Reginald Tang Guuroh (PhD)

Position: Senior Research Scientist     
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Professional fields of Interest:

• • • • • Climate change and land use effects on plants
        • Biodiversity and conservation
        • Ecosystem functioning and service provision
        • Forest Landscape Restoration
          

Professional Background:

2012 – 2016: PhD in Plant Ecology (University of Bonn, Germany)
2010 – 2011: MSc in Tropical Forestry and Management (Technical University of Dresden, Germany)
2009 – 2010: MSc in Environmental Forestry (University of Bangor, UK)
2003 – 2007: BSc in Natural Resources Management (Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana) 

Research Projects

Current Projects

1. Greenhouse Gas Determination in West Africa’s Agricultural Landscapes (GreenGaDe). Funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) under the framework of WASCAL WRAP 2.Principal investigator (2021-2024)
2. Documenting Impacts of Artisanal Mining and Land Clearing on Cocoa Cultivation in Ghana. Funded by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Principal investigators: Dr. Elizabeth A. Obeng and Dr. Noel Aloysius (2021-2023).
3. Impact of land use and climate change on the distribution of woody medicinal plants in Ghana. Funded by the German Academic Exchange Services (DAAD). Principal investigator (2020-2022).
4. Forestry Commission (FC)/ Industry Plantations Project. Funded by the FC/Industry Fund Board. Coordinator (2017-202

Past Projects

1. Gender Analysis and Mainstreaming of Gender Considerations into Project Activities, Implementation and Monitoring. Consultancy for IUCN, Accra. Principal investigator: Dr. Gloria D. Djagbletey (2020).
2. Climate change risk assessment for the Juabeso-Bia and Sefwi Wiawso landscape (Mobilizing More for Climate-MoMo4C). Consultancy for Trobenbos Ghana. Principal investigator: Dr. Kwame A. Oduro (2020).
3. Governance of forest landscape restoration – analyses of governance issues in cases from Ghana and India. Consultancy for International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO), Vienna, Austria. Principal investigator: Dr. Ernest G. Foli (2020).
4. Climate and Land Use Effect on Plant Diversity in Southern Ghana. Funded by the International Foundation for Science. Principal Investigator (2019-2021).
5. Forest Landscape Restoration Implementation: Progress on the Ground. Case Study of nine countries (Bangladesh, Brazil, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guatemala, India, Madagascar, Mongolia and Peru). Lead Scientists: Dr. Michael Kleine and Dr. John Stanturf, International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) (2019-2020).
6. Climate and Land Use Effect on Plant Diversity in Northern Ghana. Funded by the British Ecological Society. Principal Investigator (2017-2019).
7. Establishing a Land Restoration Research and Demonstration Area within Degraded Mining Sites in the Bibiani Areas, Ghana. Funded by Government of Ghana (2017-2018). Principal Investigators: Prof. Mark Appiah and Dr. Beatrice Darko Obiri.
8. Evaluation of phytoremediation potential of indigenous and exotic species in Ghana. Funded by Government of Ghana (2017-2018). Principal Investigator: Dr. Akwasi Duah-Gyamfi

Selected Publications

1. Antwi-Wiredu, A., Gakpetor, P. M., Guuroh, R. T., Ofori, E. and Ofori, D. A. 2021. Vegetative Propagation Technologies using Stem and Root Cuttings of Paulownia (P. fortunei and P. elongata) Tree Species for Mass Production. Journal of Biodiversity and Environmental Sciences 18(4), 67-76. (Role: study design, data analysis and writing of manuscript).
2. Kalanzi, F., Kyazze, F. B., Isubikalu, P., Kiyingi, I., Orikiriza, L. J. B., Okia, C. and Guuroh, R. T. 2021. Influence of socio-technological factors on smallholder farmers’ choices of agroforestry technologies in the eastern highlands of Uganda. Small-scale Forestry 20, 605-626. (Role: study design, data analysis and writing of manuscript).
3. Folega, F., Diwediga, B., Guuroh, R. T., Wala, K. and Akpagana, K. 2020. Riparian and stream forests carbon sequestration in the context of high anthropogenic disturbance in Togo. Moroccan Journal of Agricultural Science 1(1), 39-49. (Role: study design, data analysis and writing of manuscript).
4. Stanturf, J.A., Mansourian, S., Darabant, A., Kleine, M., Kant, P., Burns, J., Agena, A., Batkhuu, N.O., Ferreira, J., Foli, E., Guerra, A., Miah, M.D., Ranjatson, P., Sabogal, C., Addo-Danso, S.D., Badugu, S., Brienza, S., Chandel, P. V., Chander, S., Chandra, S., Cujcuj, B., Derero, A., Gonzalez, O., Gutierrez, B., Guuroh, R. T., Hossain, M. A., Juarez, M. A., Kometter, R., Lokesh, J., Lopez, F. L., Pereira, C., Rajendra, K., Randrianasolo, R., Razafimbelo, N. T., Reddy, M. C., Reddy, G. C. S., Sharma, D. S., Sukhbaatar, G., Thakur, S. K., Tavares, P.A., Tewari, V. P. and Verma, R.K. 2020. Forest Landscape Restoration Implementation: Lessons learned from selected landscapes in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Occasional Paper No. 33. IUFRO. Vienna, Austria. 63 p. 
5. Addo-Danso, S.D., Guuroh, R.T., Oduro, K.A., Abukari, H. and Foli, E.G. 2020. ‘Forest Landscape Restoration implementation in Ghana as a socioeconomic opportunity’ in Pinto, R.R.P., Santos, F.C. and Prescott, C. (Eds.) Forest landscape restoration and social opportunities in the tropical world. CEPAN. Pp 29-51.
6. Gaitán, J. J., Maestre, F. T., Bran, D. E, Buono, G. G. , Dougill, A. J., Martínez, G. G., Ferrante, D., Guuroh, R. T., Linstädter, A., Massara, V., Thomas, A. D. and Oliva, G. E. 2019. Biotic and abiotic drivers of topsoil organic carbon concentration in drylands have similar effects at regional and global scales. Ecosystems 22, 1445-1456. (Role: data collection and writing of manuscript).
7. Obeng, E. A.,  Oduro, K. A.,  Obiri, B. D.,  Abukari, H. and  Guuroh, R. T.,  Djagbletey, G. D., Appiah-Korang, J., Appiah, M. 2019. Impact of illegal mining activities on forest ecosystem services: local communities’ attitudes and willingness to participate in restoration activities in Ghana. Heliyon 5(10), 1-11. (Role: study design, data collection, data analysis and writing of manuscript).
8. Guuroh R.T., Linstädter, A., Ferner, J., Canak, K., Ruppert, J. C. and Schmidtlein, S. 2018. Drivers of forage provision and erosion control in West African savannas – A macroecological perspective. Journal of Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 251, 257-267.
9. Durán, J., DelgadoBaquerizo, M., Dougill, J. A., Guuroh, R.T., Linstädter, A., Thomas, A. D. and Maestre, F.T. 2018. Temperature and aridity regulate spatial variability of soil multifunctionality in drylands across the globe. Journal of Ecology 99(5), 1184-1193. (Role: data collection and writing of manuscript).
10. Ferner, J., Schmidtlein, S., Guuroh, R. T., Lopatin, J. and Linstaedter, A. 2018. Disentangling effects of climate and land-use change on West African drylands’ forage supply. Journal of Global Environmental Change 53, 24-38. (Role: study design, data collection, data analysis and writing of manuscript).
11. 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. and Singh, B.K. 2018. Soil fungal abundance and plant functional traits drive fertile island formation in global drylands. Journal of Ecology 106(1), 242-253. (Role: data collection and writing of manuscript).
12. Naah, J-B.S.N., Guuroh R.T. and Linstädter, A. 2017. Factors influencing local ecological knowledge of forage resources: Ethnobotanical evidence from West Africa's savannas. Journal of Environmental Management 188(1), 297–307. (Role: study design, data collection, data analysis and writing of manuscript).
13. Kalanzi, F., Nansereko, S., Okullo, P., Gwali, S., Kiyingi, I. and Guuroh, R.T. 2015. Growth performance of 5-year old Pinus caribaea var. hondurensis (Barr. and Golf.) in selected districts of Uganda. Uganda Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 2014, 15 (2): 127 – 135. (Role: study design, data analysis and writing of manuscript).

Conference papers

1. Foli, E.G., Guuroh, R.T. and Addo-Danso, S.D. 2021. Key messages from the 2019 Forest Landscape Restoration assessments in Ghana. Proceedings of IUFRO World Day – Digital Forest Science Forum. September 28 – 29, 2021. Online event.
2. Akowuah, D., Guuroh, R.T. and Appiah, M. 2021. Growth response of plantation species (Cedrela odorata and Terminalia superba) to variability in site and climatic conditions. In: Debinski, E., Diekmann, M., Loidi, J., Wiser, S. and Zelený, D. (Eds.). Proceedings of 63rd Annual Symposium of the International Association for Vegetation Science (IAVS). September 20 – 23, 2021. Virtual symposium. Pp 11.
3. Adu-Gyamfi, A., Guuroh, R.T., Suengdo, K. and Okyere-Agyapong, E. 2021. Assessment of the carbon sequestration potentials of three different landuse types in Ghana. In: Debinski, E., Diekmann, M., Loidi, J., Wiser, S. and Zelený, D. (Eds.). Proceedings of 63rd Annual Symposium of the International Association for Vegetation Science (IAVS) Symposium. September 20 – 23, 2021. Virtual symposium. Pp 17.
4. Guuroh, R.T. and Linstaedter, A. 2021. Drivers of herbaceous species composition and distribution in the Sudanian Savannas of West Africa. In: Debinski, E., Diekmann, M., Loidi, J., Wiser, S. and Zelený, D. (Eds.). Proceedings of 63rd Annual Symposium of the International Association for Vegetation Science (IAVS). September 20 – 23, 2021. Virtual symposium. Pp 74.
5. Guuroh, R.T., Adeyiga, K.G., Kalanzi, F., Adu-Gyamfi, A., Obeng, M. and Amponsah, E. 2021.  Drivers of woody plant diversity and productivity in drylands of Ghana. In: Debinski, E., Diekmann, M., Loidi, J., Wiser, S. and Zelený, D. (Eds.). Proceedings of 63rd Annual Symposium of the International Association for Vegetation Science (IAVS). September 20 – 23, 2021. Virtual symposium. Pp 75.
6. Yannelli, F., Andrade, B., Agbolade, A.Q., Bazzichetto, M., Bonari, G., Chelli, S., Conradi, T., Ćuk, M., Damasceno, G., Fantinato, E. Geange, S., Guuroh, R.T., Musa Holle, M.J., Küzmič, P., Lembrechts, J., Mosyaftiani, A., Pattison, Z., Šikuljak, T., Teixeira, J., Tordoni, E., Pérez-Valladares, C.X. and Sperandii, M.G. 2021.  Fifteen emerging challenges and opportunities for vegetation science - A horizon scan. In: Debinski, E., Diekmann, M., Loidi, J., Wiser, S. and Zelený, D. (Eds.). Proceedings of 63rd Annual Symposium of the International Association for Vegetation Science (IAVS). September 20 – 23, 2021. Virtual symposium. Pp 169.
7. Marline, L., Akita, L.G., Anyanwu, N.I., Dimobe, K., Goncalves, F.M.P., Guuroh, R.T. and Oduor, A.M.O. 2020. Addressing climate change in Africa: Challenges and the way forward focus on biodiversity and ecosystem functioning. Virtual DAAD climapAfrica Conference; 9 – 30 October 2020. Pp 36.
8. Guuroh, R.T. and Adeyiga, G.K. 2019. Interactive effects of climate and land-use on tree diversity in three ecological zones of Ghana. In: de Mattos, P.P. et al. (Eds.). Proceedings of XXV IUFRO World Congress Special Issue. September 29 – October 5, 2019. Curitiba, Brazil. Pp 171.
9. Seidu, H., Guuroh, R.T., Govina, J., Appiah-Kubi, E. and Essien, C. 2019. Potential of non-destructive testing of wood and the contribution to climate change mitigation. In: de Mattos, P.P. et al. (Eds.). Proceedings of XXV IUFRO World Congress Special Issue. September 29 – October 5, 2019. Curitiba, Brazil. Pp 427.
10. Addo-Danso, D.S., Amissah, L., Appiah, M., Foli, E.G., Ofori, D.A., Ametsitsi, G., Guuroh, R.T., Djagbletey, G.D. and Adu-Bredu, S. 2019. Climate and fire influence fine root traits of tropical forests across Ghana. In: de Mattos, P.P. et al. (Eds.). Proceedings of XXV IUFRO World Congress Special Issue. September 29 – October 5, 2019. Curitiba, Brazil. Pp 656. 
11. Guuroh, R.T., Foli, E.G. and Ofori, D.A. 2019. Improving rural livelihoods and contributing to climate change mitigation and adaptation through landscape restoration: examples from Ghana. In: de Mattos, P.P. et al. (Eds.). Proceedings of XXV IUFRO World Congress Special Issue. September 29 – October 5, 2019. Curitiba, Brazil. Pp 491.
12. Guuroh, R.T., Adeyiga, K.G., Markesteijn, L. and Linstädter, A. 2019. Land-use Change Overrides Climate Change Effects on the Diversity and Regeneration of Africa’s Dryland Woody Vegetation. In: Diekmann, M. (Eds.). Proceedings of 62nd Annual Symposium of the International Association of Vegetation Science: Vegetation Science and Biodiversity Research. July 14 – 19, 2019. Bremen, Germany. Pp 93.
13. Guuroh, R.T., Foli, E.G., Addo-Danso, S.D., Anglaaere, L., Amissah, L., and Ofori, D.A. 2019. Overview of Landscape Restoration across Ghana. Global Landscape Forum, 29 - 30 October 2019, Accra, Ghana.
14. Guuroh, R.T., Ruppert, J.C., Ferner, J., Canak, K., Schmidtlein, S. and Linstädter, A. 2018. Drivers of forage provision and erosion control in West African Savannas – a macroelogical perspective. In: Oduro, K.A., Pentsil, S., Korang, J.K., Obeng, E.A., Guuroh, R.T., Addo-Danso, A. (Eds.). Proceedings of the 29th AGM of the CSIR-RSA and the First CSIR-RSA Scientific Conference. October 16 – 19, 2018. GNAT Village, Abankro, Ejisu, Ghana. Pp 20.
15. Guuroh, R.T., Linstädter, A. and Schmidtlein, S. 2018. Are there consistent drivers of taxonomic and functional diversity in West Africa’s Sudanian savannas? In: Minchin, P.R. and Roberts, D.W. (Eds.). Proceedings of 61st Annual Symposium of the International Association of Vegetation Science: Natural Ecosystems as Benchmarks for Vegetation Science. July 22 – 27, 2018. Bozeman-Montana, United States. Pp 93. 
16. Guuroh, R.T., Ubrig, H. and Acheampong E. 2013. Effects of homegarden size on inputs and outputs per unit area. Tropentag, 17 - 19 September 2013, Stuttgart, Germany. 
17. Guuroh, R.T., Schmidtlein, S. and Linstädter, A. 2013. Ecological characterization of grazing lands from vegetation science perspective. 7th Annual Meeting of the Specialist Group on Macroecology, 13 - 15 March 2013, Göttingen.
18. Guuroh, R.T. 2012. Contribution of homegardens to household income generation in Burkina Faso (case study of Bieha District). Tropentag, 19 - 21 September 2012, Göttingen - Kassel/Witzenhausen, Germany.
19. Guuroh, R.T., Ubrig, H. and Acheampong E. 2011. Improving benefits from marginal lands: Contribution of homegardens to household income generation in the Bieha District of Southern Burkina Faso. Tropentag, 5 - 7 October 2011, Bonn, Germany.

Awards/Fellowships

1. 2021-2024: WASCAL WRAP 2.0 Research Grant
2. 2020-2022: DAAD PostDoc in Africa Fellowship.
3. 2019-2021: Individual Research Grant Award, International Foundation for Science (IFS), Sweden.
4. 2017-2019: Ecologists in Africa Research Grant Award, British Ecological Society (BES), U.K.
5. 2015-2016: Scholarship from the West African Science Service Centre for Climate Change and Adapted Land use (WASCAL) project.
6. 2015, 2018 & 2019: International Association for Vegetation Science Travel Award.
7. 2012-2015: Catholic Academic Exchange Service Scholarship Award.
8. 2012: Hans J. Ruthenberg award for young scientists in food security research.
9. 2009-2011: European Union – Erasmus Mundus Double Master Degree Scholarship.

Affiliations    

• Research Associate, Biodiversity Research /Systematic Botany Research Group, University of Potsdam, Germany
• Member, International Association for Vegetation Scientist (IAVS)