July 2012

Global amphibian declines: A review

  Global biodiversity losses have assumed the status of a crisis and as a part of it, many amphibian populations are declining. It is estimated that the current rate of extinction is greater than any known in the last 100,000 years. Recent studies have shown that nearly one-third of amphibian species are threatened. Amphibians are thought to be indicator species of overall environmental health, and...

Author(s): Qazi A. Hussain and Ashok K. Pandit

July 2012

Biodiversity of Sapindaceae in West Africa: A checklist

  This paper aims at documenting species belonging to the family Sapindaceae in West Africa. Samples were collected for 2 years (May 2008 to April 2010) using random sampling from various sites including botanic gardens and forest reserves. 104 taxa were observed encompassing 26 genera: Allophylus (16), Aporrhiza (3), Blighia (3), Cardiospermum (3), Chytranthus (10),...

Author(s): Temitope Olabisi Adeyemi and Oluwatoyin Temitayo Ogundipe