Description
Data entered from an Engineer thesis that inventoried birds in National Park of Pendjari, in northen of Benin territory. The data were collected in 2004 and were mobilised in the framework of the project BID-AF2015-0044-SMA. The main point of this study was to collect all informations about them and to complete them with the inventory of mammals, birds and reptiles in order to propose the census sites as future Ramsar’s sites. Data were collected on some sites as : sacred’s ponds (mare sacrée), Diwouni’s pond, Tiabiga’s pond, Fogou’s pond and Bori’s pond, Bondjagou forest and Pendjari’s (Porga and Arly) and Magou’s rivers (Porga and flooded plain).
Data Records
The data in this occurrence resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 1,759 records.
This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.
Versions
The table below shows only published versions of the resource that are publicly accessible.
How to cite
Researchers should cite this work as follows:
Kingbo Armand, Gangnibo Charles and Ganglo C. Jean (2017). Census of birds species of Benin from the inventory data in National Parc of Pendjari. Laboratory of Forests Sciences, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of Abomey-Calavi.
Rights
Researchers should respect the following rights statement:
The publisher and rights holder of this work is Laboratory of Forest Sciences (University of Abomey-Calavi). This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) License.
GBIF Registration
This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 2dca5fbd-1989-4634-b745-269ff1098ebf. Laboratory of Forest Sciences (University of Abomey-Calavi) publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF Benin.
Keywords
Occurrence; Benin; National park; Pendjari; Birds
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Geographic Coverage
Data entered from an Engineer thesis that inventoried birds in National Park of Pendjari, in northen of Benin territory. The data were collected in 2004 and were mobilised in the framework of the project BID-AF2015-0044-SMA. The main point of this study was to collect all informations about them and to complete them with the inventory of mammals, birds and reptiles in order to propose the census sites as future Ramsar’s sites. Data were collected on some sites as : sacred’s ponds (mare sacrée), Diwouni’s pond, Tiabiga’s pond, Fogou’s pond and Bori’s pond, Bondjagou forest and Pendjari’s (Porga and Arly) and Magou’s rivers (Porga and flooded plain).
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [10.85, 1.18], North East [11.45, 1.96] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
No Description available
| Phylum | Aves (Bird) |
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Temporal Coverage
| Start Date / End Date | 2004-05-07 / 2004-10-22 |
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Project Data
The data mobilization is focused on bird species found in Benin. The main project activities are: (i) bird species data mobilization, which includes organization of meeting session on biodiversity data importance and their use, training sessions on data digitization and publishing, and digitization and publishing of bird occurrences using the spreadsheet of GBIF; (ii) application of biodiversity data for conservation, which includes training session on ecological niches modelling of species, identification of areas relevant for bird protection in Benin, and suggestion of strategies for bird species conservation in Benin.
| Title | Gathering of biodiversity data on bird species for their sustainable management in Benin |
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| Identifier | BID-AF2015-0044-SMA |
| Funding | The project is funded by the Union European through Biodiversity Information Development (BID) Programme |
| Study Area Description | Mobilization of data on bird species found in Benin |
| Design Description | The project aims to contribute to the conservation of bird species in Benin through the enhancement of data availability on these species. Two mains goals to achieve: Goal 1: Increase available biodiversity data - Raise of the awareness on the importance of biodiversity data for data holders and policy makers - Enhance capacity for data mobilization - Publish bird occurrence species - Establish a checklist of bird species found in Benin Goal 2: Apply biodiversity data in response to conservation priorities - Achieve the current and potential ecological niche of two threatened bird species in the context of global change - Identification of areas of importance for birds conservation and suggestion of measures for conservation |
The personnel involved in the project:
- Principal Investigator
Bibliographic Citations
- DOVONOU-VINAGBE S. P. K. (2004). Evaluation des potentialités et inventaire des mammifères, oiseaux et reptiles des zones humides de la Réserve de Biosphère de la Pendjari. Thèse d'Ingénieur Agronome AGRN/FSA/UAC. 107p.
Additional Metadata
| Alternative Identifiers | http://ipt-benin.gbif.fr/resource?r=armand |
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