Census of plant and animal species in sacred forests of RAMSAR sites 1017 and 1018 in Benin

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How to cite

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

Gbetoho A.J., Gangnibo C.N. and Ganglo J.C., 2015. Census of plant and animal species in sacred forests in Southern Benin. Laboratory of Forest Sciences (LSF), FSA-UAC.

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The publisher and rights holder of this work is GBIF Benin. To the extent possible under law, the publisher has waived all rights to these data and has dedicated them to the Public Domain (CC0 1.0). Users may copy, modify, distribute and use the work, including for commercial purposes, without restriction.

GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 64f61819-8901-4a8b-9f55-caaec13e3dec.  GBIF Benin publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF Benin.

Keywords

Occurrence; Observation; Sacred forest; Biodiversity

Contacts

Geographic Coverage

South Benin, Ramsar site 1017 and 1018

Taxonomic Coverage

Stylommatophora, Galliformes, Squamata, Columbiformes, Malvales, Fabales, Rosales, Polypodiales, Malpighiales, Sapindales, Celastrales, Myrtales, Ericales, Asparagales, Lamiales, Gentianales, Asterales, Magnoliales, Liliales, Arecales, Violales, Ranunculales, Santalales, Capparales, Vitales, Alismatales, Poales, Caryophyllales, Zingiberales, Solanales, Euphorbiaceae, Icacinales, Primates, Rodentia, Carnivora, Commelinales

Temporal Coverage

Bibliographic Citations

1. Hunyet, O. (2013) Rapport de l’étude d’inventaire de la biodiversité des forêts sacrées des sites RAMSAR 1017 et 1018 du Bénin.

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