya basin, Northern Ethiopia: an approach using GIS based water balance model. Sustainable Water Resources Management. 5:961-975. 2019
- Farmers' indigenous knowledge of tree conservation and acidic soil amendments: The role of "baabbo" and "Mona" systems: Lessons from Gedeo community, Southern Ethiopia. Cogent food & agriculture. 5. 2019
- Intra-Annual Radial Growth of Pinus kesiya var. langbianensis Is Mainly Controlled by Moisture Availability in the Ailao Mountains, Southwestern China. Forests. 10. 2019
- Upper Nile River flow reconstructed to A.D. 1784 from tree-rings for a long-term perspective on hydrologic-extremes and effective water resource management. Quaternary Science Reviews. 199:126-143. 2018
- Mixed-species allometric equations and estimation of aboveground biomass and carbon stocks in restoring degraded landscape in northern Ethiopia. Environmental Research Letters. 13:24022. 2018
- Tree-ring record in Ethiopian church forests reveals successive generation differences in growth rates and disturbance events. Forest Ecology and Management. 409:835-844. 2018
- Multi‐century tree‐ring precipitation record reveals increasing frequency of extreme dry events in the upper Blue Nile River catchment. Global Change Biology. 23:5436-5454. 2017
- Ring-widths of the above tree-line shrub Rhododendron reveal the change of minimum winter temperature over the past 211 years in Southwestern China. Climate Dynamics. 48:3919-3933. 2017
- The frankincense tree Boswellia neglecta reveals high potential for restoration of woodlands in the Horn of Africa. Forest Ecology and Management. 385:16-24. 2017
- Earlywood and Latewood Stable Carbon and Oxygen Isotope Variations in Two Pine Species in Southwestern China during the Recent Decades 2017
- Allometric equations for estimating above-ground biomass and carbon stock in Faidherbia albida under contrasting management in Malawi. Agroforestry Systems. 90:1061-1076. 2016
- Potential of dendrochronology in assessing carbon sequestration rates of Vitellaria paradoxa in southern Mali, West Africa. Dendrochronologia. 40:26-35. 2016
- Climate seasonality limits leaf carbon assimilation and wood productivity in tropical forests. Biogeosciences. 13:2537-2562. 2016
- Impacts of precipitation variability on the dynamics of a dry tropical montane forest. Ecological Modelling. 320:92-101. 2016
- Climate seasonality limits carbon assimilation and storage in tropical forests. Biogeosciences Discussions. 2016:1-50. 2016
- Early fruit thinning improves yield and quality of three low chill apples (M. domestica Borkh) cultivars in Central highlands of Ethiopia 2016
- Intensifying with high value trees in Africa RISING Ethiopia â?? some reflections from the first phase 2016
- Untapped opportunities: enhancing food and nutritional security through introducing high value fruit trees in the highlands of Ethiopia 2016
- Assessing drought variability since 1650 AD from tree-rings on the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, southwest China. International Journal of Climatology. 35:4057-4065. 2015
- Tree dieback affects climate change mitigation potential of a dry afromontane forest in northern Ethiopia. Forest Ecology and Management. 344:73-83. 2015
- Responses of Dobera glabra and Eight Co-Occurring Species to Drought and Salinity Stress at a Savanna-Scrub Ecotone: Implications in the Face of Climate Change 2014
- Stable carbon isotope labeling reveals different carry-over effects between functional types of tropical trees in an Ethiopian mountain forest. New Phytologist. 199:431-440. 2013
- Growth dynamics and potential for cross-dating and multi-century climate reconstruction of Podocarpus falcatus in Ethiopia. Dendrochronologia. 30:257-265. 2012
- Cambial growth dynamics and climatic control of different tree life forms in tropical mountain forest in Ethiopia. Trees-structure and Function. 25:59-70. 2011
- Relationships of stable carbon isotopes, plant water potential and growth: an approach to asses water use efficiency and growth strategies of dry land agroforestry species. Trees-structure and Function. 25:95-102. 2011
- Exploring climatic signals in stable isotopes of Sclerocarya birrea tree ring chronologies from the Sahel region in West Africa 2011
- Stable carbon isotope ratios in tree rings of co-occurring species from semi arid tropics in Africa: patterns and climatic signals 2009
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dataset
- Mixed-species allometric equations and estimation of aboveground biomass and carbon stocks in restoring degraded landscape in northern Ethiopia 2018
- Africa RISING project: Local agro-ecological knowledge as a basis for sustainable intensification of tree- crop- livestock systems in the Ethiopian highlands: Sinana Woreda, Oromo Region 2014
- Africa RISING Project: Local knowledge of farmers on constraints and opportunities to sustainable intensification of tree-crop-livestock mixed systems in Basona Woreda, Amhara region, Ethiopia 2013
- Africa RISING Project: Local knowledge of farmers on constraints and opportunities to sustainable intensification of tree-crop-livestock mixed systems in Lemo Woreda, Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Region, Ethiopia 2013
- Africa RISING Project: Sustainable tree-crop-livestock intensification as a pillar for the Ethiopian climate resilient green economy initiative 2012
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document
- Influence of climatic factors on tree growth in riparian forests in the humid and dry savannas of the Volta basin, Ghana 2016
- Integrating high-value multipurpose trees with soil and water conservation to improve livelihoods and reduce land degradation in Ethiopia 2014
- Stable carbon and oxygen isotopes reveal Sahel drought events and ground water fluctuations in sub-Saharan Africa 2014
- Applications of dendrochronology in Agroforestry and climate change research 2013
- Do we expect formation of annual rings on species with reverse phenology? 2012
- Sustainable tree-crop-livestock intensification as a pillar for the Ethiopian climate resilient green economy initiative: report from an'early win' project 2012
- Tracing responses to climate variability from stable isotopes in tree rings 2012
- How do Agroforestry tree species cope with climate variability and longterm climate changes in different ecological zones and climate regime? 2010
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review
- Trends in tree growth and intrinsic water-use efficiency in the tropics under elevated CO2 and climate change. Trees-structure and Function. 623-640. 2019
- Opportunities and applications of dendrochronology in Africa. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability. 48-53. 2014
- Pricing rainbow, green, blue and grey water: tree cover and geopolitics of climatic teleconnections. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability. 41-47. 2014
- Dendrochronology in the dry tropics: the Ethiopian case. Trees-structure and Function. 345-354. 2011