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  1. Peri‐urban agroforestry for climate mitigation in West Africa: Structural diversity and functional traits as key drivers of carbon storage

    Article • Plants People Planet, July 2026, Wiley

    Ir Sylvanus Mensah

  2. Three Decades of Land Use and Land Cover Change in Japan (1994–2024): A Systematic Literature Review of Trajectories, Drivers, and Sustainability Implications

    Article • Land, March 2026, MDPI AG

    Ir Sylvanus Mensah

  3. Legacy effects of fire on tree diversity, structure and aboveground carbon in tropical semi-arid naturally assembled communities

    Article • Ecological Informatics, December 2025, Elsevier

    Ir Sylvanus Mensah

  4. Variation in the potential impacts of climate change on the baobab in Sub-Saharan Africa: A continental analysis across major climate zones

    Article • Global Ecology and Conservation, September 2025, Elsevier

    Ir Sylvanus Mensah

  5. Climate change may shift diet of the African savanna elephant: Preliminary results for 14 food tree and shrub species in the WAPOK transboundary ecosystem, West-Africa

    Article • Global Ecology and Conservation, April 2025, Elsevier

    Ir Sylvanus Mensah

  6. Grazing Affects Soil Organic Carbon Stocks Directly and Indirectly Through Herbaceous Species Diversity in Sahelian Savanna Ecosystems

    Article • Land Degradation and Development, March 2025, Wiley

    Ir Sylvanus Mensah

  7. Contribution of the Ramsar convention to the conservation of West-African mangroves: a case study in Benin

    Article • Wetlands Ecology and Management, January 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ir Sylvanus Mensah

  8. Contrasting ecological mechanisms mediate the impact of land conversion on ecosystem multifunctionality

    Article • Functional Ecology, January 2025, Wiley

    Ir Sylvanus Mensah

  9. Vegetation attributes in peri-urban agroforestry systems and their socio-economic determinants in Benin (West Africa)

    Article • Agroforestry Systems, October 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ir Sylvanus Mensah

  10. A comparative study of morpho-physiological responses of wild and cultivated Solanum species to water stress: the case of S. sisymbriifolium and S. macrocarpon

    Article • Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, August 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ir Sylvanus Mensah

  11. Phylogenetic diversity and community wide-trait means offer different insights into mechanisms regulating aboveground carbon storage

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, January 2024, Elsevier

    Ir Sylvanus Mensah

  12. Both the selection and complementarity effects underpin the effect of structural diversity on aboveground biomass in tropical forests

    Article • Global Ecology and Biogeography, December 2023, Wiley

    Ir Sylvanus Mensah

  13. Tree size diversity is the major driver of aboveground carbon storage in dryland agroforestry parklands

    Article • Scientific Reports, December 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ir Sylvanus Mensah

  14. Grazing effects on vegetation dynamics in the savannah ecosystems of the Sahel

    Article • Ecological Processes, November 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Cofelas Fassinou, Ir Sylvanus Mensah

  15. The dynamics of vegetation diversity and biomass under traditional grazing in Ethiopia's Somali rangeland

    Article • Plant-Environment Interactions, November 2023, Wiley

    Ir Sylvanus Mensah

  16. Towards sustainable conservation and domestication of Balanites aegyptiaca L. (Zygophyllaceae) in Africa: progress and challenges

    Article • Journal of Arid Environments, November 2023, Elsevier

    Ir Sylvanus Mensah

  17. Impacts of harvesting intensity on carbon allocation to species, size classes and pools in mangrove forests, and the relationships with stand structural attributes

    Article • Ecological Indicators, November 2023, Elsevier

    Ir Sylvanus Mensah

  18. Tree height-diameter, aboveground and belowground biomass allometries for two West African mangrove species

    Article • Biomass and Bioenergy, September 2023, Elsevier

    Ir Sylvanus Mensah

  19. Climate and soil effects on tree species diversity and aboveground carbon patterns in semi-arid tree savannas

    Article • Scientific Reports, July 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ir Sylvanus Mensah

  20. Seasonal variation of environment and conspecific density-dependence effects on early seedling growth of a tropical tree in semi-arid savannahs

    Article • Global Ecology and Conservation, April 2023, Elsevier

    Ir Sylvanus Mensah

  21. Structural and taxonomic diversity predict above‐ground biomass better than functional measures of maximum height in mixed‐species forests

    Article • Applied Vegetation Science, April 2023, Wiley

    Ir Sylvanus Mensah

  22. Correction: Kusiima et al. Interconnectedness of Ecosystem Services Potential with Land Use/Land Cover Change Dynamics in Western Uganda. Land 2022, 11, 2056

    Article • Land, February 2023, MDPI AG

    Ir Sylvanus Mensah

  23. Germination and Growth in Two Indigenous Tree Species Pterocarpus Angolensis Dc. And Strychnos Cocculoides Baker with Tissue Culture Techniques

    Article • January 2023, Elsevier

    Ir Sylvanus Mensah

  24. Interconnectedness of Ecosystem Services Potential with Land Use/Land Cover Change Dynamics in Western Uganda

    Article • Land, November 2022, MDPI AG

    Ir Sylvanus Mensah

  25. Tallo: A global tree allometry and crown architecture database

    Article • Global Change Biology, June 2022, Wiley

    Ir Sylvanus Mensah

  26. Analysis of adaptation diversity to climate variability and change among pastoral communities in north-eastern Uganda

    Article • African Crop Science Journal, May 2022, African Journals Online (AJOL)

    Ir Sylvanus Mensah

  27. Carbon Stock and Change Rate under Different Grazing Management Practices in Semiarid Pastoral Ecosystem of Eastern Ethiopia

    Article • Land, April 2022, MDPI AG

    Ir Sylvanus Mensah

  28. Effects of climate and protection status on growth and fruit yield of Strychnos spinosa Lam., a tropical wild fruit tree in West Africa

    Article • Trees, February 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ir Sylvanus Mensah

  29. Tree Height-Diameter, Aboveground and Belowground Biomass Allometries for Two West African Mangrove Species

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, January 2022, Elsevier

    Ir Sylvanus Mensah

  30. Entrepreneurship and the role of universities in generating youth employment in Africa.

    Article • December 2021, CABI Publishing

    Ir Sylvanus Mensah

  31. Spatial distribution patterns of Afzelia africana (Fabaceae – Detarioideae) in a tropical savanna of Benin: implications for management

    Article • Plant Ecology and Evolution, November 2021, National Botanical Garden of Belgium

    Ir Sylvanus Mensah

  32. Grazing exclosures increase soil organic carbon stock at a rate greater than “4 per 1000” per year across agricultural landscapes in Northern Ethiopia

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, August 2021, Elsevier

    Ir Sylvanus Mensah, Mrs Nuru Mohammed Adem

  33. Structural diversity consistently mediates species richness effects on aboveground carbon along altitudinal gradients in northern Ethiopian grazing exclosures

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, July 2021, Elsevier

    Ir Sylvanus Mensah, Mrs Nuru Mohammed Adem

  34. Do functional identity and divergence promote aboveground carbon differently in tropical semi‐arid forests and savannas?

    Article • Ecosphere, June 2021, Wiley

    Ir Sylvanus Mensah

  35. Factors affecting survival of seedling of Afzelia africana, a threatened tropical timber species in West Africa

    Article • Tropical Ecology, March 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ir Sylvanus Mensah

  36. Forest Landscape Restoration under Global Environmental Change: Challenges and a Future Roadmap

    Article • Forests, February 2021, MDPI AG

    Ir Sylvanus Mensah

  37. Impacts of harvesting intensity on tree taxonomic diversity, structural diversity, population structure, and stability in a West African mangrove forest

    Article • Wetlands Ecology and Management, February 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ir Sylvanus Mensah

  38. Coconut-gliricidia mixed cropping systems improve soil nutrients in dry and wet regions of Sri Lanka

    Article • Agroforestry Systems, January 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ir Sylvanus Mensah

  39. Pantropical variability in tree crown allometry

    Article • Global Ecology and Biogeography, December 2020, Wiley

    Ir Sylvanus Mensah

  40. Aboveground tree carbon stocks in West African semi-arid ecosystems: Dominance patterns, size class allocation and structural drivers

    Article • Global Ecology and Conservation, December 2020, Elsevier

    Ir Sylvanus Mensah

  41. Revisiting biotic and abiotic drivers of seedling establishment, natural enemies and survival in a tropical tree species in a West Africa semi-arid biosphere reserve

    Article • Journal of Environmental Management, December 2020, Elsevier

    Ir Sylvanus Mensah

  42. Functional trait diversity is a stronger predictor of multifunctionality than dominance: Evidence from an Afromontane forest in South Africa

    Article • Ecological Indicators, August 2020, Elsevier

    Ir Sylvanus Mensah

  43. Structural complexity and large‐sized trees explain shifting species richness and carbon relationship across vegetation types

    Article • Functional Ecology, May 2020, Wiley

    Ir Sylvanus Mensah

  44. Status and population structures of three anthelmintic tree species along climatic gradient in Benin and the implications for conservation

    Article • Southern Forests a Journal of Forest Science, April 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Ir Sylvanus Mensah

  45. Socio-economic factors influencing Afzelia africana Sm. use value and traditional knowledge in Uganda: implications for sustainable management

    Article • Environment Development and Sustainability, March 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ir Sylvanus Mensah

  46. A global systematic review on conservation nd domestication of Parkia biglobosa (Jacq.) R. Br. ex G. Don, an indigenous fruit tree species in Sub-Sahara African traditional parklands: current knowledge and future directions

    Article • Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, February 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ir Sylvanus Mensah

  47. Heterospecific Tree Density and Environmental Factors Affect Afzelia africana Sm. Population Structure in the Pendjari Biosphere Reserve, West Africa: Implications for Management and Restoration

    Article • Tropical Conservation Science, January 2019, SAGE Publications

    Ir Sylvanus Mensah

  48. Perceived Effects of Elephants (Loxodonta africana Cuvier) Presence and Impacts on Ecosystem Services Supply in the Pendjari Biosphere Reserve, West Africa

    Article • Tropical Conservation Science, January 2019, SAGE Publications

    Ir Sylvanus Mensah

  49. Effects of seed viability and pre-treatments on seed germination of two indigenous species—Strychnos cocculoides Baker and Guibourtia coleosperma (Benth.) Leonard in Namibia

    Article • Agroforestry Systems, December 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ir Sylvanus Mensah

  50. Vegetation structure, dominance patterns and height growth in an Afromontane forest, Southern Africa

    Article • Journal of Forestry Research, September 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ir Sylvanus Mensah

  51. Biomass allocation and growth performance of Tithonia diversifolia (Hemsl.) A. Gray in coconut plantations in Sri Lanka

    Article • Agroforestry Systems, September 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ir Sylvanus Mensah

  52. Aboveground biomass partitioning and additive models for Combretum glutinosum and Terminalia laxiflora in West Africa

    Article • Biomass and Bioenergy, August 2018, Elsevier

    Ir Sylvanus Mensah

  53. Diversity–biomass relationship across forest layers: implications for niche complementarity and selection effects

    Article • Oecologia, April 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ir Sylvanus Mensah

  54. Ecosystem services and biomass stock from bamboo stands in central and southern Benin, West Africa

    Article • Energy Ecology and Environment, March 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ir Sylvanus Mensah

  55. Aboveground biomass allometric equations and carbon content of the shea butter tree (Vitellaria paradoxa C.F. Gaertn., Sapotaceae) components in Sudanian savannas (West Africa)

    Article • Agroforestry Systems, February 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ir Sylvanus Mensah

  56. Height – Diameter allometry in South Africa’s indigenous high forests: Assessing generic models performance and function forms

    Article • Forest Ecology and Management, February 2018, Elsevier

    Ir Sylvanus Mensah

  57. Differential Responses of Taxonomic, Structural, and Functional Diversity to Local-Scale Environmental Variation in Afromontane Forests in South Africa

    Article • Tropical Conservation Science, January 2018, SAGE Publications

    Ir Sylvanus Mensah

  58. Potential supply of floral resources to managed honey bees in natural mistbelt forests

    Article • Journal of Environmental Management, March 2017, Elsevier

    Ir Sylvanus Mensah

  59. The relative importance of climatic gradient versus human disturbance in determining population structure of Afzelia africana in the Republic of Benin

    Article • Southern Forests a Journal of Forest Science, February 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Ir Sylvanus Mensah

  60. Ecosystem service importance and use vary with socio-environmental factors: A study from household-surveys in local communities of South Africa

    Article • Ecosystem Services, February 2017, Elsevier

    Ir Sylvanus Mensah

  61. Forests Fragmentation (Geostatistics)

    Article • Tropical Conservation Science, January 2017, SAGE Publications

    Charlemagne Gbemavo, Ir Sylvanus Mensah

  62. Effect of short term agroforestry systems on soil quality in marginal coconut lands in Sri Lanka

    Article • Agricultural Research Journal, January 2017, Diva Enterprises Private Limited

    Ir Sylvanus Mensah

  63. Tree species diversity promotes aboveground carbon storage through functional diversity and functional dominance

    Article • Ecology and Evolution, September 2016, Wiley

    Ir Sylvanus Mensah

  64. Allometric models for height and aboveground biomass of dominant tree species in South African Mistbelt forests

    Article • Southern Forests a Journal of Forest Science, September 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Ir Sylvanus Mensah

  65. Aboveground Biomass and Carbon in a South African Mistbelt Forest and the Relationships with Tree Species Diversity and Forest Structures

    Article • Forests, April 2016, MDPI AG

    Ir Sylvanus Mensah

  66. Patterns of biomass allocation between foliage and woody structure: the effects of tree size and specific functional traits

    Article • Annals of Forest Research, March 2016, Forest Research and Management Institute

    Ir Sylvanus Mensah

  67. Accounting for tree spatial distribution in a comparison of plot sizes and shapes in dense forest and woodland in Benin (West Africa)

    Article • African Journal of Ecology, January 2016, Wiley

    Ir Sylvanus Mensah

  68. Diversity, Knowledge, and Use of Plants in Traditional Treatment of Diabetes in the Republic of Benin

    Article • Ethnobotany Research and Applications, October 2015, Botanical Research Institute of Texas

    Ir Sylvanus Mensah

  69. Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Use Value of Bamboo in Southeastern Benin: Implications for sustainable management

    Article • Ethnobotany Research and Applications, March 2015, Botanical Research Institute of Texas

    Ir Sylvanus Mensah

  70. Population structure of two bamboo species in relation to topographical units in the Republic of Benin (West Africa): implications for sustainable management

    Article • Acta Botanica Gallica, January 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Ir Sylvanus Mensah

  71. Effect of human disturbance and climatic variability on the population structure of Afzelia africana Sm. ex pers. (Fabaceae–Caesalpinioideae) at country broad-scale (Bénin, West Africa)

    Article • South African Journal of Botany, November 2014, Elsevier

    Ir Sylvanus Mensah

  72. Functional evenness of wood traits and structural diversity mediate aboveground biomass positive response to species richness in mixed-species stands

    Article • Authorea, Inc.

    Ir Sylvanus Mensah