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Benjamin Yeboah Ofori

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

Verified email at ug.edu.gh University of Ghana Google Scholar

CollegeCOLLEGE OF BASIC & APPLIED SC.
School / InstituteSCH OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
DepartmentDEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL BIOLOGY AND CONSERVATION SCIENCE
zoologyclimate changeecologyconservation
Publications

54

Citations

629

H-index

11

i10-index

15

Publication activity
Publication statistics
Average citations
11.6
Most cited paper
107
First publication year
1900
Latest publication year
2027
Last updated
16 Sep 2026, 01:05
Publications

54 matching publications

PublicationYearJournalThematic areaCitations
Influence of adaptive capacity on the outcome of climate change vulnerability assessment
BY Ofori, AJ Stow, JB Baumgartner, LJ Beaumont
2017 Scientific reports 7 (1), 12979, 2017 Natural Sciences 107
Climate change knowledge, attitude and perception of undergraduate students in Ghana
BY Ofori, EPK Ameade, F Ohemeng, Y Musah, JK Quartey, EH Owusu
2023 PLoS Climate 2 (6), e0000215, 2023 Natural Sciences 105
Urban green area provides refuge for native small mammal biodiversity in a rapidly expanding city in Ghana
BY Ofori, RA Garshong, F Gbogbo, EH Owusu, DK Attuquayefio
2018 Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 190 (8), 480, 2018 Natural Sciences 50
Impact of mining and forest regeneration on small mammal biodiversity in the Western Region of Ghana
DK Attuquayefio, EH Owusu, BY Ofori
2017 Environmental monitoring and assessment 189 (5), 237, 2017 Natural Sciences 49
The secondary impact of mining on primates and other medium to large mammals in forest reserves in southwestern Ghana
EH Owusu, BY Ofori, DK Attuquayefio
2018 The Extractive Industries and Society 5 (1), 114-121, 2018 Natural Sciences 46
Combining dispersal, landscape connectivity and habitat suitability to assess climate-induced changes in the distribution of Cunningham’s skink, Egernia cunninghami
BY Ofori, AJ Stow, JB Baumgartner, LJ Beaumont
2017 PLoS One 12 (9), e0184193, 2017 Natural Sciences 26
4. Herpetofauna community diversity and composition of a changing coastal wetland in Ghana
Y Musah, BY Ofori, DK Attuquayefio
2019 West African Journal of Applied Ecology 27 (1), 52-65, 2019 Natural Sciences 25
Spatio-temporal variation in small mammal species richness, relative abundance and body mass reveal changes in a coastal wetland ecosystem in Ghana
BY Ofori, DK Attuquayefio, EH Owusu, Y Musah, Y Ntiamoa-Baidu
2016 Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 188 (6), 330, 2016 Natural Sciences 18
Terrestrial small mammal community structure in an anthropogenically-altered moist semi-deciduous forest zone of Ghana
BY Ofori, DK Attuquayefio, F Gbogbo
2013 Int. J. Dev. Sust 2 (2), 1156-1168, 2013 Natural Sciences 18
Ecological status of large mammals of a moist semi-deciduous forest of Ghana: implications for wildlife conservation
BY Ofori, DK Attuquayefio, EH Owusu
2012 Journal of Biodiversity and Environmental Sciences 2 (2), 28-37, 2012 Natural Sciences 17
Seasonal changes in small mammal assemblage in Kogyae Strict Nature Reserve, Ghana
BY Ofori, DK Attuquayefio, EH Owusu, RKY Musah, JK Quartey, ...
2015 International Journal of Biodiversity and Conservation 7 (4), 238-244, 2015 Natural Sciences 15
Tail bifurcation in the African rainbow lizard (Agama agama Linnaeus, 1758) from Ghana, West Africa
BY Ofori, P Martey, Y Musah, D Attuquayefio
2018 Herpetology Notes 11, 843-845, 2018 Natural Sciences 11
Hunting intensity in the Suhuma Forest Reserve in the Sefwi Wiawso District of the Western Region of Ghana: a threat to biodiversity conservation
BY Ofori, DK Attuquayefio
2010 West African Journal of Applied Ecology 17 (1), 2010 Natural Sciences 11
Cunningham's skinks show low genetic connectivity and signatures of divergent selection across its distribution
BY Ofori, LJ Beaumont, AJ Stow
2017 Ecology and Evolution 7 (1), 48-57, 2017 Natural Sciences 10
ASPECTS OF THE ECOLOGY OF THE TULLBERG’S SOFT-FURRED MOUSE (PRAOMYS TULLBERGI: THOMAS 1894) IN MOUNT AFADJATO, GHANA
BY Ofori, DK Attuquayefio, EH Owusu
2013 Journal of Experimental Biology 1 (5), 2013 Natural Sciences 10
Urbanization influences small mammal composition, but not species richness in forest fragments in Accra, Ghana
BY Ofori, EA Obeng, DK Attuquayefio
2022 Environmental monitoring and assessment 194 (2), 60, 2022 Natural Sciences 9
Observations of the African rainbow lizard (Agama picticauda Peters 1877) from Ghana feeding on bread
BY Ofori, P Martey, DK Attuquayefio
2018 Herpetology Notes 11, 955-957, 2018 Natural Sciences 9
The costs of living in the city: influence of urbanization on the trophic niche and body condition of the African rainbow lizard Agama picticauda
BY Ofori, P Martey, RS Anderson, JB Mensah, JK Quartey, ...
2023 European Journal of Wildlife Research 69 (6), 114, 2023 Natural Sciences 8
Influence of adaptive capacity on the outcome of climate change vulnerability assessment. Sci. Rep. 7, 12979
BY Ofori, AJ Stow, JB Baumgartner, LJ Beaumont
2017 Natural Sciences 8
Predation on Kob (Kobus kob) by the African rock python (Python sebae) at Shai Hills Resource Reserve, Ghana
RA Antwi, BY Ofori, DK Attuquayefio, EH Owusu
2019 Herpetology Notes 12, 1181-1183, 2019 Natural Sciences 7
A conservation assessment of the herpetofauna of a moist semi-deciduous forest in Ghana
M Yahaya, DK Attuquayefio, EH Owusu, LH Holbech, BY Ofori
2013 J. Biodivers. Environ. Sci 3 (12), 186-197, 2013 Natural Sciences 7
Night life: Positional behaviors and activity patterns of the Neotropical kinkajou, Potos flavus (Carnivora, Procyonidae)
JB Mensah, PM Forget, É Guilbert, A Herrel, BY Ofori, AG Naas
2024 Journal of Zoology 324 (3), 231-243, 2024 Natural Sciences 6
Green care as alternative therapy: The situation in Ghana
EP Kwame Ameade, LA Owusuaa Amoah, BY Ofori
2021 Evidence‐Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2021 (1), 8812379, 2021 Natural Sciences 6
Herpetofauna under threat: A study of Kogyae Strict Nature Reserve, Ghana
Y Musah, DK Attuquayefio, BY Ofori, EH Owusu
2015 International Journal of Biodiversity and Conservation 7 (11), 420-428, 2015 Natural Sciences 6
Animals traded for traditional medicine in Ghana: their zootherapeutic uses and implications for biodiversity conservation
EPK Ameade, DK Attuquayefio, F Gbogbo, J Adusei-Sarkodie, BY Ofori, ...
2025 Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 21 (1), 21, 2025 Natural Sciences 5