Dr. Adewole Olagoke

Guest Scientist

Dr. Adewole O. Olagoke

Leibniz Universität Hannover

Chair of Forest Biometrics and Systems Analysis

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Research interests

I am interested in functional ecology and structural dynamics of tropical forests, exploring the ecological processes (including complex local interactions) that structure and maintain diversity, and functional stability of forest ecosystems in changing environment. Specific field experiences traverse tropical humid forests in Nigeria, dry forests in Costa Rica and mangrove forest ecosystems in Kenya and Brazil. My doctoral research seeks to contribute to the knowledge on architectural trait plasticity – environmental stress correlations and the associated consequences for forest structure and functioning of mangrove forests, with field sites located in the Amazon-Influenced Coasts in Bragança (Brazil) and French Guyana. The research approach combines learning from empirical field data with architectural analysis in Tree Architecture Model and Individual-Based stand simulation to answer a key question: how do mangrove species adapt tree morphology to cope with environmental changes?

Projects

2014 - French Guiana Mangrove Watch: from mangrove tree to coastal dynamics (MANGWATCH) coordinated by IRD-UMR AMAP (Montpellier, France)
Since 2013 – Forest and Nature for Society (FONASO) 2013- 1462/001-001-EMIIE-MJD in collaboration with AgroParisTech, IRD-UMR AMAP (Montpellier, France)
2012 - MASMA Regional Project on “Resilience of mangroves and dependent communities in the WIO region to climate change”, Grant No: MASMA/CC/2010/08, funded by the Western Indian Ocean Marine Science Association (WIOMSA)

Abridged CV

Since 2013: Research Associate, Professorship of Forest Biometrics and System Analysis, TU Dresden (Germany)
2012 – 2013: Assistant Lecturer, Department of Forestry, Federal University of Technology Akure (Nigeria)
2011 – 2012: MSc Tropical Forestry and Management (SUTROFOR), TU Dresden (Germany)
2010 – 2011: MSc Environmental Forestry, Bangor University, Wales (United Kingdom)
2009 – 2010: Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Forestry, Federal University of Technology Akure (Nigeria)
2008 – 2009: Youth Service Corps, University of Ilorin (Nigeria)
2003 – 2007: B. Tech Forestry, Department of Forestry, Federal University of Technology Akure (Nigeria)

Field studies

Instituto de Estudos Costeiros da Universidade Federal do Pará (IECOS-UFPA)BraganÇa (Brazil) under the auspices of Coastal Research Network on Environmental Changes
January – April 2014
Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute (KMFRI) in Mombasa, Kenya in the frame of MASMA Regional Project on “Resilience of mangroves and dependent communities in the WIO region to climate change”, Grant No: MASMA/CC/2010/08.
February – May 2011
Centre for Tropical Agricultural Research and Education (CATIE) Turrialba, Costa Rica, through the Sustainable Tropical Forestry Master’s programme summer course
June – July 2010

Publications

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Peer-reviewed journals

Peters, R., Olagoke, A., & Berger, U. (2018). A new mechanistic theory of self-thinning: Adaptive behaviour of plants explains the shape and slope of self-thinning trajectories. Ecological Modelling 390, 1–9.
Proisy, C., Degenne, P., Anthony, E. J., Berger, U., Blanchard, E., Gardel, A., Olagoke, A. S., Valdenira W., Romain S., Seen, D. Lo. (2016). A Multiscale Simulation Approach for Linking Mangrove Dynamics to Coastal Processes using Remote Sensing Observations. Journal of Coastal Research, 75.
Olagoke, A.O., Proisy, C., Féret, J. et al. (2016): Extended biomass allometric equations for large mangrove trees from terrestrial LiDAR data. Trees 30, 935–947.
Bosire, J.O., Kaino, J.J., Olagoke, A.O., Mwihaki, L.M., Ogendi, G.M.; Kairo, J.G., Berger, U. and Macharia, D. (2013). Mangroves in Peril: unprecedented degradation rates of peri-urban mangroves in Kenya. Biogeosciences Discuss., 10: 16371–16404
Olagoke, A.O, Bosire, J. and Berger, U (2013). Regeneration of Rhizophora mucronata (Lamk.) in degraded mangrove forest: lessons from point pattern analyses of local tree interactions. Acta Oecologica 50: 1-9
Adekunle, V.A.J., Olagoke, A.O. and Akindele, S.O. (2013). Tree Species Diversity and Structure of a Nigerian Strict Nature Reserve. Tropical Ecology 54(3): 275-288
Akinloye, A.J., H.C. Illoh and A.O. Olagoke (2012). Significance of Wood Anatomical Features to the Taxonomy of Five Cola species. Sustainable Agriculture Research 1(2): 21-26
Adekunle, V. A. J. and Olagoke, A.O. (2010). The impacts of timber harvesting on residual trees and seedlings in Tropical Rainforest Ecosystem, South Western Nigeria. International Journal of Biodiversity Science, Ecosystem Services and Management, 6(3): 131-138
Adekunle, V.A.J., A.O. Olagoke and L.F. Ogundare (2010). Rate of timber production in a tropical rainforest ecosystem of Southwestern Nigeria and its implications on sustainable forest management. Journal of Forestry Research 21(2): 225-230
Victor A.J. Adekunle, Adewole O. Olagoke, Lawrence F. Ogundare (2010): Logging impacts in tropical lowland humid forest on tree species diversity and environmental conservation. Journal of Sustainable Forestry 29(5): 517 – 538
Akinloye, A.J., H.C. Illoh and A.O. Olagoke (2010). Screening of some indigenous herbal dyes for use in plant histological staining. Journal of Forestry Research 21(1): 81-84
V.A.J. Adekunle and A.O. Olagoke (2008). Diversity and biovolume of tree species in natural forest ecosystem in the bitumen-producing area of Ondo State, Nigeria: a baseline study. Biodivers Conserv 17 (11): 2735-2755

Poster

Olagoke, A.O, Mwihaki, L., Bosire, J. and Berger, U (2013). Stand structure and spatial pattern of mangrove regeneration in a degraded peri-urban coastal forest, Presentation at Tropentag held in Stuttgart-Hohenheim between 17–19 September 2013 (Abstracts are available online)

Conference paper

Olagoke, A.O. and Onyekwelu, J.C (2010). Tree species adaptation to climate change and carbon stock dynamics in Akure Forest Reserve (Permanent Sample Plot 29), Ondo State Nigeria. In: Forests for the Future - Sustaining Society and the Environment. XXIII IUFRO World Congress, 23-28 August 2010, Seoul, South Korea. International Forestry Review 12 (5): 24 (Special Issue of Abstracts are available online)