Hooola! we broke our own record in scientific publication in 2018

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It is our pleasure to share with you the 42 publications of LABEF for 2018. Congratulations to all the authors.


  1. Senarathne, S. H., Atapattu, A. J., Raveendra, T., Mensah, S., & Dassanayake, K. B. (2018). Biomass allocation and growth performance of Tithonia diversifolia (Hemsl.) A. Gray in coconut plantations in Sri Lanka. Agroforestry Systems, 1-11.
  2. Lokonon, B.E., Mba, R.B., Gbeha, M., Glèlè Kakaï, R. (2018). Parameters Estimation Methods in Generalized Linear Mixed Models (GLMMs) Applied in Ecology: A Critical Review; 2019, Volume: 16, Issue Number: 3; International journal of engineering and future technology
  3. Mensah, S., Egeru, A., Assogbadjo, A. E., & Glèlè Kakaï, R. (2018). Vegetation structure, dominance patterns and height growth in an Afromontane forest, Southern Africa. Journal of Forestry Research, 1-10.
  4. LAWIN, I.F., FANDOHAN, A.B., GANDJI, K., ASSOGBADJO, A.E., OUINSAVI, C. (2018). Cola millenii K. Schum : Etat des connaissances et perspectives de recherche ; Int. J. Biol. Chem. Sci. 12(3): 1494-1515, June 2018
  5. DOTCHAMOU, T., ATINDOGBE, G., HOUMENOU, C., FONTON, N. (2018). Modélisation de la productivité fruitière de Parkia biglobosa en zone soudanienne et zone soudano-guinéenne du Bénin ; Afrique SCIENCE 14(3) (2018) 399 – 410
  6. Sankara, F., Pousga, S., Dao, N.C.A., Gbemavo, D.S.J.C., Clottey, V.A., Coulibaly, K., Nacoulma, J.P., Ouedraogo, S. and Kenis, M. (2018). Indigenous knowledge and potential of termites as poultry feed in Burkina Faso. Journal of Insects as Food and Feed, pp.1-8.
  7. Banla T, Houehanou TD, Savi MK, Idohou R, Glèlè Kakaï R, Kokou K. (2018). Population structure of Pterocarpus erinaceus Poir. across a protection gradient in Sudanian savannahs of Togo, West Africa. Afr J Ecol. 2018;00:1–9.
  8. Gandji, K., Salako, V. K., Fandohan, A. B., Assogbadjo, A. E., & Kakaï, R. L. G. (2018). Factors Determining the Use and Cultivation of Moringa oleifera Lam. in the Republic of Benin. Economic Botany, 1-14.
  9. Diop, B. M., Gueye, M. C., Agbangba, C. E., Cisse, N., Deu, M., Diack, O., … & Ngom, A. (2018). Fonio (Digitaria exilis (Kippist) Stapf): A Socially Embedded Cereal for Food and Nutrition Security in Senegal. Ethnobiology Letters9(2), 150-165.
  10. Guidigan, M. L. G., Azihou, F., Idohou, R., Okhimamhe, A. A., Fandohan, A. B., Sinsin, B., & Adet, L. (2018). Modelling the current and future distribution of Kigelia africana under climate change in Benin, West Africa. Modeling Earth Systems and Environment4(3), 1225-1238.
  11. Lokonon, B & Romain Glèlè  Kakaï (2018). Effect of overdispersion and sample size on the performance of Poisson model and its extensions in frame of Generalized Linear models. Int. J. Appl. Math. Stat.; Vol. 57; Issue No. 5; Year 2018,
  12. Lazaro, M., 1;2, Gbeha, M. and Romain Glèlè  Kakaï (2018). Influence of Missing Value Imputations on the Performance of Canonical Correspondence Analysis: Ecological Applications. African Journal of Applied Statistics Vol. 5 (1), 2018, pages 323–337.
  13. Dayou, E. D., Zokpodo, K. L. B., & Glèlè  Kakaï, L. G. (2018). Assessment of the physical and mechanical properties of the soils in the different agroecological zones of Benin. Agro-Science16(3), 37-45.
  14. Salako, V. K., Vihotogbé, R., Houéhanou, T., Sodé, I. A., & Glèlè Kakaï, R. G. (2018). Predicting the potential impact of climate change on the declining agroforestry species Borassus aethiopum Mart. in Benin: a mixture of geostatistical and SDM approach. Agroforestry Systems, 1-18.
  15. Moussa, A. A., Salako, V. K., Gbemavo, D. C., Zaman-Allah, M., Glèlè  Kakaï, R., & Bakasso, Y. (2018). Performances agro-morphologiques des varietes locales et ameliorees de maïs au sud-ouest du Niger. African Crop Science Journal26(2), 157-173.
  16. Salako, K. V., Moreira, F., Gbedomon, R. C., Tovissodé, F., Assogbadjo, A. E., & Glèlè Kakaï, R. L. (2018). Traditional knowledge and cultural importance of Borassus aethiopum Mart. in Benin: interacting effects of socio-demographic attributes and multi-scale abundance. Journal of ethnobiology and ethnomedicine14(1), 36.
  17. Hounkpevi, A., Kouassi, E. K., & Glèlè Kakai, R. (2018). Effects of climatic variability and local environment patterns on the ecology and population structure of the multipurpose plant species, Vitex doniana Sweet (Lamiaceae) in Benin. Tropical Ecology59(1), 129-143.
  18. Dimobe, K., Mensah, S., Goetze, D., Ouédraogo, A., Kuyah, S., Porembski, S., & Thiombiano, A. (2018). Aboveground biomass partitioning and additive models for Combretum glutinosum and Terminalia laxiflora in West Africa. Biomass and Bioenergy115, 151-159.
  19. Mensah, S., du Toit, B., & Seifert, T. (2018). Diversity–biomass relationship across forest layers: implications for niche complementarity and selection effects. Oecologia, 1-13.
  20. Lokonon, B. E., Mangamana, E. T., Gnonlonfoun, I., Akpona, T. J. D., Assogbadjo, A. E., Glèlè Kakaï, R., & Sinsin, B. (2018). Knowledge, valuation and prioritization of 46 woody species for conservation in agroforestry systems along Ouémé catchment in Benin (West Africa). Environment, Development and Sustainability, 1-23.
  21. Salako, V. K., Kénou, C., Dainou, K., Assogbadjo, A. E., & Glèlè Kakaï, R. (2018). Impacts of land use types on spatial patterns and neighbourhood distance of the agroforestry palm Borassus aethiopum Mart. in two climatic regions in Benin, West Africa. Agroforestry Systems, 1-15.
  22. Mensah, S., Pienaar, O. L., Kunneke, A., du Toit, B., Seydack, A., Uhl, E., … & Seifert, T. (2018). Height–Diameter allometry in South Africa’s indigenous high forests: Assessing generic models performance and function forms. Forest Ecology and Management410, 1-11.
  23. Vihotogbé, R., Idohou, R., Gebauer, J., Sinsin, B., & Peterson, A. T. (2018). Estimation of cultivable areas for Irvingia gabonensis and I. wombolu (Irvingiaceae) in Dahomey-Gap (West Africa). Agroforestry Systems, 1-10.
  24. Gbaguidi, A. A., Dansi, A., Dossou-Aminon, I., Gbemavo, D. S. J. C., Orobiyi, A., Sanoussi, F., & Yedomonhan, H. (2018). Agromorphological diversity of local Bambara groundnut (Vigna subterranea (L.) Verdc.) collected in Benin. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, 1-13.
  25. Savi, M. K., R. Noumonvi, F. J. Chadaré, K. Daïnou, V. K. Salako, R. Idohou, A. E. Assogbadjo, and R. Glèlè Kakaï  (2018). Synergy between traditional knowledge of use and tree population structure for sustainability of Cola nitida (Vent.) Schott. & Endl in Benin (West Africa). Environment, Development and Sustainability:1-12.
  26. Atidegla, H.S.C & Hounmenou, C. (2018). Adaptation des producteurs à la variabilité climatique au Sud bénin : cas de la plaine inondable de Gbessou. Annales des sciences agronomiques 22 (1) : 93-113, 2018 ISSN 1659 – 5009
  27. Sèwadé, C., Lokonon, B.E., Azihou, A.F., Akouèhou, G.S., Mensah, G.A., Glèlè Kakaï, R., & Houinato, M.R.B. (2018). Use diversity and farmer’s preference of 48 local multipurpose fodder trees: a comparative analysis of three sociolinguistic groups of Benin; Annales des sciences agronomiques 22(1) : 33-52, 2018 ISSN 1659 – 5009
  28. Dimobe, K., Goetze, D., Ouédraogo, A., Mensah, S., Akpagana, K., Porembski, S., & Thiombiano, A. (2018). Aboveground biomass allometric equations and carbon content of the shea butter tree (Vitellaria paradoxa CF Gaertn., Sapotaceae) components in Sudanian savannas (West Africa). Agroforestry Systems, 1-14.
  29. Rashid, N., Gbedomon, R. C., Ahmad, M., Salako, V. K., Zafar, M., & Malik, K. (2018). Traditional knowledge on herbal drinks among indigenous communities in Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan. Journal of ethnobiology and ethnomedicine14(1), 16.
  30. Gandji, K., Chadare, F. J., Idohou, R., Salako, V. K., Assogbadjo, A. E., & Glèlè Kakaï, R. (2018).Status and utilisation of Moringa oleifera Lam: A review. African Crop Science Journal26(1), 137-156.
  31. Mensah, S., Salako, V. K., Assogbadjo, A. E., & Glèlè Kakaï, R. (2018). Differential Responses of Taxonomic, Structural, and Functional Diversity to Local-Scale Environmental Variation in Afromontane Forests in South Africa. Tropical Conservation Science11, 1940082918762372.
  32. Houdanon, R. D., Mensah, S., Gnanglè, C., Yorou, N. S., & Houinato, M. (2018). Ecosystem services and biomass stock from bamboo stands in central and southern Benin, West Africa. Energy, Ecology and Environment, 1-10.
  33. Adehan, S. B., Adakal, H., Gbinwoua, D., Zoungrana, S., Toé, P., Ouedraogo, M., … & Glèlè Kakaï, R. (2018). West African Cattle Farmers’ Perception of Tick-Borne Diseases. EcoHealth, 1-13.
  34. Agbani, P. O., Kafoutchoni, K. M., Salako, K. V., Gbedomon, R. C., Kégbé, A. M., Karen, H., & Sinsin, B. (2018). Traditional ecological knowledge-based assessment of threatened woody species and their potential substitutes in the Atakora mountain chain, a threatened hotspot of biodiversity in Northwestern Benin, West Africa. Journal of ethnobiology and ethnomedicine14(1), 21.
  35. Goudégnon, E. O. A., Vodouhê, F. G., Gouwakinnou, G. N., Salako, V. K., & Oumorou, M. (2018).Ethnic and generational differences in traditional knowledge and the cultural importance of Lannea microcarpa Engl. & K. Krause in the Sudanian savannah of Benin. Bois et Forêt des Tropiques,334, 49-59
  36. Assogba, G. A., Fandohan, A. B., Gandji, K., Salako, V. K., & Assogbadjo, A. E. (2018). Bombax costatum (Malvaceae): state of knowns, unknowns and prospects in West Africa. BASE.
  37. Kafoutchoni, K. M., Idohou, R., Egeru, A., Salako, K. V., Agbangla, C., Adomou, A. C., & Assogbadjo, A. E. (2018). Species richness, cultural importance, and prioritization of wild spices for conservation in the Sudano-Guinean zone of Benin (West Africa). Journal of ethnobiology and ethnomedicine14(1), 67.
  38. Agbo, R. I., Idohou, R., Vihotogbé, R., Missihoun, A. A., Dagba, R. A., Assogbadjo, A. E., & Agbangla, C. (2018). Spatio-temporal dynamics of suitable habitats for Detarium microcarpum Guill. & Perr.(Caesalpiniaceae), a priority food tree species in Benin (West Africa). Modeling Earth Systems and Environment, 1-10.
  39. Dayou, E. D., Zokpodo, K. L. B., & Kakaï, A. G. (2018). Evaluation of the physical, mechanical and kinetic properties of some cereals and leguminous seeds in Benin republic. International Journal of Engineering, Science and Technology11(1), 33-42.
  40. Pomalégni, S. C. B., Gbemavo, D. S. J. C., Gnanglè, P. C., Djossou, S. R., Kenis, M., Babatoundé, S., L. R. Glèlè Kakaï & Mensah, G. A. (2018). Seed cake of Jatropha curcas (L.), potential substrate to produce maggots as feed for reared monogastric animals. JAPS: Journal of Animal & Plant Sciences28(6).
  41. Rochette, A.J., Akpona, J.D.T., Akpona, H.A., Akouehou, G.S., Mayundo, B.K., Djagoun, C.A.M.S., Habonimana, B., Idohou, R., Legba, I.S., Nzigidahera, B. and Matilo, A.O. (2018). Developing policy-relevant biodiversity indicators: lessons learnt from case studies in Africa. Environmental Research Letters.
  42. Heita, H. T., Ham, H., & Mensah, S. (2018). Effects of seed viability and pre-treatments on seed germination of two indigenous species—Strychnos cocculoides Baker and Guibourtia coleosperma (Benth.) Leonard in Namibia. Agroforestry Systems, 1-8.

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