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Godfrey C. Akani
Researcher at Rivers State University of Science and Technology
Publications - 113
Citations - 1948
Godfrey C. Akani is an academic researcher from Rivers State University of Science and Technology. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Habitat. The author has an hindex of 22, co-authored 110 publications receiving 1751 citations.
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Are snake populations in widespread decline
C.J. Reading,Luca Luiselli,Godfrey C. Akani,Xavier Bonnet,Giovanni Amori,Jean-Marie Ballouard,Ernesto Filippi,Guy Naulleau,David Pearson,Lorenzo Rugiero +9 more
TL;DR: The authors' results show that, of 17 snake populations from the UK, France, Italy, Nigeria and Australia, 11 have declined sharply over the same relatively short period of time with five remaining stable and one showing signs of a marginal increase.
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Food resource partitioning of a community of snakes in a swamp rainforest of south-eastern Nigeria
TL;DR: There was no statistically significant difference between snake guilds as far asmean prey size is concerned, but the various species within each guild differed significantly in terms of mean prey size.
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Ecological diversity, community structure and conservation of Niger Delta mammals
TL;DR: The Niger Delta (southern Nigeria) is a crucial region for biodiversity because it is part of the West African forests hotspot, under considerable threats because of habitat devastations, and a minor centre of endemism for many faunal and floral groups.
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Comparative feeding strategies and dietary plasticity of the sympatric cobras Naja melanoleuca and Naja nigricollis in three diverging Afrotropical habitats
TL;DR: It is observed that sexual size dimorphism was minor in both species and in all habitat types, and that intersexual differences in pr...
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Preliminary surveys of the terrestrial vertebrate fauna (mammals, reptiles, and amphibians) of the Edumanon Forest Reserve, Nigeria
TL;DR: Results of preliminary surveys for determining a checklist and a relative estimate of abundance for three groups of vertebrates, namely mammals, reptiles, and amphibians suggest that species dominance was high and evenness was low, thus revealing altered ecological conditions in this forest area.