IDECC INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENT ECOLOGY CONSERVATION AND COOPERATION

Gift Sarafadin Simon, John Sebit Benansio, Thomas Francis Lado, Salah Khatir Jubarah, John Leju, Luca Luiselli: Local Ecological Knowledge in South Sudan can help conservation and management of Cyclanorbis elegans. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 12/2019; 18(2).

Gift Sarafadin Simon, Mapour Kuot Mungu, Daniele Dendi, Massimiliano Di Vittorio, Luca Luiselli: A preliminary study on the amphibian community structure in South Sudan (East Africa). Russian Journal of Herpetology 11/2019;

Hugo Cayuela, G.C. Akani, Emmanuel Midibahaye HEMA, Edem Archibong Eniang, Nioking Amadi, Stephanie N. Ajong, Daniele Dendi, Fabio Petrozzi, Luca Luiselli: Life history and age-dependent mortality processes in tropical reptiles. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 09/2019.

Mathias Behangana, Conslate Aluziyo, Daniele Dendi, Luca Luiselli, Daniel F. Hughes, Eli Greenbaum: Herpetofaunal diversity and community structure at Lake Nabugabo and surrounding Ramsar area wetlands in southern Uganda. Vie et Milieu 09/2019; 69(2).

Corrado Battisti, Giuliano Fanelli, Giovanni Amori, Luca Luiselli, Dario Capizzi: Do disturbance-sensitive and habitat-specialized species have a smaller range size? Evidence for a set of common mammals at regional scale. Ethology Ecology and Evolution 08/2019; 31., DOI:10.1080/03949370.2019.1626487

Giovanni Amori, Luigi Boitani, Giuliano Milana, Luigi Maiorano, Luca Luiselli: Endemism and diversity in European montane mammals: macro-ecological patterns. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 08/2019.

Dendi, D. 04/2019. A commentary on the economic aspects of the trade and TRAFFIC of wild animals and their correlates to the demand curve . DOI:10.7287/peerj.preprints.27631v1

Pham Van Thong, Benjamin Leprince, Hong Luong Xuan, Quyen Nguyen Thu, Olivier Le Duc, Cedric Bordes, Manh Vuong Tien, Luca Luiselli: Observations of threatened Asian box turtles (Cuora spp.) on trade in Vietnam. Herpetological Journal 07/2019; 29(3):173-178., DOI:10.33256/hj29.3.173178

Fabio Petrozzi, Emmanuel Midibahaye HEMA, Gabriel Hoinsoude Segniagbeto, Nioking Amadi, G.C. Akani, Russell Burke, Laurent Chirio, Luca Luiselli: Correlates of African Spurred Tortoise, Centrochelys sulcata, Occurrence in the West African Sahel. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 07/2019; 18(1):19-23., DOI:10.2744/CCB-1302.1

Gift Sarafadin Simon, John Sebit Benansio, Thomas Francis Lado, Tomas Diagne, Daniele Dendi, Luca Luiselli: Rediscovery of the Nubian Flapshell Turtle (Cyclanorbis elegans) in South Sudan. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 07/2019; 18(1):62-67., DOI:10.2744/18.1.62

Giuliano Milana, Corrado Battisti, Luca Luiselli, Giovanni Amori: Altitudinal variation of community metrics in Italian small mammal assemblages as revealed by Barn Owl (Tyto alba) pellets. Zoologischer Anzeiger - A Journal of Comparative Zoology 07/2019; 281(4):11-15., DOI:10.1016/j.jcz.2019.05.001

Honam K. Atsri, Komla Elikplim Abotsi, Kouami Kokou, Daniele Dendi, Gabriel Hoinsoude Segniagbeto, John E. Fa, Luca Luiselli: Ecological challenges for the buffer zone management of a West African National Park. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management 06/2019;, DOI:10.1080/09640568.2019.1603844

Emmanuel Midibahaye HEMA, Tinsgnimi Dialla, Sirima Djidama, Yaya Ouattara, Ismael Tou, Luca Luiselli: Preliminary data on density and habitat of carnivores in two protected areas of Burkina Faso (West Africa). Mammalia 06/2019;, DOI:10.1515/mammalia-2019-0026

Massimiliano Di Vittorio, Mario Lo Valvo, Eduardo Di Trapani, Aurelio Sanguinetti, Andrea Ciaccio, Salvatore Grenci, Manuel Andrea Zafarana, Gabriele Giacalone, N Patti, S Cacopardi, RANNISI P, Angelo Scuderi, Luca Luiselli, La Grua G., Pino Giuseppe Cortone, Stefania Merlino, A Falci, Giovanni Spinella, Pascual López-López: Long-term changes in the breeding period diet of Bonelli's eagle (Aquila fasciata) in Sicily, Italy. Wildlife Research 06/2019.

Giovanni Amori, Luca Luiselli: A scale-dependent ‘functional’ assessment of the concept of endemism. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 06/2019.

Xavier Glaudas, Kelsey L. Glennon, Marcio Martins, Luca Luiselli, Simon Fearn, Dane F Trembath, Dušan Jelić, Graham J. Alexander: Foraging mode, relative prey size and diet breadth: A phylogenetically explicit analysis of snake feeding ecology. Journal of Animal Ecology 05/2019; 88(5):757-767., DOI:10.1111/1365-2656.12972

Gift Sarafadin Simon, Luca Luiselli, Massimiliano Di Vittorio, Daniele Dendi, Thomas Francis Lado: Bird community structure across habitats in a protected area of South Sudan. African Journal of Ecology 04/2019; 57(2):290-294., DOI:10.1111/aje.12599

O.T. Lazarus, Godfrey C. Akani, Luca Luiselli, Nioking Amadi, Adaobi P Ugbomeh, A. Osuamkpe, Daniele Dendi, Nwabueze Ebere, Nic Pacini, Chimela Wala, Stephanie Nwanefulu Ajong, Harrison S. Uyi: Structure and diversity of fish communities in man-made ponds of the Niger Delta (southern Nigeria). European Journal of Ecology 04/2019; 4(2):84-91., DOI:10.2478/eje-2018-0015

Kayleigh Rose Erazmus, Miranda Figueras, Luca Luiselli, Russell Burke: Do diets vary over large spatial or temporal ranges? A test using inter-annual and inter-population data on Diamondback Terrapins (Malaclemys terrapin) diets. Canadian Journal of Zoology 03/2019; 97(2):251-257., DOI:10.1139/cjz-2018-0211

Paolo Casula, Luca Luiselli, Giovanni Amori: Which population density affects home ranges of co-occurring rodents?. Basic and Applied Ecology 02/2019; 34(1):46-54., DOI:10.1016/j.baae.2018.11.002

Daniele Dendi, Gabriel Hoinsoude Segniagbeto, Massimiliano Di Vittorio, Luca Luiselli: Are diet diversity metrics influenced more by rainfall or by temperature in an Afrotropical scincid lizard?. Ecological Research 02/2019; 34(1):68-73., DOI:10.1002/1440-1703.1001

Pham Van Thong, Vinh Quang Luu, Tien Vu Thinh, Benjamin Leprince, Linh Tran Thi Khanh, Luca Luiselli: Longitudinal monitoring of turtle trade through Facebook in Vietnam. Herpetological Journal 01/2019; 29(1):48-56., DOI:10.33256/hj29.1.4856

Luca Luiselli, John E. Fa: Ecology and conservation of West African forests: An introduction. Acta Oecologica 01/2019; 94(1):1-2., DOI:10.1016/j.actao.2018.04.004

Luca Luiselli, Emmanuel Midibahaye HEMA, Gabriel Hoinsoude Segniagbeto, Valy Ouattara, Edem Archibong Eniang, Massimiliano Di Vittorio, Nioking Amadi, Gnoumou Parfait, Nic Pacini, G.C. Akani, Sirima Djidama, Guenda Wendengoudi, Barineme Beke Fakae, Daniele Dendi, John E. Fa: Understanding the influence of non-wealth factors in determining bushmeat consumption: Results from four West African countries. Acta Oecologica 01/2019; 94(1):47-56., DOI:10.1016/j.actao.2017.10.002

Luca Luiselli, Daniele Dendi, Edem Archibong Eniang, Barineme Beke Fakae, G.C. Akani, John E. Fa: State of knowledge of research in the Guinean Forests of West Africa region. Acta Oecologica 01/2019; 94(1):3-11., DOI:10.1016/j.actao.2017.08.006

Nioking Amadi, Fabio Petrozzi, G.C. Akani, Daniele Dendi, Barineme Beke Fakae, Luca Luiselli, Nic Pacini: Freshwater fishes of Lower Guinean forest streams: Aquaculture heavily impacts the structure and diversity of communities. Acta Oecologica 01/2019; 94(1):66-102., DOI:10.1016/j.actao.2017.07.001

2018

Anders G J Rhodin, Craig B Stanford, Peter Paul Van Dijk, Carla Eisemberg, Luca Luiselli, Russell A Mittermeier, Rick Hudson, Brian D Horne, Eric V Goode, Gerald Kuchling, Andrew Walde, Ernst H W Baard, Kristin H Berry, Albert Bertolero, Torsten E G Blanck, Roger Bour, Kurt A Buhlmann, Linda J Cayot, Sydney Collett, Andrea Currylow, Indraneil Das, Tomas Diagne, Joshua R Ennen, Germa´n Germa´, Germa´n Forero-Medina, Matthew G Frankel, Uwe Fritz, Gerardo Garci´a, Garci´ Garci´a, J Whitfield Gibbons, Paul M Gibbons, Gong Shiping, Joko Guntoro, Margaretha D Hofmeyr, John B Iverson, A Ross Kiester, Michael Lau, Dwight P Lawson, Jeffrey E Lovich, Edward O Moll, Vivian P Paézpaéz, Rosalinda Palomo-Ramos, Kalyar Platt, Steven G Platt, Peter C H Pritchard, Hugh R Quinn, Caesar Rahman, Soary Tahafe Randrianjafizanaka, Jason Schaffer, Will Selman, H Bradley Shaffer, Dionysius S K Sharma, Shi Haitao, Shailendra Singh, Ricky Spencer, Kahleana Stannard, Sarah Sutcliffe, Scott Thomson, Richard C Vogt, La Kretz: Global Conservation Status of Turtles and Tortoises (Order Testudines). Chelonian Conservation and Biology 12/2018; 17(2):135-161., DOI:10.2744/CCB-1348.1

Giovanni Amori, Luca Luiselli: A Review of the Mono- and Bispecific Genera of Turtles and Tortoises Worldwide, with an Assessment of the Island Endemics: Implications for Conservation. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 12/2018; 17(2):162-168., DOI:10.2744/CCB-1296.1

G.C. Akani, Edem Archibong Eniang, Nioking Amadi, Daniele Dendi, Emmanuel Midibahaye HEMA, Tomas Diagne, Gabriel Hoinsoude Segniagbeto, Massimiliano Di Vittorio, Sulemana Bawa Gbewaa, Olivier S. G. Pauwels, Laurent Chirio, Luca Luiselli: Macrohabitat and microhabitat usage by two softshell turtles (Trionyx triunguis and Cyclanorbis senegalensis) in West and Central Africa. Herpetological Conservation and Biology 12/2018; 13(3):642-651.

Délagnon Assou, Gabriel Hoinsoude Segniagbeto, Djiman Lederoun, Daniele Dendi, Guillaume Koffivi K. Ketoh, Philippe Laleye, Luca Luiselli: Diversity patterns and community characteristics of the fish assemblage of a West African lagoon. Folia Zoologica -Praha- 12/2018; 67(3-4):129-142., DOI:10.25225/fozo.v67.i3-4.a4.2018

Luca Luiselli, Emmanuel Midibahaye HEMA, Gabriel Hoinsoude Segniagbeto, Valy Ouattara, Edem Archibong Eniang, Gnomou Parfait, Godfrey C. Akani, Sirima Djidama, Barineme Beke Fakae, Daniele Dendi, John E. Fa: Bushmeat consumption in large urban centres in West Africa. Oryx 12/2018;, DOI:10.1017/S0030605318000893

Dendi, D.2018. Towards an analysis of the ecological economics of West African forests. Peer J.
DOI: 10.7287/peerj.preprints.26871v1

Akani, G.C., Amadi, N., Dendi, D., Luiselli, L. 2018. Do community metrics vary in reptile communities from Niger Delta forests subjected to slash-and-burn agricultural practices? African Journal of Ecology DOI: 10.1111/aje.12547

Hofmann S, Mebert K, Schulz KD, Helfenberger N, Göcmen B, Böhme W (2018). A new subspecies of Zamenis hohenackeri (Strauch, 1873) (Serpentes: Colubridae) based on morphological and molecular data. Zootaxa (in press).

Luca Luiselli, Emmanuel Midibahaye Hema, Gabriel Hoinsoude Segniagbeto, Valy Ouattara, Edem Archibong Eniang, Gnomou Parfait, G.C. Akani, Sirima Djidama, Barineme Beke Fakae, Daniele Dendi, John E. Fa: Bushmeat consumption in West African large urban centres. Oryx 09/2018;

Daniele Dendi, Gabriel Hoinsoude Segniagbeto, Massimiliano Di Vittorio, Luca Luiselli: Are Diet Diversity Metrics Influenced More By Rainfall Or By Temperature In An Afrotropical Scincid Lizard?. Ecological Research 08/2018;

Massimiliano Di Vittorio, Emmanuel Midibahaye HEMA, Daniele Dendi, G.C. Akani, Pino Giuseppe Cortone, Pascual López-López, Nioking Amadi, Gabriel Hoinsoude Segniagbeto, Corrado Battisti, Luca Luiselli: The conservation status of West African vultures: an updated review and a strategy for conservation. Vie et Milieu 07/2018; 68(1).

Daniele Dendi, Luca Luiselli, Edem Archibong Eniang, Barineme Beke Fakae, Nioking Amadi, G.C. Akani, G.S. Umoh, Corrado Battisti, Massimiliano Di Vittorio: Past trends, current research and future perspectives of West African ornithology. Vie et Milieu 07/2018; 68(1).

Luca Luiselli, Corrado Battisti: Ornithology in West Africa: bridging bird conservation over troubled waters. Vie et Milieu 07/2018; 68(1).

Fabio Petrozzi, Emmanuel Midibahaye HEMA, Sirima Djidama, Benoit Douamba, Gabriel Hoinsoude Segniagbeto, Tomas Diagne, Nioking Amadi, Giovanni Amori, G.C. Akani, Edem Archibong Eniang, Laurent Chirio, Luca Luiselli: DISTANCE-generated field density estimates for the threatened Sahel tortoise Centrochelys sulcata. Russian Journal of Herpetology 07/2018; 25(2).

Gabriel Hoinsoude Segniagbeto, Komina H. Atsri, Delagnon Assou, Abotsi Komla Elikplin, Akpamou Kokouvi GBETEY, Giovanni Amori, Daniele Dendi, Jan Decher, Luca Luiselli: Local distribution and density estimates of primates in the Transboundary Reserve of the Mono River, Togo (West Africa). Revue d Ecologie 06/2018; 73(3):363-374.

Giuliano Milana, Luca Luiselli, Giovanni Amori: Forty years of dietary studies on barn owl (Tyto alba) reveal long term trends in diversity metrics of small mammal prey. Animal Biology 06/2018; 68(2):129-146., DOI:10.1163/15707563-17000095

Luca Luiselli, John E. Fa: Ecology and conservation of West African forests: An introduction. Acta Oecologica 05/2018;, DOI:10.1016/j.actao.2018.04.004

Leonardo Vignoli, Fabiana Velletrani, Cristina Venditti, Luca Luiselli, Yitzhak Yadid, Daniele Macale: Short, Medium and Long-term Effects of Density on the Demographic Traits of a Threatened Newt. Ecological Research 05/2018;, DOI:10.1007/s11284-018-1617-x

Michele Cento, Roberto Scrocca, Michele Coppola, Maurizio Rossi, Riccardo Di Giuseppe, Corrado Battisti, Luca Luiselli, Giovanni Amori: Do McKinnon lists provide reliable data in bird species frequency? A comparison with transect-based data. Acta Oecologica 05/2018; 89:27-31., DOI:10.1016/j.actao.2018.04.002

M Di Vittorio, G Rannisi, E Di Trapani, A Falci, A Ciaccio, M Rocco, G Giacalone, M Zafarana, S Grenci, G La Grua, A Scuderi, F Palazzolo, S Cacopardi, L Luiselli, S Merlino, M Lo Valvo, P Lopez-Lopez: Positive demographic effects of nest surveillance campaigns to counter illegal harvest of the Bonelli's eagle in Sicily (Italy). Animal Conservation 04/2018; 21:120-126.

Gabriel Hoinsoude Segniagbeto, Dede Okangny, A.D. Mondedji, Assou Delagnon, Giovanni Amori, Daniele Dendi, Luca Luiselli: Sea turtle bycatch analysis revealed that site influenced mortality more than net types along the coast of Togo. Vie et Milieu 04/2018; 67(3/4):227-234.

Corrado Battisti, Giuliano Fanelli, Sandro Bertolino, Luca Luiselli, Giovanni Amori, Gippoliti Spartaco: Non-native invasive species as paradoxical ecosystem services in urban conservation education. Web Ecology 03/2018; 18(1)., DOI:10.5194/we-18-37-2018

Emmanuel Midibahaye HEMA, Boukare Ouedraogo, Urbain Belemsogbo, Massimiliano Di Vittorio, Daniele Dendi, Guenda Wendengoudi, Fabio Petrozzi, Luca Luiselli: Effects of competitor density and rainfall regime on the long-term population dynamics of an herbivore community in a Western African savannah. Revue d'Ecologie 03/2018; 73(4).

Lorenzo Rugiero, Massimo Capula, Dario Capizzi, Giovanni Amori, Giuliano Milana, Manuela Lai, Luca Luiselli: Long-term observations on the number of roadkilled Zamenis longissimus (Laurenti, 1768) in a hilly area of Central italy. Herpetozoa 03/2018; 30(3/4).

Mathias Behangana, Wilber Lukwago, Daniele Dendi, Luca Luiselli, David Ochanda: Population surveys of Nile crocodiles (Crocodylus niloticus) in the Murchison Falls National Park, Victoria Nile, Uganda. European Journal of Ecology 02/2018; 3(2)., DOI:10.1515/eje-2017-0015

Gabriel Hoinsoudé Segniagbeto, Delagnon Assou, Koudzo D. Koda, Eric Koffi G. Agbessi, Komina H. Atsri, Daniele Dendi, Luca Luiselli, Jan Decher, Russell A. Mittermeier: Survey of the status and distribution of primates in Togo (West Africa). Biodiversity 01/2018; 18(4):137-150., DOI:10.1080/14888386.2017.1404930

Emmanuel M. HEMA, Djiama SIRIMA, Banzourou NIAGABARÈ, Néti NAMA, Fabio PETROZZI, Massimiliano DI VITTORIO, Wendengoudi GUENDA, Luca LUISELLI: Raiding or not raiding? A study of the ecological correlates of human-elephant conflict at Nazinga Game Ranch (Burkina Faso). Revue d'Ecologie 01/2018; 73(1):3-11.

2017

Konrad Mebert, Luca Luiselli, Vesna Cafuta, Philippe Golay, Sylvain Dubey, Sylvain Ursenbacher: A home for three: Analysing ecological correlates of body traits in a triple contact zone of alpine vipers. North-Western Journal of Zoology 12/2017; 13(2):e161509.

Giovanni Amori, Alessandra Maria Bissattini, Spartaco Gippoliti, Leonardo Vignoli, Luigi Maiorano, Luca Luiselli: The least speciose among the most speciose: Natural history correlates of mono- and bispecific genera of Rodentia and Soricomorpha. Integrative Zoology 11/2017; 12(6):489-499., DOI:10.1111/1749-4877.12266

Emmanuel M. Hema, Benoua Douamba, Massimiliano Di Vittorio, Daniele Dendi, Wendengoudi Guenda, Fabio Petrozzi, Boukaré Ouédraogo, Luca Luiselli: Long-term (1985-2012) population fluctuations of Warthog (Phacochoerus africanus) in Nazinga Game Ranch (Burkina Faso). African Journal of Ecology 11/2017; 55(4):748-753., DOI:10.1111/aje.12402

Emmanuel M. Hema, Massimiliano Di Vittorio, Richard F.W. Barnes, Wendengoudi Gwenda, Luca Luiselli: Detection of interannual population trends in seven herbivore species from a West African savannah: a comparison between dung counts and direct counts of individuals. African Journal of Ecology 11/2017; 55(4):609-617., DOI:10.1111/aje.12397

Luca Luiselli, Emmanuel M. Hema, Gabriel Hoinsoudé Segniagbeto, Valy Ouattarae, Edem A. Eniang, Massimiliano Di Vittorio, Nioking Amadi, Gnoumou Parfait, Nic Pacini, Godfrey C. Akani, Djidama Sirima, Wendengoudi Guenda, Barineme B. Fakae, Daniele Dendi, John E. Fa: Understanding the influence of non-wealth factors in determining bushmeat consumption: Results from four West African countries. Acta Oecologica (2017)

Gabriel Hoinsoudé Ségniagbeto, Delagnon Assou , Daniele Dendi, Mark-Oliver Rödel, Annemarie Ohler, Alain Dubois & Luca Luiselli. The distribution and local density of the critically endangered frog Conraua derooi Hulselmans, 1972 in Togo, West Africa. The Herpetological Bulletin 141, 2017

Luca Luiselli, Daniele Dendi, Edem A. Eniang, Barineme Beke Fakae, Amadi Nioking, Godfrey C. Akani, Gabriel Sunday Umoh, Massimiliano Di Vittorio: Past trends, current researches and future perspectives of West African ornithology. The Open Ornithology Journal 01/2018;

Emmanuel M. HEMA, Djiama SIRIMA, Banzourou NIAGABARÈ, Néti NAMA, Fabio PETROZZI, Massimiliano DI VITTORIO, Wendengoudi GUENDA, Luca LUISELLI: Raiding or not raiding? A study of the ecological correlates of human-elephant conflict at Nazinga Game Ranch (Burkina Faso). Revue d'Ecologie 01/2018; 73(1):1-9.

Luca Luiselli, Daniele Dendi, Edem A. Eniang, Barineme B. Fakae, Godfrey C. Akani, John E. Fa: State of knowledge of research in the Guinean Forests of West Africa region. Acta Oecologica 10/2017;, DOI:10.1016/j.actao.2017.08.006

Fabio Petrozzi, Emmanuel M. Hema, Djidama Sirima, Benoit Douamba, Gabriel Hoinsoudé Segniagbeto, Tomas Diagne, Nioking Amadi, Giovanni Amori, GC Akani, Edem A. Eniang, Laurent Chirio, Luca Luiselli: Habitat Determinants of the Threatened Sahel Tortoise Centrochelys sulcata At Two Spatial Scales. Herpetological Conservation and Biology 08/2017; 12(2):402-409.

Nioking Amadi, Fabio Petrozzi, Godfrey C. Akani, Daniele Dendi, Barineme B. Fakae, Luca Luiselli, Nic Pacini: Freshwater fishes of Lower Guinean forest streams: Aquaculture heavily impacts the structure and diversity of communities. Acta Oecologica 07/2017;, DOI:10.1016/j.actao.2017.07.001

Emmanuel M. Hema, Yaya Ouattara, Mamadou Karama, Fabio Petrozzi, Massimiliano Di Vittorio, Wendengoudi Guenda, Luca Luiselli: Population dynamics of medium and large mammals in a West African gallery forest area and the potential effects of poaching. Journal of Threatened Taxa 05/2017; 9(5):10151-10157., DOI:10.11609/jott.3212.9.5.10151-10157

Dick DCD, Mebert K (2017). Between housing and deep forest: long-term population biology and dispersal of suburban Smooth snakes (Coronella austriaca L.). Zoologischer Anzeiger – A Journal of Comparative Zoology Volume 270: 98-106. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcz.2017.09.007

Mebert K, Luiselli L, Cafuta V, Golay P, Dubey S, Ursenbacher S (2017). A Home for Three: analyzing ecological correlates of body traits in a triple contact zone of alpine vipers. – North-Western Journal of Zoology 13(2): 251-261. Article No.: e161509

Nioking Amadi, Godfrey C. Akani, Nwabueze Ebere, Gbeneme Asuneme, Fabio Petrozzi, Edem A. Eniang, Luca Luiselli: Natural history observations of a dwarf ‘green’ gecko, Lygodactylus conraui in Rivers State (Southern Nigeria). Herpetological Bulletin 04/2017; 139(139):20-24.

Emmanuel M. Hema, Massimiliano Di Vittorio, Fabio Petrozzi, Luca Luiselli, Wendengoudi Guenda: First assessment of age and sex structures of elephants by using dung size analysis in a West African savannah. European Journal of Ecology 03/2017; 3(1):1-8., DOI:10.1515/eje-2017-0001

Emmanuel M. Hema, Valy Ouattara, Gnoumou Parfait, Massimiliano Di Vittorio, Djidama Sirima, Daniele Dendi, Wendengoudi Guenda, Fabio Petrozzi, Luca Luiselli: Bushmeat consumption in the West African Sahel of Burkina Faso based on interview campaigns, and the decline of some consumed species. Oryx 03/2017;, DOI:10.1017/S0030605316001721

Gabriel Hoinsoudé Ségniagbéto, Dédé Okangny, Daniele Dendi, Jacques Fretey, Luca Luiselli Kurzfassung: Body size and stability in the spatio-temporal distribution pattern of sea turtles along the coasts of Togo: implications for conservation and ecotourism. Herpetozoa 02/2017; 29(3/4):163-173.

Mebert K, Göçmen B, Karış M (2017). Range extension of the critically endangered Anatolian Meadow ViperVipera anatolica senlikiin eastern Antalya province. South Western Journal of Horticulture, Biology and Environment 8(2): 65-77.

Emmanuel M. Hema, Richard F.W. Barnes, Massimiliano Di Vittorio, Luca Luiselli, Wendengoudi Guenda: Selective disturbance by elephants (Loxodonta africana) on eight tree species in a West African savannah. Ecological Research 02/2017; 32(2)., DOI:10.1007/s11284-016-1431-2

Luca Luiselli, Antonio Starita, Giuseppe Maria Carpaneto, Gabriel Hoinsoude Segniagbeto, Giovanni Amori: A Short Review of the International Trade of Wild Tortoises and Freshwater Turtles Across the World and Throughout Two Decades. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 12/2016; 15(2):167-172., DOI:10.2744/CCB-1216.1

Edem A. Eniang, Godfrey C. Akani, Nioking Amadi, Daniele Dendi, Giovanni Amori, Luca Luiselli: Recent distribution data and conservation status of the leopard (Panthera pardus) in the Niger Delta (Nigeria). Tropical Zoology 12/2016; 29(4)., DOI:10.1080/03946975.2016.1214461

2016

Fabio Petrozzi, Edem A. Eniang, Godfrey C. Akani, Nioking Amadi, Emmanuel M. Hema, Tomas Diagne, Gabriel Hoinsoudé Segniagbeto, Laurent Chirio, Giovanni Amori, Luca Luiselli: Exploring the main threats for the threatened Sahel tortoise Centrochelys sulcata. Oryx 11/2016;

Leonardo Vignoli, Alessandra Maria Bissattini, Luca Luiselli: Food partitioning and the evolution of non-randomly structured communities in tailed amphibians: a worldwide systematic review. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 11/2016;

Fabio Petrozzi, Emmanuel M. Hema, Luca Luiselli, Wendengoudi Guenda: A survey of the potential distribution of the threatened tortoise Centrochelys sulcata populations in Burkina Faso (West Africa). Tropical Ecology 11/2016; 57(4).

Leonardo Vignoli, A. Cinquegranelli, P. Lucidi, Luca Luiselli, Daniele Salvi: The distribution and diversity of reptiles in a species-rich protected area of Central Italy. Herpetological Conservation and Biology 10/2016;

Gabriel Hoinsoude Segniagbeto, Dede Okangny, Komlan Afiademagno, Komlan Kpotor, Daniele Dendi, Jacques Fretey, Luca Luiselli: Spatio-temporal patterns in occurrence and niche partitioning of marine turtles along the coast of Togo (West Africa). Herpetozoa 08/2016;

Daniele Dendi: Commentary A road map for a sustainable cocoa development in Togo, West Africa. PeerJ

Giovanni Amori, Gabriel Hoinsoudé Segniagbato, Jan Decher, Delagnon Assou, Spartaco Gippoliti, Luca Luiselli: Non-marine mammals of Togo (West Africa): an annotated checklist. Zoosystema 06/2016; 38(2).

Luca Luiselli, Fabio Petrozzi, Godfrey C Akani, Massimiliano Di Vittorio, Nioking Amadi, Nwabueze Ebere, Daniele Dendi, Giovanni Amori, Edem A Eniang: Rehashing bushmeat - Interview campaigns reveal some controversial issues about the bushmeat trade dynamics in Nigeria. Revue d'Ecologie 06/2016; 72(2017).

Mark Auliya, Sandra Altherr, Daniel Ariano-Sanchez, Ernst H. Baard, Carl Brown, Rafe M. Brown, Carlos Cantu, Gabriele Gentile, Paul Gildenhuys, Evert Henningheim, Jürgen Hintzmann, Kahoru Kanari, Milivoje Krvavac, Marieke Lettink, Jörg Lippert, Luca Luiselli, Göran Nilson, Truong Quang Nguyen, Vincent Nijman, James F. Parham, Stesha A. Pasachnik, Miguel Pedrono, Anna Rauhaus, Danny Rueda Córdova, Maria-Elena Sanchez, Ulrich Schepp, Mona van Schingen, Norbert Schneeweiss, Gabriel H. Segniagbeto, Ruchira Somaweera, Emerson Y. Sy, Oguz Türkozan, Sabine Vinke, Thomas Vinke, Raju Vyas, Stuart Williamson, Thomas Ziegler: Trade in live reptiles, its impact on wild populations, and the role of the European market. Biological Conservation 06/2016; DOI:10.1016/j.biocon.2016.05.017

Bryan Maritz, Johannes Penner, Marcio Martins, Jelka Crnobrnja-Isailović, Stephen Spear, Laura R. V. Alencar, Jesus Sigala Rodriguez, Kevin Messenger, Rulon W. Clark, Pritpal Soorae, Luca Luiselli, Chris Jenkins, Harry W. Greene: Identifying global priorities for the conservation of vipers. Biological Conservation 06/2016; DOI:10.1016/j.biocon.2016.05.004

EDEM A. ENIANG, CLEMENT O. EBIN, AYUK A. NCHOR, GABRIEL I. AGBA, IDORENYIN K. GIDEON, GIOVANNI AMORI, LUCA LUISELLI: Distribution and status of the African forest buffalo Syncerus caffer nanus in south-eastern Nigeria. Oryx 06/2016; -1. DOI:10.1017/S0030605315001507

Leonardo Vignoli, Daniele Macale, Luca Luiselli, Roberta Lecis, Paolo Casula: Are conservation assessments of threatened species reliable? Updated distribution of the Endangered Sardinian newt Euproctus platycephalus and implications for Red List assessments of Italian amphibians. Oryx 04/2016; -1. DOI:10.1017/S0030605315001416

Giovanni Amori, Guido Alari Esposito, Luca Luiselli: Known from a handful of specimens: analyzing the worldwide patterns of occurrence and conservation of rodents and shrews recorded only from the type locality. 03/2016; 8(3). DOI:10.11609/jott.2405.8.3.8556-8563

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Luca Luiselli, Godfrey C. Akani, Fabio Petrozzi, Edem A. Eniang: Threatened tortoises (genus Kinixys ) are confined to small portions of forest even inside wide protected reserves in the Niger Delta, Nigeria. African Journal of Ecology 03/2016; 54(2). DOI:10.1111/aje.12284

Fabio Petrozzi, Giovanni Amori, Daniel Franco, Philippe Gaubert, Nic Pacini, Edem A Eniang, Godfrey C Akani, Edoardo Politano, Luca Luiselli: Ecology of the bushmeat trade in West and Central Africa. Tropical Ecology 01/2016; 57(3).

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