Table 1.
Spatial distribution, population size, and structure of the endemic gelada in selected mountains of Tigray.
| Zone | Districts | Kebelle | Counting Blocks | Age-sex |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Area | Adult male | Adult female | Juveniles | Total | % | ||||
| Eastern | G.Afeshum | Adi Asefah | Adi Asefah -01 | 15.3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 0.08 |
| Eastern | G.Afeshum | Adi Asefah | Adi Asefah -02 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 25 | 0.15 | |
| Eastern | G.Afeshum | Zeban Erar | Zeban Erar | 4 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 0.08 | |
| Eastern | G.Afeshum | Erar Senefti | Erar Sn'efti | 1 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 0.08 | |
| Eastern | Hawzen | Debre-Abay | Degu'at-01 | 15.5 | 6 | 25 | 9 | 40 | 0.23 |
| Eastern | Hawzen | Debre-Abay | Degu'at-02 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 34 | 0.20 | |
| Eastern | Hawzen | Dega'mba | Mai-da-Gobo | 5 | 16 | 12 | 33 | 0.19 | |
| Subtotal Total | 30.8 | 28 | 72 | 72 | 172 | ||||
| Western | Welkait | Adi Gaba | Mai Gebo-01 | 15.33 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 30 | 0.59 |
| Western | Welkait | Adi Gaba | Mai Gebo-02 | 9.33 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 0.29 |
| Western | Welkait | Bil'amba | Medacha-01 | 10.84 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0.10 |
| Western | Welkait | Wef-argf | Qakha-01 | 5.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.02 |
| Subtotal Total | 40.5 | 9 | 7 | 35 | 51 | ||||
| Grand Total | 223 | ||||||||
G.Afeshum = Ganta Afeshum; Area = refers to the area of the counting block we scanned and is estimated based on GPS readings of the study sites. Age-sex: Adult male doesn't refer to alpha males but includes all adult males irrespective of their social status.