Detailed program
Sessions and presentations
Wintering in the tropics: a shorebird’s energetic perspective
Ana Coelho
Conservation genomics of non-human primates of the Bijagós Archipelago, Guinea-Bissau (West Africa)
Ivo Colmonero-Costeira
First checklist, mapping and review of the marine biodiversity data for the Bijagós Archipelago (Guinea-Bissau, Africa) – implications for conservation
Filipe Tobana Nhanquê
DNA barcoding of commercial fishes from Cabo Verde and the construction of a reference library – a powerful tool for fisheries management
Evandro Pires Lopes
Assessing Elasmobranch Diversity and Distribution in a Tropical Marine Biodiversity Hotspot using eDNA-based methods
Wadmilton Fernandes
From Ship to Shore: The Rat Pack’s Atlantic Odyssey
Maryane Wielewski
Evolutionary history of the house mouse in Cabo Verde
Lara Almeida
Rat Predation Dynamics in São Tomé and Its Implications for Conservation
Daniel Velarde Garcéz
Protecting what we know: Enhancing evidence-based conservation in the endemic-rich islands of São Tomé and Príncipe
Ricardo Faustino de Lima
Insights into Conservation Practice on Príncipe Island
Asiem Sanyal
Small mammal diversity across different habitat types in an Upper Guinean Forest National Park
João Soares
Shifted baselines affect biodiversity trends across land-uses: evidence from the West African avifauna
Ariane Dellavalle
Impact of land-use changes on avian parasites dynamics in tropical oil palm landscapes of São Tomé Island
Rafael Gutiérrez-López
Birds, bats and frogs eat Afrotropical cocoa pests but also potential pollinators: exploring the trade-off of services and disservices by insectivores
Crinan Jarrett
Quick bites: Metabarcoding trophic niches of birds and bats in West African farmlands
Tiago Gonçalves
Testing the contribution of chemical and acoustic communication in Brygoomantis (Mantellidae, Anura) diversification
Mafalda Restelli
The tropical double spring effect
Chima J. Nwaogu
Understanding savanna-to-forest transitions using field, remote sensing and modeling
Pierre Couteron
The key to the queendom: how driver ants may be integral to the functioning of rainforest ecosystems across Africa
Maximillian PTG Tercel
The Secret Life of African Ant-Following Birds: Behavioral Specialization on Dorylus Army Ants
Patricia Rodrigues
Exploring the Spatial Needs of Afrotropical Ant-Following Birds
Panagiotis Nikolaou
Dark side of the raid: shedding light on bat behavior at nocturnal army ant raids
Ibon Malaxetxebarria
Striving for sustainable biodiversity conservation in socio-ecological systems – a case of wildlife management in semi-arid Botswana
Gaseitsiwe Masunga
Remnants of war: Understanding post-conflict population dynamics of leopard (Panthera pardus) in Bicuar National Park, Angola
Gonçalo Delgado
African vulture conservation in Gorongosa National Park: An examination of vulture ecology and rural and urban community perceptions of these endangered birds
Domingas Matlombe
Useful Flora of the Tropical Rainforest of Cabinda, Angola
Luisa Dovala
Meet the Lords of the River. Multidisciplinary insights from a community of hunter-fishermen in Botswana’s Okavango Delta
Anne-Maria Fehn
Factors influencing bivalve collection and the aquaculture potential for coastal and island communities in the Bijagós Archipelago, Guinea-Bissau
Catarina Santos Ramos
A reflection on establishing Marine Protected Areas using Marine Spatial Planning: Practical challenges and opportunities
Ana Nuno
Effects of mycorrhizae in groundnut, cowpea and soybean and its use to model more eco-efficient cropping systems in Yangambi
Olivier Bosela
Conserving biodiversity and enhancing food security: Multi-scale predictors of small mammal diversity in human-modified landscapes in West Africa
Raquel Oliveira
Going Bat-Friendly: Turning Science into Action for Bats and African Cacao Farmers
Diogo F. Ferreira
Landscape genetics study highlights negative effects of large-scale agriculture on an ecologically flexible primate
Cristian Pizzigalli
Optimizing Environmental DNA (eDNA) Techniques for Enhanced Biodiversity Surveys in Africa
Manuel Lopes-Lima
Herpetological diversity of Mayombe National Park and Cabinda Province (Angola) shed light to this unexplored corner of tropical Central Africa
Javier Lobón-Rovira
Demographic and Ecological Census of Endangered Primates in Maiombe National Park, Cabinda, Angola
Mariana Cravo-Mota
Estimating the effective population size in the western chimpanzee in Guinea-Bissau: challenges and implications for conservation
Francisco Silva
Great ape abundance and per capita carbon storage in their habitats: Implication in climate change mitigation
Fotsing Ernest Dadis Bush
Preliminary checklist of the vascular flora of Cangandala National Park, Malange, Angola
Domingos Francisco
A taxonomic revision of the Ponerinae ant genus Mesoponera (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the Afrotropical and Malagasy regions
Norina Vicente
Assessing the intraspecific variability of Peringueyi’s adder (Bitis peringueyi)
Fernando Martinez-Freiria
Assessing bat and bird diversity in the Lake Ossa Wildlife Reserve (Littoral, Cameroon)
Christian Tchana
The Pipistrelloid Legacy and a New Bat Species in the Congo Rainforest
Laura Torrent
Modeling roan and sable patterns of spatial distribution in the Mudumu National Park, Namibia
Lineekela Omwene T. Nauyoma
Unravelling the poorly known intra-African migratory flyways
Yann Rime
Long-term Range Shifts of Kenyan Birds Revealed by Historical Atlas and Citizen Science Data
Raphaël Nussbaumer
Note: This is a preliminary list of oral presentations and the order is not final. A detailed schedule will be provided shortly.
1. Ecomorphology and Trophic Ecology of the crab rabbit fish siganus sutor caught in Mecufi district Cabo Delgado, North of Mozambique
Aminudino Abdulmagido Luis Antonio Meza
2. Assessing and valuing ecosystem services used by women – the case of Bijagós Archipelago, Guinea-Bissau
Artemisa Martins
3. Smaller islands, bigger appetites: evolutionary strategies of insular endemic skinks
Catarina J. Pinho
4. Genetic diversity of scorpionfish (family Scorpaenidae) in the Cabo Verde archipelago, based on mitochondrial DNA
Evandro Pires Lopes
5. A regional taxonomic identification of commercial fishes in Cabo Verde based on genetic data: A case study on the Haemulidae family
Evandro Pires Lopes
6. Structural and potential regeneration of three species in the land use systems of the periphery of the Lom-Pangar Dam, East Cameroon
Bruno Zock
7. Exploring the phylogeographic structure of Naja species in Angola and Namibia
Fernando Martínez-Freiría
8. Patterns and drivers of insectivorous bat activity around isolated trees in rice fields of Guinea-Bissau (West Africa)
Gonçalo A. Fernandes
9. Gleaning insectivorous bats eat seasonably on a West African rice farming landscape: implications for ecosystem services
Inês Morais
10. Fish Monitoring in Atlantic Africa: Building DNA-Barcode Reference Libraries for Guinea-Bissau and Cabo Verde
João Meira
11. Length-Weight Relationship and Diet Composition of the Spotcheek Emperor, Lethrinus rubrioperculatus (Sato, 1978) (Actinopterygii: Perciformes: Lethrinidae) from the Mecúfi Waters, Cabo Delgado, Mozambique
Dércio Maoze
12. Feeding on the fly: Unravelling feeding strategies in sympatric avian aerial insectivores (Hirundinidae and Apodidae) of West Africa
João Porfírio Albuquerque
13. 10 years of parasitism: Infection dynamics of blood parasites in Gallotia lizards from Tenerife
Joaquim Filipe Faria
14. The Angolan Afromontane Forests: Floristic and vegetation notes of Serra da Namba and Morro do Moco
José Camongua Luís
15. Conservation strategies and their impact on the reduction of consumption and commercialization of three species of monkey meat on Bioko Island
Francisco Mitogo Micha
16. An inventory of the seaweed flora of São Tomé & Princípe
Laura Prigge
17. Urban consumption of wild meat in Cameroon
Leanne Riddoch
18. Proposal for the Conservation of Loxodonta cyclotis (Matschie, 1900) in the Mayombe National Park
Luísa Dovala
19. Ecological assessment of road impacts on herpetofauna (reptiles and amphibians) in the central region of Ghana
Mabel Narh
20. Projected climate-driven declines in suitable habitats for high-mountain lizards: implications for Afrotropical conservation
Matthew Owen Moreira
21. Population dynamics of dung beetle in response to seasonal migrations between wildlife and wildlife-livestock ecosystems
Hosticks Ndozi
22. Host and Geographic distribution of Haemoproteus parasite in African pygmy kingfisher Ispidina picta
Mélanie Adèle Tchoumbou
23. Active Learning for Improved Cashew Detection
Miguel Ribeiro Pereira
24. The influence of landscape phenology and climate on collective roosting in straw-colored fruit bats
Patrick J. Atagana
25. Patterns of bird traits along the rice growth cycle in traditional rice fields and adjacent habitats in West Africa
Paula Lopes
26. Dynamics and temporal space transformations of Mangrove in Sofala Bay, Central Region of Mozambique, between 2003, 2013, and 2023
Martes Domingos Louvane Macajo
27. From leaf to satellite, monitoring dynamics and functioning of tropical forests
Pierre Couteron
28. A Coleopteran perspective of intra-archipelago dispersal patterns in oceanic islands: the example of Oxycara (Tenebrionidae) in Cabo Verde
Pilar Jurado-Angulo
29. Avian diversity across a land use gradient in an Afrotropical biodiversity hotspot
Regine Claire Tabe Tiku
30. Gut parasite diversity in Guinea baboons and West African crocodiles in arid West Africa
Tea Zulčić
31. Monitoring population trends in the amphibian community of Betampona Strict Nature Reserve (Madagascar)
Xavier Porcel
32. Occupancy and Co-occurrence Models of Two African Viverrids (African Civet and Spotted Genet)-GNP
Raimundo José Raimundo
Field trip: Corno do Bico Protected Landscape - December 6
Spanning approximately 2,200 hectares, the stunning Corno do Bico Protected Landscape serves as a natural sanctuary within the Iberian Massif, featuring rich biodiversity that includes oak forests, the Iberian wolf, and several endemic and threatened species. Its mountainous terrain supports diverse ecosystems and reflects a long history of human interaction with nature.
Participants will have the opportunity to explore this ecological treasure along its numerous hiking trails, where breathtaking views of the surrounding valleys and mountains await. The trip also includes a visit to the Corno do Bico Environmental Education and Interpretation Center – CEIA, where lunch will be provided. Please be aware that this region can be very wet, especially during this time of the year. We strongly recommend bringing waterproof and warm clothing, however, in the event of heavy rains, activities will be relocated indoors at the Center.
Please note that capacity for this field trip is limited, and pre-registration is required to secure a spot.
