Key Publications

  1. Olajide O. and Eniang, E. A. (2000). Unguided Forest Resources exploitation and Destruction in Nigeria: Socio-Ecological Impacts: International Journal of Environment and Development, Akure, Nigeria. 4(1): 39-43
  2. Eniang, Edem A. (2001). The Role of the Cross River National Park in Gorilla Conservation. Journal of Berggorilla and Regenwald Driekthilfe, 22:25-26.
  3. Eniang, Edem A. (2001). Bushmeat Trade and Primate Conservation around Cross River Park. Journal of Berggorilla and Regenwald Driekthilfe, Germany, 23:15-18
  4. Eniang, Edem A. and E. I. Nwufoh, (2001). Book Review; Myth and Reality in the Rainforest; How Conservation strategies are failing in West Africa. Ecol. (Terre et Vie), France, 56(3):311-312.
  1. Olajide, O and Edem A. Eniang (2001) Conservation and development of edible and medicinal rainforest plants. Review of Growth and Change, 5(2):25-27. Adulawo publishers, Ado Ekiti, Nigeria.
  2. Eniang, Edem A., Ekpo, J. I., Akani G.C., Luiselli L. (2002): On the composition of the snake Fauna of Uyo, a recently deforested area in southeastern Nigeria. Herpetozoa, Wien, Austria. 14(¾):143-147.
  3. Eniang, Edem A., Clement O. Ebin and Luca Luiselli (2002).On the composition of the snake fauna of Okwangwo Division of Cross River National Park, a hilly forest – savanna transition zone in south-eastern Nigeria.(Squamata:Serpentes). Herpetozoa, Wien, Austria, 15(1/2):79-82.
  4. Eniang, Edem A., Luiselli L. (2002): Ikpan Wetland Rainforest: – An area of high biodiversity importance in Southeastern Nigerian. Ecol. (Terre et Vie), France, 57:19-28.
  5. Akani, G.C., Eyo, E., Odegbune, E., Eniang, Edem A., Luiselli L. (2002): Ecological patterns of anthropogenic mortality of suburban snakes in an African tropical region. Israel J. Zool., Jerusalem; 48(1):1-11.
  6. Akani, G. C, Eniang, Edem A., J. Ekpo, Francesco, M. Angelici and L. Luiselli (2003). Food Habits of the snake Psammophis philipsii from the continuous rainforest of Southern Nigeria (West Africa). Journal of Herpetology, New York, 37(1):183-185.
  7. Akani, G.C, Eniang, Edem A., J Ekpo, Francesco, M .Angelici and L. Luiselli (2002). Thermal and reproductive ecology of the snake Psammophis philipsii from the rainforest region of southern Nigeria. The Herpetological Journal, London, Britain, 12(2): 63-67.
  8. Eniang, Edem A., King, R., Lea, J.M., Capizzi, D. &. Luiselli, L. (2003) Trophic Niches of Four Sympatric Afrotropical Anurans from Southern Nigeria: Does Resource Partitioning Play a Role in Structuring the Community? Ecol., Paris, France, 58: 321-335.
  9. Emmanuel Obot, Augustine U. Ezealor, Richard King. Anthony Bassey and Edem A. Eniang (2003). A new Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) Roost at Itu Wetlands Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. Lagos, Nigeria, 1(1/ 2):103-118.
  10. Luca Luiselli, Godfrey C. Akani, Francesco M. Angelici, Edem A. Eniang, Linda Ude, Edoardo Politano (2004). Local Distribution, habitat use, and diet of two supposed ‘species’ of the Psammophis ‘phillipsi’ complex (Serpentes: Colubridae), sympatric in southern Nigeria. Amphibian-Reptilia, Brussels, Europe, 25: 415-423.
  11. Egwali E. C., King, R. P., Eniang Edem A., Obot E. A. (2005). Discovery of a new population of the Sclater’s guenon, Cercopithecus sclateri in the Niger Delta wetlands, Nigeria. Sys. Sus. Dev., Uyo, Nigeria, 2 (4):1-7.
  12. Edem A. Eniang, Edwin C. Egwali, Luca M. Luiselli, Ibukun A. Ayodele, Godfrey C. Akani & Nic Pacini (2006). Snake bushmeat from the forest markets of south-eastern Nigeria. Natura – Soc. it. Sci. nat. Museo civ. Stor. nat. Milano, Italy, 95 (2): 33-46.
  13. Edem A. Eniang and Wondmagegene Daniel (2007) Revisiting the age-long African civet farming in Ethiopia against the backdrop of increasing animal welfare concerns: What strategies for sustainable conservation? Walia, Ethiopian Wildlife and Natural History Society (EWNHS), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 25:34-40.
  14. Lorenzo Rugiero, Luca Luisell, Edem A. Eniang and Godfrey C. Akani (2007). Diet of a guild of Geckos in a fragmented, human-altered African Rainforest. African Journal of Herpetology; Kenya 2007. 56 (1). 91-96.
  15. Edem A. Eniang, Amleset Haile and Teshale Yihdegho (2007). Impacts of Landmines on the Environment and Biodiversity. Environmental Policy and Law, The Netherlands, 37(6): 501-504.
  16. Luiselli, Luca; Eniang, Edem; Akani, Godfrey (2007). Non-random structure of a guild of geckos in a fragmented, human-altered, African rainforest. Ecological Research, Japan, 22(4):593-603.
  17. Luca Luiselli, Edem A Eniang, Godfrey C Akani, (2007). A survey of the Taylor Creek forest area, Rivers State, Nigeria A survey of the Taylor Creek forest area, Rivers State, Nigeria, 1991. – Ecological research. Volume 22, Issue 4: Pages 593-603
  18. A. Akpabio, E. A. Eniang and E. C. Egwali (2008). Socio-economic potentials and environmental implications of coastal tourism at Adiabo, Cross River State, Nigeria. Environment, Development and Sustainability. 10249-265. Springer, The Netherlands.
  19. Edem A. Eniang, Mfon-Obong E. Eniang and Clement E. Akpan (2008). Bushmeat trading in Oban Hills region of south eastern Nigeria: Implications for sustainable livelihoods and conservation. Ethiopian J. of Environmental Studies and Management (EJESM), Ethiopia, 1(1): 70-83.
  20. Wondmagegne Daniel; Edem A. Eniang; Afework Bekelle; M. Balakrishnan and Edwin C. Egwali (2008). Food types and Feeding Ecology of African civets (Civettictis civetta) in Jimma, Ethiopia. Ecol (Terre Vie), France, 63: 283-288.
  21. Edem A. Eniang, Clement E. Akpan and Mfon-Obong E. Eniang (2008). A survey of African Grey Parrots (Psittacus erithacus) trade and trafficking in Ekonganaku Area of Ikpan Forest Block, Nigeria. Ethiopian J. of Environmental Studies and Management (EJESM), Ethiopia, 1(2):68-73.
  22. Akani, G.C., Luiselli, L., Eniang, E.A., Amuzie, C.C. & Ebere, N. (2008). Aspects of the ecology of the spotted blind snake, Typhlops punctatus punctatus in Port-Harcourt, Nigeria. J. Ecol. Kenya, 46: 533-539.
  23. Akani, G.C., Ebere, N., Luiselli, L. & Eniang,A. (2008) Community structure and ecology of snakes in fields of oil palm trees (Elaeis guineensis) in the Niger Delta, southern Nigeria. Afr. J. Ecol. Kenya, 46: 500-506.
  24. Luca Luiselli, Francesco M. Angelici, Lorenzo Rugiero, Geofrey C. Akani, Edem A. Eniang, Nic Pacini and Edoardo Politano, (2008). Negative density dependence of sympatric Hinge-back Tortoise (Kinixys erosa and homeana) in West Africa. Acta Herpetologica, Florence, 3(1): 19 -33. Firenze University Press.
  25. Edem A. Eniang (2008). Emerging trends and threats of Climate change. Implications and amelioration strategies for sustainable Protected Areas (PAs) management in eastern Africa (Climate change, energy change and Conservation). Policy Matters, Switzerland, 16: 190-201.
  26.   C. Akani, L. Luiselli, E. A. Eniang and L. Lugiero (2008). Life in the tropical suburbs: Food type partitioning among sympatric African House snakes of the genus Lamprophis (Colubridae). Italian Journal of Zoology, Italy, 75(4): 395-399.
  27. Ogogo, A. U; Eniang, E. A; Nkamenyin, O. O (2009). Ecology and Conservation of West African Manatee (Trichechus senegalensis) in Eniong Creek, Cross River State, Nigeria. International Journal of Science, Ghana, 1(1):19-24.
  28. Adam D. Leache, Rebecca A. Chong, Theodore J. Papenfuss, Phillip Wagner, Wolfgang Bohme, Andreas Schmitz, Mark-Oliver Rodel, Matthew Lebrenton, Ivan Ineich, Laurent Chirio, Aaron Bauer, Edem A. Eniang & Sherif Baha El Din. (2009) Phylogeny of the genus Agama based on mitochondrial DNA sequence data. Bonner Zoologische Beitrage, Germany. 56(4):2 73-278.
  29. Ogogo, A. U; Eniang, E. A; Ubi, S. E (2010). Habitat Utilization and the Conservation status of the Cross River Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla diehli) in Afi Mountain Wildlife Sanctuary, Cross River State, Nigeria. International Journal of Conservation, Ghana, 3(3):121-125.
  30. Ogogo, A. U; Eniang, E. A; Nkamenyin, O. O (2010). Threats to the survival of the West African Manatee (Trichechus senegalensis) in Eniong Creek, South south, Nigeria. International Journal of Agriculture, Ghana, 2(1):89-93.
  31. Edem A. Eniang (2010). The Hotspot between Nigeria and Cameroon. International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO). Tropical Forests Update 20(7):14, Journal of ITTO, Tokyo, Japan.
  32. Luca Luiselli, Godfrey C. Akani, Nwabueze Ebere, Lorenzo Rugiero, Leonardo Vignoli, Francesco M. Angelici, Edem A. Eniang, and Mathias Behangana (2011). Food Habits of a Pelomedusid Turtle, Pelomedusa subrufa, in Tropical Africa (Nigeria): The Effects of Sex, Body Size, Season, and Site. Chelonian Conservation and Biology, United Kingdom. 10(1):138-144.
  33. Eniang, E.A. and Ijeomah H.M. (2011). Diversity of Ophidian species in Oban Division of Cross River National Park, Nigeria. PAT, Keffi, Nigeria, 7(1): 188-201.
  34. Eniang, E.A., Ijeomah, M.H., Okeyoyin, G. and Usih, U.M. (2011). Investigation of the Helminth load in grazing mammals of Gashaka Gumti National Park, Nigeria. (A Case study of Filinga Range). Journal of Agriculture, Forestry and Social Sciences (JOAFSS), Uniben, Beni, Nigeria. 9(1): 192-203.
  35. M. Ijeomah, Edem A. Eniang, and B. A. Ikiba (2011). Impact of the Indigenous Conservation of Sclater’s Guenon (Cercopithecus sclateri Pocock) in Lagwa Community, Nigeria. Journal of Agriculture, Forestry and the Social Sciences. Uniben, Benin, Nigeria. 9 (2): 32-38.
  36. Eniang, E.A., Ijeomah, M.H., Okeyoyin, G. and Uwatt, A.E. (2011). Assessment of Human-Wildlife conflicts in Filinga Range of Gashaka Gumti National Park, Nigeria. PAT, Keffi, Nigeria, 7(1): 15-35.
  37. Edem A. Eniang and Henry M. Ijeomah (2011). Epidemiology of Snake bites among selected communities in the Enclave of Cross River National Park (CRNP), Oban Division, Nigeria. Journal of Agriculture, Forestry and the Social Sciences. 9 (2). 78- 88.
  38. Edem A. Eniang and Henry M. Ijeomah (2011). Clandestine bushmeat trade in Cross River State, Nigeria: Implications on Herp diversity and the environment. Global approaches to extension practice. (GAEP), FUTO, Owerri, Nigeria 7 (2): 1- 10.
  39. Mulubrhan Balehegn, Edem A. Eniang and Abubeker Hassen (2012).Estimation of browse biomass of Ficus thonningii, an indigenous multipurpose fodder tree in northern Ethiopia. African Journal of Range and Forage Science, Ethiopia, 29 (1):25-30.
  40. Ime Ebenso, Emem David, Opeyemi Olajide, Edem A. Eniang and Inyang Atting (2012). Foodborne Helminth Sapro-Zoonotic parasites in edible land snails from planted and natural forest ecosystems. Anim. Hlth. Prod. Afr. (2012) 60. 557-561.
  41. Ogogo A. U., Eniang, E. A.; Nchor, A. A. And Nkamayen, O. O. (2012). Ecology and conservation status of the West African Manatee (Trichechus senegalensis) in Eniong Creek, south Nigeria. International Journal of Research in Applied Natural and Social Sciences (IJRANSS), Accra, Ghana.1 (1): 19-24.
  42. Ajayi, S., E. A. Eniang, J. O. Bukie (2012). Effect of hunting activities on the population of White-throated Monkey (Cercopithecus erythrogasteer) in Okomu National Park, Edo State, Nigeria. Journal of Science, Engineering and Technology 1(2), September 2012: 1-6.
  43. Godfrey Akani, Nwabueze Ebere, Daniel Franco, Edem A. Eniang, Fabio Petrozzi, Edoardo Politano and Luca Luiselli (2013). Correlation between annual activity patterns of venomous snakes and rural people in the Niger Delta, southern Nigeria. Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases 19.2, DOI. 10.1186/1678-9199-19-2.
  44. Daniel Etim, Edem A. Eniang, Ubong Ime Udoakpan and Imaobong Ufot Nelson (2013). The conservation and status of Sclater’s Guenon in Ikot Uso Akpan community forest, Itu Nigeria. International journal of Molecular Ecology and Conservation, USA. 3(5): 27-33.
  45. U. Ogogo, E. A. Eniang and U. S. Etta (2013). Habitat utilization and conservation of the Cross River Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla diehli) in Afi Mountain Wildlife Sanctuary of Cross River State, Nigeria. Int. J. Biol. Chem. Sci. 7 (4): 1579-1585. Accra Ghana. Available online at http://ajol.info/index.php/ijbes.
  46. Edem A. Eniang, Godfrey C. Akani, Lorenzo Rugiero, Leonardo Vignoli and Luca Luiselli (2013). Ecological data of Nigerian Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia (Culubridae) populations. Herpetological Journal. London, Vol. (23) 5-9.
  47. Adam D. Leache, Philip Wagner, Charles W. Linkem, Wolfgang Bohme, Theodore J. Papenfuss, Rebecca A. Chong, Brian R. Lavin, Aaron M. Bauer, Stuart V. Nielson, Eli Greenbaum, Mark-Oliver Rodel, Andreas Schmitz, Mathew LeBreton, Ivan Ineich, Laurent Chiro, Caleb Ofori-Boateng, Edem A. Eniang, Sherif Baha El Din, Allan R. Lemmon and Frank T. Burbrink (2014). A hybrid phylogenetic-phylogenomic approach for species tree estimation in African Agama lizards with applications to biogeography, character evolution and diversification. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 79 (2014): 215-230. Available online at www.elsevier.com/locate/ympev.
  48. Gabriel Hoinsoude Segniagbeto, Edem A. Eniang, Fabio Petrozzi, Leordona Vignoli, Daniele Dendi, Godfrey C. Akani and Luca Luiselli (2014). Aspects of ecology of the tortoise Kinixys nogueyi (Lataste, 1886) in Togo and Nigeria (West Africa). Tropical Zoology, United Kingdom. 28(1):1-8. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03946975.2014.992616.

Fabio Petrozzi, Edem A. Eniang, Nioking Amadi, Godfrey C. Akani and Luca Luiselli (2014). Temporal and Spatial segregation in an assemblage of Afrotropical subterranean snakes.