Research
The institute is uniquely positioned within the Amurum Forest Reserve which is home to over 300 of Nigeria’s over 900 bird species. The Amurum Forest Reserve, an Important Bird and Biodiversity Area also serves a as stop-over and wintering site for migrant bird species. Thus, the Institute continues to serve as a field station for ecological research for researchers from all over the world. Also, several research programmes are co-ordinated by the Institute research staff and post-graduate students.
Surrounded by communities nestled between rolling hills, there once stood an overused plot of land. It
Plant Propagation and Horticultural Unit
There has been an increasing recognition of nocturnal activities as an integral part of the life
Nocturnal Ecology
Breeding, migration and moult are the three most energy demanding activities in the annual cycle of
Migration and moult strategy of the Curlew Sandpiper
ABOUT THE LINE TRANSECT MONITORING SCHEME
In an effort to keep track of the dynamics
Monitoring -Line Transect Scheme
About the project
Monitoring butterfly populations is an effective way to measure changes
Monitoring -Amurum Butterfly Populations
The Amurum Forest Reserve is an Important Bird Area which holds a variety of flora and
Monitoring -Amurum Forest Reserve Vegetation
The Weppa Farm and woodland is an excellent location for a research station given its long
Weppa Farm Research Project
To sample different animal taxa with a view to determining potential
West African Centre for Emerging Infectious Diseases (WAC-EID)
This Biodiversity Information development Unit has been set up courtesy of a Global Biodiversity Information
Biodiversity Information Development Unit
The role of people’s behaviours, beliefs and custom in biodiversity conservation
Activities
1. To determine
Socioecology and Ethnoecology
The Animal Behaviour and Migration Research Group seeks to integrate all ongoing and planned research
Animal behaviour and migration
To study the phylogenetics of African avian species and predict viable population sizes in light
Conservation genetics and molecular ecology
We wish to investigate the role of Amurum Forest Reserve (AFR) as an Important Bird
Macroecology and Biogeography
About APLORI Point Count Monitoring scheme
This is an initiative by the A. P. Leventis Research Ornithological
Monitoring -Point Count
NiBAP was launched in December 2015 and seeks to map the distribution of Nigeria’s birds
Monitoring -Citizen science (Nigeria Bird Atlas Project NiBAP)
Co-ordinating bird ringing activities in Nigeria
Birds are ubiquitous in nature and freely move
APLORI Bird Ringing (APBRING) Scheme
