Dr. Ir. Sylvanus Mensah

Research assistant

Position

Researcher| Forest Ecology

Research interests

2014-2016: Ph.D., Forest sciences, Department of Forest and Wood Science, Faculty of AgriSciences, Stellenbosch University, South Africa
2012-2013: M.Sc., Natural Resources Management, Graduated with Highest honors Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of Abomey-Calavi, Benin
2010-2011: Agricultural Engineer Degree, Graduated with Highest honors Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of Abomey-Calavi, Benin
2006-2010: Sc., Natural Resources and Forest Engineering, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of Abomey-Calavi, Benin

Assessing the effects of abiotic and biotic factors on the early recruitment of the threatened Afzelia africana Sm. ex Pers. (Fabaceae-Ceasalpinioideae) in Benin (West Africa)
Multi-functionality in natural forest ecosystems: biodiversity, tree carbon storage, habitat quality and bee forage provision
Estimating Biomass and Carbon in Natural and Planted Forests

Consolidoc Award (2017) for writing and publishing article, Stellenbosch University, South Africa
African Forestry Forum (AFF): Research grants on Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry Linked to Climate Change (2016-2017)
SHARE Intra ACP Scholarship for PhD studies at Stellenbosch University, South Africa (2014 – 2016)
International Foundation for Science (IFS): Research Grant for “Assessing the effects of abiotic and biotic factors on the early
recruitment of the threatened Afzelia africana Sm. ex Pers. (Fabaceae-Ceasalpinioideae) in Benin (West Africa)”

Mensah S, Pienaar OL, Kunneke A, du Toit B, Seydack A, Uhl E, Pretzsch H, Seifert T (2018). Height–diameter allometry in South Africa indigenous high forests: Assessing generic models performance and theoretical function forms. Forest Ecology and Management 410: 1–11; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2017.12.030
Mensah S, du Toit B, & Seifert T (2018). Diversity-biomass relationship across forest layers in multispecies Afromontane natural forests: implications for niche complementarity and selection effects. Oecologia, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-018-4144-0
Dimobe K, Mensah S, Ouédraogo A, Goetze D, Porembski S, Thiombiano A (2018). Aboveground biomass partitioning and additive models for Combretum glutinosum and Terminalia laxiflora in West Africa. Biomass and Bioenergy, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biombioe.2018.04.022
Mensah S, Veldtman R, Assogbadjo AE, Ham C, Glèlè Kakaï R & Seifert T (2017) Ecosystem Service Importance and Use Vary with Socio-Environmental factors: A Case Study from Household-surveys in Local Communities of South Africa. Ecosystem Services 23:1-8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2016.10.018
Mensah S, Veldtman R, Assogbadjo A, Glèlè Kakaï R & Seifert T (2016). Tree species diversity promotes tree carbon storage through functional diversity and dominance. Ecology & Evolution, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.2525