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36. Tian, G. and Badejo, M.A. (2001) Soil Fauna and Soil fertility. In: Tian et al. (eds) Sustaining Soil Fertility in West Africa. Soil Science Society of America and American Society of Agronomy (SSSA) Special Publication no 58. pp. 45-67.

37. Sosan, M.B. A.M. Daramola and M.A. Badejo (2001) A preliminary study of the incidence of flowerthrips (Megalurothrips sjostedti Trybom (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) on five cultivars of soybean Glycine max (L.) Meril in southwestern Nigeria. Tropical Oilseed Journal 6: 98-107.

38. Badejo M.A., S. Woas and L. Beck (2001) Atropacarus (Hoplophorella) nigeriensis, a new species of phthiracarid mite (Acari, Oribatida) from Nigeria. Andrias, 15: 55- 63.

39. Badejo M.A., S. Woas and L. Beck (2001) Mesoplophora ifeana, a new species of pytchoid mite (Acari, Oribatida) from Nigeria. Andrias, 15: 65-73.

40. Badejo M.A. and A.I. Okoh (2001) Problems of application of modern biotechnology in agriculture in developing countries. Journal of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, 9: 1-12.

41. Badejo M.A., S. Woas and L. Beck (2002) New pterogasterine mites from Nigeria and Brazil I. Scheloribates, Muliercula and Peloribates. Systematics and Applied Acarology Special Publication 12: 1-60. (Available on-line at www.nhm.ac.uk).

42. Badejo M.A., S. Woas and L. Beck (2002) Description of six species of nothroid mites from Nigeria and Brazil (Acari: Oribatida: Nothroidea). Genus, 13 (4): 505-548.

43. Badejo M.A., S. Woas and L. Beck (2002) Redescription of Archegozetes magnus (Sellinick, 1925) (Acari: Oribatida: Trhypochthonioidea) from Brazil and description of two new species of nanhermanniid mites: Bicyrthermannia nigeriana (Acari: Oribatida: Nanhermannioidea) and Masthermannia seropedica (Acari: Oribatida: Nanhermannioidea). Genus, 14 (1): 125-149.

44. Badejo M.A., Jose Antonio Azevedo Espindola, Jose Guilherme Marinho Guerra, Adriana Maria de Aquino, Maria Elizabeth Fernandes Correia (2003) Soil oribatid mites under three species of legumes in an ultisol in Brazil. Experimental and Applied Acarology 27: 283-296.

45. Prinzing A., S. Kretzler, A. Badejo, L. Beck (2002) Traits of oribatid mite species that tolerate habitat disturbance due to pesticide application. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 34: 1655-1661.

46. Badejo M.A., S. Woas and L. Beck 2003. New pterogasterine mites from Nigeria and Brazil II. Protoribates. Acaralogia XLIII, 1: 121-132.

47. *Badejo M.A. (2002) Termites and Man – Who wins? In: Dike et al. (eds). Insects and Man in the New Millennium: The Nigerian Perspective. Occasional Publication of the Entomological Society of Nigeria, No 34, 30 – 43.

48. Badejo M.A. and Adetunji A. (2004). The soil oribatid mites of dump sites in a metal finishing industry. Focus 7: 58 – 63.

49. Badejo, M.A., Adriana Maria de Aquino, Helvecio De-Polli, Maria Elizabeth Fernandes Correia (2004). Response of soil mites to organic cultivation in an ultisol in southeast Brazil. Experimental and Applied Acarology 34: 345-365.

50. Badejo M.A., G. Tian, S.A. Tarawali, M. Peters and M.B. Sosan (2004). The soil acarine fauna in maize fields in the derived savanna zone of Nigeria after legume mixtures and grazing. Focus 9: 26-33.

51. M.A. Badejo and P.O. Akinwole (2006). Microenvironmental preferences of oribatd mite species on the floor of a tropical rainforest. Experimental and Applied Acarology 40: 145 – 156.

52. M.A. Badejo and P.O. Akinwole. Preliminary studies on the feeding habits of new species of oribatid mites from Nigeria (2007). Systematics and Applied Acarology 12: 121-125.

53. G. Tian, M.A. Badejo, A.I. Okoh, F. Ishida, G.O. Kolawole, Y. Hayashi and F.K. Salako (2007). Effects of residue quality and climate on plant residue decomposition and nutrient release along the transect from humid forest to Sahel of West Africa. Biogeochemistry 86: 217 – 219.

54. Akinwande K.L and Badejo M.A (2009) Improving Honey Production in Worker Bees ( Apis mellifera adansoni L.) Hymenoptera: Apidae) through artificial modification of their feeding activities. African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development 9(7) :1485-1497.

55. Akinwande K.L and Badejo M.A (2009) Effect of artificial modification of the feeding activity of non-foraging and foraging worker bees (Apis Mellifera adansoni L.) (Hymenoptera :Apidae) on honey and comb production. Journal of Applied Sciences Research 5(7): 780-784
56. T.N. Gbarakoro, S.N. Okiwelu, M. A. Badejo, O.C. Umeozor (2010) Soil Microarthropods in a Secondary Rainforest in Rivers State Nigeria: -1- Seasonal Variations in Species Richness, Vertical Distribution in an Undisturbed Habitat. Scientia Africana, Vol. 9 (No. 1), : 48 – 56.

57. Samuel Okiwelu, Gbarakoro Tambeke, Badejo Adetola (2010) Soil Micro-arthropods in a Secondary Rainforest, Rivers State, Nigeria: Ecosystem Health Indicators of Oil Pollution. Journal of Ecology and the Natural Environment Vol. 3(1), pp. 29-32.

58. Tambeke N. Gbarakoro, Samuel N. Okiwelu, Odidika C. Umeozor, Adetola Badejo (2011) Soil Microarthropods in a Secondary Rainforest, Rivers State, Nigeria- IIIPartial Recovery after an Oil Spill. International Journal of Ecosystem. 1 (1): 1-4.

59. Samuel N. Okiwelu, Tambeke N. Gbarakoro, Chris O. Umeozor, Adetola M. Badejo (2011) Soil Microarthropods in a Secondary Rainforest, Rivers State, Nigeria –IVThe Impact of Oil Pollution on their Vertical Distribution. Resources and Environment. 1 (1): 1-4.

60. Badejo, M.A.,Owojori, O.J.,Akinwole, P.O.(2011). A survey of the population of the African weaver ant, Oecophylla longinoda (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in contrasting habitats in Ile-Ife, south-western Nigeria. Ife Journal of Science 10 (3), 299-308

4. Papers accepted for publication
None

5. Other recent private publications.
i) . Badejo Tola (2011). Technology Transfer and Agricultural Production. 7th Annual Lecture, School of Agriculture and Agricultural Technology. Frday 2nd December, 2011.

ii). Badejo ‘Tola (2012). Hurdles to cross by Nigerian Universities on the tortuous road to world class status. Paper presented at the 50th Anniversary of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ekpoma Chapter in February 2012.
iii). Badejo ‘Tola (2012). Identifying the Mitochondria in the Cell of Tertiary Education in Nigeria: The tortuous Journey to Cape Town and Cairo. October 17, 2012.
iv). Badejo ‘Tola (2012). The Zoologist in D. O. Fagunwa. Paper delivered at the 6th Daniel Olorunfemi Fagunwa Memorial Lecture under the aegis of D.O. Fagunwa
Foundation at the University of Lagos on December 07, 2012.
v). Badejo ‘Tola (2013). Exploring character building traits in the Nigerian youth. Paper presented at the EDUCATION SUMMIT organised by the JUNIOR CHAMBER INTERNATIONAL (JCI), Adeyemi College of Education (ACE) Chapter on Tuesday July 16, 2013 at the Obasanjo Auditorium, ACE, Ondo.
vi). Badejo ‘Tola (2013). Pest Managenement in Food Security. Paper presented at the 8th Annual Conference of the Zoological Society of Nigeria (ZSN) on 10th December 2013.

6. Papers and Works in Preparation
i) An introduction to the study of tropical litter and soil mites and springtails with illustrations of common examples from Nigeria and Brazil. A book that is
80% completed.

ii) Comprehensive Entomology for University Students. A book that is being jointly authored by me and two colleagues, Dr. S.S. Ogbogu & Dr. M.B.
Sosan.
iii) The potential of endogeic and epigeic springtails (Collembola) as bioindicators in organic systems in southeast Brazil.
iv) Response of Nothroid and Scheloribatid mites to cultivation in Nigeria and Brazil.
v) New pterogasterine mites from Nigeria and Brazil II. Galumnidae.

6. Current Research Activities
1. Phylogeny of four Nephila species found in Western Africa using morphological and behavioural characters. (Collaborative research with Dr. Linden Higgins,
Department of Biology, University of Vermont, Burlington, USA.
2. Spatial and temporal distribution of Dorylus nigricans on Obafemi Awolowo University campus.
3. Is global warming evident in Obafemi Awolowo University campus? Changes in temperature and allied environmental factors since 1970.
4. The Distribution of Oribatid Mites in Different Agroecozones in Nigeria and their Role as Indicators of Soil Fertility
5. Effects of soil amendment with poultry litter on soil microarthropods in the agricultural farm of Wesley University of Science and Technology, Liyetu, Ondo.

7. Creative work:
i) Tola Badejo (2002). Insects at War. Amkra Books, 8, Obokun Street, Ilupeju Estate, Ilesa. A 66-page novel.
ii) Tola Badejo (2012). Inmates – A Play Published by College Press, Jericho, Ibadan.
iii) Tola Badejo (2012). My Commandements – A compedium of weekly ViceChancellor‘s Charge to Wesley University students from 2008 to 2012. Published
by College Press, Jericho, Ibadan. 8. Technical Reports (since 2000)
(i) Assessment of abundance and diversity of mites (Acarina) and springtails (Collembola) in fragmented agroecosystems in Nigeria and Brazil.
Participant talk at the 5th Course in Mathematical Ecology with Introduction to Ecological economics, ICTP, Trieste, Italy. March 2000.
(ii) The soil acarine fauna in maize fields in the derived savanna zone of Nigeria after legume mixtures and grazing. Paper presented at the 4th
International Conference on Soil Zoology in Central Europe. Budejovice, Czech, April 2001.
(iii) Tropical Forests and Savannas: Fragmentation, Restoration and Conservation. Workshop paper presented at the Workshop on Theoretical Ecology: Natural Resource Management and Conservation Biology, ICTP, Trieste, Italy, April/May, 2002.
(iv) Habitat fragmentation and the implications for sustainability in global agroecosystems. Workshop paper presented at the Workshop on Theoretical Ecology: Natural Resource Management and Conservation Biology, ICTP, Trieste, Italy, April/May, 2002.
(v) Conservation and rehabilitation of degraded soils for sustainable productivity in tropical ecosystems. Workshop paper presented at the Workshop on Theoretical Ecology: Natural Resource Management and Conservation Biology, ICTP, Trieste, Italy, April/May, 2002.
(vi) “Key Issues on Conservation of Tropical Forests and Savannas” Seminar presented at the International Institute for Hydraulic and Environmental
Engineering (IHE) in Delft in The Netherlands, Agricultural University, Wageningen, Free University, Amsterdam and Museum of Natural
History, Florence, Italy in May/June 2002.
(vii) Baseline information on water resources, use of agrochemicals and productivity problems in Nigeria. Workshop Paper presented at The International Workshop on integrated Assessment of Global Change Impacts on Agricultural Productivity and Water Availability in West Africa. 7-10 October, 2003, Conference Center, OAU, Ile-Ife.

(viii) Prospects and Challenges of Science Laboratory Technology (SLT) Profession in Nigeria. Lead Paper at the 27th Annual National Conference/Scientific Workshop ‘Ife 2011’. 26 – 29 October, 2011. 9. Papers and Works in Preparation

1. An introduction to the study of tropical litter and soil mites and springtails with illustrations of common examples from Nigeria and Brazil. A book.
2. The potential of endogeic and epigeic springtails (Collembola) as bioindicators in organic systems in southeast Brazil.
3. Response of Nothroid and Scheloribatid mites to cultivation in Nigeria and Brazil.
4. New pterogasterine mites from Nigeria and Brazil II. Galumnidae.
5. General Morphology and Classification of Tropical Insects – A book. F. PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENT: As a student in the International Institute for Hydraulic and Environmental Engineering (IHE) (now UNESCO-IHE) in Delft, The Netherlands, I obtained a distinction in the Diploma Course in Environmental Science and Technology in 1989. This, I believe is a feat, for a scholar who obtained all his degrees from Nigeria, in a Centre for Excellence
in Europe. Through research efforts, most of which were initiated by me, I have published many papers in International Journals in the broad field of forest ecology and ecotoxicology of microarthropods. As a member of the Soil Fertility research team in the International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA) in Ibadan, I have studied the ecology of soil microarthropods and their role in decomposition in agroforestry plots and published the findings in International Learned Journals.
In 1996, I was among the 32 recepients of reearch grant (USD25,000 annually for three years), from the National Agricultural Research Project (NARP), through a competetive process, to study soil microarthropods as indicators of soil type in different agroecozones in Nigeria.
In 1997, I was appointed an Associate member of the National Research Center for Agrobiology (CNPAB/EMBRAPA) in Brazil under the Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) Reseach Fellowship. I visited this Center twice in 1998 and 1999 where I played a leadership role in developing a research programme in soil microarthropod studies as a member of the soil fauna study group. 
My contributions to the study of ecotoxicology as it relates to the side effects of herbicides in agroecosystems are significant being the only reports of such studies from Nigeria. For example, the Editor of the Learned Discourse in SETAC GLOBE, the official Newsletter of the International Society for Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry requested me via email on April 17, 2005 to contribute my findings on „Effects of Pesticides on non-target organisms in Nigeria“ to the next issue of this highly esteem journal.
In appreciation of my contribution in the field of Acarology, an aspect of forest soil microarthropod studies, I am one of the three Nigerian Acarologists whose names were listed in the Directory of Acarologists in the world in 1992. I attended the 9th International Conference of Acarologists for the first time in 1994 and I have always been invited to subsequent conferences since then. This conference takes place every four years. Between January 2001 and July 2002, I worked with world-class experts in oribatid mite taxonomy in the Museum of Natural History in Karlsruhe, Germany (SMNK). During this research stay in Germany, which was funded by the Alexander Van Humboldt Foundation (AvH), I described 22 new species of oribatid mites and published the descriptions in leading Journals of Acarology (see papers 37, 28, 39 & 42). With these publications, I have advanced the frontiers of knowledge in soil zoology by adding new species to the list of known species in the world, thereby putting the name of Nigeria on the world map in the field of soil zoology. In describing these 22 new species of
oribatid mites, our meticulous approach has led to the sinking in synonymy, species that were considered as duplicates of existing species. Attention has also been drawn to the need to carry out a comprehensive revision of many taxonomic groups of oribatid mites. 
My research findings have not only made a significant contribution to knowledge, it has helped science to better understand biodiversity and ecosystem processes in forest ecosystems, how humans affect and are affected by these processes and how to communicate the understanding to natural resources management and policy makers. My emphasis has always been to stress the fundamental place of taxonomy, systematics and ecosystem ecology in the efforts to maintain diverse productive and healthy ecosystems.
As a teacher, I have taught several Zoology courses at the undergraduate level for almost 25 years and at the postgraduate level for about 18 years. I have authored a book on Crustaceans of Nigeria, a group of invertebrates that has not been well studied in our environment. This book exposes students to local examples rather than the exotic species, which teachers often cite as examples in class. I have edited two volumes of a book on sustainable agriculture in tropical ecosystems as well as another book on pollutants and their effects on terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.
Together with a few colleagues, I organised the 25th Annual Conference of the Entomological Society of Nigeria in 1993. In October 2010, I hosted the 41 st Annual Conference of the Society in WUSTO. I also single-handedly organised a Workshop at the Center for Research in Agrobiology (CNPAB/EMBRAPA) in Brazil to familiarize researchers with Soil Microarthropod studies in May 1998. I am a consultant to many Agencies within the country on general environmental studies.
I established a Museum of Natural History and a Mini-zoological garden in Wesley University in 2010. This museum is of International Standard