Munis Entomology And Zoology

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 Seasonal Availability And Nutrient Contents Of Mona Monkey (Cercopithecus Mona, Schreber, 1774) Plant Diets In Lekki Conservation Centre, Nigeria.

 Olaleru F, Ogunjemite, B. G., Onadeko, A. B. And Egonmwan, R. I.

 2018

The mona monkey is the only non-human primate in Lekki Conservation Centre, a privately owned Strict Nature Reserve located in a peri-urban part of Lagos, Nigeria. The reserve is becoming a forest island due to rapid urbanization around it. This study determined the seasonal availability of the plant foods utilized by the monkey during the dry and rainy seasons of 2011 and 2012. The nutrients and fibre fractions contents of the plant foods utilized in 2011 were determined using standard procedures. The plant parts consumed by the monkeys were determined by observing the feeding behavior of several troops for a total period of 33 days, and opportunistic collection of discarded portions. The nutrients determined were crude protein (CP), ether extracts (EE), crude fibre (CF), ash, and nitrogen free extracts (NFE) while the fibre fractions were neutral detergent fibre (NDF), acid detergent fibre (ADF), acid detergent lignin (ADL), hemicellulose (HC), and cellulose (CS). The monkeys utilized different parts of 17 plant species from 11 Families. Based on the parts of plants accessed as food, fruits constituted 59 %. This was followed by nuts and seeds, 9 % each. During the dry season, Mangifera indica (whole tender fruits) had the highest CP value of 22.31 %. The highest NDF was found in the fruits of Anthocleista vogelii. In the rainy season, the highest CP and NDF values of 6.56 % and 66.40 % were respectively found in the seed of Mussaenda polita. Using CP as basis of the diets in the reserve to meet the monkeys’ need, 11.52 ± 0.95 found in fruits (n =6) more than meets the recommended value of 6.4 – 8.0 % by the National Research Council. 

 African Primates

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 The First Sightings Of The Red-Bellied Guenon (Cercopithecus Erythrogaster Erythrogaster) On The Western Edge Of Southwestern Nigeria

 Goodwin, R. M., Orimaye, J. O., Okosodo F. E., Ogunjemite, B. G. And Houngbedji M. G.

 2017

To better understand the status and distribution patterns of threatened anthropoids, we conducted walking surveys and interviews on the western edge of southwestern Nigeria. As we surveyed, we recorded all sightings of the monkeys and evidence of anthropogenic disturbance. We also examined the extent of forest in the southern part of our study area, in particular, Eggua Forest Reserve and Ohumbe Forest Reserve, using Landsat 8 band images. The number of anthropoid species encountered during the surveys varied from zero to four. We sighted C. erythrogaster at Atola community forest (Encounter rate = 0.27 group/km), Royal Forest (private forest) (Encounter rate = 0.08 group/km), and Bola Camp community forest. These are seasonally inundated or riverine forests. The bellies of the C. erythrogaster individuals we saw at the two latter localities indicate that they are C. erythrogaster erythrogaster. No other threatened anthropoids were sighted. At Igboju community forest (part of Eggua FR), where an interviewee stated that C. e. erythrogaster occurs, we only saw mona monkeys (Cercopithecus mona). Bola Camp and adjacent communities, where about 9 km2 of riverine forest still remains and hunting is limited, have a potential to develop a conservation program. Creating corridors to connect Igboju, Royal Forest, and southern forest fragments in Eggua FR for the conservation of C. e. erythrogaster is also recommended. With our new information, the distribution range of C. e. erythrogaster has now been expanded to east of Benin, but it is still uncertain how widespread this subspecies is. The future of this taxon in this region, however, does not look bright considering the levels of hunting, logging, farming, cattle herding, and fire set by cattle herders that we witnessed. Thorough surveys along Yewa River including Igboju, and fragmented forests in two forest reserves are necessary in the near future. 

 IUCN RED LIST

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 Pan Troglodytes Ssp Ellioti. The IUCN Red List Of Threatened Species

 Oates, J. F., Doumbe, A., Dunn, A., Gonder, M. K., Ikemen, R., Imong, I., Morgan, B. J., Ogunjemite, B. And Sommer, V.

 2016

The Nigeria-Cameroon Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes ellioti), until recently known as P. t. vellerosus, occurs in Cameroon, west of the Sanaga River, and Nigeria (Gonder et al. 2006, Oates et al. 2009). Substantial genetic data indicate that P. t. ellioti groups evolutionarily with P. t. verus, while P. t. troglodytes and P. t. schweinfurthii form a second grouping (Prado-Martinez et al. 2013, Mitchell et al. 2015). Pan t. verus and P. t. ellioti separated from one another much earlier than did P. t. troglodytes and P. t. schweinfurthii. The degree of connectivity between Chimpanzee populations in western Nigeria and those in eastern Nigeria and western Cameroon has yet to be adequately examined. Published relationship trees based on analyses of mitochondrial DNA do not group western Nigerian Chimpanzees closely with those of either Upper Guinea or eastern Nigeria (Gonder et al. 2006); however, those analyses were based on a very small number of western Nigerian samples. A more comprehensive analysis using additional samples is urgently needed. 

 Revue Scientifique Et Technique Forêt Et Environnement Du Bassin Du Congo

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 Assessment Of Floristic Composition Of Ologbo Concession, Edo State, Nigeria For Conservation.

 Ogunjemite, B. G.

 2015

A floristic inventory of woody plants in Ologbo Forest Concession was carried out to characterise the different habitat types within the concession in order to assess its conservation value for land use planning. Three habitat types; swamp, rainforest and fallow land were studied. A total of 630 individual trees representing 71 species in 27 families were enumerated in 15 (25m x 25m) plots of the forest concession. Total number of individual trees were higher in rain forest 327 (51.91%) than in the swamp forest 210 (33.33%) and fallow forest 93 (14.76%). Shannon-Wiener species diversity index H’ was 3.08 for the rainforest, 3.02 for the swamp forest and 2.16 for the fallow forest. Three IUCN Red Data Listed species (Entrandrophragma sp, Lovoa trihilioides and Millettia sp) were recorded in the rainforest, two species (Lovoa trihilioides and Millettia sp) in the swamp forest and none in the fallow forest. All the habitat types contained important fruiting species (Cleistopholis paten, Ficus spp and Musanga cecropioides) which are of feeding importance for many wildlife species. The study concluded that the floristic value of the concession conservation area had been eroded but some of the biological components could still be salvaged if natural regeneration could be allowed.