Recent studies have demonstrated the increasingly important role of lianas (woody vines) in
forest regeneration, species diversity and ecosystem-level processes, particularly in the …

Deforestation and land degradation remain two major economic and environmental threats
in Côte d'Ivoire. This study assessed land use and land cover (LULC) change and farmers' …

Summary 1 Light is thought to be the most limiting resource in tropical forests, and thus
above‐ground competition is commonly accepted as the mechanism that structures these …

The cocoa economy of Ivory Coast started in the eastern part of the country in the 1970s and
spread to the central-western and then south-western regions. For nearly a decade, it has …

The potential of tropical earthworms as bio-indicators of forest degradation by human-
induced activities was assessed at a landscape level in the Ivory Coast. The study site …

Agroforestry is part of the package of good agricultural practices (GAPs) referred to as a
reference to basic environmental and operational conditions necessary for the safe, healthy …

A putative driver of global amphibian decline is the panzootic chytrid fungus
Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd). While Bd has been documented across continental …

Abstract The rainforests of Upper Guinea extend from Senegal to Togo and are separated
from the rest of the West African forest by the Dahomey Gap: an extension of savannah from …

High-accuracy land use and land cover maps (LULC) are increasingly in demand for
environmental management and decision-making. Despite the limitation, Machine learning …

In this study, the impact of forest disturbance on earthworm assemblages was assessed
using monoliths dug out at 5 m intervals along a gradient of land-use intensification. The …