How well do local stakeholders’ perceptions of environmental impacts of an invasive alien plant species relate to ecological data?

• Ketema Bekele,
• Theo EW Linders,
• René Eschen,
• Hailu Shiferaw,
• Jema Haji,
• Belaineh Legesse,
• Simon Choge,
• Sandra Eckert,
• Purity Rima Mbaabu,
• Urs Schaffner

Affiliations

Ketema Bekele

School of Agricultural Economics, Haramaya University, P.O. box 138, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia; Corresponding author.

Theo EW Linders

CABI, Rue des Grillons 1, Delémont 2800, Switzerland; Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern, Altenbergrain 21, Bern 3013, Switzerland; Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations, Central Government Real Estate Agency. P.O. box 47, Wageningen 6700 AA, Netherlands

René Eschen

CABI, Rue des Grillons 1, Delémont 2800, Switzerland

Hailu Shiferaw

Water and Land Resource Centre, Addis Ababa University P.O. box 3880, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Jema Haji

School of Agricultural Economics, Haramaya University, P.O. box 138, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia

Belaineh Legesse

School of Agricultural Economics, Haramaya University, P.O. box 138, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia

Simon Choge

Kenya Forestry Research Institute, P.O. Box 57-30403, Marigat, Kenya

Sandra Eckert

Centre for Development and the Environment, University of Bern, Mittelstrasse 43, Bern 3012, Switzerland; Institute of Geography, University of Bern, Hallerstrasse 10, Bern 3012, Switzerland

Purity Rima Mbaabu

Kenya Forestry Research Institute, P.O. Box 57-30403, Marigat, Kenya; Institute for Climate Change and Adaptation (ICCA), University of Nairobi, P.O. Box 30197, Nairobi, Kenya; Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Chuka University, P. O Box 109-60400, Chuka, Kenya

Urs Schaffner

CABI, Rue des Grillons 1, Delémont 2800, Switzerland