Aladesanmi Daniel Agbelade

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Urban Forest management
Remote sensing and GIS
Forest measurements
Forest Resources Management

Scopus Publications

Analyzing the influence of urban vegetation cover on land surface temperature in Southwestern Nigeria
Aladesanmi Daniel Agbelade
Discover Environment, 2025
Urbanization and the expansion of urban infrastructure have led to the development of new land use policies that impact biodiversity and ecosystem services in Nigeria’s rapidly growing cities. Key drivers of this urbanization include population pressure, infrastructure development, rural-to-urban migration, and economic growth. This study investigates the effect of urban vegetation cover on land surface temperature in southwestern Nigeria, using the spectral radiance method, the support vector machine (SVM) algorithm and the normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI). This study analyzed remote sensing data to classify land use changes from 1991 to 2021 based on lithological characteristics. Additionally, the urban vegetation covers (VC) of the two urban centres were assessed through NDVI analysis. The highest NDVI values was recorded in Akure 0.358 to 0.394, and Osogbo had 0.449 to 0.464 while the lowest for Akure − 0.052 to 0.005 and Osogbo had − 0.058 to − 0.009. The analysis of urban land surface temperatures from 1991 to 2021 indicated maximum temperatures of 29.53 to 34.22 °C in Akure and 31.11 to 36.85 °C in Osogbo, with minimum temperatures of 18.22 to 22.48 °C in Akure and 21.72 to 23.66 °C in Osogbo. Primarily, urban land surface temperatures have steadily increased in both cities due to deforestation and urban infrastructural development which have diminished vegetation cover. This research highlights the need for urban green infrastructure and effective planning strategies to mitigate the impacts of rising land surface temperatures.
Role of sacred groves in southwestern Nigeria in biodiversity conservation, biomass and carbon storage
Jonathan C. Onyekwelu, Aladesanmi D. Agbelade, Bernd Stimm, Reinhard Mosandl
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2024
Modeling and assessing the variation of land surface temperature as determinants to normalized difference vegetation index and land cover changes in Nigerian cities
Aladesanmi Daniel Agbelade, Titilayo Celinah Akinyemi, Gboyega Emmanuel Ojerinde
Modeling Earth Systems and Environment, 2023
Assessing the conservation status, biodiversity potentials and economic contribution of urban tree Ecosystems in Nigerian Cities
Aladesanmi Daniel Agbelade, Jonathan Chukwujekwu Onyekwelu, Adebayo Adeleke John, Johnson Adedayo, Tunrayo Alabi
Urban Ecosystems, 2022
Determination of phytosociological characteristic, biodiversity conservation dynamics and biomass potentials in a Nigerian protected forest
Taiwania, 2022
CONSERVATION POTENTIALS, TREE SPECIES DIVERSITY, DISTRIBUTION AND STRUCTURE OF SACRED GROVES IN SOUTH-WESTERN NIGERIA
JC Onyekwelu, AD Agbelade, MS Tolorunju, A Lawal, B Stimm, R Mosandl
Journal of Tropical Forest Science, 2022
Understory species diversity, regeneration and recruitment potential of sacred groves in south west Nigeria
J. C. Onyekwelu, A. Lawal, R. Mosandl, B. Stimm, A. D. Agbelade
Tropical Ecology, 2021
Tree species diversity, volume yield, biomass and carbon sequestration in urban forests in two Nigerian cities
Aladesanmi Daniel Agbelade, Jonathan C. Onyekwelu
Urban Ecosystems, 2020
Species diversity, volume determination and structure of protected forests for in-situ biodiversity conservation
International Journal of Conservation Science, 2020
Tree Species Richness, Diversity, and Vegetation Index for Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Nigeria
Aladesanmi D Agbelade, Jonathan C. Onyekwelu, Matthew B. Oyun
International Journal of Forestry Research, 2017
This study was conducted to investigate the tree species richness and diversity of urban and periurban areas of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, Nigeria, and produce Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) for the territory. Data were collected from urban (Abuja city) and periurban (Lugbe) areas of the FCT using both semistructured questionnaire and inventory of tree species within green areas. In the study location, all trees with diameter at breast height (dbh) ≥ 10 cm were identified; their dbh was measured and frequency was taken. The NDVI was calculated in ArcGIS 10.3 environment using standard formula. A cumulative total of twenty-nine (29) families were encountered within the FCT, with 27 occurring in Abuja city (urban centre) and 12 in Lugbe (periurban centre) of the FCT. The results of Shannon-Wiener diversity index(H′)for the two centres are 3.56 and 2.24 while Shannon’s maximum diversity index(Hmax)is 6.54 (Abuja city) and 5.36 (Lugbe) for the urban (Abuja city) and periurban (Lugbe) areas of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The result of tree species evenness (Shannon’s equitability (EH) index) in urban and periurban centres was 0.54 and 0.42, respectively. The study provided baseline information on urban and periurban forests in the FCT of Nigeria, which can be used for the development of tree species database of the territory.
Farm-level tree growth characteristics, fruit phenotypic variation and market potential assessment of three socio-economically important forest fruit tree species
Jonathan C. Onyekwelu, Johnson A. Olusola, Bernd Stimm, Reinhard Mosandl, Aladesanmi D. Agbelade
Forests Trees and Livelihoods, 2015

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