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Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=52758 Author(s)      Rosina Kyerematen 1,2* , Erasmus Henaku Owusu 1 , Daniel Acquah-Lamptey 1 , Roger Sigismund Anderson 2 , Yaa Ntiamoa-Baidu 1,3 Affiliation(s) 1 Centre for African Wetlands, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana . 1 Department of Animal Biology and Conservation Science, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana . 2 African Regional Postgraduate Programme in Insect Science, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana . ABSTRACT Kogyae Strict Nature Reserve, the only one in Ghana, was established to promote scientific research, particularly on how nature revitalizes itself after major disasters, and also to check th...

Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=52758#.VKISbcCAM4 Author(s)   Rosina Kyerematen 1,2* , Erasmus Henaku Owusu 1 , Daniel Acquah-Lamptey 1 , Roger Sigismund Anderson 2 , Yaa Ntiamoa-Baidu 1,3 Affiliation(s) 1 Centre for African Wetlands, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana . 1 Department of Animal Biology and Conservation Science, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana . 2 African Regional Postgraduate Programme in Insect Science, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana . ABSTRACT Kogyae Strict Nature Reserve, the only one in Ghana, was established to promote scientific research, particularly on how nature revitalizes itself after major disasters, and also to check the sou...

Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=52275#.VI-HlcnQrzE Author(s) Kathryn Teare Ada Lambert * , Nigel R. Andrew , Paul G. McDonald Affiliation(s) Centre for Behavioural and Physiological Ecology, Zoology, University of New England, Armidale, Australia . ABSTRACT Identifying the factor causing species decline from a multitude of potential disturbances is essential for successful management. Invasive species are often drivers of decline, either through direct effects such as recruitment limitation, or through indirect effects such as habitat modification that facilitate biota changes in other taxa. In this study, we tested the importance of bird predation on arthropods ...