Woody Species Diversity and Structure of Parkia biglobosa Jacq. Dong Parklands in the Sudanian Zone of Togo (West Africa)

Padakale, Essotèbèmime; Atakpama, Wouyo; Dourma, Marra; Dimobe, Kangbéni; Wala, Kpérkouma; Guelly, Kudzo Atsu; Akpagana, Koffi

doi:10.9734/arrb/2015/14105

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“…For instance, local communities highly appreciate the foods and condiments provided by V. paradoxa, P. biglobosa, T. indica and A. digitata . Previous studies have reached similar conclusions about the socioeconomic importance of these species in West Africa [52-55]. Women greatly value V. paradoxa nuts for their high oil content, and in all four villages they listed A. digitata as top-priority because the leaves are an important sauce ingredient consumed throughout the year, also reported in Faye et al [28] for smallholders in Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger and Senegal.…”

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Functions of farmers’ preferred tree species and their potential carbon stocks in southern Burkina Faso: implications for biocarbon initiatives

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Tondoh

Weber

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29The success of terrestrial carbon sequestration projects for rural development in sub- 30Saharan Africa lies in the (i) involvement of local populations in the selection of woody 31 species, which represent the biological assets they use to meet their daily needs, and 32(ii) information about the potential of these species to store carbon. Although the latter 33 is a key prerequisite, there is very little information available. To help fill this gap, the

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Functions of farmers’ preferred tree species and their potential carbon stocks in southern Burkina Faso: implications for biocarbon initiatives

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“…The similar confusions were previously reported by Folega et al (2014b). The study area is characterized by a cultural landscape marked by traditional agroforestry system wherein farmlands and crops are associated with parklands of multipurpose trees (Wala et al 2005;Folega et al 2011;Kebenzikato et al 2014;Padakale et al 2015). This cultural landscape is the source of the misclassification of settlements and croplands and even the source of confusion with savannahs (Badjana et al 2014b).…”

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Changes in Land Cover Categories within Oti-Kéran-Mandouri (OKM) Complex in Togo (West Africa) between 1987 and 2013

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Oti-Kéran-Mandouri (OKM) is a complex of protected areas with national and international ecological importance. It is located in the flood plain of the Oti River in Togo. Unfortunately, this area is under anthropogenic pressure. In order to enhance biodiversity conservation, this study aims to assess the spatial changes in land cover within OKM. Landsat images from different missions spanning the time steps 1987, 2000 and 2013 were used to produce land cover maps involving six classes. The classification was based on the maximum likelihood algorithm and the change analyses were performed using Land Change Modeler software integrated in Idrisi GIS and Image Processing system. 3 management system and increasing anthropogenic pressures. These are intensified by climate change since adaptive strategies, such as recessional agriculture, play an important role in land cover change. The ongoing process of rehabilitation should be strengthened to enable this protected area to play its roles as Ramsar site, biosphere reserve and priority corridor for the migration of the West African savannah elephant. Data from this study could be used to guide conservation planning, further landscape pattern assessment and land cover modelling in the framework of climate change.

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“…The inverse "J" shape diameter structure is the characteristic of natural vegetation where the density of trees with small diameter is found generally high. However, the diameter structure of Habitat 1 has a bell shape such as the ones described for farmlands and some young fallows in Northern Benin (Aleza et al, 2015) and in old fields in the ecological zone 1 of Togo (Padakale et al, 2015). This is a bell shape structure with a positive asymmetry (c=2.067; 1<c<3.6).…”

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“…On the other hand, the traditional agroforestry system implemented in this area by local population described by Padakale et al (2015) tends to equalize the diameter of stem in old fallows and old parklands to the diameter of stem in well preserved forests.…”

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Habitat biophysical and spatial patterns assessment within Oti-Keran-Mandouri protected area network in Togo

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Folega²,

Ouattara³

et al. 2018

Int. J. Biodivers. Conserv.

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Oti-Keran-Mandouri (OKM) is part of the elephant historical range and one of the priority corridors proposed for elephant conservation in West Africa. However, its potentialities to be a functional corridor are yet to be evaluated in a context of increasing anthropogenic pressure. This study aims at assessing habitat biophysical patterns and fragmentation level. A multicriteria evaluation using fuzzy logic was performed to model elephant habitat suitability and vegetation sampling conducted in 123 plots to describe the habitat. In each plot, the physical parameters of woody plants species were recorded. Biodiversity indices, dendrometric parameters, and diameter structure were computed for each habitat type and compared using Jaccard Index and Kruskal-Wallis test. Habitat fragmentation was assessed using the hypsometric method. Apart from a core area located in the south-east, the remnant good habitat is in small patches. Four habitats were distinguished based on their level of degradation. There is a steady increase in habitat diversity from degraded habitat (Habitat 1) to primary habitat (Habitat 4) with the Shannon index increasing from 0.83 to 1.43 bit. In all the habitats, trees are evenly distributed with an evenness higher than 0.7. Dendrometric parameters are significantly different from one habitat to another (P-value < 0.05) apart from the mean diameter and the average regeneration rate. The suitable habitat for elephant constitutes only 31.5% of the area of OKM. The overall habitat fragmentation is 84.74%. Regeneration rates make an eventual restoration possible but further assessment of the socio-ecological system is needed.

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Woody Species Diversity and Structure of Parkia biglobosa Jacq. Dong Parklands in the Sudanian Zone of Togo (West Africa)

Cited by 21 publications

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Functions of farmers’ preferred tree species and their potential carbon stocks in southern Burkina Faso: implications for biocarbon initiatives

Functions of farmers’ preferred tree species and their potential carbon stocks in southern Burkina Faso: implications for biocarbon initiatives

Changes in Land Cover Categories within Oti-Kéran-Mandouri (OKM) Complex in Togo (West Africa) between 1987 and 2013

Habitat biophysical and spatial patterns assessment within Oti-Keran-Mandouri protected area network in Togo

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