IDECC INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENT ECOLOGY CONSERVATION AND COOPERATION

2017

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

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 05/2017;, DOI:10.1111/aje.12397

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 05/2017;, DOI:10.1111/aje.12402

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.

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

2015

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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