Linus Bashie Ajikah's LiveDNA Profile

Biodiversity science is improved when silent herbaria speak

Daniel A. Zhigila, Ryan J. Schmidt‐Knapik, Barbara M. Thiers, Suleiman D. Abdul, Salihu Abdullahi, Abdullahi A. AbdulRahaman, Emmanuel I. Aigbokhan, Gabriel A. Ajibade, Linus B. Ajikah, Ferdinand A. Akomaye, Abiodun E. Ayodele, Joseph J. Azila, Aliyu Babale, Abubakar Bello, Deborah M. Chukwuma, Emmanuel C. Chukwuma, Abubakar M. Dadile, Chimezie Ekeke, Iroka C. Finian, Abayomi E. Folorunso, Akanni T. Gbenga, Mohammed R. Haruna, Jemilat A. Ibrahim, Opeyemi S. Kolawole, Abubakar M. Liman, Ferdinand N. Mbagwu, Sunusi Namadi, Victor S. Njom, George I. Nodza, Felix I. Nwafor, Onyebuchi E. Nwankwo, Caleb D. Obadiah, Bamigboye S. Oloruntoba, Fatima B. J. Sawa, Yohanna C. Tumba, Musa Umar, Elizabeth N. Usen, Maryam M. Wabili, Charles C. Davis

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET | Journal Article

10.1002/ppp3.70091

2026

Aerobiology in Africa: a continent-wide review of pollen, fungal spores, and allergy risk

Dorra Gharbi, Linus Ajikah, Keneilwe Podile, Niké Susan Wesch, Abdelkader Amroune, Ijlal Raissouni, Asmaa Boullayali, Hery Lisy Tiana Ranarijoana, Estelle Razanatsoa, Fanirisoa Razafiarison, Monique Tossou, Karabo Makgaretse, Frank Harald Neumann

Aerobiologia | Journal Article

10.1007/s10453-026-09933-w

2026

Five years of national airborne pollen monitoring in South Africa: biome-specific calendars to inform allergy diagnosis and prevention

Takudzwa Matuvhunye, Dilys M. Berman, Nanike Esterhuizen, Andriantsilavo H. I. Razafimanantsoa, Frank H. Neumann, Dorra Gharbi, Keneilwe Podile, Tshiamo Mmatladi, Boitumelo Langa, Moteng E. Moseri, Linus Ajikah, Angela Effiom, Nikiwe Ndlovu, Lynne J. Quick, Erin Hilmer, Marishka Guscott, Shabeer Davids, Andri C. Van Aardt, J. C. Linde de Jager, Jubilant V. Sithole, Juanette John, Rebecca M. Garland, Trevor Hill, Jemma Finch, Kama Chetty, Werner Hoek, Marion Bamford, Riaz Y. Seedat, Ahmed I. Manjra, Caryn M. Upton, Jonny Peter

Aerobiologia | Journal Article

10.1007/s10453-026-09909-w

2026

High aerospora levels and associated atmospheric circulation patterns: Pretoria, South Africa

S. J. Roffe, L. B. Ajikah, J. John, R. M. Garland, K. Lehtipalo, M. K. Bamford

International Journal of Biometeorology | Journal Article

10.1007/s00484-024-02781-8

2025

Ecological and allergenic significance of atmospheric pollen spectra from a Grassland-Savanna ecotone in North West province, South Africa

Frank Harald Neumann, Dorra Gharbi, Linus Ajikah, Louis Scott, Sarel Cilliers, Jurgens Staats, Dilys Berman, Moteng Elizabeth Moseri, Keneilwe Podile, Nikiwe Ndlovu, Tshiamo Mmatladi, Jonny Peter

Palynology | Journal Article

10.1080/01916122.2024.2411234

2025

Allergenic tree pollen in Johannesburg and Cape Town as a public health risk: towards a sustainable implementation framework for South African cities

Dorra Gharbi, Frank H. Neumann, Sarel Cilliers, Selna Cornelius, Jako Viviers, Ernst Drewes, Karen Puren, Dilys Berman, Nanike Esterhuizen, Linus Ajikah, Jonny Peter, James Chakwizira

Discover Sustainability | Journal Article

10.1007/s43621-023-00151-9

2023

Meteorological influences on airborne pollen and spores in Johannesburg (Gauteng), South Africa

Linus B. Ajikah, Sarah J. Roffe, Frank H. Neumann, Marion K. Bamford, Nanike Esterhuizen, Dilys Berman, Jonny Peter

Aerobiologia | Journal Article

10.1007/s10453-023-09799-2

2023

Relevance of aerobiological studies in Nigeria: a two-year aerospora record of Lagos

Linus Bashie Ajikah, Frank Harald Neumann, Olugbenga Shadrak Alebiosu, Marion Bamford, Oluwatoyin Temitayo Ogundipe

Aerobiologia | Journal Article

10.1007/s10453-021-09710-x

2021

Aerobiology in South Africa: A new hope!

Linus Ajikah, Frank H. Neumann, Dilys Berman, Jonny Peter

South African Journal of Science | Journal Article

10.17159/sajs.2020/8112

2020

Impact of psychoactive drugs in violence, cultism, aggression and kidnapping in urban centres.

Ajikah, L.B., O.T. Ogundipe and O.J. Walter,

J. Contemporary Secur. Intell. Stud. Rev., | Journal Article

Linus Bashie Ajikah

2018

Diversity study of a neglected and underutilized crop species: A case study of Acha (Digitaria Spp) (Kippist) (stapf).

Ogunkanmi, L.A., A.C. Illoh, S. Dachi, T.O. Onuminya and M.I. Osundinakin et al.,

Nig. J. Genet., | Journal Article

Linus Bashie Ajikah

2018

Pollen morphology of trees in Gashaka Gumti national park, Northeast Nigeria.

Adekanmbi, O.H., L.B. Ajikah and O.T. Ogundipe,

Nig. J. Life Sci., | Journal Article

Linus Bashie Ajikah

2017

A survey of atmospheric palynomorphs in relation to weather and vegetation at selected sites in South Southern Nigeria.

Adekanmbi, O.H., O.S. Alebiosu and L.B. Ajikah,

Nig. J. Bot., | Journal Article

Linus Bashie Ajikah

2017

Palynological study of recent sediments from Ajido, Badagry coastal environment of lagos, south-Western Nigeria.

Adekanmbi, O.H., L.B. Ajikah, A.P. Adeonipekun and O.T. Ogundipe,

Nig. J. Bot., | Journal Article

Linus Bashie Ajikah

2017

Aeropalynological investigation of three local governments in Lagos, South West Nigeria.

Ajikah, L.B., O.S. Alebiosu, O.H. Adekanmbi, E.O. Oshinlaja and O.T. Ogundipe,

Nig. J. Bot., | Journal Article

Linus Bashie Ajikah

2017

Assessment of agricultural landuse and soil chemical properties in the obudu mountain slope, southeast-Nigeria.

Amuyou, U.A., L.B. Ajikah, E. Maiyanga and K.E. Kotingo,

Int. J. Sci. Eng. Res., | Journal Article

Linus Bashie Ajikah

2016

Palynological survey of air-borne pollen and spores in the University of Lagos, Akoka Campus, southwestern Nigeria.

Ajikah, L., O. Ogundipe and O. Bamgboye,

Ife J. Sci., | Journal Article

Linus Bashie Ajikah

2015

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