Prof. Emmanuel Danquah

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Dept: Wildlife and Range Management
Room 119,
Faculty of Renewable Natural Resources,
KNUST,
Kumasi
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Endangered Species Management, Collaborative Resources Management, Green Economies, Sustainable Livelihood Supports Systems, Poverty Reduction and Hum...~more

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    PUBLICATIONS

    1. Amoah, E., Danquah, E. and Ross, J., P. (2021). Nesting Ecology of West African Dwarf Crocodiles in a Heavily Disturbed Landscape in Chirehin, Ghana. International Journal of Ecology, 2021(2) pp 1-11.
    2. Carvalho, J., S., Graham, B., (…) Danquah, E. et al. (2021). Predicting range shifts of African apes under global change scenarios. Diversity and Distribution 2021, pp 1-17.
    3. Kalan, A., Kulik, L., (…) Danquah, E. et al. (2021). Author Correction: Environmental variability supports chimpanzee behavioural diversity. Nature Communications 2021 11:4451.
    4. Seidu, I., Brobbey, L., K., Danquah, E., Oppong, S., van Beuningen, D., Seidu, M. and Dulvy, N., K. (2021). Fishing for survival: importance of shark fisheries for the livelihoods of coastal communities in Western Ghana. bioRxiv 2020, pp 1-42.
    5. Seidu, I., Brobbey, L., K., Danquah, E., Oppong, S., van Beuningen, D. and Dulvy, N., K. (2021). Local ecological knowledge, catch characteristics and evidence of elasmobranch depletions in Western Ghana. bioRxiv 2020, pp 1-39.
    6. Kalan, A., Kulik, L., (…) Danquah, E. et al. (2020). Environmental variability supports chimpanzee behavioural diversity. Nature Communications 2020 11:4451.
    7. Nsor, C., A., Oppong, S., K., Danquah, E. et al. (2020). Spatiotemporal dynamics of terrestrial invertebrate assemblages in the riparian zone of the Wewe River, Ashanti region, Ghana. Open Life Sciences 2020 (15), pp 1-15.
    8. Barrat, C., Lester, J., (…) Danquah, E. et al (2020). Late Quaternary habitat suitability models for chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) since the Last Interglacial (120,000 BP). bioRxiv 2020, pp 1-33.
    9. Kühl, H. S., Boesch, C., (…) Danquah, E. et al. (2019). Inclusive chimpanzee conservation-Response. Science 364 (6445) pp 1040-1043.
    10. Nsor, C., A., Ashiagbor, G. and Danquah, E. (2019). Quantifying Recent Floodplain Vegetation Change along the White Volta River in the Northern Region of Ghana. Ghana Journal of Geography. 11(1), pp 159 –
    11. Heinicke, S., Mundry, R., (…) Danquah, E. et al. (2019). Advancing conservation planning for western chimpanzees using IUCN SSC A.P.E.S. – the case of a taxon-specific database. Environmental Research Letters 14 (2019), pp 1-26.
    12. Kühl, H. S., Boesch, C., (…) Danquah, E. et al. (2019). Human impact erodes chimpanzee behavioral diversity. Science 363 (6434), pp 1453-1455.
    13. Heinicke, S., Mundry, R., (…) Danquah, E. et al. (2019). Characteristics of Positive Deviants in Western Chimpanzee Populations. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution (2019), pp 1-14.
    14. Seidu, , Nsor, C., A., Danquah, E. et al. (2019). Patterns of Odonata Assemblages in Lotic and Lentic Systems in the Ankasa Conservation Area, Ghana. International Journal of Zoology, (2019), pp 1-14.
    15. Seidu, , Nsor, C., A., Danquah, E. and Lancaster, L., T. (2018). Odonata assemblages along an anthropogenic disturbance gradient in Ghana’s Eastern Region. Odonatologica 47(1/2): 73-100.
    16. Gaubert, P., Antunes, A., (…) Danquah, E. et al. (2018). The complete phylogeny of pangolins: Scaling up resources for the molecular tracing of the most trafficked mammals on earth. Journal of Heredity, 109 (4): 347–359.
    17. Nkrumah, E., E., Opoku, B., A., (…) Danquah, E. et al. (2017). Estimating bat abundance and diversity in a modified tropical environment in central Ghana. Tropical Ecology 58(4): 751-759
    18. Danquah, E. et al. (2017). Transfrontier Corridors for West African Elephants: The Bia-Diambarakrou Elephant Corridor. FAO/GEF Trans-Frontier Conservation Area Project. Published by Conservation Alliance International, Ghana. Pp 55. ISBN: 978-9988-7495-5
    19. Seidu, , Danquah, E. et al. (2017). Odonata community structure and patterns of land use in the Atewa Range Forest Reserve, Eastern Region (Ghana). International Journal of Odonatology, 20 (3-4), pp 173-189.
    20. Kühl, H. S., Sop, T., (…) Danquah, E. et al. (2017) The Critically Endangered western chimpanzee declines by 80%. American Journal of Primatology, (2017), pp1-15.
    21. Agyei-Ohemeng, J., Danquah, E. and Adu Yeboah, B. (2017). Diversity and Abundance of Bird Species in Mole National Park, Damongo, Ghana. Journal of Natural Sciences Research, 7(12), pp 20-33.
    22. Danquah, E. (2017) The Effect of Adaptive Resources Governance on Ecosystem Benefits in western Ghana. Pp 17-28 in Adaptive Management Elements, Application and Research (Ed. Wiafe, E., D.). Nova Science Publishers Inc. New York.
    23. Agro, P., P., Nutsuakor, M. E. and Danquah, E. (2017) The Effects of Ranger’s Efforts on the Detectability of Mammals and Illegal Activity in Protected Areas. Pp 43-62 in Adaptive Management Elements, Application and Research (Ed. Wiafe, E., D.). Nova Science Publishers Inc. New York.
    24. Danquah, E. (2017). An Adaptive Management of Elephant Crop Raiding in the Bia Conservation Area of Ghana. Pp 83-94 in Adaptive Management Elements, Application and Research (Ed. Wiafe, E., D.). Nova Science Publishers Inc. New York.
    25. Ashiagbor, G. and Danquah, E. (2017). Seasonal habitat use by Elephants (Loxodonta africana) in the Mole National Park of Ghana. Ecology and Evolution (2017), pp 1-12.
    26. Hudson, L., N., Newbold, T., (…) Danquah, E. et al. (2017). The database of the PREDICTS (Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity in Changing Terrestrial Systems) project. Ecology and Evolution, (2017), pp1-44.
    27. Danquah, E. (2016). Monitoring effectiveness of Community Resources Management Areas in western Ghana. Nature & Faune, 30 (2) pp39-42
    28. Danquah, E. (2016). Spatial distribution of elephants versus human and ecological variables in western Ghana. Advances in Ecology, (2016), pp 1-8. Article ID 8038524, 8 pages, 2016. dorg/10.1155/2016/8038524
    29. Ziblim, A., I., Oppong, S., K. and Danquah, E. (2016). Estimation of growth rate and biomass production of native savanna forage shrub species. African Journal of Plant Science, (12) pp 258-268
    30. Gaubert, P., Njiokou, F., (…) Danquah, E. et al. (2016). Phylogeography of the heavily poached African common pangolin (Pholidota, Manis tricuspis) reveals six cryptic lineages as traceable signatures of Pleistocene diversification. Molecular Ecology, (25), pp 5975-5993.
    31. Agyei-Ohemeng, J. and Danquah, E. (2016). The Contribution of Fruit bats, Eidolon helvum, to biodiversity on the University of Energy and Natural Resources’ Campus, Sunyani, Ghana. Journal of Natural Sciences Research, 6(18), pp 74-82.
    32. Danquah, E and Tetteh, E. H. (2016). Logging Activity Adversely Impacts Primate Diversity and Density in the Kwabre Rainforest of Ghana. International Journal of Ecology, (2016), pp 1-8. Article ID 7497326, 8 pages, 2016. doi:10.1155/2016/7497326
    33. Danquah, E. and Agyei-Ohemeng, J. (2015). Impact of Eidolon helvum on roost trees on UENR campus. Journal of Energy and Natural Resources Management 2(2) pp 44-50.
    34. Barnes, R., F., W., Danquah, E. et al. (2015). Retrospective versus prospective designs for studies of crop raiding by elephants in Kakum, Ghana Pachyderm (56) pp 44-50.
    35. Danquah, E. (2015) Importance of Protected Areas for Carnivore Conservation in western Ghana. Pp 1-10 in Sustainable Utilization and Management of Natural Resources in the Era of Climate Change (Eds. Wiafe, E., D. and Arku, F., S.). Nova Science Publishers Inc. New York.
    36. Danquah, E. and Abormega, E., A. (2015) Density and Distribution of Birds in the Xavi Ecotourism, Ghana. Pp 11-24 in Sustainable Utilization and Management of Natural Resources in the Era of Climate Change (Eds. Wiafe, E., D. and Arku, F., S.). Nova Science Publishers Inc. New York.
    37. Danquah, E. and Owusu, J., A. (2015). Distribution of buffaloes in the Kogyae Strict Nature Reserve, Ghana. Applied Research Journal, 1(2) pp 20-26.
    38. Gaubert, P., Njiokou, F., (…) Danquah, E. et al. (2015). Bushmeat genetics: setting up a reference framework for the DNA typing of African forest bushmeat. Molecular Ecology Resources (15) pp 633-651.
    39. Danquah, E. and Oppong, S., K. (2014). Survey of Forest Elephants Loxodonta cyclotis (Matschie, 1900) (Mammalia: Proboscidea: Elephantidae) in the Bia Conservation Area, Ghana. Journal of Threatened Taxa 6(11), pp 100–107.
    40. Danquah, E. and Oduro, W. (2013) An Evaluation of Conservation Effort in the Bia-Goaso Forest Block. Pp 17-33 in AfriMAB: Biosphere Reserves in Sub-Saharan Africa Showcasing Sustainable Development (Eds. Pool-Stanvliet, R. and Clusner-Godt, Miguel). UNESCO, Rue Miollis, 75732 Paris Cedex 15, France.
    41. Oduro, W. and Danquah, E. (2013) Potential of Community Resources Management Areas as Forest Corridors in HFZ of Western Ghana. Pp 214-235 in AfriMAB: Biosphere Reserves in Sub-Saharan Africa Showcasing Sustainable Development (Eds. Pool-Stanvliet, R. and Clusner-Godt, Miguel). UNESCO, Rue Miollis, 75732 Paris Cedex 15, France.
    42. Danquah, E. and Oppong, S., K. (2013). Elephant population trends and associated factors: a review of the situation in western Ghana. Pachyderm (53) pp 81-90.
    43. Danquah, E. et al. (2012). Preliminary Survey of Chimpanzees and Endangered Monkeys in the Bia-Goaso Forest Block in Southwestern Ghana. African Primate 7 (2), pp 163-174.
    44. Danquah, E. et al. (2012) Prevalence and management of endo-parasitic zoonoses in the Kumasi Zoo, Ghana. International Journal of Biosciences 2(8), pp 102-108.
    45. Danquah, E. et al. (2012) Effect of protected area category on mammal abundance in HFZ of Western Ghana. Journal of Biodiversity and Environmental Sciences 2(8), pp 50-57.
    46. Boafo, Y., Manford, M., (…) Danquah, E. et al. (2009). Comparison of two dung count methods for estimating elephant numbers at Kakum Conservation Area in southern Ghana. Pachyderm (45) pp 34-40.
    47. Kumordzi, B., B., Oduro, W., (…) Danquah, E. et al. (2008). An elephant survey in Digya National Park, Ghana, and implications for conservation and management. Pachyderm (44) pp 28-34.
    48. Oppong, S., K., Danquah, E. and Sam, M, K. (2008). An update on crop raiding by elephants at Bia Conservation Area, Ghana from 2004 to 2006. Pachyderm (44) pp 60-64.
    49. Danquah, E. et al. (2007) Aspects of elephant crop-raiding behaviour in the Kakum Conservation Area, Ghana. Nature & Faune 21 (2) pp 15-19.
    50. Danquah, E. and Oppong, S., K. (2007) Phenology of forest trees favoured by elephants in the Kakum Conservation Area, Ghana. Pachyderm (42) pp 43-51.
    51. Barnes, R., F., W., Dubiure, U., F., Danquah, E. et al. (2007) Crop-raiding elephants and the moon. J. Ecol. (45) pp 112-115.
    52. Danquah, E. and Oppong, S., K. (2006) Food Plants of Forest Elephants and their availability in the Kakum Conservation Area, Ghana. Pachyderm (40) pp 52-60.
    53. Sam, M., K., Danquah, E. et al. (2006) Elephant survey in the Bia Conservation Area, western Ghana. Pachyderm (40) pp 42-50.
    54. Barnes, R., F., W., Hema, E., M., (...) Danquah, E. and Boafo, Y. (2005). Risk of crop raiding by elephants around the Kakum Conservation Area, Ghana. Pachyderm (39) pp 19-25.
    55. Sam, M., K., Danquah, E. et al. (2005) Nature and extent of human-elephant conflict in Bia Conservation Area, Ghana. Pachyderm (38) pp 49-58.
    56. Boafo, Y., Dubuire, U., F., Danquah, E., et al. (2004). Long-term management of crop raiding by elephants around Kakum Conservation Area in southern Ghana. Pachyderm (37) pp 68-72.
    57. Danquah, E. and Ayiku, T., M., O. (2004). Studying African elephants in Ghana. A Rocha International News (36) pp 6-7.
    58. Danquah, E., et al. (2001). Elephant census in the Ankasa Conservation Area in South – Western Ghana. Pachyderm (31) pp 63-69.

     

    ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

    1. Lester, J. et al. (2019). Chimpanzee Biogeography Inferred From Genetic Diversity And Effective Migration. EFP-PSGB Conference 2019, Oxford, UK on 08-11 September, 2019.
    2. Fontsere, C. et al. (2019). Genetics of the PanAf project: chimpanzee diversity from fecal samples. 2019 SMBE (Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution) meeting, Manchester, UK on 21-25 July 2019.
    3. Danquah, E. (2019). Social and economic benefits of CREMAs in Protected Areas in Ghana. (Accepted). XXV IUFRO 2019 Congress in Curitiba, Brazil
    4. Danquah, E. (2019). Community driven actions for peaceful co-existence with elephants in Bia Conservation Area, Ghana. (Accepted). XXV IUFRO 2019 Congress in Curitiba, Brazil
    5. Danquah, E. and Nutsuakor, M., E. (2019). Potential of Community Resources Management Areas (CREMAs) as vehicles for managing human-wildlife conflicts in Protected Areas in Ghana. (Accepted). XXV IUFRO 2019 Congress in Curitiba, Brazil
    6. Heinicke, S., Mundry, R., (…) Danquah, E., et al. (2019). Applying the positive deviance approach to identify sustainable social-ecological settings. ECCB 2018 Congress, Jyväskylä, Finland. 12-15 June 2018
    7. Danquah, E. and Nutsuakor, M., E. (2018). Density and habitat use of lions and spotted hyenas in Mole National Park in northern Ghana. ECCB 2018 Congress, Jyväskylä, Finland. DOI: 10.17011/conference/eccb2018/108106
    8. Danquah, E. and Nutsuakor, M., E. (2017). An evaluation of conservation effort based on elephant crop raid distribution in Bia Conservation Area, Ghana. IUFRO 125th Anniversary Congress, Freiburg, Germany, 18-22 September 2017.
    9. Tehoda, P., Vendras, E., (…) and Danquah, E. (2017). First photographic records of Ghana’s elusive western chimpanzee and its conservation status in southwestern Ghana. Congress of the African Primatological Society (APS) in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, July 25-27, 2017.
    10. Nutsuakor, M., E, Danquah, E. and Wiafe, E., D. (2017). Monitoring trends in
      primate encounter rates and illegal activities using rangers’ patrol data in the Kalakpa Resource Reserve, Ghana. Inaugural Congress of the African Primatological Society (APS) in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, July 25-27, 2017.
    11. Adomako, O., B., Oduro, W., (…) Danquah, E. et al. From Rivers to Dinner Tables: Exploitation of Frogs for Consumption in Ghana 18th Student Conference on Conservation Science, Dept of Zoology, Univ of Cambridge, UK, 28-30 March 2017
    12. Danquah, E. et al. (2016). Indigenous knowledge on conventional wildlife laws in Ghana. International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) 2016 Regional Congress for Asia and Oceania, Beijing, China.
    13. Aye-Addo, V., Danquah, E. and Nutsuakor, M., E. (2016). Impact of human-wildlife conflict on livelihood options in rural communities in Ghana. IUFRO 2016 Regional Congress for Asia and Oceania, Beijing, China.
    14. Danquah, E. and Nutsuakor, M., E. (2016). Growth and cost analysis of weaner rabbits fed Melochia corchorifolia as protein supplement. International Conference on Animal Nutrition, IDL Conference Center, KNUST, Kumasi, Ghana.
    15. Danse, M. S., Danquah, E. and Nutsuakor, M., E. (2016). Assessment of livestock farmers’ knowledge on the availability of Moringa olifera and Cajanus cajan as feed supplement. International Conference on Animal Nutrition, IDL CC, KNUST, Kumasi, Ghana.
    16. Danse, M. S., Danquah, E. and Nutsuakor, M., E. (2016). Potential of Moringa olifera and Cajanus cajan as supplementary dry season livestock feed. International Conference on Animal Nutrition, IDL CC, KNUST, Kumasi, Ghana.
    17. Nutsuakor, M., Kumordzi, B.B. and Danquah, E. (2015). Nature and Extent of Human Wildlife Conflict in the Chichibon Corridor, Ghana. Tropentag, Berlin, Germany.
    18. Danquah, E. (2015). Importance of community-owned forests for biodiversity, carbon storage and socio-economic development in western Ghana. XIV World Forest Congress (WFC) Durban, South Africa.
    19. Danquah, E. and Oppong, S., K. (2014). Exploring opportunities for participatory wildlife management at the Bia Biosphere Reserve in western Ghana. IUFRO 2014 World Congress, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
    20. Danquah, E. and Oppong, S., K. (2014). Integrating local communities to safeguard livelihoods and resolve conflicts in the Kakum Conservation Area, Ghana. IUFRO 2014 World Congress, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
    21. Danquah, E. (2012). Is there a future for elephants in Western Ghana? STEM-Africa International Conference. International Centre for Innovative Learning, KNUST, Ghana.
    22. Danquah, E. and Howard H., A. (2012). Influence of Plant Density on Kob (Kobus kob) Density in the Mole National Park, Ghana. STEM-Africa International Conference. International Center for Innovative Learning, KNUST, Ghana.
    23. Danquah, E. et al. (2011). Prevalence and Management of Endo Parasitic Zoonoses in the Kumasi Zoo, Ghana. College of Health Sciences, 4th Annual Scientific Conference, KNUST, Ghana.
    24. Danquah, E. and Oppong, S., K. (2011). Deforestation Trends in Western Ghana and Implications for Elephants. Ghana Science Association, 27th Biennial Conference, 2011. KNUST, Ghana.
    25. Danquah, E. and Oppong, S., K. (2011). Species Composition and Density of Mammals in the Bia-Goaso Forest Block, Western Ghana. Ghana Science Association, 27th Biennial Conference, 2011. KNUST, Ghana.
    26. Danquah, E. and Oppong, S., K. (2010). Land use modifications and wildlife security in the Bia-Goaso forest block in Western Ghana. XXIII International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) World Congress, Seoul, Korea.
    27. Danquah, E. (2010). Modeling Human Impacts on Mammal Diversity in Western Ghana. African Studies Center. University of Michigan, SNRE, Ann Arbor, MI.
    28. Danquah, E. and Oppong, S., K. (2010). Human Influence on Mammal Diversity in Western Ghana: lessons for Central African forests. Conference on Central African Forests and Institutions (CAFI), University of Michigan, SNRE, Ann Arbor, MI.
    29. Danquah, E., Sam, M. and Marshall, P. (2009) Monitoring in Conservation: A review of elephant population trends in western Ghana. Proceedings of the 7th Members’ Meeting of the IUCN/SSC African Elephant Specialist Group. KCB Leadership Center, Nairobi, Kenya.
    30. Sam, M., Ewur, D., Danquah, E., and Wiafe, E. (2009) Evaluation of Low-Tech Method to Combat Elephant Crop-Raiding Activities: A case in Kakum Conservation Area, Ghana. Proceedings of the 7th Members’ Meeting of the IUCN/SSC African Elephant Specialist Group. KCB Leadership Center, Nairobi, Kenya.
    31. Griebenow, G. M. and Danquah, E. (2009). Preserving livelihoods at Bia Conservation Area in Ghana. In: Society for Conservation Biology. 1st Africa Section Regional Meeting: From Conservation Science to Policy in Africa.” University of Ghana, Legon. January 28-30, 2009.
    32. Kumordzi, B.B., Danquah, E. and Nutsuakor, M. E. (2007). Human-Wildlife Conflict and Food Security: Ensuring a balance for accelerated national growth and development. Proceedings of Sunyani Polytechnic Lecture Series III.
    33. Kumordzi, B.B., Oduro, W., (…) and Danquah, E. (2007). An elephant survey in the Digya National Park, Ghana. CANR Scientific Retreat Proceedings (1) pp 105-117.
    34. Danquah, E. and Oppong, S.K. (2007). Selective logging and forest structure in the Kakum Conservation Area. Ghana. CANR Scientific Retreat Proceedings (1) pp 118-129

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