2025

Spatiotemporal variability of CO2, N2O and CH4 fluxes from a semi-deciduous tropical forest soil in the Congo Basin
Daelman, R., Bauters, M., Barthel, M., Bulonza, E., Lefevre, L., Mbifo, J., Six, J., Butterbach-Bahl, K., Wolf, B., Kiese, R., Boeckx. P.,

Biogeosciences, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-22-1529-2025

 

2024
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Novel temperatures are already widespread beneath the world’s tropical forest canopies
Trew, B.T., Edwards, D. P., Lees A. L., Klinges, D. H., Early, R., Svátek, M., Plichta, R., Matula, R., Okello, J., Niessner, A., Barthel, M., Six, J., Maeda, E. E., Barlow, J., do Nascimento, R. O., Berenguer, E., Ferreira, J., Sallo-Bravo, J., Maclean, I. M. D.
Nature Climate Change, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-024-02031-0
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Agricultural land‐use increases carbon yields in lowland streams of the Congo Basin
Drake, T. W.,  Baumgartner S., Barthel M., Bauters M., Alebadwa S., Bahizire Akoko N., Haghipour N., Eglinton T., Van Oost K., Boeckx, P. Six J.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JG007751
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2023
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Hydrology drives export and composition of carbon in a pristine tropical river
Drake W. T.,  Barthel M., Ekemba Mbongo C., Mata Mpambi D., Baumgartner S., Ikene Botefa C., Bauters M., R Kurek M., GM Spencer R., McKenna A. M., Haghipour N., Lompoko Ekamba G., N Wabakanghanzi J., Eglinton T.I., Van Oost K., Six J.
Limnology and Oceanography, https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.12436
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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
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2022
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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 
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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 
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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
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Global maps of soil temperature
J. J. Lembrechts et al.
Global Change Biology, https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16060
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Lianas and trees exhibit divergent intrinsic water-use efficiency along elevational gradients in South American and African tropical forests
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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In-depth analysis of N2O fluxes in tropical forest soils of the Congo Basin combining isotope and functional gene analysis
N. Gallarotti, M. Barthel, E. Verhoeven, E. I. P. Pereira, M. Bauters, S. Baumgartner, T. W. Drake, P. Boeckx, J. Mohn, M. Longepierre, J. K. Mugula, I. A. Makelele, L. C. Ntaboba & J. Six
The ISME Journal, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41396-021-01004-x
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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
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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
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Spatial and seasonal patterns of rainfall erosivity in the Lake Kivu region: Insights from a meteorological observatory network
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
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Soil Nutrient Depletion and Tree Functional Composition Shift Following Repeated Clearing in Secondary Forests of the Congo Basin
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
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2020
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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
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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
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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
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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
 
Seasonality, drivers, and isotopic composition of soil CO2 fluxes from tropical forests of the Congo Basin
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.
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Century-long apparent decrease in intrinsic water-use efficiency with no evidence of progressive nutrient limitation in African tropical forests
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.
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Environmental research in the heart of Africa: The Congo Biogeochemistry Observatory: The role of the changing Tropics for future global carbon dynamics
S. Dötterl, T. Drake, M. Bauters, K. Van Oost, M. Barthel and A. Hoyt
Open Access Government, 25, 328-​329.
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2019
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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
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Long‐term recovery of the functional community assembly and carbon pools in an African tropical forest succession
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
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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
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Understanding carbon cycling in tropical soil systems
S. Doetterl
EU Research, 37–37
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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
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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
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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
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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
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2017
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Parallel functional and stoichiometric trait shifts in South American and African forest communities with elevation
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
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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
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Functional Composition of Tree Communities Changed Topsoil Properties in an Old Experimental Tropical Plantation
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
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Congolese Rhizospheric Soils as a Rich Source of New Plant Growth-Promoting Endophytic Piriformospora Isolates
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
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2016
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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
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Facultative nitrogen fixation by legumes in the central Congo basin is downregulated during late successional stages
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
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2015
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Aboveground vs. Belowground Carbon Stocks in African Tropical Lowland Rainforest: Drivers and Implications
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
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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
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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
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2014
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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​