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Fruit resources use by flying foxes in Pendjari Region, Atacora District, Bénin

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DescriptionFaecal samples of flying foxes from BIOTA Biodiversity Observatories (BOs) in Benin, including information on fruits (different species), fruit bat (genus, species, sex & age), BO number, date of data collection.
Purpose Inventory and monitoring of food resources to assess important plant species for long-term conservation of flying foxes in these areas.
Main theme(s)
  1. Agriculture
  2. Biodiversity
  3. Conservation
  4. Degradation
  5. Fauna
  6. Resources use
  7. Chiroptera
  8. Flying foxes
Subtheme(s)
  1. Protected areas
  2. Savanna
  3. Faeces
  4. Pteropodidae
  5. Fruit use
Biome(s) Sudanian savannas and woodlands
Country(ies) Benin
Administration unit(s) Atacora District
Locality(ies) Pendjari Biosphere Reserve and surroundings
BIOTA Observatory(ies)
  1. Pendjari National Park
  2. C01 Zone Cynégétique
  3. C02 Zone Cynégétique
  4. C03 Zone Cynégétique
  5. T01 Matari village
  6. T02 Tihoun village
  7. T03 Sépounga village
  8. T04 Pouri village
  9. T06 Porga village
  10. T07 Tanguiéta village
Period(s) 2004-2006
Sampling method(s) Faecal samples identified with reference collections during bat capture sessions on BOs every trimester
Responsible person(s) Bruno A. Djossa, Jakob Fahr
Regional networks(s) BIOTA West Africa
Related subprojects / workpackages / topics W09 Functional biodiversity
Copyright holder Bruno A. Djossa, Jakob Fahr, Brice Sinsin, Elisabeth Kalko
Restrictions of dissemination (1) Available
Start time of protection January 2004
Duration of protection 6 years
Rationale / notes Ongoing analyses for own publications



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Format MS-Excel
File name(s) / size(s) W09_fruit use by bats (faeces).xls
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Contact person
Djossa, Dr. Agossou Bruno 
Laboratoire d'Ecologie Appliquée, FSA, Univ. Abomey-Calavi 
Abomey-Calavi 
910 Abomey-Calavi
Benin 
Phone: 00 (229) 21 30 30 84 
Fax: 00 (229) 21 30 30 84 
Cellphone: 00 (229) 95 45 62 83 
djosbruno@yahoo.fr

Position: Data collector of bats