- Adeagbo Ayobami is a young research scientist with an interest in Forest Ecology and Climate change. He holds a degre... moreAdeagbo Ayobami is a young research scientist with an interest in Forest Ecology and Climate change. He holds a degree in Plant Science and a M.Sc in Forest Biology and Silviculture. He has over 5 years teaching experience majorly with teenagers, he has carried out and also assisted researches on the field and in the laboratory. He is a good team player and always eager to learn more about Forestry and the Environment generally.His hobbies include Teaching, Photography and Football.edit
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This study was carried out to assess the wildlife conservation and agrarian economy in communities around Kainji lake national park of Niger state Nigeria. The study was carried out in ten (10) randomly selected villages around Kainji... more
This study was carried out to assess the wildlife conservation and agrarian economy in communities around Kainji lake national park of Niger state Nigeria. The study was carried out in ten (10) randomly selected villages around Kainji Lake National Park namely (Luma, Kemenji, Kuble, New- Awuru, Old-Awuru, Dekera, Wawa, Woro, Malale, and Old Bussa). A total of 20 Questionnaires were administered in each community. Data was analysed using simple percentages, frequency counts and tables. The results revealed that most of the respondents (51.5%) engaged in farming for food production and income generation while about 31% of them engaged in farming for income generation only. Damages and destructions caused by wild animals to crops in the study area is high and causes significant danger to the agrarian economy. Wild animals such as Hippopotamus (34.5%) raided the crop farms most, closely followed by Baboons (32.5%) and Patas monkey (24.5%). Farmers in retaliation adopted lethal methods such as using toxic chemicals (34%) and hunting (27.5%) to safeguard their crops. This study showed that conflict between man and animal is a serious problem in communities around conservation areas and this requires an urgent intervention to save animal in the study area from extinction. Keywords: Wildlife, Conservation, Agrarian economy, Hunting and Extinction.
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Soil adsorptive property is considered for mitigation of climate change in the terrestrial ecosystem. However, there are inconsistent findings on the contribution of aggregate sizes to carbon sequestration in soil depths. Inappropriate... more
Soil adsorptive property is considered for mitigation of climate change in the terrestrial ecosystem. However, there are inconsistent findings on the contribution of aggregate sizes to carbon sequestration in soil depths. Inappropriate land-use practices cause increasing greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Detail estimation of carbon associated with soil aggregates in different land-uses is required to identify land-use practice that promotes carbon accumulation. Therefore, the objective of the study was to investigate distribution of organic carbon associated with the soil aggregate sizes in selected land-uses. Three (30 m x 30 m) sample plots were established randomly in each of Natural Forest (NF), Plantation Forest (PF) and Cultivated Land (CL). Soil core samples were collected at 0-15, 15-30 and 30-45 cm depths o using steel soil corers). Soil core samples were oven-dried at 105 C and bulk densities were computed. Oven-dried soil sample of 100 g was separated into five aggregates (>2, 2-1, 1-0.5, 0.5-0.05 and <0.05 mm) using the dry sieve procedure. Each aggregate (10 g) was heated in o Muffle furnace at 500 C for 4 hours for soil carbon estimation. Aggregate sizes >2mm dominated NF and PL while 0.05 mm dominated CL. There was no significant difference in the distribution of aggregate sizes of NF and CL, except PL. The three land-use practices have the same proportion of aggregate 1-0.5mm at topsoil. Macro-and micro-aggregates influence soil carbon content in natural forest and plantation forest, respectively. Depth and land-use change caused redistribution of carbon on soil aggregate sizes.
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Successful production of healthy seedlings in a forest nursery can be ensured through seed treatment to enhance germination. This study assessed the effects of pre-sowing treatments on the germination of Jatropha curcas; to provide the... more
Successful production of healthy seedlings in a forest nursery can be ensured through seed treatment to enhance germination. This study assessed the effects of pre-sowing treatments on the germination of Jatropha curcas; to provide the best treatment for enhancing seedling production. The experiment was laid in a completely randomized design with four treatments: (i) control (T1), (ii) soaking in; water at room temperature at room temperature for 16 hours (iii) cowdung slurry for 16 hours (iv) 98% concentrated sulphuric acid for 5 minutes Each treatment received 10 seeds and was replicated 5 times giving a total of 200 seeds sown in sterilized river bank sand. Germinated seeds were counted, converted to percentages and arsine values. The data were further subjected to analysis of variance and significant means were separated using Duncan multiple range test (DMRT) at 0.05 level of significance. The results showed that seeds with no pre-sowing treatment had the highest mean germinati...
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and Old Bussa). A total of 20 Questionnaires were administered in each community. Data was analysed using simple percentages, frequency counts and tables. The results revealed that most of the respondents (51.5%) engaged in farming for... more
and Old Bussa). A total of 20 Questionnaires were administered in each community. Data was analysed using simple percentages, frequency counts and tables. The results revealed that most of the respondents (51.5%) engaged in farming for food production and income generation while about 31% of them engaged in farming for income generation only. Damages and destructions caused by wild animals to crops in the study area is high and causes significant danger to the agrarian economy. Wild animals such as Hippopotamus (34.5%) raided the crop farms most, closely followed by Baboons (32.5%) and Patas monkey (24.5%). Farmers in retaliation adopted lethal methods such as using toxic chemicals (34%) and hunting (27.5%) to safeguard their crops. This study showed that conflict between man and animal is a serious problem in communities around conservation areas and this requires an urgent intervention to save animal in the study area from extinction.
A field experiment was conducted to examine the provenance germination and growth trial of Gmelina within three states (Makurdi, Nasarawa and Abuja) in middle nursery site of the Department of Forestry and Wildlife Management were... more
A field experiment was conducted to examine the provenance germination and growth trial of Gmelina within three states (Makurdi, Nasarawa and Abuja) in middle nursery site of the Department of Forestry and Wildlife Management were collected from each location, it was sun and improve its germination rate. It was then planted on germination beds in the nursery and transplanted after two weeks of germination into nursery pots and data was recorded on Plant height, Number of leaves and collar girth. The study was laid in a Randomized Completely Block Design (RCBD), Analysis of variance was performed on the data to show the comparative performance of each treatment with another. Duncan's Multiple Range Test (DMRT) was applied to locate where the significant difference occur among the seeds. The result of germination with respect to location revealed that G. arborea seed collected from Nasarawa recorded the Makurdi (33.66±6.54) while the least (33.22±5.71) was recorded on seeds collected from Abuja. Makurdi seeds recorded highest number of leaves (19.56±3.59), followed by Nasarawa of collar girth reveals that seeds collected in Lafia had the highest mean value (2.39±1.83) (2.37±0.42) and the least mean (2.01±0.34) was recorded in Makurdi collection revealed that there was a significant correlation between the plant height and other assessed parameters. The result of the regression analysis on the effects of growth variables on tree plant height had coefficien showed that location significantly affect germination and growth rate of seedlings for plantation establishment in middle belt Nigeria, seeds sourced from Lafia should be cons research should be carried out on pretreatment of G. arborea seed.