Dr. Mulualem Tigabu

Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden

Associate Professor

Email: Mulualem.Tigabu@gmail.com

Qaulifications

2003  Ph.D., Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden

1996  M.Sc., Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden

1992  B.Sc., Alemaya University of Agriculture, Ethiopia

Publications (Selected)

1. Sovu, Mulualem Tigabu, Patrice Savadogo, Per Christer Odén, Lamphoune Xayvongsa.2011. Facilitation of forest restoration on small-scale swidden fallows in Laos using mixed-species planting and biochar application. Silva Fennica.
2. Pascaline Lingani, Mulualem Tigabu, Patrice Savadogo, Per-Christer Oden.2011. Members’ perception of performance of collective actions in participatory forest management program in Burkina Faso. African Policy Journal.
3. Pascaline Lingani, Patrice Savadogo, Mulualem Tigabu, Per-Christer Oden, Jean-Marie Ouadba.2011. Decentralization of forest management in Burkina Faso: Issues and Challenges. International Forestry Review.
4. Youlan He, Xiangqing Ma, Mulualem Tigabu, Pengfei Wu, Chen Wang, Aiqin Liu, Per Christer Oden. 2011. Physiological changes in needles of Pinus massoniana half-sib families in response to phosphorus stress in acid soil. Silva Fennica.
5. Catherine Ky-Dembele, Mulualem Tigabu, Jules Bayala, Patrice Savadogo, Issaka Joseph Boussim, Per Christer Odén. 2011. Propagation of Khaya senegalensis by stem cuttings. International Journal of Forestry Research Volume 2011. Doi:10.1155/2011/281269
6. Xiangqing Ma, Mulualem Tigabu, Pengfei Wu, Per Christer Odén, Youlan He, Xintuo Yu, Zhiying He. 2011. Variations in biomass, nutrient contents and nutrient use efficiency among Chinese fir provenances. Silvae Genetica 60 (3&4): 95-104.
7. Pascaline Lingani, Patrice Savadogo, Mulualem Tigabu, Per-Christer Oden.2011. Factors influencing local people’s participation in forest management program in southern Burkina Faso. Forest Policy and Economics 13: 292-302.
8. Negash Mamo, Diriba Nigusie, Mulualem Tigabu, Demel Teketay, Miftah Fekadu. 2011. Longevity of Juniperus procera seed lots under different storage conditions: implications for ex situ conservation in seed banks. Journal of Forestry Research 22(3): 453−459.
9. Issa Ouedraogo, Patrice Savadogo, Mulualem Tigabu, Roy Cole, Per Christer Oden, Jean-Marie Ouadba.2011. Trajectory Analysis of Forest Cover Change in the Tropical Dry Forest of Burkina Faso. Landscape Research36 (3): 303-320.
10. Issa Ouedraogo, Patrice Savadogo, Mulualem Tigabu, Sidzabda Djibril Dayamba, Per Christer Odén.2011. Systematic and Random Cover Transitions in the Tropical Dry forest of Burkina Faso, West Africa. International Journal of Remote Sensing 32 (18): 5229-5245.
11. Sivakumar, V., Gurudevsingh, B., Anandalakshmi, R., Warrier, R.R., Sekaran, S., Mulualem Tigabu, P.C. Odén. 2011. Culling phenotypically inferior trees in seed production area enhances seed and seedling quality of Acacia auriculiformis. Journal of Forestry Research 22(1): 21-26.
12. Pengfei Wu, Xiangqing Ma, Mulualem Tigabu, Chen Wang, Aiqin Liu, Per Christer Odén. 2011. Root morphological plasticity and biomass production of two Chinese fir clones with high phosphorus efficiency under low phosphorus stress. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 41(2): 228-234.
13. Guillermo Castro-Marín, Mulualem Tigabu, Benigno González-Rivas, Per Christer Odén.2011. Germination requirements and seedling establishment of four dry forest species from Nicaragua. Tropical Ecology, 52(1), 1-11.
14. Catherine Ky-Dembele, Mulualem Tigabu, Jules Bayala, Patrice Savadogo, Issaka Joseph Boussim, Per Christer Odén. 2010. Clonal propagation of Detarium microcarpum from root cuttings. Silva Fennica 44(5), 775-786.
15. Catherine Ky-Dembele, Jules Bayala, Patrice Savadogo, Mulualem Tigabu, Issaka Joseph Boussim, Per Christer Odén. 2010. Comparison of growth responses of Khaya senegalensis seedlings and stecklings to four irrigation regimes. Silva Fennica 44(5), 787-798.
16. Sidzabda Djibril Dayamba, Patrice Savadogo, Louis Sawadogo, Didier Zida, Mulualem Tigabu, Daniel Tiveau, Per Christer Oden. 2010. Community dynamics and phytomass of herbaceous species in the Sudanian savanna-woodlands of Burkina Faso: short-term impact of burning season  African Journal of Range and Forest Science 27(3), 171-177.
17. Sovu, Patrice Savadogo, Mulualem Tigabu, Per Christer Odén. 2010.Direct seeding of four native tree species for forest restoration on ex-pasture fields in the highland plateau of Laos: seedling establishment and performance. Mountain Research and Development, 30(3), 232-243.
18. Issa Ouedraogo, Mulualem Tigabu, Patrice Savadogo, Halidou Compaoré, Per Christer Odén, Jean-Marie Ouadba.2010. Land use change and its relation with population dynamics in Burkina Faso, West Africa. Land Degradation and Development, 21(5), 453-462.
19. Sovu, Mulualem Tigabu, Patrice Savadogo, Per Christer Odén, Lamphoune Xayvongsa.2010. Enrichment planting in a logged-over tropical mixed deciduous forest of Laos. Journal of Forestry Research, 21(3), 273-280.
20. Sidzabda Djibril Dayamba, Louis Sawadogo, Mulualem Tigabu, Patrice Savadogo, Didier Zida, Daniel Tiveau and Per Christer Oden.2010. Smoke water dilution, heat and seed germination of herbaceous species of the Sudanian savanna-woodland of West Africa. Flora, 205 (5), 291-362. Doi:10.1016/j.flora.2009.12.017.
21. Souleyman Paré, Mulualem Tigabu, Patrice Savadogo, Per Christer Odén and Jean Marie Ouadba.2010. Does designation of protected areas ensure conservation of tree diversity in the Sudanian dry forests of Burkina Faso? African Journal of Ecology, 48(2), 347-360. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.2009.01113.x
22. Fidèle Bognounou, Mulualem Tigabu, Patrice Savadogo, Adjima Thiombiano, Issaka Joseph Boussim, Per Christer Oden, Sita Guinko. 2010. Regeneration of five Combretaceae species along a latitudinal gradient in Sahelo-Sudanian zone of Burkina Faso. Annals of Forest Science, 67(3), 306. DOI: 10.1051/forest/2009119
23. Indra Prasad Sapkota, Mulualem Tigabu, Per Christer Odén. 2010.Changes in tree diversity and dominance across a disturbance gradient in Nepalese Sal forests. Journal of Forestry Research, 21(1), 25-32.
24. Souleyman Paré, Patrice Savadogo, Mulualem Tigabu, Per Christer Odén and Jean Marie Ouadba.2010. Consumptive values and local perception of dry forest decline in West Africa. Environment, Development, Sustainability, 12(2), 277-295.
25. Benigno González-Rivas, Mulualem Tigabu, Guillermo Castro-Marín, Per Christer Odén. 2009. Population dynamics and spatial distribution of seedlings and saplings of four Dry Forest Species in Nicaragua. Bois et Forêts des Tropiques 63(302), 21-31.