TABLE 2.

Overall mean gelada diets across the study sites

Study site	Elevation (m)	No. of study months	Percent of overall diet
			Grass blades	Grass seeds	Grass underground	Herb aboveground	Herb roots	Fruits	Tree/shrub others	Invertebrates	Crops	Others
Kosheme, Wollo1	2,400	18	55.4	5.4	18.8	4.9	0.3	7.3	1.9	0.5	5.6	0.1
Guassa, Menz2	3,450	15	50.6	2.2	4.0	29.1	7.5	0.0	0.0	2.8	0.0	3.8
Sankaber, Simien mts3	3,300	6	55.2	1.8	7.6	6.2	20.5	3.3	0.0	0.1	0.0	1.1
Sankaber, Simien mts4	3,300	5	45.0	23.2	24.5	2.5	1.4	1.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.3
Sankaber, Simien mts5	3,300	12	76.3	1.3	14.0*	7.3	‐	0.5	0.0	0.1	0.3	0.2
Gich, Simien mts6	3,900	3	68.8	5.1	8.0	15.7	2.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Gich, Simien mts7	3,900	12	74.3	0.6	7.6	5.2	10.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.4
Bole, Debre Libanos8	2,300	6	91.4	5.0	0.5	0.6	0.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5
Indetu, Arsi9	2060	9	51.7	0.0	26.1	7.1	8.7	3.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.0

¹ This study.

² Fashing et al., 2014.

³ Hunter, 2001.

⁴ Dunbar, 1977.

⁵ Jarvey et al.,2018 where * includes both underground grass and herb diet items.

⁶ Iwamoto, 1979.

⁷ Woldegeorgis & Bekele, 2015.

⁸ Dunbar & Dunbar, 1974.