African Journal of Ecology

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Inter‐habitat community variation of butterflies in an Afrotropical region	21
Breeding success related to clutch size in colonially nesting white stork (Ciconia ciconia) in the wetlands of Guerbes‐Sanhadja (NE Algeria)	18
A review of the ecological knowledge on the species Batrachoides liberiensis in estuarine and lagoon environments of West Africa	17
Genetic diversity of rodent species sold in South African pet shops	17
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Influence of Elephants on the Survivorship of, and Damage to, Baobabs in the Semi‐Arid Gonarezhou National Park, Zimbabwe	13
Physiological stress in eastern black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis michaeli) as influenced by their density, climatological variables and sexes	13
Leaf sponge tool use by Buraiga chimpanzees, Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii, in Kibale National Park, Uganda	13
Native forest regeneration and eucalyptus plantations in the Malagasy Highland	12
Environmental Factors Influencing Anthrax Distribution in an East African Protected Area	12
Unravelling the dynamics: Large mammal occupancy modelling in a West African tropical forest	12
Short‐Term Effects of Alien Pine Control on Bird Species Richness in Mountain Fynbos, South Africa	11
Demography and reproductive seasonality of small terrestrial mammals in two forest ecosystems in Ghana	11
Spatial Modelling of the Temporal Patterns and Intensity of Wire Snare Poaching and Predicting Land Cover Change Dynamics in a Semi‐Arid Protected Area	11
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Livelihood and Season Determine Human‐Carnivore Conflict Around Zakouma National Park, Chad	11
Effects of environmental factors on the distribution of flagship species in Bomfobiri Wildlife Sanctuary, Kumawu, Ghana: Implications for conservation and ecotourism development	11
Interannual Synchrony in the Post‐Breeding Migration Departure of Yellow‐Billed Kites (Milvus aegyptius) From a Roost Site in South Africa	10
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Population limitation of a non‐ruminant in a nutrient‐poor ecosystem—predation rather than food	9
Rapid development of individual identification and presence systems for a critically endangered antelope, the Mountain bongo	9
Exploring spatio‐temporal trends and environmental drivers of wildfire occurrence and impacts in Côte d'Ivoire, West Africa	8

Long‐distance African wild dog dispersal within the Kavango‐Zambezi transfrontier conservation area	8
The Effects of Illegal Wildlife Activities on Biodiversity in Few Selected African Countries	8
A Suite of Pathogens Detected in Ticks Sampled From Wildlife Hosts in Central Kenya	8
Wild Meat Value Chain Integration Systems: Opportunities for Value Chain Formalisation and Scaling in Africa	8
Seasonal variation in giraffe population density and abundance in the Tsavo landscape, Kenya	8
Effect of season, habitat type and anthropogenic pressure on the bird diversity in the vineyards agroecosystems in the region of Fes‐Meknes	8
Habituation of large mammals to passing vehicles	8
How Energetic Demands and Habitat Utilisation Can Make or Break Giraffes	8
Habitat selection by Grevy's zebra (Equus grevyi): Conservation implications	8
Ecological Change Resulting in an Apparent Increase of Marbled Tree Snakes, Dipsadoboa aulica , in a Shrub‐Encroached Wetland	7
Scaling the Slopes: A Biodiversity Assessment of the Communities of Epigeous Insects Across Mont Nimba's Altitudinal Gradient in Western Côte d'Ivoire	7
Range extension of the agile mangabey (Cercocebus agilis) and of the mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx) in eastern Gabon evidenced by camera traps	7
Diversity, habitat and activity patterns of mesocarnivore assemblages in an Afrotropical protected forest savannah mosaic of Central Cameroon	7
Public Preferences for Forest Restoration in Togo	7
Anthropogenic linear features exhibit greater mammal activity relative to surrounding game trails in a woody savannah	7
Diversity and spatio‐temporal distribution of the myriapodofauna in four habitat types along an urban‐rural gradient in Douala (Littoral, Cameroon)	7
Dynamics of land use land cover change in an East African inland valley wetland	7
Remote Sensing That Makes Sense in Ecological Research—From Pixels to Conservation	7
Natural forest regeneration over a fallow age chronosequence in central African moist forests	7
The Role of Host Demographic and Environmental Factors in Gastrointestinal Parasites in Rothschild's Giraffe Populations in Kenya	7
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Dung Beetles, Shifting Landscapes and the Ecology of Excrement in Southern Africa's Savannahs	7
Epi‐parasitic mistletoes don't parasitise their host's host and this supports the immunity hypothesis for host choice	7
Habitat Heterogeneity Shapes Bee Species Diversity and Community Structure in an East African Protected Ecosystem	7
Understanding Biodiversity in Togo: Unravelling Species Richness and Distribution Patterns in Tropical Ecosystems	7
Pregnancy complications in wild vervet monkeys in an urban mosaic landscape	7
Activity and nocturnal home range size of male common hippopotamus in Kruger National Park, South Africa	7
Dominance at the Dinner Table: Interspecific Competition Between Hyaenas and Jackals at Scavenging Sites	6
Population size and conservation status of large terrestrial mammals in a West African protected area	6
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Far From Roads, Challenges Arise: Unravelling Knowledge Gaps in the Occurrence of Cave‐Restricted Species on the African Continent	6
Little owls (Athene noctua) shift their diet towards nocturnal beetles in an arid North African area	6
Reassessing fossorial herpetofaunal density in sand forest following declines of mesoherbivore populations	6
Assessing Translocation Success or Failure of the African Buffalo ( Syncerus caffer ) in Post‐War Mozambique Using Species Distribution Modelling	6
Forest activities drive diversity and structure in the tropical rainforest	6
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Impact of Individual Host Characteristics on Host Selection in Oxpeckers	6
Fine‐scale variation in soil and topography influences herbaceous vegetation and the distribution of large mammalian herbivores	6
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Honey Plant Diversity of the Stingless Bee, Plebeina armata (Magrett) (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in South‐Central Burkina Faso	6
Probabilistic assessment of the risk of black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) species extinction	6
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Modelling the Suitable Habitat of Gonimbrasia belina, a Communally Exploited Edible Insect, in Southern African Mopane (Colophospermum mopane) Savannah	6
Consumption of hyaena faeces and artificial mineral licks by leopard tortoises (Stigmochelys pardalis) in a low‐nutrient environment	6
Standing fuel with back‐fires are effective in reducing fire hazardous in prescribed burning in the deciduous miombo woodland	6
Ecoclimatic Risk Assessment of False Codling Moth ( Thaumatotibia leucotreta ) Using the CLIMEX Modelling Approach	6
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Giraffe productivity and calf survival in a savannah area outside an east African protected area: Implications for conservation	5
Time as the Missing Variable: Why Africa (And the Tropics) Need Long‐Term Ecological Studies Now More Than Ever	5

Three decades of land use and land cover changes in an East African lake and their implications for the conservation of bird communities	5
Population Status and Habitat Suitability of the Endangered Zanzibar Reed Frog, Hyperolius puncticulatus	5
The Role of Microbial and Macroinvertebrate Communities on Early Leaf Decomposition Rates of the African Cycad	5
Corticolous lichen communities in Algerian climax forests	5
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Seedling growth and spinescence of three Vachellia species' populations in valleys formed by tectonic uplift	5
Environmental sustainability in Africa: Insight into paper consumption by an African university	5
Passive acoustic monitoring reveals behavioural response of African forest elephants to gunfire events	5
Environmental Drivers of Mammal Distribution and Habitat Association in a West African Savannah Ecosystem	5
Environmental and Anthropogenic Drivers of Giraffe Occurrence and Relative Abundance in a Mixed‐Use Savannah	5
Diversity, Composition and Distribution Patterns of Spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) in Sand Forest, South Africa	5
Habitat Preferences and Diversity Patterns of Saproxylic Beetles in Mediterranean Forest Ecosystems: A Case Study From the Edough Forest Massif in Northeastern Algeria	5
Uncovering Cryptic Diversity: Camera Trap Insights Into the Effects of Seasonality and Anthropogenic Presence in a Mosaic Savannah Ecosystem	5
An Integrative Approach of Taxonomic, Morphometric and Ecological Research to Solve the Status of Cryptic Chelonian Taxa—A Case Study With Pelomedusa kobe in Rwanda	5
Local extirpation of woody species in Colophospermum mopane woodland under chronic utilisation by elephants	5
Infanticide by male gelada leader and group counterstrategies	5
Searching priorities for a species at the brink of extinction: Threats analysis on the critically endangered Nubian Flapshell Turtle (Cyclanorbis elegans)	5
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Viability analysis of Kordofan giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis antiquorum) in a protected area in Cameroon	5
In praise of commensalism	4
Faecal Analysis as an Indicator of the Dietary Quality Utilised by Free‐Roaming Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) in the Free State Province, South Africa	4
Lack of mitochondrial introgression and limited genetic connectivity among Manyara tilapia (Oreochromis amphimelas) populations in Tanzanian Saline Rift Valley Lakes	4
Identifying the Substrate and Vegetation Characteristics Driving Population Densities in the Buckspoor Spider, Seothyra schreineri	4
Visual Body Condition Scoring for Wild African Forest Elephants ( Loxodonta cyclotis )	4
Small Mammal Communities Reveal Increasing Species Loss Along a Disturbance Gradient in South‐Eastern Liberia	4
Horizontal differentiation in water chemistry, phytoplankton, zooplankton and macrozoobenthic communities in Lake Kwania	4
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Herbaceous vegetation changes along a bush encroachment intensity gradient in a montane area	4
Identification, location and characterisation of spawning grounds and nurseries in the littoral zone of Lake Kivu (eastern DR Congo)	4
Carcass Density, Size and Visibility Do Not Significantly Differ Between Areas With and Without Spotted‐Hyaenas (Crocuta crocuta), With Implications for Threatened Vultures	4
Population Patterns and Environmental Determinants of Warburgia ugandensis (Sprague) in Northern Tanzania	4
Human‐wildlife conflicts in communities bordering a Savannah‐Fenced wildlife conservancy	4
The Influence of Habitat Heterogeneity and Rainfall on Small Mammal Diversity and Reproduction in an Ethiopian Landscape	4
Occupancy and abundance of a West African mangabey species (Cercocebus atysAudebert, 1797) in forest patch habitat	4
Rocky outcrops form islands of high and unique tree biodiversity within an ocean of grass in Serengeti National Park	4
The Devils in the Details—but So Are the Angels: Linear Density Estimates of Harpagophytum zeyheri (Devil's Claw) From the Zambezi Region, Namibia	4
Melanistic North African hedgehog Atelerix algirus (Lereboullet, 1842): First report case in Erinaceidae	4
Spatial and Seasonal Patterns of African Savannah Elephant ( Loxodonta africana ) Habitat Use in a	4
On the Occurrence of Pelusios gabonensis in the Taï National Park (Côte d'Ivoire)	4
Community Structure and Species Diversity of Birds in Heterogenous Habitats of an East African Growing Agricultural Corridor	3
Mitochondrial Genetic Diversity and Demographic History of Critically Endangered Oreochromis karongae (Trewavas, 1941) Along Lake Nyasa, Tanzania	3
Updated distribution of spotted hyaenas in Gabon reveals resident populations	3
Aggressive dominance of acacia floral resources by wild east African lowland honey bees	3
Kickboxing Kloof Frogs: Territoriality, Female Parental Care and Other Reproductive Behaviours of Natalobatrachus bonebergi	3
Biofluorescence and predator avoidance in the giraffe	3
Monitoring spatiotemporal dynamics of large herbivores across an African rangeland using hierarchical multi‐species distance sampling	3
Monitoring the Seasonal Functioning of Tropical Ecosystems With Phenocams	3
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Foraging Behaviour and Host Responses of Oxpeckers ( Buphagus spp.) Across Domestic and Wild Mammals	3
The Efficacy of the African Annual Killifish Nothobranchius melanospilus in suppressing Malaria Vector Larvae	3
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Carbon of Chaillu forests based on a phytosociological analysis in Republic of Congo, more than meets the eye?	3
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DIY your captures when everything else fails: Description of an artisanal dart launcher with an assessment of the medium‐term response in a primate	3
Home Range Dynamics and Habitat Preferences of Sable Antelope in a Recovering Post‐War Population	3
Diurnal activity budgets for the giraffe, Giraffa camelopardalis giraffa, in the Kalahari region of southern Africa	3
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A Graphical Method for Analysing Species Assemblages Combining Habitat Preference and Abundance	3
Ecological Restoration in Semi‐Arid Landscapes: Comparing Exclosures and Pasture for Vegetation, Soil Nutrients, and Carbon Stocks	3
Ecological Paradoxes of Conflict: The Dual Impact of Armed Conflicts and Humanitarian Crises on Africa's Ecosystems	3
Epauletted fruit bats prefer native plants and contribute to seed dispersal in a South African agricultural landscape	3
Does variation in plant diversity and abundance influence browsing intensity in black rhinos?	3
Using piospheres to identify, assess and monitor gradients of elephant impact on thicket	3
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Stakeholder perceptions of human–predator conflict in the South African fly‐fishing industry	3
Danger From the Sky? The Three‐Dimensional Landscape of Risk of Habituated Vervet Monkeys (Chlorocebus pygerythrus) From Aerial Predation	3
Impacts of Fires on the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index ( NDVI ): Case of the Pendjari Biosphere Reserve ( PBR	3
Economic Growth, Governance and Endangered Species Conservation in Africa	3
Teeth, tusks, and spikes: Repeated den sharing between predator and prey in an African Savannah	3
Seasonal Variation and Species Richness of Epigeic Spiders in Macadamia Orchards, South Africa	3
Tree Size and Canopy Cover Determine Occurrence of Two Sympatric Bird Species in the Degraded Coastal Forest Patches of Northeastern Tanzania	3
A Food Web Model of the Serengeti: Stability, Dynamics and Indirect Effects	3
Age of Eucalyptus plantations differentially affects assemblages of surface‐active arthropods	3
The Effect of Tree Spacing and Land Use History on Managing Wattle Rust Disease of Acacia mearnsii in Northwestern Ethiopia	3
A Camera Trap Study of Diel Activity and Crevice Use in the Critically Endangered Pancake Tortoise ( Malacochersus tornieri <	3
Population structure and conservation of Cola nitida and Garcinia kola in a West African rainforest area	3
Distribution and threats to coconut crabs on Unguja, Zanzibar	3
An unusual ‘speckled’ puff adder Bitis arietans (Reptilia: Squamata) from central South Africa	3
Timing of migration dates and detection of first wintering sites for the Turtle Dove in Northwest Africa	3
Gut Passage in Lemurs Enhances the Germination of Mistletoe Seeds Bakerella gonoclada, in a Madagascar Rainforest	3

Stacking and Burning Invasive Acacia saligna Trees in South African Fynbos: Can Native Plant Species Passively Recover?	3
Mapping the Ecological Niche of a Key West African Species: Terminalia leiocarpa	3
Elephant Fences Result in Limited Impacts on Movement of Non‐Target Species	3
Effects of Phylogeny, Stratum and Season on the Diel Activity Patterns of Mammals in a Lowland Rainforest of the Republic of Congo	3