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Lars Haubye Holbech

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

Verified email at ug.edu.gh Associate Professor, University of Ghana, Legon Google Scholar

CollegeCOLLEGE OF BASIC & APPLIED SC.
School / InstituteSCH OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
DepartmentDEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL BIOLOGY AND CONSERVATION SCIENCE
Animal EcologyOrnithologyBiodiversity Conservation
Publications

45

Citations

1,016

H-index

15

i10-index

19

Publication activity
Publication statistics
Average citations
22.6
Most cited paper
214
First publication year
1900
Latest publication year
2026
Last updated
13 Sep 2026, 23:23
Publications

45 matching publications

PublicationYearJournalThematic areaCitations
Protected areas in tropical Africa: assessing threats and conservation activities
S Tranquilli, M Abedi-Lartey, K Abernethy, F Amsini, A Asamoah, ...
2014 PloS one 9 (12), e114154, 2014 Natural Sciences 214
Lack of conservation effort rapidly increases African great ape extinction risk
S Tranquilli, M Abedi‐Lartey, F Amsini, L Arranz, A Asamoah, O Babafemi, ...
2012 Conservation Letters 5 (1), 48-55, 2012 Natural Sciences 143
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
Severe declines of understory birds follow illegal logging in Upper Guinea forests of Ghana, West Africa
N Arcilla, LH Holbech, S O’Donnell
2015 Biological Conservation 188, 41-49, 2015 Natural Sciences 93
Research and conservation of the larger parrots of Africa and Madagascar: a review of knowledge gaps and opportunities
RO Martin, MR Perrin, RS Boyes, YD Abebe, ND Annorbah, A Asamoah, ...
2014 Ostrich 85 (3), 205-233, 2014 Natural Sciences 79
The implications of selective logging and forest fragmentation for the conservation of avian diversity in evergreen forests of south-west Ghana
LH Holbech
2005 Bird Conservation International 15 (1), 27-52, 2005 Natural Sciences 46
The conservation importance of luxuriant tree plantations for lower storey forest birds in south-west Ghana
LH Holbech
2009 Bird Conservation International 19 (3), 287-308, 2009 Natural Sciences 42
Relative abundance, agonistic behaviour, and resource partitioning among three scavenging bird species in Ghana
NND Annorbah, LH Holbech
2012 Malimbus 34 (34), 1-8, 2012 Natural Sciences 32
Uncontrolled hunting and habitat degradation decimate and extirpate forest hornbills in Ghana, West Africa
LH Holbech, NND Annorbah, B Phalan, N Arcilla
2018 Biological Conservation 223, 104-111, 2018 Natural Sciences 27
Great expectations, not-so-great performance: Participant views of community-based natural resource management in Ghana, West Africa
AK Agyare, LH Holbech, N Arcilla
2024 Current Research in Environmental Sustainability 7, 100251, 2024 Natural Sciences 25
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
Faunistic diversity and game production contra human activities in the Ghana high forest zone with reference to the Western Region
LH Holbech
1996 Unpublished. PhD. Thesis, unpublished. University of Copenhagen, Denmark, 1996 Natural Sciences 24
Abundance and prey capture success of Common Terns (Sterna hirundo) and Pied Kingfishers (Ceryle rudis) in relation to water clarity in south-east coastal Ghana
LH Holbech, F Gbogbo, TK Aikins
2018 Avian Research 9 (1), 25, 2018 Natural Sciences 22
Distribution and abundance of small mammals in different habitat types in the Owabi Wildlife Sanctuary, Ghana
RA Garshong, DK Attuquayefio, LH Holbech, JK Adomako
2013 Journal of Ecology and the Natural Environment 5 (5), 83-87, 2013 Natural Sciences 20
Foraging activities, success and efficiency of cattle egrets (Bubulcus ibis) in three habitat types in the Greater Accra region of Ghana
K Abigail, K Rosina, AK Daniel, LH Holbech
2013 Journal of Biological and Food Science Research 2 (4), 45-50, 2013 Natural Sciences 19
Effects of selective logging on a rainforest bird community in western Ghana
LH Holbech
1992 Unpublished MSc thesis, Institute of Population Biology, Department of …, 1992 Natural Sciences 14
Genetic and paleomodelling evidence of the population expansion of the cattle egret Bubulcus ibis in Africa during the climatic oscillations of the Late Pleistocene
C Congrains, AF Carvalho, EA Miranda, GS Cumming, DAW Henry, ...
2016 Journal of Avian Biology 47 (6), 846-857, 2016 Natural Sciences 13
Bushmeat survey: Literature review, field work and recommendations for a sustainable community-based wildlife resource management system
L Holbech
1998 Protected Areas Development Programme (PADP), Western Region, Ghana/ULG …, 1998 Natural Sciences 13
A rapid assessment of species-specific bird strike risk at the Kotoka International Airport in Accra, Ghana
LH Holbech, A Asamoah, EH Owusu
2015 Ostrich 86 (3), 277-285, 2015 Natural Sciences 10
Pollution or protection-what early survey data shows on rapid waterbird utilisation of a newly established sewage treatment plant in urban Ghana, West Africa
LH Holbech, CC Cobbinah
2021 Wetlands 41 (8), 110, 2021 Natural Sciences 9
Intense international exploitation of African hornbills necessitates urgent conservation measures, including CITES listing
J Tinsman, A Woodward, S Su, DH Skinner, LV Kemp, AD Abeh, ...
2025 Biological Conservation 308, 111105, 2025 Natural Sciences 8
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
Non-Timber-Forest-Products Survey Part II (Annexe to Main Report - Market survey and trade route assessment around the Ankasa protected area)
LH Holbech
2000 Protected Areas Development Programme (PADP), Western Region, Ghana/ULG …, 2000 Natural Sciences 6
Usage pattern of artificial water sources by birds on a rapidly expanding university campus in Ghana
F Gbogbo, LH Holbech, RO Eriom
2016 Malimbus 38 (1), 1-9, 2016 Natural Sciences 5
High-quality surrounding landscapes mitigate avian extirpations from forest remnants
AS Bueno, CD Mendenhall, M Anciães, L Dos Anjos, V Arroyo-Rodríguez, ...
2026 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 123 (14), e2521783123, 2026 Natural Sciences 4