This study is the first of its kind on the population of Lates niloticus from the Pendjari River (West Africa). It provides information on length frequency distributions, length-length, weight-length relationships and condition factor of the species. [...]
The red-bellied guenon (Cercopithecus e. erythrogaster) is an endangered subspecies of primate endemic to the Dahomey Gap. To better understand its distribution pattern, interviews with local people in 180 localities in south Benin and southeast To [...]
NOBIME GEORGES [1], SINSIN BRICE [2], LERNOULD JEAN-MARC [3],
DJAGOUN CHABI ADÉYÈMI SYLVESTRE [1], AKPONA HUGUES ADELOUI [2], SINSIN BRICE [3], MENSAH GUY APOLLINAIRE [4], DOSSA NAMONNOU F. [5],
Research on conservation of wildlife in reserves in Benin has focused on large mammals due to their appeal for hunting, tourism and related uses. To fill this gap information on small mammals this study aims to assess the diversity and ethnozoology [...]
DJAGOUN CHABI ADÉYÈMI SYLVESTRE [1], KINDOMIHOU M. VALENTIN [2], SINSIN BRICE [3],
This paper uses an indices method based on participant ranking of species to quantify use–values of Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFPs) and the socio-economic factors that influence these values for people living around the Pendjari Biosphere Reserv [...]
VODOUHE GBÈLIDJI FIFANOU [1], COULIBALY OUSMANE [2], GREENE CHARLOTTE [3], SINSIN BRICE [4],
1. The growing interest in medicinal plants from both international industry and local markets requires management of tree bark harvesting from natural forests in order to prevent inappropriate exploitation of target species. This study was design [...]
DELVAUX CLAIRE [1], SINSIN BRICE [2], DARCHAMBEAU FRANÇOIS [3], VAN DAMME PATRICK [4],
Les caractéristiques de dégradabilité in sacco et les valeurs protéiques de 4 légumineuses fourragères cultivées (Aeschynomene histrix, Stylosanthes fructicosa, Mucuna pruriens var. utilis, Cajanus cajan) ont été étudiées suivant 3 stades de développ [...]
L’étude sur les activités agropastorales, gestion des ressources naturelles et lutte contre la désertification, a été menée dans la Commune de Kalalé au Nord-Est du Bénin. Elle vise à analyser les effets anthropiques des pratiques agropastorales dans [...]
DJAOUGA MAMA [1], HOUNDAGBA COSSI JEAN [2], CHABI BOGO [3], SINSIN BRICE [4],
Le présent article vise à relever les pressions que subit le Borassus aethiopum, rônier en français, dues essentiellement aux activités économiques et précisément la commercialisation de l’hypocotyle. Pour réaliser cette étude, des enquêtes socio-éco [...]
DJIBIGAYE MOUSSA [1], TOKO ISMAÏLA [2], ADEGBIDI ANSELME BIENVENU E. ADÉNIYI [3], SINSIN BRICE [4],
The importance of indigenous fruit tree species for people living around protected areas is widely acknowledged. There is then a need to assess their conservation status in the current context of increasing human population and pressure around rese [...]
GOUWAKINNOU GÉRARD [1], KINDOMIHOU M. VALENTIN [2], ASSOGBADJO ACHILLE EPHREM [3], SINSIN BRICE [4],