About the Authors

Sintayehu W. Dejene

Contributed equally to this work with: Sintayehu W. Dejene, Ignas M. A. Heitkönig, Herbert H. T. Prins, Willem F. de Boer

sintekal@gmail.com

Affiliations Resource Ecology Group, Wageningen University, Wageningen, the Netherlands, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Haramaya University, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia

Ignas M. A. Heitkönig

Contributed equally to this work with: Sintayehu W. Dejene, Ignas M. A. Heitkönig, Herbert H. T. Prins, Willem F. de Boer

Affiliation Resource Ecology Group, Wageningen University, Wageningen, the Netherlands

Herbert H. T. Prins

Contributed equally to this work with: Sintayehu W. Dejene, Ignas M. A. Heitkönig, Herbert H. T. Prins, Willem F. de Boer

Affiliation Resource Ecology Group, Wageningen University, Wageningen, the Netherlands

Fitsum A. Lemma

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation College of Veterinary Medicine, Haramaya University, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia

Daniel A. Mekonnen

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation College of Veterinary Medicine, Haramaya University, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia

Zelalem E. Alemu

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Haramaya University, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia

Tessema Z. Kelkay

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Haramaya University, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia

Willem F. de Boer

Contributed equally to this work with: Sintayehu W. Dejene, Ignas M. A. Heitkönig, Herbert H. T. Prins, Willem F. de Boer

Affiliation Resource Ecology Group, Wageningen University, Wageningen, the Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SWD WFdB IMAH HHTP FAL DAM ZEA TZK. Performed the experiments: SWD. Analyzed the data: SWD. Wrote the paper: SWD. Reviewed the manuscript: SWD WFdB IMAH HHTP FAL DAM ZEA TZK.