Publications
2020
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, doi: 10.1029/2020GB006560
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 Discussions, in review, 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, 2020;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, vol. Jan20, no. 25, 2020, pp. 328-329.
2019
M. Bauters, O. Vercleyen, B. Vanlauwe, J. Six, B. Bonyoma, H. Badjoko, W. Hubau, A. Hoyt, M. Boudin, H. Verbeeck and P. Boeckx
BIOTROPICA, vol. 51, no. 3, 2019, pp. 319–29.
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. First published: 30 October 2019. doi:10.1111/gcb.14889
Understanding carbon cycling in tropical soil systems
S. Doetterl
EU Research SUM19/P37, August 12, 2019
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, June 24, 2019. 12(7): 541-46.
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, January 02, 2019. doi: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 February 20, 2018. 115 (8) 1837-1842; published ahead of print February 5, 2018.
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 January 16, 2018. 115 (3) 549-554; published ahead of print January 2, 2018.
2017
M. Bauters, H. Verbeeck, M. Demol, S. Bruneel, C. Taveirne, D. Van der Heyden, L. Cizungu and P. Boeckx
Biogeosciences, 14, 5313-5321, 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(1), 15030. 2017.
M. Bauters, H. Verbeeck, S. Doetterl, E. Ampoorter, G. Baert, P. Vermeir, K. Verheyen and P. Boeckx
Ecosystems 20: 861. 2017.
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. 2017.
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, Washington, DC: American Geophysical Union, 2016.
M. Bauters, N. Mapenzi, E. Kearsley, B. Vanlauwe and P. Boeckx
Biotropica, 48: 281-284. doi:10.1111/btp.12312, 2016.
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. doi:10.1111/gcb.13139, 2016.
2015
S. Doetterl, E. Kearsley, M. Bauters, K. Hufkens, J. Lisingo, G. Baert, H. Verbeeck and P. Boeckx
PLOS ONE, 10(11), e0143209. Retrieved from 2015.
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(10):198. 2015.
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, doi: 10.1002/2015GB005144., 2015.
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 June 16, 2015. 112 (24) 7472-7477; published ahead of print June 1, 2015.
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 (4): 687-702, Washington, DC: Wiley, 2014.