UNIOSUN Staff Profile
Discover the People Behind Our Academic Excellence.
AGWU Onyebuchi Patrick
Lecturer I
COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE
FOREST RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
Brief Educational Profile
I hold a PhD in Climate Change and Biodiversity (CCB), Université Felix Houphouet Boigny, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, West African Science Center on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use (WASCAL), funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). I hold a Masters of Science in Forest Resources Management from the University of Ibadan, and a Bachelor's degree in Forestry and Environmental Management, Micheal Okpara University of Agriculture, Nigeria. I have collaborated with the Tree-Ring Laboratory, the Institute of Geography, Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), and the Institute for Biodiversity Research, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany.
Academic Profiles
ResearchGate
Curriculum Vitae
Current/Recent Research
Improved management of West Africa’s tropical rainforests by assessing Mahagony tree species’ climate change adaptation potential using a multi-parameter dendroecological approach
Selected Recent Publications
- Agwu, O. P., Bolanle-Ojo, O. T., Onefeli, A. O., Aderibigbe, A. A., Ugbong, E. A., Azeez, U. A., Idowo, A. E., Amujo, O. A., Funmilayo, A. D., and Olaniyan, D. (2025). Floral Diversity, Soil Properties, and Biomass Distribution in Natural, Riparian, and Plantation Forest Ecosystems in Ejigbo, Osun State, Nigeria. RENEWABLE, 5(1), 66-77.
- Adaja, A. A., Agwu, O.P., Wakawa, L. D., & Olajuyigbe, S. O. (2024). Predicted Climate Change-Induced Habitats Truncation of Beilschmiedia mannii (Meisn.) Benth. & Hook.F.) in Nigeria Forests and Forest Products Journal. 24: 01-14.
- Olajuyigbe S.O., Agwu O.P., Bolanle-Ojo O.T., Ugbong E.A., Azeez U.A., Babalola K.D. (2025). Assessment of Plant Diversity and Soil Properties Along Awba Dam Watershed Ecosystem. University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria. Journal of Research in Forestry, Wildlife & Environment, 17(2):
- Agwu, O.P., Gebrekirstos, A., Ogana, F.N., & Bräuning, A. (2023). Vessel characterization and ring width of a multipurpose agroforestry tree species (Garcinia kola Heckel) and its relationship with climate in Nigeria. Trees (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00468-023-02471-9
- Agwu O.P., Bakayoko. A., Jimoh S. O., Ogana F. N., Kanu C., Stefan P. (2022). Population structure and conservation of Cola nitida and Garcinia kola in a West African rainforest area, https://doi.org/10.1111/aje.13222, African Journal of Ecology.
Research Interests
Forest Ecology, Biodiversity Modelling
Ecosystem Restoration, Ecology, and Ecosystem Services
Biodiversity conservation and monitoring, and Promoting Agroforestry systems
Carbon Sequestration and Climate Change Adaptation
Tropical Tree Ring Analysis (Tropical Dendrochronology)