International Journal of
Biodiversity and Conservation

  • Abbreviation: Int. J. Biodivers. Conserv.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2141-243X
  • DOI: 10.5897/IJBC
  • Start Year: 2009
  • Published Articles: 678

Full Length Research Paper

Woody plant species diversity in the last wild habitat of the Derby Eland (Taurotragus derbianus derbianus Gray, 1847) in Niokolo Koba National Park, Senegal, West Africa

Mariama Camara*
  • Mariama Camara*
  • Wascal GRP Climate Change and Biodiversity, University Félix Houphouët-Boigny, 31 BP 165 Abidjan 31, Côte d’Ivoire.,Institute of Environmental Science, Faculty of Science and Technic, University Cheikh Anta Diop of Dakar, BP 5005 Dakar-Fann, Dakar, Senegal.
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Charlemagne D.S.J. Gbemavo
  • Charlemagne D.S.J. Gbemavo
  • Laboratory of Biomathematic and Forest Estimation, Faculty of Agronomic Science, University of Abomey-Calavi, 04 BP 1525, Cotonou, Benin.
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Valère K. Salako
  • Valère K. Salako
  • Laboratory of Biomathematic and Forest Estimation, Faculty of Agronomic Science, University of Abomey-Calavi, 04 BP 1525, Cotonou, Benin.
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François N. Kouame
  • François N. Kouame
  • Wascal GRP Climate Change and Biodiversity, University Félix Houphouët-Boigny, 31 BP 165 Abidjan 31, Côte d’Ivoire.
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Bienvenu Sambou
  • Bienvenu Sambou
  • Institute of Environmental Science, Faculty of Science and Technic, University Cheikh Anta Diop of Dakar, BP 5005 Dakar-Fann, Dakar, Senegal.
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Romain L. Glèlè Kakaï
  • Romain L. Glèlè Kakaï
  • Laboratory of Biomathematic and Forest Estimation, Faculty of Agronomic Science, University of Abomey-Calavi, 04 BP 1525, Cotonou, Benin.
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  •  Received: 15 October 2015
  •  Accepted: 13 November 2015
  •  Published: 29 February 2016

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