Peer-reviewed Literature recently published on West African ecology and environment
In this page, researchers can find recently published peer-reviewed articles, books and general papers on the West African ecology and environment. This list is not complete, but just serves the scope of introducing the readers to the hottest subjects of research in the dominion of the West African science and ecology. The list is updated on a monthly basis.
ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION
Unique N. Keke, Francis O. Arimoro, Yohanna I. Auta & Adesola V. Ayanwale. 2017. Temporal and spatial variability in macroinvertebrate community structure in relation to environmental variables in Gbako River, Niger State, Nigeria. Tropical Ecology http://www.tropecol.com/volumes/toc/en/toc58-2.htm
Valère K. Salako, Thierry H. Houéhanou, Kowiyou Yessoufou, Achille E. Assogbadjo, Akpovi Akoègninou & Romain L. Glèlè Kakaï. 2017. Patterns of elephant utilization of Borassus aethiopum Mart. and its stand structure in the Pendjari National Park, Benin, West Africa. Tropical Ecology http://www.tropecol.com/volumes/toc/en/toc58-2.htm
Gonedelé Bi, S., Koné, I., Béné, J., Bitty, E., Yao, K., Kouassi, B., & Gaubert, P. (2017). Bushmeat hunting around a remnant coastal rainforest in Côte d'Ivoire. Oryx, 51(3), 418-427. doi:10.1017/S0030605315001453
Buij, R. et al. 2016. Trade of threatened vultures and other raptors for fetish and bushmeat in West and Central Africa. Oryx 50: 606-616.
Cross, H. 2016. Displacement, disempowerment and corruption: challenges at the interface of fisheries, management and conservation in the Bijagós Archipelago, Guinea-Bissau. Oryx 50: 693-701.
ZOOLOGY
Dylan Burruss, Alkabouss Matchano, Jennifer K. Frey, Mark Andersen, Claudio Sillero-Zubiri. 2017. Food habits of the pale fox (Vulpes pallida) in Niger. African Journal of Ecology http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/aje.12404/full
Emmanuel, O., Onyewen, T., Egbe, S., Omonu, C., Bowkett, A., Francis, L., . . . Karunwi, A. (2017). First photographs of chimpanzees in the Omo Forest Reserve, Nigeria. Oryx, 51(3), 395-396. doi:10.1017/S0030605317000709.
BOTANY
Iveren Abiem, Sonali Saha, Shiiwua A. Manu, Emmanuel B. Elisha. 2017. Woody vegetation composition and diversity in woodlands inside and outside a Forest Reserve in Jos, Nigeria. African Journal of Ecology http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/aje.12433/full
Emmanuel Morgan Attua, Louis Awanyo, Effah Kwabena Antwi. 2017. Effects of anthropogenic disturbance on tree population structure and diversity of a rain forest biosphere reserve in Ghana, West Africa. African Journal of Ecology http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/aje.12427/full