Analysis of land use land cover dynamics and driving factors in Desa'a forest in Northern Ethiopia

H Hishe, K Giday, J Van Orshoven, B Muys, F Taheri… - Land use policy, 2021 - Elsevier
Understanding the dynamic of land use/land cover (LULC) can assist relevant authorities in
implementing them along with management options for natural forests like Desa'a forest in …

Species diversity and stand structural diversity of woody plants predominantly determine aboveground carbon stock of a dry Afromontane forest in Northern Ethiopia

BA Tetemke, E Birhane, MM Rannestad… - Forest Ecology and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Aboveground carbon (AGC) stock in forests is affected by several biotic and abiotic factors.
Understanding those factors is crucial in managing forests for climate change mitigation and …

Allometric models for predicting aboveground biomass of trees in the dry afromontane forests of Northern Ethiopia

BA Tetemke, E Birhane, MM Rannestad, T Eid - Forests, 2019 - mdpi.com
Dry Afromontane forests form the largest part of the existing natural vegetation in Ethiopia.
Nevertheless, models for quantifying aboveground tree biomass (AGB) of these forests are …

Ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants from degraded dry afromontane forest in northern Ethiopia: Species, uses and conservation challenges

K Giday, L Lenaerts, K Gebrehiwot, G Yirga… - Journal of Herbal …, 2016 - Elsevier
The large variation in climate, geology and land forms in Ethiopia has led to a great variety
of ecosystems with high plant species diversity. The authors sought to provide a …

[HTML][HTML] Vegetation density and altitude determine the supply of dry Afromontane forest ecosystem services: Evidence from Ethiopia

BW Kassun, AMI Kallio, E Trømborg… - Forest Ecology and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Mapping forest ecosystem services (ES) and identifying both natural and anthropogenic
factors influencing their supply and distribution is a key step for sustainable and climate …

Environmental and anthropogenic factors affecting natural regeneration of degraded dry Afromontane forest

H Hishe, K Giday, T Fremout, A Negussie… - Restoration …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Natural regeneration of trees may provide a cost‐effective way to restore degraded tropical
dry forests, but the factors predominantly affecting natural regeneration success are poorly …

[PDF][PDF] The influence of physical factors on deforestation of key species and their implication for forest management in the dry afromontane forest of Desa'a, northern …

H Hishe, K Giday, M Haile - Int. J. Sci. Res, 2015 - academia.edu
Deforestation has been practiced for millennia in Ethiopia. The power of GIS and remote
sensing was combined with SPSS to investigate the effect of physical factors on the …

Recruitment credit cannot compensate for extinction debt in a degraded dry Afromontane forest

H Hishe, K Giday, T Fremout… - Journal of Vegetation …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Question Anthropogenic disturbances severely affect dryland forests worldwide, but their
effects on woody species population structure and long‐term persistence remain poorly …

Detection of Olea europaea subsp. cuspidata and Juniperus procera in the dry Afromontane forest of northern Ethiopia using subpixel analysis of Landsat imagery

H Hishe, K Giday, M Neka… - Journal of Applied …, 2015 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Comprehensive and less costly forest inventory approaches are required to monitor the
spatiotemporal dynamics of key species in forest ecosystems. Subpixel analysis using the …

In situ leaf litter production, decomposition and nutrient release of dry Afromontane trees

E Birhane, T Desalegn, F Kebede, K Giday… - … and Forestry Journal, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
The litter fall production, decomposition and subsequent nutrient release of Carrisa edulis,
Juniperus procera, Maytenus obscura and Olea europaea was monitored in the dry …