DAAD climapAfrica Postdoctoral Fellow
Polytechnic University Center of Tenkodogo
Burkina Faso
Dr Issouf Zerbo is a Lecturer and Researcher at Polytechnic University Center of Tenkodogo, Burkina Faso. His work focuses on the functional diversity and the responses of savannahs vegetation to climate change, land use and habitats. In his climapAfrica research project at the University of Abomey-Calavi, Benin, Issouf aims at studing the impact of climate, land use and overexploitation on the conservation of Bombax costatum: a threatened useful woody species from Burkina Faso (West Africa).
Issouf aspires to the rank of Full Professor, develop a strong network with ClimapAfrica groups and establish leadership in his area of expertise.
Climate change expertise and interests
- Climate change
- Land use
- Plant Biology
- Systematic Botany
- Biodiversity, Phytosociology
- Functional Ecology
- Productivity of plant species and ecosystems
- Ethnobotany
- Biostatistics
Publications (most recent)
Ouédraogo K., Dimobe K., Zerbo I., Etongo D., Zare A. & Thiombiano A., 2019. Traditional knowledge and cultural importance of Gardenia erubescens Stapf & Hutch. in Sudanian savanna of Burkina Faso. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13002-019-0305-4
Zerbo I., Bernhardt-Römermann M., Ouédraogo O., Hahn K. & Thiombiano A., 2018. Diversity and occurrence of herbaceous communities in West African savannas in relation to climate, land use and habitat. Folia Geobotanica, 53 : 17-39. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12224-017-9303-2
Zerbo I., Hahn K., Bernhardt-Römermann M., Ouédraogo O. & Thiombiano A., 2017. Dispersal potential of herbaceous species in relation to climate, land use and habitat conditions in West African savannahs. Bois et Forêt des Tropiques. 332: 69-87.
I participate at climapAfrica because...
it will allow me to improve the quality of my research work and achieve my career goals. It will also help improve my leadership skills, my scientific skills and broaden my network of collaborators. It would allow me to benefit to the expertise of international rename researchers in the field of climate change and biodiversity conservation.
