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2023
Relationships between geochemical properties and microbial nutrient acquisition in tropical forest and cropland soils
Kidinda, L. K., Olagoke, F. K., Vogel, C., Bukombe, B., Kalbitz, K., Doetterl, S.
Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, https://doi.org/10.1002/jpln.202100274
2022
Microbial properties in tropical montane forest soils developed from contrasting parent material—An incubation experiment
Tamale, J., van Straaten, O., Hüppi, R., Turyagyenda, L. F., Fiener, P., Doetterl, S.
Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2022.107953
Soil greenhouse gas fluxes following conversion of tropical forests to fertilizer-based sugarcane systems in northwestern Uganda
Tamale, J., van Straaten, O., Hüppi, R., Turyagyenda, L. F., Fiener, P., Doetterl, S.
Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2022.107953
Soil geochemistry – and not topography – as a major driver of carbon allocation, stocks, and dynamics in forests and soils of
African tropical montane ecosystems
B. Bukombe, M. Bauters, P. Boeckx, L. N. Cizungu, M. Cooper, P. Fiener, L. Kidinda, I. Makelele, D. I. Muhindo, B. Rewald,
K. Verheyen and S. Doetterl
New Phytol, 236, 1676–1690, https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.18469
Conservative N cycling despite high atmospheric deposition in early successional African tropical lowland forests
I. A. Makelele, M. Bauters, K. Verheyen, M. Barthel, J. Six, T. Rütting, S. Bodé, L. C. Ntaboba, B. M. Bazirake, F. B. Bosela, F. Kimbesa, C. Ewango, P. Boeckx
Plant Soil, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-022-05473-7
Low N2O and variable CH4 fluxes from tropical forest soils of the Congo Basin
M. Barthel, M. Bauters, S. Baumgartner, T. W. Drake, N. Mokwele Bey, G. Bush, P. Boeckx, C. Ikene Botefa, N. Dériaz , G. Lompoko Ekamba, N. Gallarotti, F. M. Mbayu, J. Kalume Mugula, I. Ahanamungu Makelele, C. Ekamba Mbongo, J. Mohn, J. Zambo Mandea, D. Mata Mpambi, L. Cizungu Ntaboba, M. Bagalwa Rukeza, R. G. M. Spencer, L. Summerauer , B. Vanlauwe, K. Van Oost, B. Wolf, J. Six
Nature Communications, 13, 1–8, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-27978-6
Increasing calcium scarcity along Afrotropical forest succession
Bauters, M; Janssens, IA; Wasner, D; Doetterl, S; Vermeir, P; Griepentrog, M; Drake, TW; Six, J; Barthel, M; Baumgartner, S; Van Oost, K; Makelele, IA; Ewango, C; Verheyen, K; Boeckx, P
Nature ecology & evolution, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41559-022-01810-2
Substantial Organic and Particulate Nitrogen and Phosphorus Export from Geomorphologically Stable African Tropical Forest Landscapes
Baumgartner, S; Bauters, M; Drake, TW; Barthel, M; Alebadwa, S; Bahizire, N; Bazirake, BM; Six, J; Boeckx, P; Van Oost, K
Springer, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10021-022-00773-6
Aboveground carbon stocks, woody and litter productivity along an elevational gradient in the Rwenzori Mountains, Uganda
Okello, J; Bauters, M; Verbeeck, H; Kasenene, J; Boeckx, P
Biotropica, https://doi.org/10.1111/btp.13114
Fluvial sediment export from pristine forested headwater catchments in the Congo Basin
Baumgartner, S; Bauters, M; Barthel, M; Alebadwa, S; Bahizire, N; Sumaili, C; Ngoy, D; Kongolo, M; Six, J; Boeckx, P; Drake, TW; Bazirake, BM; Ntaboba, LC; Van Oost, K
Sciencedirect, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2021.108046
Challenges in measuring nitrogen isotope signatures in inorganic nitrogen forms: An interlaboratory comparison of three common measurement approaches
Biasi, C; Jokinen, S; Prommer, J; Ambus, P; Dorsch, P; Yu, LF; Granger, S; Boeckx, P; Van Nieuland, K; Bruggemann, N; Wissel, H; Voropaev, A; Zilberman, T; Jantti, H; Trubnikova, T; Welti, N; Voigt, C; Gebus-Czupyt, B; Czupyt, Z; Wanek, W
National library of medicine, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/rcm.9370
How can we possibly resolve the planet's nitrogen dilemma?
Matassa, S; Boeckx, P; Boere, J; Erisman, JW; Guo, M; Manzo, R; Meerburg, F; Papirio, S; Pikaar, I; Rabaey, K; Rousseau, D; Schnoor, J; Smith, P; Smolders, E; Wuertz, S; Verstraete, W
National library of medicine, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1751-7915.14159
The ozone-climate penalty over South America and Africa by 2100
Brown, F; Folberth, GA; Sitch, S; Bauer, S; Bauters, M; Boeckx, P; Cheesman, AW; Deushi, M; Dos Santos, I; Galy-Lacaux, C; Haywood, J; Keeble, J; Mercado, LM; O'Connor, FM; Oshima, N; Tsigaridis, K; Verbeeck, H
European geosciences union, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-12331-2022
Co-limitation towards lower latitudes shapes global forest diversity gradients
Liang, JJ; Gamarra, JGP; Picard, N; Zhou, M; Pijanowski, B; Jacobs, DF; Reich, PB; Crowther, TW; Nabuurs, GJ; De-Miguel, S; Fang, JY; Woodall, CW; Svenning, JC; Jucker, T; Bastin, JF; Wiser, SK; Slik, F; Herault, B; Alberti, G; Keppel, G; Hengeveld, GM; Ibisch, PL; Silva, CA; Ter Steege, H; Peri, PL; Coomes, DA; Searle, EB; Von Gadow, K; Jaroszewicz, B; Abbasi, AO; Abegg, M; Yao, YCA; Aguirre-Gutierrez et al.
Nature ecology & evolution, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41559-022-01831-x
Warming and redistribution of nitrogen inputs drive an increase in terrestrial nitrous oxide emission factor
Harris, E; Yu, L; Wang, YP; Mohn, J; Henne, S; Bai, E; Barthel, M; Bauters, M; Boeckx, P; Dorich, C; Farrell, M; Krummel, PB; Loh, ZM; Reichstein, M; Six, J; Steinbacher, M; Wells, NS; Bahn, M; Rayner, P
Nature communications, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32001-z
Coupled forest zoning and agricultural intervention yields conflicting outcomes for tropical forest conservation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)
Nackoney, J; Demol, M; Akpona, HA; Bauters, M; Boeckx, P; Dupain, J; Facheux, C; Hansen, MC; Kalemba, JC; Kehbila, AG; Potapov, P; Senga, AT; Six, J; Turubanova, S; Williams, D; Vanlauwe, B
Environmental research letters, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac6ad8
Aboveground biomass density models for NASA's Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) lidar mission
Duncanson, L; Kellner, JR; Armston, J; Dubayah, R; Minor, DM; Hancock, S; Healey, SP; Patterson, PL; Saarela, S; Marselis, S; Silva, CE; Bruening, J; Goetz, SJ; Tang, H; Hofton, M; Blair, B; Luthcke, S; Fatoyinbo, L; Abernethy, K; Alonso, A; Andersen, HE; Aplin, P; Baker, TR; Barbier, N; Bastin, JF; Biber, P; Boeckx, P; Bogaert, J; Boschetti, L; Boucher, PB; Boyd, DS; Burslem, DFRP et al.
Sciencedirect, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2021.112845
2021
Nutrient limitations regulate soil greenhouse gas fluxes from tropical forests: evidence from an ecosystem-scale nutrient manipulation experiment in Uganda
Tamale, J., Hüppi, R., Griepentrog, M., Turyagyenda, L. F., Barthel, M., Doetterl, S., Fiener, P., and van Straaten, O.
SOIL, 7, 433–451, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-7-433-2021
Global maps of soil temperature
J. J. Lembrechts et al.
Global Change Biology, https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16060
Global maps and factors driving forest foliar elemental composition: the importance of evolutionary history
H. Vallicrosa, J. Sardans, J. Maspons, P. Zuccarini, M. Fernández-Martínez, M. Bauters, D. S. Goll, P. Ciais, M. Obersteiner, I. A. Janssens, J. Peñuelas
New Phytologist, 233, 169–181, https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.17771
The central African soil spectral library: a new soil infrared repository and a geographical prediction analysis
L. Summerauer, P. Baumann, L. Ramirez-Lopez, M. Barthel, M. Bauters, B. Bukombe, M. Reichenbach, P. Boeckx, E. Kearsley, K. Van Oost, B. Vanlauwe, D. Chiragaga, A. B. Heri-Kazi, P. Moonen, A. Sila, K. Shepherd, B. B. Mujinya, E. Van Ranst, G. Baert, S. Doetterl, and J. Six
Soil, 7, 693–715, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-7-693-2021
Heterotrophic soil respiration and carbon cycling in geochemically distinct African tropical forest soils
B. Bukombe, P. Fiener, A. M. Hoyt, L. K. Kidinda, S. Doetterl
Soil, 7, 639–651, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-7-639-2021
Mapping Canopy Heights in Dense Tropical Forests Using Low-Cost UAV-Derived Photogrammetric Point Clouds and Machine Learning Approaches
H. Zhang, M. Bauters, P. Boeckx, K. Van Oost
Remote Sensing, 13, 3777, https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13183777
F. M. Mumbanza, M. Bauters, F. Meunier, P. Boeckx, L. A. Cernusak, H. P. T. De Deurwaerder, M. Demol, C. Meeussen, B. Sercu, L. T. Verryckt, J. Pauwels, L. N. Cizungu, S. Báez, C. A. Lubini, H. Verbeeck
Global Ecology and Biogeography, 30, 2259–2272, https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13382
Fire-derived phosphorus fertilization of African tropical forests
M. Bauters, T. W. Drake, S. Wagner, S. Baumgartner, I. A. Makelele, S. Bodé, K. Verheyen, H. Verbeeck, C. Ewango, L. Cizungu, K. Van Oost and P. Boeckx
Nature Communications, 12, 5129, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25428-3
Organic matter cycling along geochemical, geomorphic, and disturbance gradients in forest and cropland of the African Tropics – project TropSOC database version 1.0
S. Doetterl, R. K. Asifiwe, G. Baert, F. Bamba, M. Bauters, P. Boeckx, B. Bukombe, G. Cadisch, M. Cooper, L. N. Cizungu, A. Hoyt, C. Kabaseke, K. Kalbitz, L. Kidinda, A. Maier, M. Mainka, J. Mayrock, D. Muhindo, B. B. Mujinya, S. M. Mukotanyi, L. Nabahungu, M. Reichenbach, B. Rewald, J. Six, A. Stegmann, L. Summerauer, R. Unseld, B. Vanlauwe, K. Van Oost, K. Verheyen, C. Vogel, F. Wilken, and P. Fiener
Earth System Science Data, 13, 4133–4153, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-13-4133-2021
High aboveground carbon stock of African tropical montane forests
Cuni-Sanchez, A., Sullivan, M.J.P., Platts, P.J. et al.
Nature, 596, 536–542, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03728-4
Afrotropical secondary forests exhibit fast diversity and functional recovery, but slow compositional and carbon recovery after shifting cultivation
I. A. Makelele, K. Verheyen, P. Boeckx, L. C. Ntaboba, B. M. Bazirake, C. Ewango, M. Bauters
Journal of Vegetation Science, https://doi.org/10.1111/jvs.13071
Effects of Climate and Atmospheric Nitrogen Deposition on Early to Mid-Term Stage Litter Decomposition Across Biomes
T. O. Kwon et al.
Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 4, 1–18, https://doi.org/10.3389/ffgc.2021.678480
The ISME Journal, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41396-021-01004-x
Taking the pulse of Earth’s tropical forests using networks of highly distributed plots
ForestPlots.net et al.
Biological Conservation, 260, 108849, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108849
Global carbon dioxide efflux from rivers enhanced by high nocturnal emissions
L. Gómez-Gener, G. Rocher-Ros, T. Battin, M. J. Cohen, H. J. Dalmagro, K. J. Dinsmore, T. W. Drake, C. Duvert, A. Enrich-Prast, Å. Horgby, M. S. Johnson, L. Kirk, F. Machado-Silva, N. S. Marzolf, M. J. McDowell, W. H. McDowell, H. Miettinen, A. K. Ojala, H. Peter, J. Pumpanen, L. Ran, D. A. Riveros-Iregui, I. R. Santos, J. Six, E. H. Stanley, M. B. Wallin, S. A. White and R. A. Sponseller
Nature Geoscience, 14, 289–294, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-021-00722-3
R.M. Bagalwa, C. Chartin, S. Baumgartner, S. Mercier, M. Syauswa, V.C. Samba, M.T. Zabona, K. Karume, N.L. Cizungu, M. Barthel, S. Doetterl, J. Six, P. Boeckx, K. Van Oost
Progress in Physical Geography: Earth and Environment, https://doi.org/10.1177/03091333211001793
M. Bauters, P. Moonen, L. Summerauer, S. Doetterl, D. Wasner, M. Griepentrog, F.M. Mumbanza, E. Kearsley, C. Ewango, F. Boyemba, J. Six, B. Muys, B. Verbist, P. Boeckx & K. Verheyen
Ecosystems, 24, 1422–1435, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-020-00593-6
2020
Poverty and climate change challenges for sustainable intensification of cocoa systems
P. Boeckx, M. Bauters, K. Dewettinck
Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 47, 106–111, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2020.10.012
Liana communities exhibit different species composition, diversity and community structure across forest types in the Congo Basin
F. M. Mumbanza, M. Bauters, E. Kearsley, P. Boeckx, C. A. Lubini, H. Verbeeck
Biotropica, 52, 651–663, https://doi.org/10.1111/btp.12787
Du feu à l'eau: source and flux of dissolved black carbon from the Congo River
T.W. Drake, S. Wagner, A. Stubbins, J.N. Wabakanghanzi, J.B. Dinga, J. Six, and R.G.M. Spencer
Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 34, https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GB006560
SoilTemp: A global database of near-surface temperature
J. J. Lembrechts et al.
Global Change Biology, 26, 6616–6629, https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15123
S. Baumgartner, M. Barthel, T.W. Drake, M. Bauters, I.A. Makelele, J.K. Mugula, L. Summerauer, N. Gallarotti, L.C. Ntaboba, K. Van Oost, P. Boeckx, S. Doetterl, R.A. Werner, and J. Six
Biogeosciences, 17, 6207–6218, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-6207-2020.
M. Bauters, S. Meeus, M. Barthel, P. Stoffelen, H.P.T. De Deurwaerder, F. Meunier, T.W. Drake, Q. Ponette, J. Ebuy, P. Vermeir, H. Beeckman, F. Wyffels, S. Bodé, H. Verbeeck, F. Vandelook, P. Boeckx
Global Change Biology, 26, 4449– 4461, https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15145.
S. Dötterl, T. Drake, M. Bauters, K. Van Oost, M. Barthel and A. Hoyt
Open Access Government, 25, 328-329.
2019
TRY plant trait database – enhanced coverage and open access
J. Kattge et al.
Global Change Biology, 26, 119–188, https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14904
M. Bauters, O. Vercleyen, B. Vanlauwe, J. Six, B. Bonyoma, H. Badjoko, W. Hubau, A. Hoyt, M. Boudin, H. Verbeeck and P. Boeckx
Biotropica, 51, 319–329, https://doi.org/10.1111/btp.12647
Land‐use controls on carbon biogeochemistry in lowland streams of the Congo Basin
T.W. Drake, D.C. Podgorski, B. Dinga, J. Chanton, J. Six and R.G.M. Spencer
Global Change Biology, 26, 1347–1389, https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14889
Understanding carbon cycling in tropical soil systems
S. Doetterl
EU Research, 37–37
Mobilization of aged and biolabile soil carbon by tropical deforestation
T.W. Drake, K. Van Oost, M. Barthel, M. Bauters, A.M. Hoyt, D.C. Podgorski, J. Six, P. Boeckx, S.E. Trumbore, L. Cizungu Ntaboba and R.G.M. Spencer
Nature Geoscience, 12, 541–46. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-019-0384-9
Contrasting nitrogen fluxes in African tropical forests of the Congo Basin
M. Bauters, H. Verbeeck, T. Rütting, M. Barthel, B. Bazirake Mujinya, F. Bamba, S. Bodé, F. Boyemba, E. Bulonza, E. Carlsson, L. Eriksson, I. Makelele, J. Six, L. Cizungu Ntaboba and P. Boeckx
Ecological Monographs, 89, e01342, https://doi.org/10.1002/ecm.1342
2018
Phylogenetic Classification of the World’s Tropical Forests
J. W. F. Slik, J. Franklin, V. Arroyo-Rodríguez, R. Field, S. Aguilar, N. Aguirre, J. Ahumada et al.
PNAS, 115, 1837–1842, https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1714977115
High fire-derived nitrogen deposition on central African forests
M. Bauters, T. W. Drake, H. Verbeeck, S. Bodé, P. Hervé-Fernández, P. Zito, D. C. Podgorski, F. Boyemba, I. Makelele, L. Cizungu Ntaboba, R. G. M. Spencer, and P. Boeckx
PNAS, 115, 549–554, https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1714597115
2017
M. Bauters, H. Verbeeck, M. Demol, S. Bruneel, C. Taveirne, D. Van der Heyden, L. Cizungu and P. Boeckx
Biogeosciences, 14, 5313–5321, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-5313-2017
Spatial Distribution of Carbon Stored in Forests of the Democratic Republic of Congo
L. Xu, S. Saatchi, A. Shapiro, V. Meyer, A. Ferraz, Y. Yang, JF. Bastin, N. Banks, P. Boeckx, H. Verbeeck et al.
Scientific Reports, 7, 15030, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-15050-z
M. Bauters, H. Verbeeck, S. Doetterl, E. Ampoorter, G. Baert, P. Vermeir, K. Verheyen and P. Boeckx
Ecosystems, 20, 861–871, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-016-0081-0
J. Venneman, K. Audenaert, J. Verwaeren, G. Baert, P. Boeckx, A. M. Moango, B. D. Dhed’a, D. Vereecke and G. Haesaert
Frontiers in Microbiology, 8, 212, https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2017.00212
2016
Origins, seasonality, and fluxes of organic matter in the Congo River
R. G. M. Spencer, P. J. Hernes, B. J. Dinga, J. N. Wabakanghanzi, T. W. Drake and J. Six
Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 30, 1105–1121, https://doi.org/10.1002/2016GB005427
M. Bauters, N. Mapenzi, E. Kearsley, B. Vanlauwe and P. Boeckx
Biotropica, 48, 281–284, https://doi.org/10.1111/btp.12312
An integrated pan‐tropical biomass map using multiple reference datasets
V. Avitabile, M. Herold, G. B. M. Heuvelink, S. L. Lewis, O. L. Phillips, G. P. Asner, J. Armston, P. S. Ashton, L. Banin, N. Bayol et al.
Global Change Biology, 22, 1406–1420, https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.13139
2015
S. Doetterl, E. Kearsley, M. Bauters, K. Hufkens, J. Lisingo, G. Baert, H. Verbeeck and P. Boeckx
PLOS ONE, 10, e0143209, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0143209
Functional identity explains carbon sequestration in a 77-year-old experimental tropical plantation
M. Bauters, E. Ampoorter, D. Huygens, E. Kearsley, T. De Haulleville, G. Sellan, H. Verbeeck, P. Boeckx and K. Verheyen
Ecosphere, 6, 198, https://doi.org/10.1890/ES15-00342.1
Leaky nitrogen cycle in pristine African montane rainforest soil
T. Rütting, L. Cizungu Ntaboba, D. Roobroeck, M. Bauters, D. Huygens, and P. Boeckx
Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 29, 1754–1762, https://doi.org/10.1002/2015GB005144
An estimate of the number of tropical tree species
J. W. F. Slik, V. Arroyo-Rodríguez, SI. Aiba, P. Alvarez-Loayza, L. F. Alves, P. Ashton, P. Balvanera, M. L. Bastian et al.
PNAS, 112, 7472–7477, https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1423147112
2014
The biogeochemistry of carbon across a gradient of streams and rivers within the Congo Basin
P. J. Mann, R. G. M. Spencer, B. J. Dinga, J. R. Poulsen, P. J. Hernes, G. Fiske, M. E. Salter, Z. A. Wang, K. A. Hoering, J. Six and R. M. Holmes
Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences, 119, 687–702, https://doi.org/10.1002/2013JG002442