Kitessa Hundera – College of Natural Sciences

Professor

Biology Department

Full Name: Kitessa Hundera Geleta
Nationality: Ethiopian
Academic Rank: Professor
College/institute: College of Natural Sciences
Field of specialization: Forest Ecology and Management
Research interest:
- Ecology and conservation of Moist Afromontane forests
- Agroforestry
- Ethnobotany
- Animal plant interaction
Publications:
1. 1. Yuki Arai, Kitessa Hundera and Toshihide Yoshikura 2024. Can Environmental Certification Conserve Forests in the Long Run? The Case of Coffee in Southwestern Ethiopia. Research Advances in Environment, Geography and Earth Science Vol. 7 https://doi.org/10.9734/bpi/raeges/v7/1303
  2. Yuki Arai, Kitessa Hundera and Toshihide Yoshikura. 2023. Challenges in conserving forest ecosystems through coffee certification: a case study from southwestern Ethiopia. Front. Environ. Sci. 11:1193242. https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2023.1193242
  3. Gebremichael, G.; Hundera, K.; De Decker, L.; Aerts, R.; Lens, L.; Atickem, A. 2022. Bird Community Composition and Functional Guilds Response to Vegetation Structure in Southwest Ethiopia. Forests 13,2068. https://doi.org/10.3390/f13122068
  4. Gerba Daba, Gezahegn Berecha, Bart Lievens, Kitessa Hundera, Kenny Helsen,Olivier Honnay. 2022. Contrasting coffee leaf rust epidemics between forest coffee and semi-forest coffee agroforestry systems in SW-Ethiopia. HELIYON, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e11892.
  5. Dereje Bekele Jiru, Kitessa Hundera, Alemayehu N. Ayana. 2023. Trade-offs and synergies between agricultural production and biodiversity conservation in socio-ecological landscapes of South-western Ethiopia: A Review. Ethiop. J. Appl. Sci. Technol. 14(1): 7-16 https://journals.ju.edu.et/index.php/ejast/article/view/5073
  6. Adugna Babu, Kitessa Hundera, Tibebu Alemu. 2024. Challenges of biodiversity management within the agroecosystem of West Arsi Zone, southeast Ethiopia Trop. Agric. (Trinidad) Vol 101 No.1 https://journals.sta.uwi.edu/ojs/index.php/ta/article/view/8548
  7. Aden Abdurahman, Eshetu Yirsaw, Wondifraw Nigussie, Kitessa Hundera. 2023. Past and future land-use/land-cover change trends and its potential drivers in Koore’s agricultural landscape, Southern Ethiopia. Geocarto International 38(1): https://doi.org/10.1080/10106049.2023.2229952
  8. Behailu Etana, Anagaw Atickem, Diress Tsegaye, Afework Bekele, Matthias De Beenhouwer, Kitessa Hundera, Luc Lens, Peter J Fashing, Nils Chr Stenseth. 2021. Traditional shade coffee forest systems act as refuges for medium-and large-sized mammals as natural forest dwindles in Ethiopia. Biological Conservation, 260: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2021.109219
  9. Byongjun Hwang, Kitessa Hundera, Bizuneh Mekuria, Adrian Wood, Andinet Asfaw 2020. Intensified Management of Coffee Forest in Southwest Ethiopia Detected by Landsat Imagery. Forests 11, 422; https://doi.org/10.3390/f11040422
  10. Adugna Babu and Kitessa Hunderra. 2022, The Impacts of Climate Change on Ecosystem Services in Tropical Areas, Research on Humanities and Social Sciences, Vol.12, No.12, https://www.iiste.org/Journals/index.php/RHSS/article/view/59117
  11. Abebe Yadessa, Juergen Burkhardt, Endashaw Bekele, Kitessa Hundera and Heiner Goldbach. 2019. The role of soil nutrient ratios in coffee quality: Their influence on bean size and cup quality in the natural coffee forest ecosystems of Ethiopia. African Journal of Agricultural Research Vol. 14(35), pp. 2090-2103 https://academicjournals.org/journal/AJAR/article-abstract/540868C62548
  12. Abebe Yadessa, Juergen Burkhardt, Endashaw Bekele, Kitessa Hundera and Heiner Goldbach. 2020. The major factors influencing coffee quality in Ethiopia: The case of wild Arabica coffee (Coffea arabica L.) from its natural habitat of southwest and southeast Afromontane rainforests. African Journal of Plant Science, Vol. 14(6), pp. 213-230 https://academicjournals.org/journal/AJPS/article-full-text-pdf/6EF525464066.pdf
  13. Abebe Yadessa, Juergen Burkhardt, Endashaw Bekele, Kitessa Hundera and Heiner Goldbach. 2020. Influence of soil properties on bean quality of wild Coffea arabica in the natural coffee forests of southwest and southeast Ethiopia. Ethiop.J.Appl.Sci. Technol.11 (2): 23-38 https://ejhs.ju.edu.et/index.php/ejast/article/view/2886
  14. Netsanet Gonfa, Dereje Tulu, Kitessa Hundera, Dasalegn Raga.2020. Ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants, its utilization, and conservation by indigenous people of Gera district, Ethiopia. Cogent Food & Agriculture 6 (1), 1852716. https://doi.org/10.1080/23311932.2020.1852716
  15. Hana Yasin, Zerihun Kebebew, Kitessa Hundera. 2018. Woody Species Diversity, Regeneration And Socioeconomic Benefits Under Natural Forest and Adjacent Coffee Agroforests at Belete Forest, Southwest Ethiopia, Ekológia (Bratislava), Vol. 37, No. 4, p. 380–391 https://intapi.sciendo.com/pdf/10.2478/eko-2018-0029
  16. Shabu Jemal Abakorma, Kitessa Hundera, Zerehun Kebebew. 2020. Effects of coffee management on Bee Floral Diversity, Honey Yield and Quality: The Case of Gera District, Jimma Zone, South West Ethiopia, Buletin Agroteknologi, Vol. 1 No. 2 https://journals.unihaz.ac.id/index.php/bulgro/article/view/1163
  17. Berhanu Zawude Bakure, Kitessa Hundera and Magarsa Abara. 2022. Review on the effect of climate change on ecosystem services. IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci. 1016 012055 https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/1016/1/012055
  18. Melaku Mathewos, Kitessa Hundera and Lisa Biber-Freudenberger.2018. Planting Fruits and Vegetables in Homegarden as a Way to Improve Livelihoods and Conserve Plant Biodiversity, Agriculture 2018, 8, 190; https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture8120190
  19. Tibebu Alemu, Simon Bahrndorff, Cino Pertoldi, Kitessa Hundera, Esayas Alemayehu, Argaw Ambelu Development of a plant based riparian index of biotic integrity (RIBI) for assessing the ecological condition of highland streams in East Africa, Ecological Indicators 87 (2018) 77–85 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1470160X17308233
  20. Raf Aerts, Lore Geeraert, Gezahegn Berecha, Kitessa Hundera, Bart Muys, Hanne De Kort, Olivier Honnay (2017). Conserving wild Arabica coffee: Emerging threats and opportunities Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 237 75–79 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2016.12.023
  21. Tibebu Alemu, Simon Bahrndorff, Kitessa Hundera, Esayas Alemayehu, Argaw Ambelu, (2017) Effect of riparian land use on environmental conditions and riparian vegetation in the east African highland streams. Limnologica 66 1–11 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.limno.2017.07.001
  22. Matthias De Beenhouwer, Raf Aerts, Kitessa Hundera, Koen Van Overtveld, Olivier Honnay. 2015. Management intensification in Ethiopian coffee forests is associated with crown habitat contraction and loss of specialized epiphytic orchid species. Basic and Applied Ecology 16: 592–600 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2015.06.006
  23. Kitessa Hundera. 2016. Shade Tree Selection and Management Practices by Farmers in Traditional Coffee Production Systems in Jimma Zone, Southwest Ethiopia Ethiop. J. Educ. & Sc. Vol. 11 No 1. https://www.ajol.info/index.php/ejesc/article/view/153668
  24. Kitessa Hundera, Olivier Honnay, Raf Aerts, Bart Muys. 2015. The Potential of Small Exclosures in Assisting Regeneration of Coffee Shade Trees in South western Ethiopian Coffee Forests. African journal of ecology https://doi.org/10.1111/aje.12203
  25. Koen Vanderhaegen, Bruno Verbist, Kitessa Hundera, Bart Muys. 2015. REALU vs. REDD+: Carbon and biodiversity in the Afromontane landscapes of SW Ethiopia. Forest Ecology and Management 343 (2015) 22–33 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2015.01.016
  26. Kitessa Hundera, Aerts, R., Fontaine, A., Van Mechelen, M., Gijbels, P., Honnay, O., Muys, B. 2013a. Effects of coffee management intensity on composition, structure and regeneration of Ethiopian Moist Evergreen Afromontane Forests. Environmental Management 51:801-809. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-012-9976-5
  27. Kitessa Hundera, Aerts, R., De Beenhouwer, M., Van Overtveld, K., Helsen, K., Muys, B., Honnay, O. 2013b. Both forest fragmentation and coffee cultivation negatively affect epiphytic orchid diversity in Ethiopian moist evergreen Afromontane forests. Biological Conservation 159:285–291 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2012.10.029
  28. Raf Aerts, Gezahegn Berecha, Pieter Gijbels, Kitessa Hundera, Sabine Van Glabeke, Katrien Vandepitte, Bart Muys, Isabel Rolda´n-Ruiz and Olivier Honnay. 2013. Genetic variation and risks of introgression in the wild Coffea arabica gene pool in south-western Ethiopian montane rainforests, Evolutionary Applications 6:243-252 DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-4571.2012.00285.x
  29. Gebremicael Fisaha, Kitessa Hundera and Gemedo Dalle. 2013. Woody plants’ diversity, structural analysis and regeneration status of Wof Washa natural forest, North-east Ethiopia. African journal of ecology 51, 599–608 https://doi.org/10.1111/aje.12071
  30. Aerts R, Hundera K, Berecha G, Gijbels P, Baeten M, Van Mechelen M, Hermy M, Muys B, Honnay O. (2011). Semi-forest coffee cultivation and the conservation of Ethiopian Afromontane rainforest fragments. Forest Ecology and Management 261(6): 1034-1041. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2010.12.025
  31. Kitessa Hundera, Tamrat Bekele, and Ensermu Kelbessa. (2007). Floristics and Phytogeographic Synopsis of a Dry Afromontane Coniferous Forest in the Bale Mountains, Ethiopia: Implications to biodiversity conservation: SINET: Ethiop. J. Sci. 30(1):1-12. https://www.ajol.info/index.php/sinet/article/view/18277
  32. Bilew Alemu, Kitessa Hundera and Balcha Abera 2015. Floristic Composition and Structural Analysis of Gelesha Forest, Gambella Regional State, Southwest Ethiopia. Journal of Ecology and the Natural Environment 7(7), 218-227 https://doi.org/10.5897/JENE2015. 0530
  33. Kifle Kidane, Kitessa Hundera and Gemedo Dalle. 2015. Floristic Composition and Structure of Vegetation in Komba-Daga Forest, Gimbo District, Kaffa Zone, Southwest Ethiopia. Research & Reviews: A Journal of Life Sciences5:14-23 https://stmjournals.com/index.php?journal=RRJoLS&page=article&op=view&path%5B%5D=6412
  34. Kedir Aliyi, Kitessa Hundera, Gemedo Dalle. 2015. Floristic Composition, Vegetation Structure and Regeneration Status of Kimphe Lafa Natural Forest, Oromia Regional State, West Arsi, Ethiopia. Research and Reviews: A journal of Life Sciences5(1):19-32
  35. Kflay Gebrehiwot and Kitessa Hundera, 2014. Species composition, Plant Community structure and Natural regeneration status of Belete Moist Evergreen Montane Forest, Oromia Regional state, Southwestern Ethiopia Momona Ethiopian Journal of Science (MEJS), 6(1):97-101 https://journal.mu.edu.et/index.php/mejs/article/view/153
  36. Tsegaye Gadissa and Kitessa Hundera. 2015. The reproductive and feeding ecology of rodents in Sekoru district, Southwest Ethiopia. Journal of Ecology and the Natural Environment 7(6): 188-195 https://doi.org/10.5897/JENE2015.0516
  37. Tesfaye Burju, Kitessa Hundera and Ensermu Kelbessa. 2012. Floristic Composition and Structural Analysis of Jibat Humid Afromontane Forest, West Shewa Zone, Oromia National Regional State, Ethiopia https://ejhs.ju.edu.et/index.php/ejes/article/view/681
  38. Kitessa Hundera. 2007. Traditional forest management practices in Jimma zone, Ethiopia, Ethiopian journal of science and education 2(2): 1-11 https://www.ajol.info/index.php/ejesc/article/view/41982
  39. Kitessa Hundera and Bishaw Deboch, 2008. Vegetation composition and structure of the Gurra Farda forest, SNNPR, south western Ethiopia, Ethiopian journal of science and education 3(2): 35-44 https://www.ajol.info/index.php/ejesc/article/view/42006
  40. Kitessa Hundera and Tsegaye Gadissa 2008. Woody species composition and structure of the Belete Forest, Jimma Zone, SW Ethiopia. Ethiopian journal of the Biological sciences 7(1) 1-15 https://www.ajol.info/index.php/ejbs/article/view/89450
  41. Kitessa Hundera. 2011. Status of woody species regeneration under the canopy of exotic plantations in Belete forest, south west Ethiopia. Ethiopian journal of education and sciences, 5(2): 19-28 https://www.ajol.info/index.php/ejesc/article/view/65366

Contact

Phone: 0917802767

Email: kitessa.hundera@ju.edu.et