Refereed Journal Articles:

2024

Ansong M.(2024). Unintentional human?vectored dispersal contributes to the spread of high risk weed species. Weed Research, 65(2):149–157.

Ansong M., Yeboah E.O., Ameyaw J.A.S, Boadu K.B. (2024). Vandalism on city trees: a case study from KNUST campus, Ghana. Arboricultural Journal,10:1-2.

Asare D., Ansong M., Asante W.A.,  Kyereh B. (2024). Impact of different Illegal Artisanal Small-Scale Mining Techniques on Soil Properties in a Major Mining Landscape in Ghana. Environmental Challenges, 101008.

Asare D., Ansong M., Kyereh B., Damptey F.G., Asante W.A. (2024). Contribution of early succession regeneration plants to heavy metal remediation in abandoned Artisanal small-scale mining sites in Ghana. Scientific African, e02249

BoaduB., Soadwa C.O., Adamu O., Ansong M., Kaba J.S., Anokye, R. (2024). The Impact of Varying Biochar Rate and Particle Size Derived from Bamboo Culm Residue and Coconut Husk Mixture on Lettuce (Lactuca sativa cv.‘Tiberius’) Seed Germination and Leaf Morphology. Journal of Sustainability Research, 6(4).

Roy H.E., Pauchard A., Stoett P.J., Renard Truong T., Meyerson L.A., Bacher S., Galil B.S., Hulme P.E., Ikeda T., Kavileveettil S.,McGeoch M.A., Nuñez M., Ordonez A., Rahlao , Schwindt E., Seebens H., Sheppard A., Vandvik V., Aleksanyan A., Ansong M. et al. (2024). Curbing the major and growing threats from invasive alien species is urgent and achievable. Nature ecology and evolution, doi.org/10.1038/s41559-024-02412-w.

 2023

Ansong M.,Ameyaw J.A.S., Boadu K.B. , Kpikpitse S., Acheampong, E. (2023). Local communities’ willingness to pay for increasing the status of a Forest Reserve in Ghana to a National Park. Social Sciences and Humanities Open, 8:1,100516.

Boadu K.B., Nsiah-Asante R., Antwi R.T., Obirikorang K.A., Anokye R., Ansong M. (2023). Influence of the chemical content of sawdust on the levels of important macronutrients and ash composition in Pearl oyster mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus). PLoS One, 18(6):e0287532.

2022

Ankomah F., Boateng K., Asante W.,Ansong M. (2022). Implementation gaps in forest management prescriptions and noncompliance in forest regulations in Ghana: Case study of four forest reserves. Environment, Development and Sustainability, 24: 9355–9379.

Boadu K.B., Ansong M., Anokye R., Offeh-Gyimah K., Amoah E. (2022). Physico-thermal and emission properties of tissue cultured clone from Bambusa balcoaa(Beema bamboo) and Oxytenanthera abyssinica as sustainable solid biofuels. Plos one,

Bempah A.N., Kyere B., Ansong M., Asante W. (2022). Debarking as a control method for invasive tree species management in tropical forests. Tropical Ecology,63: 200–208.

Kumi A.J, Ansong M., Asante W., Kyere B (2022). Soil properties mediated by topography influence carbon stocks in a teak Plantation in the Deciduous Forest Zone of Ghana. International Journal of Forestry Research, 6165758.org/10.1155/2022/6165758

Asare D., Ansong M., Asante W., Damptey F.G., Kyere B. (2022). Mining methods exert differential effects on species recruitment at artisanal small-scale mining sites in Ghana.Heliyon, 8(5):e09434.

Kenis M., Agboyi L.K., Adu-Acheampong R., Ansong M., Arthur S., Attipoe P.T., et al. (2022) Horizon scanning for prioritising invasive alien species with potential to threaten agriculture and biodiversity in Ghana. NeoBiota 71: 129–148.

2021

Adams, M.A., Kayira, J., Gruber, J.S., Idemudia, U., Tegegne, Y.T., Attah, A.N., Tuokuu, F.X.D, & Ansong, M. (2021) Good governance practices in Ghana’s FLEGT voluntary partnership agreement process: an application of Q methodology, Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning, 23 (1): 1-15.doi.org/10.1080/1523908X.2020.1784116

Bempah, A.N., Kyere, B., Ansong, M.,  Asante, W. (2021). The impacts of invasive trees on the structure and composition of tropical forests show some consistent patterns but many are context-dependent. Biological Invasion, 23: 1307-1313. doi.org/10.1007/s10530-020-02442-y

Ansong, M., Acheampong, E., Echeruo, J.B., Afful, S.N., Ahimah, M. (2021) Direct financial cost of weed control in smallholder rubber plantations. Open Agriculture, 6(1): 346-355. doi.org/10.1515/opag-2021-0022

Kumi A.J., Kyere B., Ansong M.,Asante W. (2021). Influence of management practices on stand biomass, carbon stocks and soil nutrient variability of teak plantations in a dry semi-deciduous forest in Ghana. Trees, Forests and People, 3: 100049. 

2020 

Pickering, C., Ansong, M. (2020) Human-mediated dispersal of the seeds of Australian weeds. The Victorian Naturalist, 137(6): 269-275. doi/10.3316/informit.734865771612941

Obirikorang K.A, Ansong M., Gyampoh B.A, & Anane-Taabea G. (2020). First evidence of aquaculture mediated introduction of the invasive freshwater Cichlid, Oreochromis niloticus into Lake Bosomtwe, Ghana. Bioinvasions Records, 9(4): 834– 841, doi.org/10.3391/bir.2020.9.4.17

Osei R., Ansong M. (2020). Drivers of mistletoe (Tapinanthus bangwensis) density in cocoa (Theobroma cacao) agroforests in Ghana. International Journal of Pest Management, doi: 10.1080/09670874.2020.1847356

Boadu K.B., Ansong M., Afrifah K.A., & Nsiah-Asante E. (2020). Pulp and paper making characteristics of fibers from plantation-grown Oxythenantera abyssinica and Beema bamboo (a tissue cultured clone from Bambusa balcooa). Journal of Natural Fibers, doi: 10.1080/15440478.2020.1856270

Ankomah F., Kyereh B., Ansong M., & Asante W. (2020). Forest management regimes and drivers of forest cover loss in forest reserves in the high forest zone of Ghana. International Journal of Forestry Research, doi:10.1155/2020/8865936

2019 

Ankomah, F., Kyere, B., Asante, W., Ansong, M (2019). Patterns of forest cover change and their associations with forest management regimes of forest reserves in the high forest zone of Ghana. Journal of Landuse Science, 14(3): 242-257. https://doi.org/10.1080/1747423X.2019.1665116

Osei, R., Ansong, M., Zerbe S (2019). Comparison of socio-economic and ecological benefits of bamboo and trees: the perspectives of local communities in south-western Ghana. Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science, 81(3): 255-260. https://doi.org/10.2989/20702620.2019.1581499

Ansong, M., Pergl, J., Essl, F., Hejda, M., van Kleunen, M., Randall, R. & Pyšek, P. 2019. Naturalized and invasive alien flora of Ghana. Biological Invasions, 21(3):669-683.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-018-1860-7 

van Kleunen, M., Pyšek, P., Dawson, W., Essl, F., Kreft, H., Pergl, J., Weigelt, P.,  Stein, A., Dullinger, S.,  König, C.,  Lenzner, B.,  Maurel, N., Moser, D.,  Seebens, H., Kartesz, J., Nishino, M., Aleksanyan, A.,  Ansong, M., Antonova, L. A., Barcelona, J.F., Breckle, S. W., Brundu, G., Cabezas, F. J., Cárdenas, D., Cárdenas-Toro, J., Castano, N., Chacón, E., Chatelain, C., Conn, B., de Sá Dechoum, M., Dufour-Dror, J. M., Ebel, A. L., Figueiredo, E., Fragman-Sapir, O., Fuentes, N., Groom, Q. J., Henderson, L., Inderjit, Jogan, N., Krestov, P., Kupriyanov, A., Masciadri, S., Meerman, J., Morozova, O., Nickrent, D., Nowak, A., Patzelt, A., Pelser, P. B., Shu, W. S., Thomas, J., Uludag, A., Velayos, M., Verkhosina, A., Villasenor, J. L., Weber, E., Wieringa, J.J ., Yazlik, A., Zeddam, A., Zykova, E. and Winter, M.  2018. The Global Naturalized Alien Flora (GloNAF) database. Ecology, 100(1), e02542. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.2542

2018

Obirikorang, K. A, Wongnaa, C. A, Nkrumah, E. E., Ansong, M. 2018. Uneven Development: Urban and Industrial Growth and its Environmental Implications for Rural and Urban Communities in Ghana in Kapfudzaruwa, F., Kudo, S., Mfune, O., Hansen, M., and Nyerere, J. (eds) . 2018. Rural-Urban Linkages and Sustainable Development in Africa. Spears Media Press, Denver.

Seebens, H., Blackburn, T. M., Dyer, E. E., Genovesi, P., Hulme, P. E., Jeschke, J. M., Pagad, S., Pyšek, P., van Kleunen, M., Winter, M., Ansong, M., Arianoutsou, M., Bacher, S., Blasius, B., Brockerhoff, E. G., Brundu, G., Capinha, C., Causton, C. E., Celesti-Grapow, L., Dawson, W., Dullinger, S., Economo, E. P., Fuentes, N., Guénard, B., Jäger, H., Kartesz, J., Kenis, M., Kühn, I., Lenzner, B., Liebhold, A., Mosena, A., Moser, D., Nentwig, W., Nishino, M., Pearman, D., Pergl, J., Rabitsch, W., Rojas-Sandoval. J., Roques, A., Rorke, S., Rossinelli, S., Roy, H. E., Scalera, R., Schindler, s., Štajerová, K., Tokarska-Guzik, B., Walker, K., Ward, D. F., Yamanaka, T. and Essl, F.   2018. Global rise in emerging alien species results from increased accessibility of new source pools Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 115(10) E2264-E2273. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1719429115

2017

Adams, M. A., Oduro W., Ansong, M. 2017. Factors Affecting Stakeholders’ Participation in Collaborative Forest Management: The Case of Krokosua Hills Forest Reserve in Ghana. Journal of Energy and Natural Resource Management, 2: 66-67 

2016

Pickering, C., Ansong, M. & Wallace E. 2016. Experimental assessment of weed seed attaching to a mountain bike and horse under dry conditions. Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism, 15: 66-70

Ansong, M., & Pickering, C. 2016. The effects of seed traits and fabric type on the retention of seed on different types of clothing. Basic and Applied Ecology, 17: 516-526

2015

Ansong, M., & Pickering, C. 2015. What’s a weed? Knowledge, attitude and behaviour of park visitors about weeds. PloS One, 10: e0135026

Ansong, M., & Pickering, C. & Arthur, M. J. 2015. Modelling seed retention curves for eight weed species on clothing. Austral Ecology, 40: 765-774

Odjer-Bio, N. T., Belford, E. J. D., & Ansong, M. 2015. What is happening to our Lagoons? The example of Butuah Lagoon in Ghana. International Journal of Energy Environment and Engineering, 6: 183-193

2014

Ansong, M., & Røskaft, E. 2014. Local communities’ willingness to pay for sustainable forest management in Ghana. Journal of Energy and Natural Resource Management, 1: 80-87

Ansong, M., & Pickering, C. 2014. Weed seeds on clothing: a global review. Journal of Environmental Management, 144: 203-211