Sylvanus Mensah

2.1k total citations
68 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Sylvanus Mensah is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Forestry and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Sylvanus Mensah has authored 68 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 27 papers in Forestry and 23 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Sylvanus Mensah's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (28 papers), African Botany and Ecology Studies (24 papers) and Forest ecology and management (16 papers). Sylvanus Mensah is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (28 papers), African Botany and Ecology Studies (24 papers) and Forest ecology and management (16 papers). Sylvanus Mensah collaborates with scholars based in Benin, Germany and South Africa. Sylvanus Mensah's co-authors include Thomas Seifert, Romain Glèlè Kakaï, Achille Ephrem Assogbadjo, Ruan Veldtman, Kolawolé Valère Salako, Ben du Toit, Florent Noulèkoun, Kangbéni Dimobe, Cori Ham and Adjima Thiombiano and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, The Science of The Total Environment and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Sylvanus Mensah

62 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sylvanus Mensah Benin 22 779 663 389 239 207 68 1.4k
Aida Cuní‐Sanchez United Kingdom 24 357 0.5× 515 0.8× 295 0.8× 212 0.9× 319 1.5× 63 1.3k
Víctor Rolo Spain 20 433 0.6× 431 0.7× 233 0.6× 256 1.1× 116 0.6× 50 1.0k
C. J. Geldenhuys South Africa 23 869 1.1× 746 1.1× 353 0.9× 448 1.9× 337 1.6× 106 1.8k
Louis Sawadogo Burkina Faso 17 458 0.6× 396 0.6× 370 1.0× 266 1.1× 254 1.2× 34 1.0k
Anastasia Pantera Greece 17 238 0.3× 597 0.9× 695 1.8× 274 1.1× 255 1.2× 36 1.3k
Alfredo Celso Fantini Brazil 17 338 0.4× 379 0.6× 180 0.5× 198 0.8× 187 0.9× 74 913
Anders Ræbild Denmark 21 294 0.4× 482 0.7× 443 1.1× 498 2.1× 382 1.8× 69 1.5k
Daniel Luís Mascia Vieira Brazil 24 923 1.2× 622 0.9× 399 1.0× 332 1.4× 340 1.6× 49 1.7k
Javier Jiménez Pérez Mexico 19 815 1.0× 444 0.7× 244 0.6× 163 0.7× 118 0.6× 153 1.3k
Jerônimo Boelsums Barreto Sansevero Brazil 16 628 0.8× 672 1.0× 186 0.5× 112 0.5× 228 1.1× 38 1.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sylvanus Mensah

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sylvanus Mensah

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Mensah, Sylvanus, et al.. (2025). Short‐Term Alteration of Soil Physicochemical Characteristics Induced by Biochar Application on a Ferric Acrisol. Scientifica. 2025(1). 7743251–7743251. 1 indexed citations
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Taugourdeau, Simon, et al.. (2025). Grazing Affects Soil Organic Carbon Stocks Directly and Indirectly Through Herbaceous Species Diversity in Sahelian Savanna Ecosystems. Land Degradation and Development. 36(10). 3490–3498. 1 indexed citations
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Idohou, Rodrigue, et al.. (2023). Towards sustainable conservation and domestication of Balanites aegyptiaca L. (Zygophyllaceae) in Africa: progress and challenges. Journal of Arid Environments. 218. 105053–105053. 7 indexed citations
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Mensah, Sylvanus, et al.. (2023). Tree height-diameter, aboveground and belowground biomass allometries for two West African mangrove species. Biomass and Bioenergy. 176. 106917–106917. 16 indexed citations
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Mensah, Sylvanus, Florent Noulèkoun, Kangbéni Dimobe, Thomas Seifert, & Romain Glèlè Kakaï. (2023). Climate and soil effects on tree species diversity and aboveground carbon patterns in semi-arid tree savannas. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 11509–11509. 26 indexed citations
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Tesfay, Yayneshet, et al.. (2023). The dynamics of vegetation diversity and biomass under traditional grazing in Ethiopia's Somali rangeland. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(6). 342–352. 3 indexed citations
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Noulèkoun, Florent, Sylvanus Mensah, Gérard Nounagnon Gouwakinnou, et al.. (2023). Tree size diversity is the major driver of aboveground carbon storage in dryland agroforestry parklands. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 22210–22210. 9 indexed citations
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Ndiaye, Ousmane, et al.. (2023). Grazing effects on vegetation dynamics in the savannah ecosystems of the Sahel. Ecological Processes. 12(1). 8 indexed citations
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Dejene, Sintayehu W., et al.. (2022). Carbon Stock and Change Rate under Different Grazing Management Practices in Semiarid Pastoral Ecosystem of Eastern Ethiopia. Land. 11(5). 639–639. 7 indexed citations
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Mensah, Sylvanus, et al.. (2021). Factors affecting survival of seedling of Afzelia africana, a threatened tropical timber species in West Africa. Tropical Ecology. 62(3). 443–452. 8 indexed citations
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Noulèkoun, Florent, Sylvanus Mensah, Emiru Birhane, Yowhan Son, & Asia Khamzina. (2021). Forest Landscape Restoration under Global Environmental Change: Challenges and a Future Roadmap. Forests. 12(3). 276–276. 17 indexed citations
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Mensah, Sylvanus, Fons van der Plas, & Florent Noulèkoun. (2021). Do functional identity and divergence promote aboveground carbon differently in tropical semi‐arid forests and savannas?. Ecosphere. 12(6). 12 indexed citations
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Nissanka, S. P., et al.. (2021). Coconut-gliricidia mixed cropping systems improve soil nutrients in dry and wet regions of Sri Lanka. Agroforestry Systems. 95(2). 307–319. 14 indexed citations
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Houéhanou, Thierry D., et al.. (2020). Status and population structures of three anthelmintic tree species along climatic gradient in Benin and the implications for conservation. Southern Forests a Journal of Forest Science. 82(1). 1–9. 2 indexed citations
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Mensah, Sylvanus, Kolawolé Valère Salako, & Thomas Seifert. (2020). Structural complexity and large‐sized trees explain shifting species richness and carbon relationship across vegetation types. Functional Ecology. 34(8). 1731–1745. 57 indexed citations
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Mensah, Sylvanus, Kolawolé Valère Salako, Achille Ephrem Assogbadjo, et al.. (2020). Functional trait diversity is a stronger predictor of multifunctionality than dominance: Evidence from an Afromontane forest in South Africa. Ecological Indicators. 115. 106415–106415. 50 indexed citations
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Mensah, Sylvanus, et al.. (2020). Aboveground tree carbon stocks in West African semi-arid ecosystems: Dominance patterns, size class allocation and structural drivers. Global Ecology and Conservation. 24. e01331–e01331. 21 indexed citations
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Atapattu, Anjana J., et al.. (2018). Biomass allocation and growth performance of Tithonia diversifolia (Hemsl.) A. Gray in coconut plantations in Sri Lanka. Agroforestry Systems. 93(5). 1865–1875. 17 indexed citations
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Mensah, Sylvanus, Ruan Veldtman, Ben du Toit, Romain Glèlè Kakaï, & Thomas Seifert. (2016). Aboveground Biomass and Carbon in a South African Mistbelt Forest and the Relationships with Tree Species Diversity and Forest Structures. Forests. 7(4). 79–79. 65 indexed citations

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