Publications by authors named "Chala Adugna Kufa"
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- Climate change significantly affects species distribution; specifically, it causes habitat expansion for Tauraco ruspolii and contraction for T. leucotis in Ethiopia.
- Using the MaxEnt algorithm and 13 environmental variables, the study predicted the future suitable habitats for both species, revealing a dramatic increase in range for T. ruspolii (up to 156%) and a decrease for T. leucotis (up to 68.67%) by the 2070s.
- Key environmental factors influencing habitat suitability are precipitation and temperature, with notable overlap in suitable habitats between the two species, indicating a shared ecological space.
The size and density of a population are essential parameters in primate ecology and conservation. Such information, however, is still scarce for many forest primate species. The Djaffa Mountains guereza () is an endemic Ethiopian taxon for which data about its distribution and population size are missing.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Climate change coupled with other anthropogenic pressures may affect the extent of suitable habitat for species and thus their distributions. This is particularly true for species occupying high-altitude habitats such as the gelada (Theropithecus gelada) of the Ethiopian highlands. To explore the impact of climate change on species distributions, Species Distribution Modelling (SDM) has been extensively used.
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