About
Name: Aberham Father name: Megaze JoreNationality (Citizenship): EthiopianAcademic rank: Associate professorMailing and communication address:College of Natural Sciences, Department of Biology, Wolaita Sodo University, PO Box 138Fax: +251-046-5515113, Call Phone: +251-983653998 (for all time call),Email: abme749@yahoo.com & aberhammegaze@gmail.comEducation background (Academic qualifications):2012−2015: PhD degree in Ecological and Systematic Zoology: Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia
Research
Wildlife ecology and conservationAnimal BehaviorGlobal Environmental ChangeLandscape and Ecosystem EcologyTerrestrial ecologyEcology & Conservation Biology, Ecological modeling
Publication
1. Aberham Megaze, Gurja Belay and Balakrishnan, M. (2012). Population structure and ecology of the African buffalo (Syncerus caffer Sparrman, 1779) in Chebera Churchura National Park, Ethiopia. Afr. J. Ecol. 51: 393–401.2. Aberham Megaze and Afework Bekele (2013). Diet preference and activity patterns of Great White Pelicans (Pelecanus onocrotalus, Linnaeus, 1758) at lake Hawassa, Ethiopia. Ethiop. J. Biol. Sci. 12(2): 211-222.3. Aberham Megaze, Gurja Belay and Balakrishnan, M. (2017). Current population estimate and distribution of the African buffalo in CheberaChurchura National Park, Ethiopia. Afr. J. Ecol. 56(1): 12–19.4. Aberham Megaze, Gurja Belay and Balakrishnan, M. (2017). Human–wildlife conflict and attitudes of local people towards conservation of wildlife in Chebera Churchura National Park, Ethiopia. Afr. Zool. 52:1-8.5. Aberham Megaze, Gurja Belay and Balakrishnan, M. (2017). The attitudes and practices of local people towards wildlife in Chebera Churchura National Park, Ethiopia. Int. J. Boil. Conserv. 9: 45-55.6. Aberham Megaze, Gurja Belay and Balakrishnan, M. (2018). Diurnal activity patterns of African buffalo (Syncerus caffer Sparrman, 1779) in Chebera Churchura National Park, Ethiopia. Afr. J. Ecol. 56(3): 436-444.7. Tedilahun Tesfaye and Aberham Megaze (2021). Population status of Anubis baboons and Grivet monkeys and their conflicts with humans in Humbo Community Managed Forest: implications for primate conservation, Wolaita, Southern Ethiopia. J. Sci. Incl. Devel. 4: 1–22.8. Zewdneh Tomass, Simon Shibru, Meheretu Yonas, Aberham Megaze, Zerihun Woldu, Natalie van Houtte, Gebeyehu Feleke, Steven R. Belmain and Herwig Leirs (2021). Season and habitat affect diversity, abundance and reproductive state of small mammals near Lake Abaya, Ethiopia. Mammalia, 85: 236-247.9. Yigrem Deneke, Aberham Megaze, Wondimagegnheu Tekalegn, Taye Dobamo and Herwig Leirs (2022). Population estimation and livestock loss by spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta) in Damota community managed forest, Southern Ethiopia. Global Ecology and Conservation, 34 (4): e02037.10. Samuel Oyda, Wondimagegnehu Tekalign and Aberham Megaze (2022). Promoting harmony between local people and wild animals around the Humbo Community Managed Forest area, southern Ethiopia. African Journal of Ecology :1–6.11. Aberham Megaze, Yigrem Kebede, and Gebeyehu Feleke (2022) Assessment of human- wildlife conflict in the Central Omo River Basin, Ethiopia. Journal of Science and Inclusive Development 4 (1):126.12. Yigrem Deneke, Aberham Megaze, Wondimagegnheu Tekalign, Taye Dobamo and Herwig Leirs (2022). Livestock depredation by wild carnivores in the highlands of Wolaita zone, southern Ethiopia. Wildlife Research 50(4): 301-309.13. Bereket Arba, Abraham Getachew Kelbore, Mihiretu Alemayehu, Chimdesa Adugna, Tessema Bibo, Aberham Megaze and Herwig Leirs (2023). Knowledge, attitude, and practice of the rural community about cutaneous leishmaniasis in Wolaita zone, southern Ethiopia. PLoS ONE 18(3):1-13.14. Mesfin Matusal and Aberham Megaze (2023).Diet of Black-backed Jackal (Canis mesomelas, Schreber, 1775), impacts on livelihood and perceptions of farmers in Konasa Pulasa community conserved forest, omo valley of Ethiopia. BMC Zoolog, 8 (27):11-09.15. Mesfin Matusal; Aberham Megaze and Taye Dobamo (2023). Population Density of Wild Animals and Their Conflict in Konasa_Pulasa Community Conserved Forest, Omo Valley, Southern Ethiopia. International Journal of Ecology, 2023; 12-22. https://doi.org/10.1155/2023/843707316. Bereket Alemayehu, Negese Koroto, Temesgen Tomas, Teshome Matusala, Aberham Megaze, Herwig Leirs, The abundance and distribution of sandflies (with emphasis on Phlebotomus pedifer) (Diptera: Psychodidae) along the altitudinal gradient in Kindo Didaye district, Wolaita Zone, South Ethiopia, Journal of Medical Entomology, 2024;, tjae049, https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjae049
Contact
abme749@yahoo.com or aberhammegaze@gmail.com
