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Table <strong>of</strong> Contents<br />
Pages<br />
Cover page 2<br />
<strong>Tropical</strong> <strong>Biology</strong> <strong>Association</strong> 4<br />
<strong>Tropical</strong> <strong>Biology</strong> <strong>Association</strong> African Alumni Group (<strong>TAAG</strong>) 5<br />
Conference Sponsors and Partners 7<br />
Editorial Team 8<br />
Keynote Speakers 9<br />
Local Organising Committee Members 10<br />
Table <strong>of</strong> Content 11<br />
CONTRIBUTED<br />
ABSTRACTS BY SUB-THEMES<br />
BIODIVERSITY LOSS, CLIMATE CHANGE AND OTHER THREATS 15<br />
Habitat use and Feeding Ecology <strong>of</strong> introduced Red-Bellied Monkey (Cercopithecus erythrogaster<br />
erythrogaster) in Botanical and Zoological Garden <strong>of</strong> University <strong>of</strong> Abomey, Calavi, Benin. Martial Kiki 16<br />
Effects <strong>of</strong> Predator-Pro<strong>of</strong>ing Homesteads on the Socio-Economic Well-Being <strong>of</strong> Pastoralists in Amboseli<br />
Ecosystem, Kenya. Iregi Mwenja 16<br />
Conserving the Endemic Birds <strong>of</strong> the Upper Guinea Forest under Current and Future Climates. Christopher<br />
Ilori and Deborah Ogunsola 17<br />
Understanding the variation <strong>of</strong> tree growth in an African mountain forest.BadruMugerwa, Douglas Sheil<br />
and Julius B. Lejju 17<br />
Determination <strong>of</strong> possible niche overlap among Sunbirds in Amurum Forest Reserve, Jos Plateau State<br />
Nigeria.Gbegbaje Rosemary Kerime, Adams A. Chaskda, Piet J.van den Hout 18<br />
Habitat preferences and feeding ecology <strong>of</strong> three endemic Chameleon species from Mount Manengouba,<br />
Cameroon volcanic line.Walter Paulin Tapondjou Nkonmeneck, Legrand Gonwouo Nono, and Pierre<br />
Ngassam 18<br />
Analysis <strong>of</strong> road kills in Tsavo-East National Park along Mombasa Nairobi Highway. Joseph Mzozo 19<br />
Bird Species Diversity and Abundance on Farmlands Surrounding Amurum Forest Reserve, Jos, Nigeria.<br />
Kambai Collina, Ulf Ottosson, Dami F. Danjuma 19<br />
The Impacts <strong>of</strong> Climate change on Protected Areas in the Sahel savannah ecoregion <strong>of</strong> Nigeria. Borokini,<br />
T.I 20<br />
Insect conservation in a changing world: the nesting ecology and threats to some stingless bee species in<br />
Ghana. Ferdinand Tornyie 20<br />
Diversity, Abundance and Feeding Ecology <strong>of</strong> Mangrove Crabs in Cameroon. Simon. N. Longonje 21<br />
Assessment <strong>of</strong> Fauna Resources <strong>of</strong> Oli River Complex at Kainji Lake National Park, Nigeria. Folusade<br />
Catherine Arowosafe 21<br />
Potential impact <strong>of</strong> Climate Change on Highway Bridge Structures: A case for Uganda. Hilary Bakamwesiga 22<br />
Effects <strong>of</strong> Climate Changes on Malaria Epidemiology in Sudan Region. Rasha A.A and Ayman A. Elshaye 22<br />
Effort towards Conservation <strong>of</strong> Bird Species across Urban-Rural Gradients in Benin City, Edo State,<br />
Nigeria.AkemienNeriNerioya, Abalaka Jacinta, Molokwu Mary, Nwaogu Josiah Chima 23<br />
Elephant Tolerance to Human activity in the Mara Ecosystem <strong>of</strong> Kenya. Mayeli Hensley 23<br />
Impact <strong>of</strong> Frog Collection for Dissection in Secondary Schools on Wild Frog Populations in Tanzania. Ignas<br />
Safari and Julius Nyahongo 24<br />
<strong>TAAG</strong> First African Student’s Conference, Nairobi. 2-4 July, 2013 11
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