Publications
| studies on ticks of veterinary importance in nigeria. xi. observations on the biology of ticks detached from the red-flanked duiker (cephamophys rufulatus) and parasites encountered in their blood. | some aspects of the biology of amblyomma variegatum and boophilus decorolatus detached from red-flanked duikers were studied. smears were also made from the blood of the duikers and examined for the presence of parasites. anaplasma marginale was the only blood parasite found in the blood smears. compared with ticks detached from cattle, duiker ticks produced a greater number of eggs. the lengths and breadths of eggs produced by duiker ticks were greater than those of cattle ticks and unlike a. v ... | 1984 | 6538723 |
| antelope predation by nigerian forest baboons: ecological and behavioural correlates. | baboons are well studied in savannah but less so in more closed habitats. we investigated predation on mammals by olive baboons (papio anubis) at a geographical and climatic outlier, gashaka gumti national park (nigeria), the wettest and most forested site so far studied. despite abundant wildlife, meat eating was rare and selective. over 16 years, baboons killed 7 bushbuck (tragelaphus scriptus) and 3 red-flanked duiker (cephalophus rufilatus), mostly still-lying 'parked' infants. taking observ ... | 2016 | 27287424 |