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Yahaya Musah

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CollegeCOLLEGE OF BASIC & APPLIED SC.
School / InstituteSCH OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
DepartmentDEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL BIOLOGY AND CONSERVATION SCIENCE
Terrestrial ecologywildlifebiodiversity conservationherpetologymammals
Publications

15

Citations

329

H-index

9

i10-index

9

Publication activity
Publication statistics
Average citations
21.9
Most cited paper
96
First publication year
1900
Latest publication year
2026
Last updated
13 Sep 2026, 22:46
Publications

15 matching publications

PublicationYearJournalThematic areaCitations
Epidemiology, ecology and human perceptions of snakebites in a savanna community of northern Ghana
Y Musah, EPK Ameade, DK Attuquayefio, LH Holbech
2019 PLoS neglected tropical diseases 13 (8), e0007221, 2019 Natural Sciences 96
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 94
Ophidiophobia, myth generation, and human perceptions: Implications for snake conservation in a typical savanna community of northern Ghana
Y Musah, DK Attuquayefio, ANA Pobee, LH Holbech
2022 Human Dimensions of Wildlife 27 (4), 321-342, 2022 Natural Sciences 25
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
Climate change knowledge, attitude and perception of undergraduate students in Ghana. PLoS Climate, 2 (6), e0000215
BY Ofori, EP Ameade, F Ohemeng, Y Musah, JK Quartey, EH Owusu
2023 Natural Sciences 17
Diversity and abundance of small mammals along a disturbance gradient on a university campus in Ghana
F Gbogbo, K Tabiri, M Yahaya
2017 International Journal of Ecology and Development 32 (1), 54-65, 2017 Natural Sciences 15
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
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
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
Land use and Land cover Change Analysis and Its Implications for Conservation Planning in the Agumatsa Range, Ghana
FA Boahene, W Oduro, DK Attuquayefio, EC Timpong-Jones, Y Musah
2026 West African Journal of Applied Ecology 34 (1), 22-28, 2026 Natural Sciences 0
Epidemiology, ecology and human perceptions of snakebites in a savanna community of northern Ghana
DK Attuquayefio, Y Musah, EPK Ameade
2019 bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), 2019 Natural Sciences 0
A conservation assessment of the herpetofauna of a moist semi-deciduous forest in Ghana
B Ofori, Y Musah
1900 Natural Sciences 0
International Journal of Biodiversity and Conservation Seasonal changes in small mammal assemblage in Kogyae Strict Nature Reserve, Ghana
Y Musah
1900 Natural Sciences 0