Article, Ajoutée
le 23/09/2016 21:42
Savannas intermingled with gallery forests are dynamic habitats typical in Africa. This study aims to determine if differences in species traits lead to non-overlapping distribution of gallery-forest and savanna species and abrupt transition between [...]
A. F. Azihou [1], R. Glèlè Kakaï [1], R. Bellefontaine [2] and B. Sinsin [1]
Article, Ajoutée
le 23/09/2016 17:29
Facilitation is an ecological process that allows some species to establish in environments they can hardly afford in the absence of the process. This study investigated if the subcanopy of gallery-forest trees isolated in savanna is suitable for the [...]
A.F. Azihou [1], R. Glèlè Kakaï [1], B. Sinsin [1]
Article, Ajoutée
le 23/09/2016 17:19
The Pendjari Biosphere Reserve located in the Sudanian zone of Bénin, is a protected area well managed, but mainly aimed at wild animal conservation. This study assessed its effectiveness to conserve habitat species composition and population structu [...]
T. D. Houéhanou [1], A. E Assogbadjo [1], R. Glèlè Kakaï [1], T. Kyndt [2], M. Houinato [1], B. Sinsin [1]
Article, Ajoutée
le 23/09/2016 17:08
Savannahs are widespread vegetation type in Sudanian zone of Africa. As protected areas are often assumed to be
the best way to conserve biodiversity, we assessed the effectiveness of the Pendjari Biosphere Reserve in Benin,for mainta [...]
T. Houéhanou [1], R. Glèlè Kakaï [1], A. Assogbadjo [1], V. Kindomihou [1], M. Houinato [1], R. Wittig [2], B. Sinsin [1]
Article, Ajoutée
le 23/09/2016 16:59
This study was set up to examine the effect of plot patterns on the accuracy of phytosociological characterization of tropical vegetation. Fifteen and twenty square plots of 1 ha were demarcated, respectively, in woodland and dense forest in [...]
G. Houeto [1], R. Glèlè Kakaï [1], K. V. Salako [1], A. Assogbadjo [1], B. Fandohan [1], B. Sinsin [1] , R.Palm [2]
Article, Ajoutée
le 23/09/2016 16:48
This study assessed the level of bark damage on baobab trees (Adansonia digitata) as caused by elephants (Loxodonta
africana), and the possibility of finding refuges where baobab could escape bark damage within the Pendjari Biosphere Re [...]
B.D. Kassa [1], B, Fandohan [1, 2, 3], A.F. Azihou [1], A.E. Assogbadjo [1], A.M.O Oduor [3], F.C. Kidjo [1], S. Babatoundé [1], J. Liu [3], R. Glèlè Kakaï [1]
Article, Ajoutée
le 23/09/2016 16:35
The velvet tamarind (Dialium guineense Willd) is one of the key species for domestication in Sub-Saharan
Africa. In order to help the sustainable management and conservation of this species, its structural
characteristics and ethnob [...]
B. E. Lokonon [1], W. N. Bonou [1], B. Kassa [1], A. F. Azihou [1], A. E. Assogbadjo [1] et R. Glele Kakaï [1]