Entrained phenology patterns of tropical trees are expected to be sensitive to short‐term fluctuations in typical rainfall and temperature. We examined 47 mo of data on the flowering, fruiting, and new leaf phenology for 797 trees from 38 species in the Taï National Park, Côte d'Ivoire. We determined the timing of the phenology cycles in relation to seasonal rainfall, temperature, and solar radiation. Regression analysis was used to examine how variations in rainfall and temperature influenced deviations in the peaks and troughs of phenology cycles. We also investigated whether populations that fruit during periods of community‐wide fruit scarcity were those populations with relatively long‐ or short‐fruiting duration. Flower, fruit, and leaf‐flushing phenophases all exhibited 12‐mo cycles. The broad peak in flowering began with the northward zenithal passing in April and ended with the southward zenithal passing in September. Fruiting peaks occurred in the long dry season, and leaf flushing peaked in the long dry season but continued into the wet season. Deviations from phenology cycles were largely attributable to short‐term fluctuations in rainfall and/or temperature. Fruiting durations of species were related to the mean diameter at breast height. Species with long‐ and short‐fruiting durations contributed equally to fruit abundance during periods of community‐wide fruit scarcity.

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Cola lorougnonis is an endemic, rare, and treated species. It was recently recorded in Dékpa forest near Agbaou (a village of Divo region, Côte d'Ivoire). In the same forest, 20 other rare and endemic plant species were recorded. Accurate modeling of geographical distributions of these species is crucial to various applications in ecology and biodiversity conservation. The present study analyzed suitable habitat models for the 21 species. The main objective was to test geographical predictions for the focused species: Cola lorougnonis. We used Maxent modelling method for predicting potential suitable habitats combining environmental variables and species records. We evaluated Maxent predictions using the area under the receiver-operating characteristic curve (AUC). For each species, the map of distribution was engineered using DIVA-GIS. We compared the suitable habitat areas among species. Principal Canonical Analysis allowed the ordination of species according to environmental variables. AUC values allowed to get 11 species with excellent distribution models, 8 species with good distribution models, and 2 species with predictive models considered as acceptable. Cola lorougnonis (AUC = 0.99) and Drypetes singroboensis (AUC = 0.96) have the same focused area: moist semi-deciduous forest in Côte d'Ivoire. They are more sensitive to changes in rainfall of both warmest and coldest seasons. The State of Côte d'Ivoire has to undertake monitoring, assessment and reporting of conservation status facilitation for all habitats where these species could be found within the territory. Additional studies focusing on the investigation areas and niche models onto future conditions of climate could be considered.

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Within social groups, feeding competition and predation pressure affect individual spatial position. The costs and benefits associated to each position are likely to influence the time that individuals allocate to different activities. Whether the effect of spatial positioning on activity budget differs between individuals of different sex or dominance rank remains unclear. This study aimed at investigating the effect of within-group spatial position on the activity budget of male and female sooty mangabeys. Focal behavioral observations was used to collect the individual location and behavior every 15 minutes (N=5115 locations) on 29 individuals from a wild group of sooty mangabeys (Cercocebus atys) in the Taï National Park. The joint effect of rank, sex and spatial position on individual‟s activity budget was investigated. Females were more central in the group and both fed and rested more than males, independently of their rank. High-ranking  individuals from both sexes were more likely to be central and both fed and rested longer than low-ranking ones. Females and high-ranking individuals from both sexes benefit from their social status by adopting spatial positions in the community that could influence their fitness positively. These results are discussed to improve our understanding of social dynamics in wild primates.Keywords: Spatial position, primates, socio-ecology, social dynamics.

Dans le Parc National d’Azagny, des plantations de cultures pérennes ont été abandonnées, certaines détruites de même que des habitats successivement en 1986 et 2000. Ainsi donc, l’ensemble de la végétation du parc est constitué de reliques de forêts anciennes, de forêts secondaires et de jachères d’âge différents. La présente étude a évalué les changements des traits fonctionnels des espèces végétales arborescentes dans différentes formations du Parc National d’Azagny. Il s’est agi, spécifiquement de : décrire les traits de vie des espèces arborescentes et comparer la composition fonctionnelle entre les forêts anciennes, les forêts secondaires et les jachères de 19 et 33 ans. Le type foliaire, le mode de dissémination et la tolérance à la lumière ont été renseignés pour les individus arborescents de diamètre ≥ 2,5 cm recensés dans des parcelles de 0,25 ha. Le spectre fonctionnel des espèces a été déterminé et des tests de Kruskal-Wallis ont permis de comparer la composition fonctionnelle entre ces formations. L’étude des spectres fonctionnels réalisée sur 1972 individus d’arbres, répartis entre 127 espèces et 46 familles a montré une dominance des espèces à feuilles mésophylles et macrophylles, des espèces sciaphiles et de la zoochorie dans chacun des biotopes. Les tests de Kruskal-Wallis ont montré des différences significatives dans la composition fonctionnelle des habitats au niveau des modalités de traits  mégaphylles, pionnières, barochores et zoochores. Ces travaux révèlent un retour des processus écologiques initiaux, donc une bonne  reconstitution des milieux perturbés, qui sera facilitée par un renforcement des mesures de protection.Mots clés: Utilisation des terres, succession secondaire, diversité fonctionnelle, Parc National d’Azagny, Côte d’Ivoire.