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

Occurrence
Latest version published by GBIF Benin on Jun 24, 2016 GBIF Benin
Publication date:
24 June 2016
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GBIF Benin
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CC0 1.0

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Description

A list of plant and animal species recorded in sacred forests in South Benin

Data Records

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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

Alain Jaurès Gbètoho
  • Originator
Scientist
Laboratory of Forest Sciences (LSF)
BP 1493
Abomey-Calavi
Atlantic
BJ
0022996833454
Charles Gangnibo
  • Metadata Provider
Scientist
Laboratory of Forest Sciences (LSF)
BP 1493
Abomey-Calavi
Atlantic
BJ
0022997398973
Jean Cossi Ganglo
  • Point Of Contact
Director
Laboratory of Forest Sciences (LSF)
BP 1493
Abomey-Calavi
Atlantic
BJ
0022966363770
Sophie Pamerlon
  • Distributor
Biodiversity Data Engineer
GBIF France
FR
0033140798065

Geographic Coverage

South Benin, Ramsar site 1017 and 1018

Bounding Coordinates South West [6.21, 1.629], North East [7.017, 2.71]

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

Kingdom Plantae, Animalia

Temporal Coverage

Start Date / End Date 2013-11-01 / 2013-11-25

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.

Additional Metadata

Alternative Identifiers 64f61819-8901-4a8b-9f55-caaec13e3dec
http://ipt-benin.gbif.fr/resource?r=sacred_forests_benin