Undesert Publications

A list of journal papers prepared as part of the UNDESERT project are presented below. Undesert members are marked in bold.


1. Ahoudji M.C., Teka O., Axelsen J., Houinato M. 2014. Current floristic composition, life form and productivity of the grasslands in the Hunting Zone of Djona (Benin). Journal of Applied Biosciences 78: 6753-6762.

2. Amani A., Inoussa M.M., Dan Guimbo D., Mahamane A., Saadou M., Lykke A.M. 2015. Germination et croissance de quatre espèces de Combretaceae en pépinière. Tropicultura 33: 135-145

3. Bayen P., Bognounou F., Lykke A.M., Ouédraogo M. Thiombiano A. 2015. The use of biomass production and allometric models to estimate carbon sequestration of Jatropha curcas L. plantation in western Burkina Faso. Environment. Development and Sustainability. DOI 10.1007/s10668-0159631-4.

4. Bayen P., Lykke A.M., Ouédraogo A., Thiombiano A. 2015. Population structure in natural stands, seed germination and seedling growth of Sterculia setigera trees under nursery conditions in Burkina Faso (West Africa). International Journal of Plant & Soil Science 7: 202-210 (10.9734/IJPSS/2015/17562).

5. Bayen P., Lykke A.M., Thiombiano A. 2015. Impact of three restoration techniques on seedling survival and growth of three species in the Sahel of Burkina Faso (West Africa). Journal of Forestry Research 27 (10.1007/s11676-015-0159-0).

6. Bayen P., Sop T.K., Lykke A.M., Thiombiano A. 2015. Does Jatropha curcas L. show resistance to drought in the Sahelian zone of West Africa? a case study from Burkina Faso. Solid Earth 6: 525-531.

7. Bocksberger G., Schnitzler J., Châtelain C., Daget P., Janssen T., Schmidt M., Thiombiano A., Zizka G. 2016. Climate and the distribution of grasses in West Africa. Journal of Vegetation Science 27: 306-317.

8. Dieng S.D., Diop M., Goudiaby A., Niang-Diop F., Faye L.C., Guiro I., Sambou S., Lykke A.M., Sambou B. In press. Identification et caractérisation des services écosystémiques fournis par Cordyla pinnata au Sénégal. VertigO - la revue électronique en sciences de l’environnement.

9. Erpenbach A., Wittig R., Hahn K. 2014. Dynamics of juvenile woody plant communities on termite mounds in a West African savanna landscape. Flora et Vegetatio Sudano-Sambesica 17: 28-41.

10.  Gerstner E-M., Bachmann Y., Hahn K., Lykke A.M., Schmidt M. 2015. The West African Data and Metadata Repository – a long-term data archive for ecological datasets from West Africa. Flora et Vegetatio Sudano-Sambesica 18: 3-10.

11.  Glèlè Kakaï R., Bonou W., Lykke A.M. 2016. Approche méthodologique de construction et d’interprétation des structures en diamètre des arbres. 2016. Annales des Sciences Agronomiques 20 - spécial Projet Undesert-UE: 95-105.

12.  Glèlè Kakaï R., Lykke A.M. 2016. Aperçu sur les méthodes statistiques univariées utilisées dans les études de végétation. 2016.Annales des Sciences Agronomiques 20 - spécial Projet Undesert-UE: 107-135.

13.  Glèlè Kakaï R., Salako V.K., Lykke A.M. 2016. Techniques d’techniques d’échantillonnage en étude de végétation. Annales des Sciences Agronomiques 20 - spécial Projet Undesert-UE: 1-14.

14.  Glèlè Kakaï R., Salako V.K., Padonou E.A. Lykke A.M. 2016. Méthodes statistiques multivariées utilisées en écologie. 2016. Annales des Sciences Agronomiques  20 - spécial Projet Undesert-UE: 137-156.

15.  Gnoumou A., Ouédraogo O., Schmidt M., Thiombiano A. 2015. Floristic diversity of classified forest and partial faunal reserve of Comoé-Léraba, southwest Burkina Faso. Check List 11: 1557.

16.  Greve M, Lykke AM, Fagg CW, Bogaert J, Friis I, Marchant R,  Ndayishimiye J, Sandel BS, Sandom C, Schmidt M, Timberlake JR, Wieringa JJ, Zizka G, Svenning JC. 2012. Continental-scale variability in browser diversity is a major driver of diversity patterns in acacias across Africa. Journal of Ecology 100: 1093-1104 (10.1111/j.1365-2745.2012.01994.x).

17.  Greve M, Reyers B, Lykke AM, Svenning JC.  2013. Spatial optimization of carbon-stocking projects across Africa integrating stocking potential with co-benefits and feasibility. Nature Communications 4:2975 (10.1038/ncomms3975).

18.  Greve M., Lykke A.M., Fagg C.W., Bogaert J., Friis I., Marchant R., Marshall A.R., Ndayishimiye J., Sandel B.S., Sandom C., Schmidt M., Timberlake J.R., Wieringa J.J., Zizka G., Svenning J.C. 2012. Continental-scale variability in browser diversity is a major driver of diversity patterns in acacias across Africa. Journal of Ecology 100: 1093-1104.

19.  Greve M., Reyers B., Lykke A.M., Svenning J.C. 2013. Spatial optimization of carbon-stocking projects across Africa integrating stocking potential with co-benefits and feasibility. Nature Communications 4:2975.

20.  Haarmeyer D.H., Schumann K., Bernhardt-Römermann M., Wittig R., Thiombiano A., Hahn K. 2013. Human impact on population structure and fruit production of the socio-economically important tree Lannea microcarpa in Burkina Faso. Agroforestry Systems 87(6):1363-1375.

21.  Habou R., Inoussa M.M.., Yacoubou B., Diouf A., Boubacar K.M., Ali M., Saidou I.S., Mahamane S., Lykke A.M. 2014. Structure de la population de Boscia senegalensis (Pers) Lam. Ex Poir suivant la toposéquense dans la commune de Simiri (Niger). Journal of Animal & Plant Sciences 23(3): 3657-3669

22.  Hahn K., Schmidt M., Lykke A.M., Thiombiano A. 2014. UseDa - A new database tool on ethnobotanical uses of West African plant species. Flora et Vegetatio Sudano-Sambesica 17: 42-48.

23.  Houéhanou D.T., Assogbadjo A.E., Chadare F.J., Zanvo S., Sinsin B. 2016. Approches méthodologiques synthétisées des études d’ethnobotanique quantitative  en milieu tropical. Annales des Sciences Agronomiques 19 - spécial Projet Undesert-UE: 187-206.

24.  Kaboré S.A., Hahn K., Hien M., Nacro H.B. 2015. Does the description of root system matter for sustainable use and conservation? A case study in Burkina Faso. Qscience Connect 2015: 3: 2-9. doi.org/10.5339/connect.2015.3.

25.  Kaboré S.A., Hien M., Ouédraogo D., Diallo T.E.R., Hahn K., Nacro H.B. 2014. Use of ecosystem services of Sarcocephalus latifolius (Sm.) E. A. Bruce and induced effect of human pressure on the species in the Southwestern region of Burkina Faso. Ethnobotany Research and Application 12: 561-570.

26.  Kaboré S.A., Schumann K., Hien M., Lykke A.M., Hahn K., Nacro H.B. 2015. Stratégies d’adaptation à la réduction des services écosystémiques: cas des potentialités de substitution de trois espèces forestières dans le Sud-Ouest du Burkina Faso. International Journal of Biological and Chemical Sciences 9 (3): 1194-1208.

27.  Kadeba A., Nacoulma B.M.I., Ouédraogo A., Bachmann Y., Thiombiano A., Schmidt M., Boussim J.I. 2015. Land cover change and plant diversity in the Sahel: a case study from northern Burkina Faso. Annals of Forest Research 58: 109-123.

28.  Kadeba A., Sambare O., Soulama S., Thiombiano A., Schmidt M., Boussim J. I. 2014. Typologie spatiale de la végétation sahélienne en relation avec les indicateurs de dégradation au Burkina. International Journal of Biological and Chemical Science 8(3): 1045-1064.

29.  Kirchmair I., Schmidt M., Hahn K., Erpenbach A., Zizka G. 2012. Biodiversity islands in the savanna – analysis of the phytodiversity on termitemounds in Northern Benin. Flora et Vegetatio Sudano-Sambesica 15: 3-14.

30.  Kouyate A.M., Nacoulma B.M.I., Lykke A.M., Thiombiano A. 2016. Estimation de la production fruitière des espèces ligneuses alimentaires en afrique sub-saharienne. Annales des Sciences Agronomiques  20 - spécial Projet Undesert-UE: 67-77.

31.  Lessmeister, A., Schumann, K., Lykke, A.M., Heubach, K., Thiombiano, A., Hahn, K. 2015. Substitution of the most important and declining wild food species in south-east Burkina Faso. Flora et Vegetatio Sudano Sambesica 18.

32.  Mahamane A. 2012. Diversity of cosystems. Environmental Sciences. InTech, 484pages.  http://www.intechopen.com/books/the-functioning-of-ecosystems[p1]

33.  Mcghee W., Saigle W., Padonou E.A., Lykke A.M. 2016. Méthodes de calcul de la biomasse et du carbone des arbres en Afrique de l’Ouest. Annales des Sciences Agronomiques 20 - spécial Projet Undesert-UE: 79-94.

34.  Moussa M.B., Diouf A., Abdourahamane I.S., Axelsen J., Ambouta J-M. K., Mahamane A. 2016. Combined Traditional Water Harvesting (Zai) and Mulching Techniques Increase Available Soil Phosphorus Content and Millet Yield. Journal of Agricultural Science; 8(4): 1916-9752.

35.  Moussa M.B., Diouf A., Abdourahamane I.S., Jangorzo S.N., Mahamane A., Axelsen J.A., Ambouta K. J.-M. 2015. Soil physicochemical characteristics under different ecosystems in western Niger. International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences 4(4):375-383.

36.  Moussa M.B., Inoussa M.M., Ambouta J-M.K., Mahamane A., Jorgen A.A., Harissou Y., Rabiou H. 2013. Caractérisation de la végétation ligneuse et des organisations pelliculaires de surface des agroécosystèmes à différents stades de dégradation de la Commune rurale de Simiri (Niger). International Journal of Biological and Chemical Science, 7(5): 1963–1975.

37.  Moussa M.B., Rabiou H., Inoussa M.M., Bakasso Y., Mahamane A. 2015. Bio-indicateurs de la fertilité des sols et la perception paysanne à l'Ouest du Niger. Journal of Applied Biosciences 89(1), 8281-8290. http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/jab.v89i1.3

38.  Neumann K., Fahmy A., Müller-Scheessel N., Schmidt M. 2016. Taxonomic, ecological and palaeoecological significance of leaf phytoliths in West African grasses. Quaternary International. DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2015.11.039.

39.  Okou F.A.Y., Assogbadjo A.E., Bachmann Y., Sinsin B. 2014. Ecological factors influencing physical soil degradation in the Atacora mountain chain of West Africa. Mountain Research and Development 34(2):157-166.

40.  Ouédraogo O., Schmidt M., Thiombiano A., Hahn K., Guinko S., Zizka G. 2011. Magnoliophyta, Arly National Park, Tapoa, Burkina Faso. Checklist 7 (1): 85-100.

41.  Padonou E.A., Adomou A.C., Bachmann Y., Lykke A.M., Sinsin B. 2014. Vegetation characteristics of bowé in West Africa. Journal of Plant Sciences 2 (5): 250-255 (10.11648/j.jps.20140205.27).

42.  Padonou E.A., Assogbadjo A.E., Bachmann Y., Sinsin B. 2012. How far bowalization affects phytodiversity, life forms and plant morphology in Sub-humid tropic in West Africa. African Journal of Ecology 51 (2): 255-262.

43.  Padonou E.A., Assogbadjo A.E., Glèlè Kakaï R., Lykke A.M., Sinsin B., Axelsen, J. 2015. Investigations of on farm seedling productivity of the rare and declining Caesalpinia bonduc in Benin (West Africa) by aid of simulation modelling. International Journal of Agronomy and Agricultural Research 6: 116-131.

44.  Padonou E.A., Bachmann Y., Glèlè Kakaï R., Lykke A.M., Sinsin B. 2015. Spatial distribution of bowal and differences in physicochemical characteristics between bowal and woodland soils in Benin, West Africa. Catena 124: 45-52.

45.  Padonou E.A., Fandohan B., Bachmann Y., Sinsin B. 2014. How farmers perceive and cope with bowalization: a case study from West Africa. Land Use policy 36: 461-467.

46.  Padonou E.A., Lykke A.M., Bachmann Y., Sinsin B. 2015. Bowalization: Its Impact on Soil, Biodiversity, and Human Livelihoods in West Africa. Advances in Environmental Research 40

47.  Padonou E.A., Teka O., Bachmann Y., Schmidt M., Lykke A.M., Sinsin B. 2015. Using species distribution models to select species resistant to climate change for ecological restoration of. African Journal of Ecology 53: 83-92.

48.  Saley K., Mahamane A., Morou B., Saadou M. 2010. Dynamique de l’occupation des terres et caractéristiques de la végétation dans la commune rurale de Simiri (Région de Tillabery, Niger). Annales de l’Université Abdou Moumouni XI-A: 166-177.

49.  Sambou B., Goudiaby A., Lykke A.M., Mbow C., Ba A.T., Niang Diop F., Camara A. A. 2016. Mise en place de parcelles permanentes pour le suivi de la végétation ligneuse et des stocks de carbone en zone sèche tropicale. Annales des Sciences Agronomiques 20- spécial Projet Undesert-UE: 33- 57.

50.  Sambou S., Lykke A.M., Sambou H., Guiro I., Sambou B., Mbow C. 2015. Land Use-Land Cover Change and Drivers of Deforestation in the Patako Protected Area (Center-West of Senegal). American Journal of Environmental Protection 4(6): 306-317

51.  Sanon Z., Hien M., Yameogo J., Bachmann Y., Somda I. 2015. Dynamique structurale des îlots de forêt claire à Anogeissus leiocarpa (DC.) Guill. et Perr.dans le Sud-Ouest du Burkina Faso. International Journal of Biological and Chemical Sciences9(2): 847-860

52.  Schmidt M., Janßen T., Dressler S., Hahn K., Hien M., Konaté S., Lykke A.M., Mahamane A., Sambou B., Sinsin B., Thiombiano A., Wittig R., Zizka G. 2012. The West African Vegetation Database. Biodiversity and Ecology 4: 105-110.

53.  Schmidt M., König K., Müller J.V., Brunken U., Zizka G. 2011. Modelling the distribution of photosynthetic types of grasses in sahelian Burkina Faso with high resolution satellite data. Ecotropica 17: 53-63.

54.  Schmidt M., Lykke A.M., Traore S. 2016. Base de données de la végétation d’Afrique de l’Ouest (West African Vegetation) et Vegda 3.0. Annales des Sciences Agronomiques 20 - spécial Projet Undesert-UE: 157-175.

55.  Schmidt M., Ouédraogo A., Dressler S., Thiombiano A. 2016. Méthodes de collection d’herbiers. Annales des Sciences Agronomiques 20 - spécial Projet Undesert-UE: 177- 185.

56.  Schmidt M., Thiombiano A., Zizka A., König K., Brunken U., Zizka G. 2011. Geographical patterns of functional traits of grasses (Poaceae) in Burkina Faso, West Africa. African Journal of Ecology 49: 490-500.

57.  Schmidt M., Traoré S., Ouédraogo A., Mbayngone E., Ouédraogo O., Zizka A., Kirchmair I., Kaboré E., Tindano E., Thiombiano A., Hahn K., Zizka G. 2013. Geographical patterns of woody plants ‘functional traits in Burkina Faso. Candollea 68 (2): 197-207.

58.  Schmidt M., Zizka G. 2014. Plant species associated with different levels of species richness and vegetation cover as indicators of desertification in Burkina Faso (West Africa). Flora et Vegetatio Sudano-Sambesica 17: 3-8.

59.  Soulama S., Kadeba A., Nacoulma M.I.B., Traoré S., Bachmann Y., Thiombiano A. 2015. Impact des activités anthropiques sur la dynamique de la végétation de la réserve partielle de faune de Pama et de ses périphéries (sud-est du Burkina Faso) dans un contexte de variabilité climatique. Journal of Applied Biosciences (87) 8047-8064.

60.  Soulama S., Savadogo P., Nacoulma B.M.I., Thiombiano A. 2015. Do floristic composition, plant species abundance and vegetation structure in sudanian wetlands vary according to conservation status? Global Journal of Wood Science, Forestry and Wildlife 3 (3): 083-093.

61.  Strandberg B., Lykke A.M., Padonou E.A. 2016. Méthodes d'estimation objective du recouvrement de la vétation et de la biomasse herbacées. Annales des Sciences Agronomiques 20 - spécial Projet Undesert-UE: 59-66.

62.  Thiombiano A., Glèlè Kakaï R., Bayen P., Boussim J.I., Mahamane A. 2016. Méthodes et dispositifs d’inventaires forestiers en Afrique de l’Ouest: État des lieux et propositions pour une harmonisation. Annales des Sciences Agronomiques 20 - spécial Projet Undesert-UE: 15-31.

63.  Thiombiano A., Schmidt M., Dressler S., Ouédraogo A., Hahn K., Zizka G. 2012. Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Burkina Faso. Boissiera 65, Conservatoire et jardin botaniques de la ville de Genève. 391 pages.

64.  Traoré S., Ouattara K., Ilstedt U., Schmidt M., Thiombiano A., Malmer A., Nyberg G. 2015. Effect of land degradation on carbon and nitrogen pools in two soil types of a semi-arid landscape in West Africa. Geoderma 241-242: 330–338.

65.  Traoré S., Zerbo L., Schmidt M., Thiombiano L. 2012. Acacia communities and species responses to soil and climate gradients in the Sudano-Sahelian zone of West Africa. Journal of Arid Environments 87: 144–152

66.  Zizka A., Thiombiano A., Dressler S., Nacoulma B.M.I., Ouédraogo A., Ouédraogo I., Ouédraogo O., Zizka G., Hahn K., Schmidt M. 2015. The vascular plant diversity of Burkina Faso (West Africa) – a quantitative analysis and implications for conservation. Candollea 70: 9-20.

67.  Zizka A., Thiombiano A., Dressler S., Nacoulma B.M.I., Ouédraogo A., Ouédraogo I., Ouédraogo O., Zizka G., Hahn K., Schmidt M. 2015. Traditional plant use in Burkina Faso (West Africa) – a national scale analysis with focus on traditional medicine. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 11: 9.

68.  Zwarg A., Schmidt M., Janßen T., Zizka G., Hahn K. 2012. Plant diversity, functional traits and soil conditions of grass savannas on lateritic crusts (bowé) in southeastern Burkina Faso. Flora et Vegetatio Sudano-Sambesica 15: 15-24

Undesert

works to create an improved understanding of the effects of desertification and degradation processes in West Africa and to develop and implement best practices, such as carbon forestry, in close collaboration between scientists and local communities.

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