Getachew MulualemPosition PhD studentDirection biogeography, phylogeneticsWorkplace Research facility Studenec+420 775 250 836gechozol@gmail.comPhD thesis Evolution of Rodent Biodiversity in Eastern Afromontane Biodiversity HotspotsPublications and Applied outputs2026Kubáčková L, Mulualem G, Tomass Z, Bibo T, Meheretu Y, Bryja J (2026). Small terrestrial mammals of southern Ethiopia: DNA barcoding sheds light on a neglected centre of montane endemism. Mammalia.2025Grilo C, Neves T, Bates J, le Roux A, Medrano-Vizcaíno P, Quaranta M, Silva I, Soanes K, Wang Y, Andrášik R, Bartonička T, Benedetti Y, Bíl M, Červinka J, Cicha V, Duľa M, Ernst M, Janík T, Jirků M, Keken Z, Kubeček J, Kušta T, Mulualem G, Neudert J, Romportl D, Šálek M, Sedoník J, Guinard E (2025). Global Roadkill Data: a dataset on terrestrial vertebrate mortality caused by collision with vehicles. Scientific Data, 505.Welegerima K, Mulualem G, Kidane D, Tesfaldet YT (2025). Avian diversity at Mekelle university campus: a blueprint for urban green spaces in semi-arid areas of Tigray, Ethiopia. Urban Ecosystems, 142.2024Meheretu Y, Mikula O, Frynta D, Frýdlová P, Mulualem G, Lavrenchenko LA, Kostin DS, Elmi HSA, Šumbera R, Bryja J (2024). Phylogeny, biogeography, and integrative taxonomic revision of the Afro-Arabian rodent genus Ochromyscus (Muridae: Murinae: Praomyini). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, zlad158.Mulualem G, Lavrenchenko LA, Peterhans JCK, Mikula O, Bryjová A, Meheretu Y, Bryja J (2024). Taxonomic revision and evolutionary history of the climbing mice in eastern Africa (Dendromus mystacalis clade): the role of elevation and geographical barriers in the speciation process. Organisms Diversity & Evolution.Welegerima K, Meheretu Y, Bryja J, Mulualem G, Hayelom W, Kedir F, Massawe AW, Mbije NE, Makundi RH (2024). Afromontane mosaic vegetation acts as a barrier between small mammals from two savannah biomes in northern Ethiopia. Biodiversity and Conservation.2023Haileselasie TH, Mulualem G, Welegerima K (2023). The first large-scale record of gelada's spatial distribution and population size in Mountain chains of Tigray, Northern Ethiopia. Heliyon, e19346.Mulualem G, Collinson WJ, Tesfahunegny W, Walle M, Kassie A, Mesfin M, Chala D, Teferi M, Haileselasie TH (2023). Examining vertebrate road mortality on highways passing through protected areas of eastern Ethiopia. European Journal of Wildlife Research, 117.2022Bryja J, Meheretu Y, Boratyński Z, Zeynu A, Denys C, Mulualem G, Welegerima K, Bryjová A, Kasso M, Kostin DS, Martynov AA, Lavrenchenko LA (2022). Rodents of the Afar Triangle (Ethiopia): geographical isolation causes high level of endemism. Biodiversity and Conservation.Meheretu Y, Tilahun T, Engdayehu G, Bosma L, Mulualem G, Craig EW, Bryja J, van Steenbergen F (2022). A snapshot of rodents and shrews of agroecosystems in Ethiopian highlands using camera traps. Mammalia.
