David Kenfack - Postdoctoral Fellow












email: dkenfack@umich.edu | phone: 734-647-9408

Academic Background
University of Missouri,St. Louis, Ph.D.
University of Yaoundé I, Cameroon, DOCTORAT 3e CYCLE
University of Yaoundé I, Cameroon, MAITRISE ÈS SCIENCE
University of Yaoundé I, Cameroon, LICENCE in botany

Lab web site
Reserach Interests
Systematics and evolution: I use a combination of morphological, molecular, ecological and spatial data to clarify species limits in plant groups with challenging taxonomy and understand their evolution and biogeography
Tropical Forest Ecology: I am interested in understanding ecological processes that explain tropical forest dynamics through long-term ecological monitoring of a 50-ha permanent plot in the Korup National Park, Cameroon


Recent Publications

Morlon H., G.B. Chuyong, R. Condit, S. Hubell, D. Kenfack, D.W. Thomas, R. Valencia, and J. Green. 2008. A general framework for the distance-decay of similarity in ecological communities. Ecology Letters In press.

Sonké B., D. Neuba, D. Kenfack, and P. De Block. 2007. An extraordinary new rheophyte in the genus Leptactina (Rubiaceae, Pavetteae) from Rio Muni (Equatorial Guinea). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 153: 109-113.

Kenfack D., D.W. Thomas, G.B. Chuyong, and R. Condit. 2007. Rarity and abundance in a diverse African forest. Biodiversity Conservation 16: 2045-2074.

Lafrankie J.V., P.S. Ashton, G.B. Chuyong, L. Co, R. Condit, S.J. Davies, R. Foster, S.P. Hubbell, D. Kenfack, D. Lagunzad, E.C. Losos, N.M.D. Noor Supardi, S. Tan, D.W. Thomas, R. Valencia, and G. Villa. 2006. Contrasting structure and composition of the understory in species-rich tropical rain forests. Ecology 87: 2298-2305.

Kenfack D., N. M. Sainge, and D.W. Thomas. 2006. A new species of Cassipourea (Rhizophoraceae) from western Cameroon. Novon 16: 61-64.

Muller-Landau H.C., R.S. Condit, J. Chave, S.C. Thomas, S.A. Bohlman, S. Bunyavejchewin, S. Davies, R. Foster, S. Gunatilleke, N. Gunatilleke, K.E. Harms, T. Hart, S.P. Hubbell, A. Itoh, A. Kassim, J.V. LaFrankie, H.S. Lee, E. Losos, J.R. Makana, T. Ohkubo, R. Sukumar, I.F. Sun, M.N.N. Supardi, S. Tan, J. Thompson, R. Valencia, M.G. Villa, C. Wills, T. Yamakura, G. Chuyong, H.S. Dattaraja, S. Esufali, P. Hall, C. Hernandez, D. Kenfack, S. Kiratiprayoon, H.S. Suresh, D. Thomas, M.I. Vallejo, and P. Ashton. 2006. Testing metabolic ecology theory for allometric scaling of tree size, growth, and mortality in tropical forests. Ecology Letters 9: 575 – 588.

Muller-Landau H.C., R.S. Condit, K.E. Harms, C.O. Marks, S.C. Thomas, S. Bunyavejchewin, G. Chuyong, L. Co, S. Davies, R. Foster, S. Gunatilleke, N. Gunatilleke, T. Hart, S.P. Hubbell, A. Itoh, A.R. Kassim, D. Kenfack, J.V. LaFrankie, D. Lagunzad, H.S. Lee, E. Losos, J.R. Makana, T. Ohkubo, C. Samper, R. Sukumar, I. Sun, M.N.N Supardi, S. Tan, D.W. Thomas, J. Thompson, R. Valencia, M.I. Vallejo, M.G. Villa, T. Yamakura, J.K. Zimmerman, H.S. Dattaraja, S. Esufali, P. Hall, F. He, C. Hernandez, S. Kiratiprayoon, H.S. Suresh, C. Wills, and P. Ashton. 2006. Comparing tropical forest tree size distributions with the predictions of metabolic ecology and equilibrium models. Ecology Letters 9: 589 – 602.

Gerwing J.J., S.A. Schnitzer, R.J. Burnham, Bongers, J. Chave, S.J. DeWalt, C.E.N. Ewango, R. Foster, D. Kenfack, M. Martínez-Ramos, M. Parren, N. Parthasarathy, D.R. Pérez-Salicrup, E.P. Francis, E.E.P. Futz, and D.W. Thomas. 2006. A Standard Protocol for Liana Censuses. Biotropica 38: 256 – 261.