Publications by authors named "Gilbert B Adum"
The PREDICTS project-Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems (www.predicts.org.
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- * A new database has been created, containing over 1.6 million samples from 78 countries, which includes data on around 28,000 species experiencing various types of human impacts across different ecosystems.
- * This comprehensive dataset, part of the PREDICTS project, offers a much broader perspective for analyzing biodiversity trends and will be publicly accessible in 2015, enhancing our understanding of ecological changes.
A putative driver of global amphibian decline is the panzootic chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd). While Bd has been documented across continental Africa, its distribution in West Africa remains ambiguous. We tested 793 West African amphibians (one caecilian and 61 anuran species) for the presence of Bd.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThere is a lack of quantitative information on the effectiveness of selective-logging practices in ameliorating effects of logging on faunal communities. We conducted a large-scale replicated field study in 3 selectively logged moist semideciduous forests in West Africa at varying times after timber extraction to assess post logging effects on amphibian assemblages. Specifically, we assessed whether the diversity, abundance, and assemblage composition of amphibians changed over time for forest-dependent species and those tolerant of forest disturbance.
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