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ADDRESS

M’Mouyohoun Kouagou Tel: (00229) 9679 ​ 3117 University of email: [email protected] Laboratory of Ecology, Botany and Plant Biology [email protected] ​ 03 PO Box 125 Parakou,

RECENT EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

February 2021 - Now: Assistant project manager at “Etudes et Recherche Appliquées ​ pour le Développement ERAD ONG” December 2014 - Now: Research assistant at the Laboratory of Ecology, Botany and ​ Plant Biology, University of Parakou. http://leb-up.org/. ​ ​ December 2019-December 2020: Project Manager at the Culture, Study and ​ Research for Development of (CERD-BENIN). Coordinator of the project: PKN2C/PMF-FEM/PNUD. http://cerd.benin.ong.free.fr/ ​ October 2016 – December 2020: Teaching assistant for Bachelor Students at the ​ Faculty of Agronomy, University of Parakou in Statistical inferences, Applied Statistics ​ with R, Ecological Statistics with R, Multivariate Analysis with R, Botany, Management of Protected Areas, Methods of Study of Non-Timber Forest Products, Assessment of the impact of forest resources management. December 2017-February 2018: Associate consultant at The Regional Association of ​ Professional Ruminant Herder Organizations (UDOPER) of BORGOU. Rural Development Sector Support Program (PASDeR) funded by the Swiss Cooperation, Benin. May 2017-December 2017: Consultant at ECLOSIO-NGO Benin for experimental ​ design and data analysis for neglected cereals such as Fonio at , Benin, https://www.eclosio.ong/en/country/benin/ March 2016 – November 2016: Occasional instructor at the Technical high school of ​ Agriculture, Kika, , Benin. Teacher of Forest Ecology and Management. March 2013 - September 2013: Occasional instructor at the Technical high school of ​ Agriculture, Kika, Tchaourou, Benin. Teacher of Agroforestry, Forest Ecology and Non-timber forest Products. August 2007 - September 2007: Occasional (summer) Instructor at the High school, ​ Boukombé, Benin, Teacher of Mathematics Grade 8 and 9.

EDUCATION

Ph.D., Monitoring and Conservation of Biodiversity 2016- ​ University of Parakou M.Sc., Statistics major Biostatistics 2016 ​ Faculty of Agronomic Sciences, University of -Calavi M.Sc., Forest Engineering 2013 ​ Faculty of Agronomy, University of Parakou B.Sc., General Agronomy 2011 ​ Faculty of Agronomy, University of Parakou

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2019 - Julie Denslow Prize for outstanding paper in Biotropica ​ 2007 - Scholarship of Beninese State (competitive and awarded to top students), Faculty of Agronomy, University of Parakou, Republic of Benin 2007-2012

PUBLICATIONS

[1] Kouagou M, Ahouandjinou OEB, Houessou L, Dicko A, Natta AK (2019) ​ ​ Synergistic effect of anthropogenic disturbances on offspring demography of Pentadesma butyracea (Clusiaceae), a threatened tree species in Benin (West-Africa). American Journal of Plant Sciences, 10, 1374-1390. ISSN Print: ​ 2158-2742, ISSN Online:2158-2750, https://www.scirp.org/journal/paperinformation.aspx?paperid=94593

[2] Gaoue OG, Gado C, Natta A, Kouagou M (2018) Recurrent fruits harvest reduces ​ seedling density but increases clonal reproduction in a tropical tree. Biotropica, 50 ​ ​ (1), 69-73. Online ISSN:1744-7429, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/btp.12486 This paper won the 2019 Julie ​ Denslow prize for Outstanding paper in Biotropica

[3] Kouagou M, Ahoundjinou OEB, Biaou SSH, Keita NT, Natta AK (2018) Impact of ​ ​ fragmentation on tree diversity, density and structure of P. butyracea Sabine Clusiaceae population in Benin (West-Africa). International Journal of Biological and ​ Chemical Sciences, 12 (5), 1965-1975. eISSN: 1997-342X, print ISSN: 1991-8631, https://www.ajol.info/in​ dex.php/ijbcs/article/view/181398

[4] Gaoue OG, Kouagou M, Natta A, Gado C (2017) Response of a tropical tree to ​ ​ non-timber forest products harvest and reduction in habitat size. PLoS One, ​ ​ 12(8):e0183964. Online ISSN 1932-6203, https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0183964

[5] Dicko A, Natta AK, Ewedj E-E, Kouagou M (2017) Effet du climat, du sol et du ​ diamètre sur la phénologie de Lophira lanceolata (Ochnaceae) au Bénin. Annales de ​ ​ l’Université de Parakou, Série «Sciences Naturelles et Agronomie», 7 (1), 83-97. ISSN: 1840-8494, eISSN : 1840-8508

[6] Chabi-Boni D, Natta AK, Kouagou M (2017) Rôle des marchés périodiques dans ​ l’approvisionnement alimentaire des zones à risques du piedmont Atacorien: Cas des communes de Boukombé, et Matéri (nord-ouest du Bénin, Afrique de l’ouest). Annales de l’Université de Parakou, Série « Sciences Naturelles et Agronomie», 1, 18-26. ISSN : 1840-8494, eISSN : 1840-8508

[7] Dicko A, Biaou SSH, Natta AK, Gado CAS et Kouagou M (2016) Influence des ​ pressions anthropiques sur la structure des populations de Pentadesma butyracea ​ au Bénin. VertigO, 16 (3), 1-21. ISSN format électronique : 1492-8442, ​ ​ https://journals.openedition.org/vertigo/18195

[8] Biaou SSH, Natta AK, Dicko A et Kouagou M (2016) Typologie des systèmes ​ agroforestiers et leurs impacts sur la satisfaction des besoins des populations rurales au Bénin. Bulletin de la Recherche Agronomique du Bénin, Numéro spécial ​ ​ Économie et Sociologie Rurales, 43 – 56.

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Dataset contributed to open access digital repositories

[1] Gaoue OG, Gado C, Natta AK, Kouagou M (2017) Data from: Recurrent fruits ​ harvest reduces seedling density but increases clonal reproduction in a tropical tree. Dryad Digital Repository doi:10.5061/dryad.h58kg. ​ RECENT CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION

[1] 2020 - Fifth international symposium of the University of Parakou, Benin, October ​ 19-22, 2020 (speaker).

[2] 2019 – Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation (ATBC) Meeting, Antananarivo, Madagascar, 2019 (Contributed to talk).

[3] 2018 - Fourth international symposium on “Scientific research as an essential ​ pillar of the social responsibility of Universities”, University of Parakou, Benin, November 28-30, 2018 (speaker). ​ ​ [4] 2017 - Sixth symposium on “Sciences, Culture and Technology”, University of ​ Abomey-Calavi, Benin, September 25-30, 2017 (speaker).

[5] 2017 - Second symposium on “Research in Africa: Retro-vision and vision for the emergence of continent”, University of Kara, Togo, September 11-15, 2017 (speaker).

[6] 2017 - Scientific Colloquium on the theme "Food security and adaptation of production systems to climate change" University of Parakou, Benin, November 15-17, 2017 (speaker).

[7] 2016 – Seventeenth international scientific days on “Scientific research in face of ​ ​ climate change challenges and development issues”, University of Lomé, Togo, October 3-8, 2016 (speaker).

[8] 2016 –Third International Symposium on “Scientific Research for Sustainable Development”, University of Parakou, Benin 2016 (speaker).

[9] 2015 – Second international Symposium on “Scientific Research at the Department of Local Development” University of Parakou, Benin.

[10] 2014 - Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation (ATBC) Meeting, Cairns, Australia, 2014 (Contributed to talk).

[11] 2013 – First international symposium on ‘’Sciences, Society and Development’’ University of Parakou 2013 (speaker).

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