Prof. William Oduro

Professor

Dept: Wildlife and Range Management
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Research Areas/Interests

Wildlife Ecology/Biology Biodiversity/Agrobiodiversity Wildlife Utilization, Park Design & Management, Community/Nature-Based Tourism, Game Ranch...~more

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Publications

    International Research Projects

    1. Principal Investigator, provided baseline data to develop a community reserve for endangered hippos. Conducted surveys to establish the presence of hippo forage plants and hence the restoration of degraded sites. Using drift fences, traps, transects, and nocturnal spotlight counts, identified amphibians, lizards, snakes, turtles, crocodilians, rodents, bats, and medium to large size mammals. Conducted surveys to establish the distribution and abundance of hippos in the sanctuary and assess their feeding habits and breeding grounds. – The Centre for Field Research at Earthwatch Institute, USA/NCRC, Accra, Ghana (1998 to 2005).
    2. Member, Experts, “Prepared Strategies to Monitor Trade in Elephant Products and Illegal Killing of Elephants” - Nairobi, Kenya. TRAFFIC/IUCN/SSC/CITES (1998).
    3. Member, Research Team on a Cooperative Integrated Project on Savanna Ecosystem in Ghana (CIPSEG) / UNESCO with 12 Cluster villages in 3 Northern Region Districts – Savelugu-Nanton, Tolon-Gumbugu, Tamale to establish the first and only Savannah Biosphere Reserve in Africa, through sacred grove conservation framework and approach by enriching sacred groves and revegetating degraded areas improving landuse, and rangelands and introducing agroforestry techniques in consultation with farmers: (CIPSEG; Funded by UNESCO/Ghana Gov’t) (1993 to 1995).
    4. Member, Research Team on Python Survey Project in Ghana CITES/Wildlife Department – Ministry of Lands and Forestry.
    5. Consultant, Assessment of Jachie Sacred Grove-GACON/BSP/WWF Project (1993).
    6. Member, Team to Analyze Biodiversity for Africa-BSP/WWF Project (1993).
    7. Coordinator/Research Scientist, KNUST Group of the United Nations University Project of Collaborative Research on People, Land Management and Environmental Change. Working with farmers to develop sustainable and participatory approaches to biodiversity conservation within agricultural systems (PLEC; Funded by GEF/UNU/INRA. $US 10,992,900.00 (1995 to 2001).
    8. Consultant/Coordinator High Forest Biodiversity Conservation Project of Faunal Survey in Globally Significant Biodiversity Areas (FSD, FC, MLFM, GEF/World Bank/Ghana Gov’t); $US 250,000 (2004 to 2005).
    9. Coordinator/Research Scientist, Central Ghana Sector of the Project “Sustainable Land Management for Mitigating Land Degradation, Enhancing Agricultural Biodiversity and Reducing Poverty in Ghana” (SLaM; Funded by GEF/UNDP/Ghana Gov’t) $US 1,758,023.00 (2005 to 2008).
    10. Coordinator, KNUST – Agroforestry Practices to Enhance Resource-Poor Livelihoods. Funded by Canadian Development Agency (CIDA). CAD 3,000,000.00 University of Guelph/KNUST (2008 to date).
    11. Member, Research Team on Global Pollination Project UNEP/GEF- funded USD 130,808.00 (2010 to date).
    12. Consultant, The inclusion of community based agro-biodiversity conservation into value chains and markets: designing viable institutional configurations through cross-site learning in Southern Africa, Ghana, Colombia and Thailand (ICHA), Netherlands directorate-General for International Cooperation/Wageningen UR/KNUST, Euro 146,000 (2010/11).
    13. Consultant, Enhancing Management of Natural Resources through the Empowerment of Traditional Leaders in the Oil and Gas Region in Ghana towards Poverty Reduction. African Association of Universities (AAU)/DFID/IPS/KNUST Euro 100,000.00 (2010/11).
    14. Member, Steering Committee “Building Stronger Universities in Developing Countries” (BSU). 60 million DKK (5 million USD) granted for the first phase.Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Denmark/DANIDA (2011 to 2012).
    15. Member, Growth and Employment Working Group. DKK 20 million grant for GEP. Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Denmark/DANIDA (2011 to 2012).
    16. Member of steering committee. Sustainable management of Lake Bosomtwe in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. Ministry of Environment, Rural and Marine Affairs of Spain/UNESCO USD 1,479,290.91 (2011-2013).
    17. PI strategizing Outreach for Sustainable agriculture and aquatic products in Tanzania and Ghana. 2013. ICIL, KNUST DKK 150,000

     

    1. National Research Projects
    2. Member, Team of Scientists to Review Ghana’s Biodiversity Status. -USAID project (1991).
    3. Consultant, Prepared Ghana’s Biodiversity and Action Plan-Ministry of Environment Science and Technology, Ghana (2002).
    4. Member, Biodiversity Experts in Environmental Audit and Institutional Strengthening in Wenchi District. DFID/WFSDTP project, involving the District Environmental Management Committee (DEMC) and District Agriculture Coordinating Committee and Environmental Protection Agency to develop a replicable methodology for an environmental audit, trained and empowered local communities to participate in Environmental management (June to August 1996).
    5. Consultant, Local Community Involvement in the protection and management of Mole National Park. IUCN/Ghana Wildlife Department (1999).
    6. Consultant, Survey of Domestic markets in Wildlife products. IUCN/Ghana Wildlife Department (1998).
    7. Consultant, Environment Improvement Designs for Chabchab, Akplordidi, Nanate and Kyiraya Watersheds; Village Infrastructure Project Watershed Management Pilot Study – World Bank/Ministry of Food & Agriculture, Ghana/TREND (1999 to 2000).
    8. Contractor, Activity-Financing Contract on Grasscutter Development Activities. CBUD/AFC/009 (2000 to 2001).
    9. Principal Investigator, provided fauna baseline data to serve as basis to develop a management plan for the establishment of Wechiau Community Hippo Sanctuary (WCHS).– The Centre for Field Research at Earthwatch Institute, USA/NCRC, Accra, Ghana (1998 to 2005).
    10. Resource Expert/Consultant, Fauna. Provided baseline data in a “Forest Resources Creation Project” Sefwi Wiawso District, Ghana. Conducted a biodiversity assessment of mammals, reptiles and birds in the project area. Provided strategies and actions to maintain/increase biodiversity. –– Ricerca e Cooperazione (RC), Ghana (2001 to 2002).
    11. Consultant, Designed, developed survey instruments, conducted faunal surveys in the Kakum Conservation Area, and produced reports, CI/USAID (2002 to 2003).
    12. Consultant, carried out biological surveys of 15 selected ecotourism sites for a community based ecotourism project, NCRC/USAID (2002 to 2003).
    13. Consultant, Carried out survey of capture and harvesting techniques of grasscutter in Eastern and Central Regions of Ghana, CBUD/Netherlands Gov’t (2002 to 2003).
    14. Consultant, Prepared proposal, presented inception report, organized teams to carry out survey, presented report at Stakeholders Workshop (FSD, Accra); and submitted final report on High Forest Biodiversity Conservation Project of Faunal Survey in Globally Significant Biodiversity Areas (FSD, FC, MLFM, GEF/World Bank/Ghana Gov) (2004 to 2005).
    15. Consultant, Study Report on Fauna in Cocoa Production Landscape in the Western Region of Ghana as an input to a Project “Conservation of Globally Significant Biodiversity in Cocoa Production Landscape in West Africa” (CI-Ghana/GEF/UNDP/WCF/STCP/GOG) (June 2005 to December 2005).
    16. Consultant, Biodiversity Assessment of Afao Hills, a concession of Ghana Bauxite Co Ltd.; Prepared proposal; organized team to execute the project. (Funded by Ghana Bauxite Co Ltd) (2005 to 2006).
    17. Field Team Leader, Ajenjua Bepo Forest Reserve and its surroundings, a concession for Newmont Gold Ltd, New Abirim; Carried out a Biodiversity Assessment; Prepared a report and submitted (CI-Ghana) (November to December 2005).
    18. Consultant, Assessment of Wildlife Populations in the Agroforestry project in Asubima Forest Reserve (2008).
    19. Team Leader, Baseline faunal survey in Western Ghana. Report submitted to CARE International CFB Project (2008).
    20. Team Member, Assessment of Development Result (ADR) of Ghana meeting. Evaluation Office of UNDP. Friday, October 2009. Airport West Hotel, Accra, Ghana (2009).

     

    (b)        Publications Arising Out of Research

    1. Peer Reviewed Journal Papers (since last promotion)
    2. Sarfo-Mensah P and Oduro, W. (2007) Traditional Natural Resources Management Practices and Biodiversity Conservation in Ghana: A Review of Local Concepts and Issues on Change and Sustainability Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei Working Papers. Working Paper 149. http://www.bepress.com/feem/. pp 1-14.
    3. Mathew H. Shirley and William Oduro (2007) National Report-Republic of Ghana. Proceeding of 1st Workshop of the West African Countries on Crocodilian Farming and Conservation 13-15 November 2007, La Tapoa Regional Parc W, Niger. IUCN. pp 108-113.
    4. Kumordzi, B. B., Oduro, W., Oppong, S. K., Danquah, E., Lister, A., and Moses, K. S., (2008). An Elephant Survey in Digya National Park, Ghana, and Implications for Conservation and Management. Pachyderm, Journal of the Africa Elephant, African Rhino and Asian Rhino Specialist groups. No. 44, pp. 19-28.
    5. Gbogbo, W. Oduro and S. K Oppong (2008). Nature and Pattern of Lagoon Fisheries Resource Utilization and Their Implications for Waterbird Management in Coastal Ghana. African Journal of Aquatic Science, 33(3): pp 1-12.
    6. Kankam B. and Oduro, W. (2009). Frugivores and Fruit Removal of Antiaris Toxicaria (Moracea) At Bia Biosphere Reserve, Ghana. Journal of Tropical Ecology 25: pp 201-204.
    7. Shirley, M. H., Oduro, W., Beiro, H. Y. (2009). Conservation Status of Crocodiles in Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire, West Africa. Fauna & Fauna International, Oryx, 43(1), pp 136-145
    8. Manu, C. and Oduro, W. (2009) The Quest for Taking Due Account of Wildlife in Forest Management Efforts of Ghana. Nature & Faune 23, Issue 2. pp 26-31
    9. Nkyi, K. A., Oduro, W. Antobere, K. (2009). The Interrelationships between Number of Sprouted Teak (Tectona Grandis F.) Stumps on Angle of Inclination and Height of Stumps. Journal of Applied Science and Technology, Vol. 14, No(s) 1 and 2. pp 85- 90
    10. Oduro and O.C. Boateng (2009) Habitat Ecology of Aardvarks (Orycteropus Afer) in Bui National Park, Ghana. Afrotherian Conservation Number 7. pp 6-11
    11. Gbogbo, W. Oduro and S. K Oppong (2009). Response of Waterbird Species to Fluctuating Water Levels in Tropical Coastal Wetlands. African Journal of Ecology. Vol. 48, Issue 3, pp 637-643.
    12. Sarfo-Mensah, P., Oduro, W., Antoh Fredua, E. And Amissah, S (2010). Traditional Representations of the Natural Environment and Biodiversity Conservation: Sacred Groves in Ghana. Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei Working Papers. Working Paper 149. http://www.bepress.com/feem/. pp 1-24
    13. Sarfo-Mensah P. and Oduro W. (2010) Changes in Beliefs and Perceptions about the Natural Environment in the Forest-Savanna Transitional Zone Of Ghana: The Influence of Religion. Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei http://www.bepress.com/feem/ pp 1-18
    14. Oduro, W and Anti, P (2010). A survey of Small Mammals in the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology Botanical Garden and Faculty of Renewable Natural Resources Farm. Journal of Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences. Cenresin Publications cenresin.org. Vol. 2, pp 45-55
    15. Raymond Aabeyir., Jonathan A. Quaye-Ballard, Luise M. van Leeuwen, and William Oduro (2011). Analysis of Factors Affecting Sustainable Commercial Fuelwood Collection in Dawadawa and Kunsu in Kintampo North District of Ghana. The IIOAB Journal. Research: Ecology and Energy Resources. pp 44-54
    16. Gilbert Baase Adum, Caleb Ofori-Boateng, William Oduro & Mark Oliver-Rodel (2011). Re-Discovery of the Giant West African Squeaker, Arthropleptis Krokosua Ernst, Agyei & Rodel, 2008 (Amphibia: Anura: Arthropleptidae) In Two Forests of South-Western Ghana with Observations on the Species’ Variability and Habitat Preferences. Zootaxa. pp. 34-38.
    17. Owusu Danquah, R. Akromah, S. K. Oppong, W. Oduro, S. J. Quashie-Sam, N. V. Thevathasan and A. M. Gordon (2011) Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Strategies for Scaling-Up Jatropha Curcas (L.) Production in Ghana. Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology, ISSN 1953 -1250, David Publishing USA. B1 pp 59-67
    18. Kankam B. and Oduro W. (2011) The Effect of Frugivory on Post-Dispersal Seed Removal And Germination in the Pantropical Forest Tree Antiaris Toxicaria Leschenault. African Journal of Ecology. Wiley Blackwell. pp 1-8
    19. Adams Alas, M., Sarfo-Mensah, P. and Oduro, W. (2011). Analysis of Primary Stakeholders’ Participation in Forest Resources Management: The Case of Krokosua Hills Forest Reserve, Western Region of Ghana. Journal of Forestry. Manuscript Number: JF-11-067 Version 1. Rapid Review system, rapidreview.com/SAF/author.html
    20. Adjewodah, P., and Oduro, W., (2011). An Update on the Prevalence and Trans-Frontier Migration of Elephants in the Red Volta Valley of North-Eastern Ghana. Pachyderm. http://www.pachydermjournal.org/index.php/pachy/author/submission/191
    21. W. Agbo, W. Oduro, A. L. Dassah and S. Amisah. (2011). Composition, Diversity and Modelling of Fish Community in Mole National Park, Ghana Fish Composition and Diversity of the Mole National Park, Ghana. Journal of Science and Technology, KNUST, Ghana.
    22. Nkyi K. A, Oduro W and Gyedu O. O. (2011). Effect of Collar Diameter and Lifting Period on Shoot Biomass Production of Teak (Tectona grandis F) Stumps. Journal of Science and Technology, KNUST, Ghana.
    23. Ofori-Boateng Caleb and Oduro William. (2011). The effect of landscape characteristics on the distribution of three West African forest-obligate leaf litter frogs. AFJE-11-306 - African Journal of Ecology. http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/afje
    24. Aduse-Poku, Kwaku; Oduro, William; Oppong, Samuel (2011). Empirical Evaluation of Neutral Theory in Fruit-Feeding Butterfly Assemblages in Three Forest Fragments in Africa (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Oecologia. OEC-RB-2011-0787.
    25. Caleb Ofori-Boateng, William Oduro, Samuel K. Oppong, Gilbert B. Adum, Anniker Hillers, Ken Norris, and Mark Oliver-Rodel. (2012). Differences in the Effects of Selective Logging on Amphibian Assemblages in Three West African Forest Types.BIOTROPICA.1-9,
    26. Patrick Adjewodah, William Oduro and Alex Asase (2012). Functional Relationship between Crop Raiding by the Savanna Elephant and Habitat Variables of the Red Volta Valley in North-Eastern Ghana. Pachyderm 52 July-Dec.
    27. Kwaku Aduse-Poku, Oduro William, Samuel K. Oppong, Torben Larsen, Caleb Ofori-Boateng, and Freerk Molleman (2012) “Spatial and temporal variation in butterfly biodiversity in West African forest: lessons for establishing efficient rapid monitoring programme”. Blackwell Publishing Ltd. – African Journal of Ecology 50, 326-334.
    28. Kankam, B. O. and Oduro, W. (2012), The effect of frugivory on postdispersal seed removal and germination in the pantropical forest tree Antiaris toxicaria African Journal of Ecology, 50: 21–28.
    29. Eric Owusu Danquah, Richard Akromah, Quashie-Sam, J.S.Q, Naresh Thevastethan, and William Oduro (2012). The Genetic Diversity of Jatropha curcas (L) Germplasm in Ghana as Revealed by Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA (RAPD) Primers. Agroforestry Systems. AGFO 1196R1
    30. K. Adjaloo, W. Oduro, and B. K. Banful (2012), “Floral Phenology of Upper Amazon Cocoa Trees: Implications for Reproduction and Productivity of Cocoa,” ISRN Agronomy, vol. 2012, Article ID 461674, 8 pages, 2012. doi:10.5402/2012/461674
    31. Danquah, E. and Oduro, W. (2012). A review of elephant Population Dynamics in Western Ghana. AfriMAB: Biosphere Reserves in Sub-Saharan Africa showcasing Sustainable Development (abstract accepted).
    32. Oduro, W. and Danquah, E. (2012). Elephant Corridor Creation and Livelihood Improvement in West Africa. AfriMAB: Biosphere Reserves in Sub-Saharan Africa showcasing Sustainable Development (abstract accepted).
    33. Adjaloo M.K, Oduro W and Mochiah M B. (2012). Spatial distribution of insect assemblage in cocoa farms in relation to natural forest. Journal of Applied Biosciences (J. Appl. Biosci.) Volume 54: 3870 – 3879
    34. Raymond Aabeyir, William Oduro and Jonathan Arthur Quaye-Ballard (2012). Analysis of the Processes behind Woodland Transition in Commercial Charcoal Producing Areas: A Case Study of Kintampo North District of Ghana. Research Journal of Environmental and Earth Sciences. ISSN: Maxwell Scientific Organization. 4(10) 866-877-ISSN:2041-0492.
    35. Gilbert B. Adum, Emmanuel Akom, William Oduro, Kerry Kriger, Caleb Ofori-Boateng & Mark-Oliver Rödel (2012) Save The Frogs! Ghana Spearheading Efforts to Create a New National Park for the Protection of the Critically Endangered Togo Slippery Frog (Conraua derooi) Froglog. amphibians.org. Issue no. 103 (July 2012). ISSN: 1026_0269. eISSN: 1817-3934. Vol 20, No. 1. Conservation News for the herpetological conservation.  Regional Focus Subsaharan Africa. ASG IUCN SSC Amphibians Specialist Group.
    36. Adams Alas, M., Sarfo-Mensah, P. and Oduro, W. (2012) Factors Influencing Primary Stakeholders’ Participation in Sustainable Forestry: The Case of Monitoring and Benefit-Sharing in the Management of Krokosua Hills Forest Reserve, Western Region, Ghana" http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/usnr
    37. Gilbert Baase Adum, Markus Peter Eichhorn, William Oduro, Caleb Ofori-Boateng, and Mark Oliver Rodel (2012). Two-Stage Recovery of Amphibian Assemblages Following Selective Logging of Tropical Forests. Conservation Biology, Volume 00, No. 0, 1-10. Society for Conservation Biology DOI:10,1111/cobi.12006
    38. K. Adjaloo, W. Oduro, A. A. Danso and M.B. Mochiah (2012). Pollinator status of bees in cocoa agro-ecological system. Ghana Journal of Horticulture. Journal of the Ghana Institute of Horticulturists. Vol 10. Pg 97-106
    39. Johannes Penner, Gilbert B. Adum, Matthew T. McElroy, Thomas Doherty-Bone, Mareike Hirschfeld, Laura Sandberger, Ché Weldon, Andrew A. Cunningham, Thorsten Ohst, Emma Wombwell, Daniel M. Portik, Duncan Reid, Annika Hillers, Caleb Ofori-Boateng, William Oduro, Jörg Plötner, Annemarie Ohler, Adam D. Leaché & Mark-Oliver Rödel (2013). West Africa - A Safe Haven for Frogs? A Sub-Continental Assessment of the Chytrid fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis) PLoS ONE. Vol 8. Issue 2. e56236 www.plosone.org
    40. Michael Adjaloo, Ben Kwaku Branoh Banful, and William Oduro (2013). Evaluation of Breeding Substrates for Cocoa Pollinator, Forcipomyia and Subsequent Implications for Yield in a Tropical Cocoa Production System. American Journal of Plant Sciences, 4, 204-211. Doi.10.4236ajps 2013 42027. Published Online February 2013 (http//ww.scirp.org/journal/ajps).
    41. Adjaloo M. K. and Oduro W. (2013). In sect assemblage and the pollination system of cocoa (Theobroma cacao). Journal of Applied Biosciences. 62: 4582-4594
    42. Frimpong-Anin Kofi, Adjaloo Michael  , Kwapong Peter K., Oduro William (2014) Structure and Stability of Cocoa Flowers and Their Response to Pollination. Journal of Botany. 10.1155/2014/513623. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/ID 513623.  P6
    43. Hudson L. N. et al., William Oduro…(2014). The PREDICTS database: a global database of how local terrestrial biodiversity responds to human impacts. Ecology and Evolution. Open Access. ª 2014 the Authors. Ecology and Evolution published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

    43  E. A. Kosoe, P. O. W. Adjei, W. Oduro (2016). The Forest fire Problem of Degrading Tain II Forest Reserve in Ghana: Rethinking Community Participation in Fire Management and Sustainable Forestry. Ghana Journal of Geography Vol. 7 (2). Pages 79-112

    44  Lawrence N. Hudson…William Oduro (2017) The database of the PREDICTS (Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems) project Article in Ecology and Evolution · January 2017 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.2579 See discussions, stats, and author profiles for this publication at: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/311675308

    45  Tawiah, R, Okyere G, Lamptey, R.B. Oduro, W. & Thompson, M (2017). An assessment of resource availability for problem based learning in a Ghanaian University setting. Quality Assurance in Education, vol. 25, issue 2.

    1. Aduse-Poku, Kwaku; Oduro, William; Oppong, Samuel; Molleman, Freerk; Etienne, Rampal (2017) Relative contribution of neutral and deterministic processes in shaping fruit-feeding butterfly assemblages in Afrotropical forests" Ecology and Evolution.Article ID: ECE33618 Article DOI: 10.1002/ece3.3618 Internal Article ID: 14729912
      https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/ecologyandevolution ID is ECE-2017-03-00280
    2. George Ashiagbor; William Oduro; Lucy Gyiele; Daniel Siaw; Rex Barnes; Olivia Agbenyega; Kwame Twum-Ampofo; Samuel Partey; Naresh Thevathasan; Adrew Gordon; Rick Gray; Helen H Odame, (2017) "Toward sustainable land resources management with agroforestry: empirical evidence from the Sunyani West District of Ghana" Agronomy for Sustainable Development. Springer Journals [EMID:1b71aeab1b86be5c]
    3. Sam, Moses; Adjapong, Abena Owusu; Oduro, William; Oppong, Samuel; Danquah, Emmanuel; Annan-Riverson, Samuel; Akom, Emmanuel "Conservation, Corridors and Community Resource Management Areas" manuscript ID is AFJE-18-123 African Journal of Ecology. March 2018

    49.Marshall Alhassan Adams, William Oduro, Michael Ansong (2017). Factors affecting stakeholder participation in Collaborative Forest Management: The case of Krokosua Hills Forest Reserve in Ghana. JENRM. Vol. 3. No. 2. 66.73

    1. M. K. Adjaloo1, E. Owusu-Ansah, W. Oduro and T. Fleischer (2017) PREFERENCE OF COCOA POLLINATORS FOR DIFFERENT BREEDING SUBSTRATES IN A COCOA-AGROECOSYSTEM: A PROXY APPROACH Ghana J. Forestry, Vol. 33, 38 – 47
    2. Osman, A., Osafo, E.L.K., Ohene-Yankyera, K., Oduro, W., and Attoh-Kotoku, V. (2018) SUPPLEMENTATION WITH PAPER MULBERRY (Broussonetia sonetia papyrifera) LEAVES ON GROWTH AND BLOOD INDICES OF DJALLONKÉ RAMS FED NAPIER GRASS (Pennisetum purpureum) BASAL DIET. Ghanaian Journal of Animal Science, Vol. 9 No.1, pg. 71-80
    3. Lamptey, R. B., Okyere, G., Tawiah, R., & Oduro, W. (2019). Problem based learning resources and exposure in higher education: Evidence from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. Library Philosophy and Practice, 2019 Retrieved from www.scopus.com

    53..Okyere, G. A., Tawiah, R., Lamptey, R. B., Oduro, W., & Thompson, M. (2017). An assessment of resource availability for problem-based learning in a Ghanaian university setting. Quality Assurance in Education, 25(2), 237-247. doi:10.1108/QAE-12-2015-0046

    1. Tawiah, Richard; Bruce Lamptey, Richard; Okyere, Gabriel Asare; Oduro, William; and Thompson, Michael Oko 2019. Review of ELearning Environment at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal). 2337; https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/libphilprac/2337
    2. Oduro, W., Okyere, G. A., Lamptey, R. B. Tawiah, R.,  & Thompson, M. 2019, E-Learning Utilisation and  Experience in Higher Education: Insights from KNUST-Based BSU Survey. Accepted for publication in Journal of Science and Technology

     

     

     

     

    1. Peer Reviewed Journal Papers (before last promotion)
    2. Oduro, W. and Aduse-Poku, K. (2005) Preliminary Assessment of Fruit-Feeding Butterfly (Nymphalids) Communities in Owabi Wildlife Sanctuary. Ghana Journal of Forestry 17 & 18. pp 9-19.
    3. Oduro W, Ellis W. O, Oduro I, & Tetteh D. (2003) Meat Quality Assessment of Selected Wild Mammalian Species. Journal of Univ. of Science & Technology, Kumasi, Ghana Vol. 23, No. 2, pp 11-15.
    4. A. Gyasi, E. T. Blay, L. Enu-Kwesi, G. Kranjac-Berisavlevic, P.B. Tanzubil, W. Oduro, C. Quansah, O. Agbenyega, S. Buabeng, P. Sarfo Mensah (2004). Sustaining reserve conservation and development initiatives through farmers’ associations: PLEC experience in Ghana. PLEC News and Views 5: 9-14
    5. Oduro W, Ellis W. O, Oduro I, & Tetteh D. (2002) Meat Yield and Quality of Selected Snail Species in Ghana. Journal of the Ghana Science Association 4, No. 2, pp 24-31.
    6. Oduro, W., Ellis W. O, Oduro I, and Farouk, D.A. (2002). Behaviour and Food Preference of Maxwell’s Duiker [Cephalophus Maxwelli] (THUNBERG, 1789)] in Captivity. International Journal on Nature Conservation in Africa 18 No. 2. pp 1-12
    7. Oduro W, Ellis W. O, Oduro, I. & Tetteh D. (2001) Nutritional Quality of Selected Ghanaian Crab Species. Journal of the Ghana Science Association 3, No. 3. pp 37-40.
    8. Oduro W, (2001). A Review of Some Mammalian Herbivore-Plant Interactions and Their Ecological Significance. Ghana Journal of Forestry. Vol. 10. pp 61-71.
    9. Bakarr, M., Oduro, W., and Adomako, E. 2001. West Africa: Regional Overview of the Bushmeat Crisis [Transcript]. In BCTF Collaborative Action Planning Meeting Proceedings. Edited by: N.D. Bailey, H.E. Eves, A. Stefan, and J.T. Stein. Bushmeat Crisis Task Force. Silver Spring, MD. 319 Pages. Available from [http://www.bushmeat.org].
    10. Oduro, W. and Bonsu, F.N.K. (2000). Perception of Farmers and Non-Farmers around Bui National Park towards Management of Problem Wildlife. Univ. of Sic. & Tech. Vol. 20, No(s) 1, 2 &3: 31-40.
    11. Oduro, W. and Kwarteng, J.A. (2000). Correlates of Motivation among Game Rangers at Mole National Park, Ghana. Univ. of Sci. & Tech. Vol. 20, No(s) 1, 2 &3: 46-53.
    12. Oduro, W., Mensah B.and. Donkor, N. T. (1996). Spatial Distribution and Choice of Raphi Trees (Raphi hookeri) by Birds at Kakum National Park: “In Facing the Storms” Kakum Conservation Area Research Colloquium. CI. pp. 99-103.
    13. Oduro, W., Fordwoo, M.A. and Donkor, N. T. (1996). Abundance and Distribution of Mammals along the Sukuma River, Kakum National Park. “In Facing the Storms” Kakum Conservation Area Research Colloquium. CI. pp. 30-37
    14. Donkor, N.T. and Oduro, W. (1996): Distribution and Ecology of Bongo (Tragelaphus euryceros) in the Kakum National Park: A proposal. “In Facing the Storms” Kakum Conservation Area Research Colloquium. CI. pp 49-51.
    15. Oduro, W., Donkor, N.T. and Mensah, B. (1996). Bird Colonies on Raphia Stands in Kakum National Park. “In Facing the Storms” Kakum Conservation Area Research Colloquium. CI. pp. 89-99
    16. Oppong, S.K., Dodoo, R. Donkor, N.T. and Oduro, W. (1996). Socio-Economic Impact of the Kakum National Park on the Peripheral Communities. “In Facing the Storms” Kakum Conservation Area Research Colloquium. CI. pp. 123-131.
    17. Owusu-Nsiah, Oduro, and S. Gorzula (1997) Ghana Crocodile Report. Crocodile Specialist Group Newsletter, 16(2):11. http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/natsci/HERPETOLOGY/NEWSLETTER/news162c.htm#Ghana.
    18. Oduro, W. A Threat to Crocodile Conservation. (1999). Crocodile specialist Group Newsletter IUCN Vol. 18 No. 2, (April 1999 – June 1999).
    19. Amubode, F.O. and Oduro, W. (1989). Performance and some Nutritional Indices in Grasscutter (Thryonomys swinderianus Temnick) Fed Varying Food Combination. of Forestry Association of Nigeria.

     

    (c)        Journals in which papers are published

    1. Journal of. University of Science & Technology
    2. Journal of the Ghana Science Association
    3. Ghana Journal of Forestry
    4. International Journal on Nature Conservation in Africa
    5. Journal of Forestry Association of Nigeria
    6. Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology
    7. The IIOAB Journal. Research: Ecology and Energy Resources
    8. Zootaxa
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