Build science in Africa

Nature - Tập 570 Số 7761 - Trang 297-300 - 2019
Anagaw Atickem1, Nils Chr. Stenseth2,3,4, Peter J. Fashing5, Nga Nguyen6, Colin A. Chapman7,8,9, Afework Bekele10,11, Addisu Mekonnen12,13, Patrick A. Omeja14, Urs Kalbitzer15
1Anagaw Atickem is an adjunct assistant professor in the Department of Zoological Sciences at Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia, and is associated with the Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis, University of Oslo, Norway.
2Nils Chr. Stenseth is professor at the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences and at the Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis at the University of Oslo, Norway
3an elected member of the World Academy of Sciences.
4honorary professor in the Department of Zoological Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia
5Peter J. Fashing is professor in the Department of Anthropology and in the Environmental Studies Program, California State University Fullerton, USA, and is associated with the Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis, University of Oslo, Norway.
6Nga Nguyen is professor in the Department of Anthropology and in the Environmental Studies Program, California State University Fullerton, USA, and is associated with the Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis, University of Oslo, Norway.
7Colin A. Chapman is professor in the Department of Anthropology, McGill University, Canada, and is associated with the Center for the Advanced Study of Human Paleobiology, George Washington University, USA
8the School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
9the Shaanxi Key Laboratory for Animal Conservation, Northwest University, China
10Afework Bekele is professor in the Department of Zoological Science at Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia
11is associated with the Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis, University of Oslo, Norway.
12Addisu Mekonnen is postdoctoral researcher at the Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis, University of Oslo, Norway
13is associated with the Department of Zoological Science at Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia.
14Patrick A. Omeja is director of the Makerere University Biological Field Station, P.O. Box 937, Fort Portal, Uganda.
15Urs Kalbitzer is postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Anthropology, McGill University, Canada.

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