David Kenfack

11.5k total citations
68 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

David Kenfack is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Forestry. According to data from OpenAlex, David Kenfack has authored 68 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 32 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 19 papers in Forestry. Recurrent topics in David Kenfack's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (29 papers), Plant and animal studies (28 papers) and African Botany and Ecology Studies (19 papers). David Kenfack is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (29 papers), Plant and animal studies (28 papers) and African Botany and Ecology Studies (19 papers). David Kenfack collaborates with scholars based in United States, Cameroon and France. David Kenfack's co-authors include Duncan W. Thomas, George B. Chuyong, Renato Valencia, Stephen P. Hubbell, Richard Condit, Jessica L. Green, Hélène Morlon, Alfonso Alonso, Hervé Memiaghe and Lisa Korte and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

David Kenfack

67 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
David Kenfack United States 23 1.1k 871 601 417 377 68 2.1k
Ferry Slik Brunei 25 617 0.6× 760 0.9× 453 0.8× 304 0.7× 356 0.9× 63 1.8k
J. W. Ferry Slik Netherlands 28 1.7k 1.6× 823 0.9× 650 1.1× 1.1k 2.8× 492 1.3× 50 2.9k
Robert M. Kooyman Australia 24 1.1k 1.0× 824 0.9× 397 0.7× 502 1.2× 474 1.3× 44 2.0k
Marco Aurélio Leite Fontes Brazil 22 1.8k 1.6× 1.7k 1.9× 759 1.3× 583 1.4× 538 1.4× 88 3.2k
Zhu Hua China 26 991 0.9× 1.0k 1.2× 367 0.6× 431 1.0× 588 1.6× 134 2.2k
Kevin R. Thiele Australia 26 1.0k 0.9× 1.1k 1.3× 806 1.3× 431 1.0× 635 1.7× 146 2.7k
James V. LaFrankie United States 19 1.7k 1.6× 903 1.0× 616 1.0× 617 1.5× 308 0.8× 33 2.3k
Gerold Kier Germany 10 1.2k 1.1× 1.0k 1.2× 759 1.3× 458 1.1× 431 1.1× 13 2.4k
Jens Mutke Germany 18 1.4k 1.3× 1.5k 1.7× 841 1.4× 454 1.1× 601 1.6× 25 3.0k
Saara J. DeWalt United States 25 1.8k 1.7× 1.4k 1.6× 592 1.0× 641 1.5× 796 2.1× 39 2.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by David Kenfack

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Kenfack

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of David Kenfack. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of David Kenfack based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with David Kenfack. David Kenfack is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Abiem, Iveren, David Kenfack, & Hazel Chapman. (2023). Assessing the impact of abiotic and biotic factors on seedling survival in an African montane forest. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change. 6. 7 indexed citations
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Kimuyu, Duncan M., et al.. (2023). Fine‐scale variation in soil and topography influences herbaceous vegetation and the distribution of large mammalian herbivores. African Journal of Ecology. 61(3). 706–716. 4 indexed citations
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Abiem, Iveren, Ian A. Dickie, David Kenfack, & Hazel Chapman. (2022). Factors limiting plant recruitment in a tropical Afromontane Forest. Biotropica. 55(1). 221–231. 1 indexed citations
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Kenfack, David, Iveren Abiem, & Hazel Chapman. (2022). The Efficiency of DNA Barcoding in the Identification of Afromontane Forest Tree Species. Diversity. 14(4). 233–233. 4 indexed citations
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Abiem, Iveren, Ian A. Dickie, David Kenfack, & Hazel Chapman. (2021). Conspecific negative density dependence does not explain coexistence in a tropical Afromontane forest. Journal of Vegetation Science. 32(1). 6 indexed citations
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Chuyong, George B., et al.. (2021). What structures diurnal visitation rates to flowering trees in an Afrotropical lowland rainforest understory?. Insect Conservation and Diversity. 15(1). 19–35. 2 indexed citations
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Abiem, Iveren, Gabriel Arellano, David Kenfack, & Hazel Chapman. (2020). Afromontane Forest Diversity and the Role of Grassland-Forest Transition in Tree Species Distribution. Diversity. 12(1). 30–30. 24 indexed citations
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Obiang, Nestor Laurier Engone, David Kenfack, Nicolas Picard, et al.. (2019). Determinants of spatial patterns of canopy tree species in a tropical evergreen forest in Gabon. Journal of Vegetation Science. 30(5). 929–939. 10 indexed citations
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Meyer, Kyle, Hervé Memiaghe, Lisa Korte, et al.. (2018). Why do microbes exhibit weak biogeographic patterns?. The ISME Journal. 12(6). 1404–1413. 133 indexed citations
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Gourlet‐Fleury, Sylvie, et al.. (2017). Floristic and structural changes in secondary forests following agricultural disturbances: the case of Lama forest reserve in Southern Benin. International Journal of Biological and Chemical Sciences. 10(4). 1602–1602. 5 indexed citations
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Martins, Dino J., Julianne Peláez, Paul M. Musili, et al.. (2017). Polygyny does not explain the superior competitive ability of dominant ant associates in the African ant‐plant, Acacia (Vachellia) drepanolobium. Ecology and Evolution. 8(3). 1441–1450. 7 indexed citations
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Osuri, Anand M., Jayashree Ratnam, Varun Varma, et al.. (2016). Contrasting effects of defaunation on aboveground carbon storage across the global tropics. Nature Communications. 7(1). 11351–11351. 97 indexed citations
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Memiaghe, Hervé, James A. Lutz, Lisa Korte, Alfonso Alonso, & David Kenfack. (2016). Ecological Importance of Small-Diameter Trees to the Structure, Diversity and Biomass of a Tropical Evergreen Forest at Rabi, Gabon. PLoS ONE. 11(5). e0154988–e0154988. 47 indexed citations
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Parmentier, Ingrid, Maxime Réjou‐Méchain, Jérôme Chave, et al.. (2014). Prevalence of phylogenetic clustering at multiple scales in an African rain forest tree community. Journal of Ecology. 102(4). 1008–1016. 30 indexed citations
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Libalah, Moses B., et al.. (2014). Field and Morphometric Studies ofPhyllobotryonMüell.Arg. (Salicaceae) in the Korup Forest Area of Cameroon. Adansonia. 36(2). 303–313. 3 indexed citations
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Baldeck, Claire A., Kyle E. Harms, Joseph B. Yavitt, et al.. (2012). Soil resources and topography shape local tree community structure in tropical forests. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 280(1753). 20122532–20122532. 228 indexed citations
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Weber, Natalie, Philippe Birnbaum, Pierre‐Michel Forget, Mathieu Guèye, & David Kenfack. (2010). L’huile de carapa ( Carapa spp., Meliaceae) en Afrique de l’Ouest : utilisations et implications dans la conservation des peuplements naturels. Fruits. 65(6). 343–354. 29 indexed citations
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Kenfack, David, et al.. (2010). Socio-cultural importance, economic and therapeutic potential of Carapa (Meliaceae) in Senegal.. 359–367. 1 indexed citations
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Forget, Pierre‐Michel, et al.. (2009). A new species of Carapa (Meliaceae) from Central Guyana. Brittonia. 61(4). 366–374. 8 indexed citations
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Sonké, Bonaventure, David Kenfack, & Maurice Tindo. (2000). Parasitism of avocado trees (Persea americana, Lauraceae) with Loranthaceae in the area of Yaounde (Cameroon).. Fruits. 55(5). 325–331. 2 indexed citations

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