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     BIOTA West Africa Observatory Information Sheet:   Comoé National Park

Savanna & gallery forest in the NP


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 Location

Northeastern Côte d`Ivoire

 Ethnic groups

Koulango, Lobi, Malinké

 Observatory

 

 

Latitude

Longitude

Altitude (m)

 

Comoé 1

Inside the NP

08°46'N

03°50'W

Comoé 3

Inside the NP

08°37'N

03°48'W

Comoé 2

Outside the NP

08°42'N

03°51'W

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 Climate Station

 

 

Latitude

Longitude

Altitude (m)

 

(data up to 2002)

08°46'N

03°47'W

 Standardized sampling transects

 

 

Latitude

Longitude

Altitude (m)

 

Forest island 35

08°44'N

03°48'W

Forest island 36

08°42'N

03°48'W

Iringou gallery forest

08°50'N

03°46'W

Kongo savana

08°46'N

03°46'W

Lola savana

08°45'N

03°49'W

Old Camp gallery forest

08°44'N

03°49'W

 



When BIOTA-West started in 2001, one of the focal study sites was the Comoé-NP. Research in the area has been carried out since 1990. In three observatories inside and outside the National Park and in six standardized sampling transects, the subprojects concerning remote sensing, climatology,  botany and zoology were working closely together. For reasons of standardization and comparison, all three observatories are composed of ecosystems characteristic of the northern Guinean Zone: shrub & tree savanna, semi-deciduous forest islands, gallery forests, and temporal pools. The focal points of research were:
• Patterns, dynamics and functional aspects of biodiversity in the transitional zone from dry forests to humid savannas
• Assessment of anthropogenic impact (agriculture, logging and ethnobotanical use) on biodiversity patterns and dynamics in a weakly populated, traditional region of the northern Guinea Zone
• Assessing the effects of recent changes in land use on the biodiversity of vegetation by comparing plots inside an outside the protected area.



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