DAAD climapAfrica Postdoctoral Fellow
National University of Agriculture
Benin
Dr Ayub M.O. Oduor is a Lecturer at the Department of Applied Biology of the Technical University Kenya. He obtained a PhD in Genetics and Evolution at the University of Granada, Spain. He previously did post-doctoral research at the University of Konstanz in Germany with funding from the Alexander von Humboldt and at the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing. His research focuses on ecology of invasive plant species. In climapAfrica, his research will seek to model risks of invasion by alien ornamental flora under current and forecasted future climatic conditions in Benin Republic. Information from the study will may inform prioritization of management of alien species that pose greatest risks of invasion.
Climate change expertise and interests
- Invasive alien plant species
- Species distribution modelling
Publications (most recent)
Oduor A.M.O. (2020) Livelihood impacts and governance processes of community-based wildlife conservation in Maasai Mara ecosystem, Kenya. Journal of Environmental Management 260 110133.
Oduor A.M.O, Long H, Fandohan AB, Liu J, and Yu X (2018). An invasive plant provides refuge to native plant species in an intensely grazed ecosystem. Biological Invasions 20 (10): 2745–2751
Oduor A.M.O, van Kleunen M, and Stift Marc (2017) In the presence of specialist root and shoot herbivory, invasive-range Brassica nigra populations have stronger competitive effects than native-range populations. Journal of Ecology 105 (6): 1679-1686.
I participate at climapAfrica because...
It offers opportunities for collaboration in research among African peer scholars as well as with German experts on various topics relevant for adaptation to, and mitigation of, the impacts of climate change.
