2017 Refereed Journal Articles

1. Aabeyir, R., Agyare, W. A., Weir, M.J.C. & Adu-Bredu, S. (2017). Multi-Level land cover change analysis in the Forest-Savannah Transition Zone of the Kintampo Municipality, Ghana. Journal of Natural Resources and Development 7: 1-11

2. Adele, C.M.J., Jardine, P.E., Adu-Bredu, S., Coe, A.L., Duah-Gyamfi, A., Fraser,W.T., Lomax, B.H., Malhi, Y., Moore, S., Owusu-Afriyie, K. and Gosling, W.D.(2017). The modern pollen– vegetation relationships of a tropical forest–savannah mosaic landscape, Ghana, West Africa. Palynology: 1-15. Published online August 10, 2017. (http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01916122.2017.1356392).

3. Akpalu, E. S., Adeyiga, G. K., Amooh, M. K., Kyereh, D. and Akpalu, M. (2017). Population density and diversity of trees on farmlands in three districts of the Upper East Region of Ghana: Implications for food security and ecosystem sustainability, Journal of Agriculture and Ecology Research International,10(3):1-11.

4. Annoh, C. E., Ewusie, E.A., Cobblah, M. A., Osae, M.Y., Boateng, B. A., Kwapong, P. K., Aidoo, K. and Bosu, P. P. (2017). Status and trends of monitoring insect pollinators in mango ecosystem in southern Ghana. IJRDO-Journal of Applied Science 3 (2):1-14.

5. Appiah-Kubi, E., Militz, H., Gellerich, A. and Kankam, C.K. (2017). Decay resistance of plantation grown Khaya ivorensis to brown-rot and white-rot fungi. Ghana Journal of Forestry, 33: 31-37.

6. Asante, W. A., Dawoe, E., Acheampong, E. and Bosu, P.P. (2017). A new perspective on forest definition and shade regimes for REDD+ interventions in Ghana's cocoa landscape. Ghana Journal of Forestry, 33:1-15.

7. Bani, B. K., Damnyag, L. Farmers' willingness to pay for ecosystem services to enhance agricultural production in Sene East District, Ghana. Small-Scale Forestry 16(4):451-467.

8. Borden K. A., Anglaaere, C. N., Adu-Bredu, S. & Isaac, M.E. (2017). Root biomass variation of cocoa and implications for carbon stocks in agroforestry systems. Agroforestry Systems (doi 10.1007/s10457-017-0122-5).

9. Bosu, P. P., Acquah, E. and Boamah, R. O. (2017). Evaluation of four insecticides for the protection of Nauclea diderrichii seedlings against Orygmophora mediofoveata (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) shoot borer damage. International Journal of Tropical Insect Science (doi: 10.1017/S1742758417000236).

10. Damnyag, L., Anglaaere, L.C.N., Tease, F., Bani, K.B., Bawuah, A.E. (2017). Analysis of farmers' willingness to pay for tree integration on farmlands in Ankasa Conservation Area, Ghana Journal of Forestry 33: 16-30.

11. Essien, C.; Via, B. K.; Gallagher, T.; McDonald, T.; Eckhardt, L. (2017). Sensitivity of acoustic tools to variation in equilibrium moisture content of small clear samples of Loblolly pine (Pinus taeda). Journal of Indian Academy of Wood Science, 11pp. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13196- 017-0202-1

12. Essien, C., Via, B. K., Cheng, Q., Gallagher, T., McDonald, T., Wang, X. Eckhardt,L.G. (2017). Multivariate modeling of acousto-mechanical response of 14-year-old suppressed loblolly pine (Pinus taeda) to variation in wood chemistry, microfibril angle, and density. Wood Science & Technology 51: 475 – 492 (doi :10.1007/s00226-017-0894-9).

13. Essien, C., Via, B. K., Acquah, G., Gallagher, T., McDonald, T., & Eckhardt, L.(2017). Effect of genetic sources on anatomical, morphological, and mechanical properties of 14-year-old genetically improved loblolly pine families from two sites in the southern United States, journal, Journal of Forestry Research. (doi.org/10.1007/s11676-017-0584-3)

14. Gosling, W.D., Adele, C.M., Julier, A.C.M., Adu-Bredu, S., Djagbletey, G.D., Fraser, W.T., Jardine, P. E., Lomax, B. H., Malhi, Y., Manu, E.A., Mayle, F. E., Moore, S. (2017). Pollen-vegetation richness and diversity relationships in the tropics. Journal of Vegetation History & Archaeobotany. (doi 10.1007/s00334-017-0642-y).

15. Guuroh, R.T., Linstädter, A., Ferner, J., Canak, K., Ruppert, J. C., Schmidtlein, S. (2017). Drivers of forage provision and erosion control in West African savannas – A macroecological perspective. Journal of Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 251:257–267. (doi : http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2017.09.017).

16. Julier, A. C. M., Jardine, P.E., Adu-Bredu, , Coe, A.L., Duah-Gyamfi, A., Fraser, W.T., Lomax, B.H., Malhi, Y., Moore, S., Owusu-Afriyie, K. & Gosling, W.D. (2017).The modern pollen– vegetation relationships of a tropical forest–savannah mosaic landscape , Ghana, West Africa. Palynology, (doi :10.1080/01916122.2017.1356392)

17. Moore, S., Adu-Bredu, S., Duah-Gyamfi, A., Addo-Danso, S.D., Ibrahim, F., Mbou, A.T., de Grandcourt, A., Valentini, R., Nicolini, G., Djagbletey, G., Owusu-Afriyie, K., Gvozdevaite, A., Oliveras, I., Ruiz-Jaen, M.C., Malhi, Y. (2017). Forest biomass, productivity and carbon cycling along a rainfall gradient in West Africa. Global Change Biology, 24(2): e496-e510, (doi.10.1111/gcb.13907).

18. Naah, J-B.S.N., Guuroh R.T. & Linstädter, A. (2017). Factors influencing local ecological knowledge of forage resources: Ethnobotanical evidence from West Africa's Savannas. Journal of Environmental Management, 188: 297–307, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2016.11. 064.

19. Nero, B. F. (2017). Urban green space dynamics and socio-environmental inequity: Multi- resolution and Spatiotemporal Data Analysis of Kumasi, Ghana. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 38(23): 6993-7020.

20. Nero, B. F., Callo-Concha, D., Anning, A., Denich, M. (2017). Urban green spaces enhance climate change mitigation in cities of the global south: The case of Kumasi, Ghana. Procedia Engineering, 198: 69 – 83.

21. Nero, B. F., Campion, B. B., Agbo, N., Callo-Concha, D. and Denich, M. (2017).Tree and trait diversity, species coexistence, and diversity-functional relations of green spaces in Kumasi, Ghana. Procedia Engineering, 198: 99 – 115.

22. Ochoa-Hueso, R., Maestre, F.T., Eldridge, D.J., Delgado-Baquerizo, M., Soliveres, S., Bowker, A. M., Gross, N., Le Bagousse-Pinguet, Y., Quero, L.J., García-Gómez, M., Valencia E., Arredondo, T., Beinticinco, L., Bran, D., Cea, A., Coaguila, D., Dougill, J. A., Espinosa, I.C., Gaitán, J., Guuroh, R.T., Gusman, E., Gutiérrez, J.R., Hernández, R.M., Huber-Sannwald, E., Jeffries, T., Linstädter, A., Mau, R.L., Monerris, J., Prina A., Pucheta, E., Stavi, I., Thomas, A.D., Zaady, E., Singh, B.K., (2018). Soil fungal abundance and plant functional traits drive fertile island formation in global drylands, Journal of Ecology, doi: 10.1111/1365-2745.12871.

23. Owusu, F.W.; Appiah, J. K.; Essien, C.; Brentuo, B., Foli, E. (2017). Some wood machining properties of submerged timber species from the Volta Lake in Ghana. Ghana Journal of Forestry, 33: 60 – 73.

24. Prescott, C. E., Corrao, K., Reid, R., Zukswert, A., Addo-Danso S. D. (2017). Changes in mass, carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus in logs decomposing for 30 years in three Rocky Mountain coniferous forests. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 47: 1418-1423.

25. Sossou, H. S., Asomaning, J. M., Gaveh, E. A, Sarkodie-Addo, J. and Sodedji, A.F.K. (2017). Assessment of seed vigour tests for determining the physiological potential of Tetrapleura tetraptera (Schum. & Thonn.). Journal of Experimental Agriculture International, 192: 1-10.