Plant-herbivores interactions and their influence on the distribution of the reintroduced Sub-Saharan antelopes in OROA reserve - Chad
Date issued
August 2025
Number of pages
8p ; 9p ; 11p
Subjects
Plant-herbivore Ecological movement Plant diversity Metabolomics eDNA Chad Scimitar-horned oryx Addax Citrullus colocynthis
Abstract
These three reports summarize the fieldwork conducted between June 2024 and July 2025 as part of Mr. Caleb Ngaba Waye Taroum's doctoral research project within the Ouadi Rime Ouadi Achim National Wildlife Reserve (RFOROA). They describe the fieldwork, the data collection process and methodology, and the sampling of plant and animal extracts. They also provide a preliminary overview and present indices of plant diversity in the reserve's habitats. These missions were carried out with the authorization of the Chadian authorities of the Ministry of the Environment and the Ministry of Livestock (DGRFFP and IRED).
This research is conducted under the scientific supervision of the Conservation Biology Laboratory at the University of Neuchâtel, in partnership with the Institute of Science and Technology of Abéché (INSTA). We actively collaborate with the ZODIAC laboratory at the French Research Institute for Livestock and Development (IREVD), which provides support for the preservation, processing, and shipment of fecal matter to the Conservation Sciences Laboratory (Royal Dick School of Veterinary Studies) at the University of Edinburgh (UK).
This research also benefits from the institutional and logistical support of the NGO Sahara Conservation and its administrative and field staff, as well as the technical support of the Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, Zoological Society of London, and the Functional Biology Laboratory at the University of Neuchâtel.
The Swiss Confederation's Excellence Scholarship funds our training at the Doctoral School of Life Sciences (DSLS) at the University of Neuchâtel. Financially, this project has benefited from the support of the Rufford Foundation, the Ségré Foundation – IUCN Save Our Species and the University of Neuchâtel (Switzerland), through the Conservation Biology Laboratory.
This research is conducted under the scientific supervision of the Conservation Biology Laboratory at the University of Neuchâtel, in partnership with the Institute of Science and Technology of Abéché (INSTA). We actively collaborate with the ZODIAC laboratory at the French Research Institute for Livestock and Development (IREVD), which provides support for the preservation, processing, and shipment of fecal matter to the Conservation Sciences Laboratory (Royal Dick School of Veterinary Studies) at the University of Edinburgh (UK).
This research also benefits from the institutional and logistical support of the NGO Sahara Conservation and its administrative and field staff, as well as the technical support of the Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, Zoological Society of London, and the Functional Biology Laboratory at the University of Neuchâtel.
The Swiss Confederation's Excellence Scholarship funds our training at the Doctoral School of Life Sciences (DSLS) at the University of Neuchâtel. Financially, this project has benefited from the support of the Rufford Foundation, the Ségré Foundation – IUCN Save Our Species and the University of Neuchâtel (Switzerland), through the Conservation Biology Laboratory.
Notes
Reports of sampling and data collection missions in the Ouadi Rimé Ouadi Achim Wildlife Reserve in Chad under the doctoral project framework of Ngaba Waye Taroum Caleb.
Project duration: September 2023 - August 2027.
Project duration: September 2023 - August 2027.
Alternative title
Field missions reports
Publication type
report