In late summer all our three Cameroonian students defended their Master theses at the University of Buea. Mercy, Kobe and Jennifer spent about four months in the field with us, assissting with our projects and collecting their data under supervision of Robert Tropek (and factually of all of us). During summer they processed the data and wrote their theses. All the work lead to successful defenses with excellent evalutions. Congratulations to all three and we wish them a good luck in their future career!
Jennifer, Mercy and Kobe (from left) identifying butterflies on slopes of Mt. Cameroon. © V.Maicher
Theses:
Mercy Murkwe: Changes in population structure of fruit-feeding butterflies along an altitudinal gradient of Mount Cameroon (supervisors: Dr. Eric B. Fokam, Dr. Nelson N. Ntonifor, Dr. Robert Tropek)
Kobe Nubitgha Ishmeal: Influence Of habitat characteristics on species composition of fruit-feeding butterflies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) in Mount Cameroon forest (supervisors: Dr. Melle Ekane M., Dr. Robert Tropek, Dr. Eric Fokam)
Toh Jennifer Kimbeng: Changes in population structure of hawk moths (Sphingidae) and emperor moths (Saturniidae) along an altitudinal gradient of Mount Cameroon (supervisors: Dr. Nelson N. Ntonifor, Dr. Eric B. Fokam, Dr. Robert Tropek)
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