Benjamin Yeboah Ofori

Profession

Vertebrate Ecologist and Conservation Biologist

Academic qualification

PhD – (Terrestrial Biodiversity and Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation);

Macquarie University, Australia.

Current Position

Lecturer and Coordinator of Postgraduate Biodiversity Program

Department of Animal Biology and Conservation Science, University of Ghana

Research Interest

Impacts of Extractive industry, climate and other environmental changes on Biodiversity, Wildlife conservation and management

Current Projects

• Ecology of Rodents and Rodent-borne zoonotic pathogens in human-modified environments under changing climate
• Climate change impact on vertebrates of conservation concern  in Ghana
• Surface mining and terrestrial Biodiversity
• Human-wildlife conflicts: pattern, causes and management

Publications

Owusu, E. H., Ofori, B. Y., & Attuquayefio, D. K. (2018). The secondary impact of mining on primates and other medium to large mammals in forest reserves in southwestern Ghana. The Extractive Industries and Society, 5: 114-121.

Ofori, B.Y., Stow, A.J., Baumgartner, J.B. & Beaumont, L.J. (2017). Influence of adaptive capacity on the outcome of climate change vulnerability assessment. Scientific reports, 7(1): 12979.

Ofori, B.Y., Stow, A.J., Baumgartner, J.B. & Beaumont, L.J. (2017). Combining dispersal, landscape connectivity and habitat suitability to assess climate-induced changes in the distribution of Cunningham’s skink, Egernia cunninghami. Plos ONE, 12(9):e0184193.

Attuquayefio, D.K., Owusu, E.H. & Ofori, B.Y. (2017) Impact of mining and forest regeneration on small mammal biodiversity in the Western Region of Ghana. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 189(5): 1-9.

Ofori, B.Y., Beaumont, L.J. & Stow, A.J. (2017) Cunningham’s skinks show low genetic connectivity and signatures of selection across its distribution. Ecology and Evolution, 7(1):48-57.

Ofori, B.Y., Attuquayefio, D.K. & Owusu, E.H. et al. (2016) Spatio-temporal variation in small mammal species richness, relative abundance and biomass reveal changes in a wetland ecosystem in Ghana. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 188(6): 1

Ofori, B.Y., Owusu, E.H. & Attuquayefio, D.K. (2014) Ecological Status of the Mount Afadjato-Agumatsa Range in Ghana after a Decade of Local Community Management. African Journal of Ecology. 53(1): 116-120. doi: 10.1111/aje.12165

Ofori, B.Y. and Attuquayefio, D.K. (2010). Hunting Intensity in the Suhuma Forest Reserve in the Sefwi Wiaso District of Ghana: A Threat to Biodiversity Conservation. West African Journal of Applied Ecology, 17: 135-142.