Many pristine humid tropical forests show simultaneously high nitrogen (N) richness and sustained loss of bioavailable N forms. To better understand this apparent upregulation of the N cycle in tropical forests, process-based understanding of soil N transformations, in geographically diverse loca...
Rutting, T.
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Cizungu-Ntaboba, L.
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Roobroeck, D.
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Bauters, M.
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Huygens, D.
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Boeckx, P.
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[Leaky nitrogen cycle in pristine African montane rainforest soil]
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Leaky nitrogen cycle in pristine African montane rainforest soil
The contribution of the legume community to the nitrogen cycle during natural forest regeneration remains poorly understood. We systematically assessed the changes in abundance and nodulation status of all legumes, across taxa and plant types, in a forest succession gradient in the Equateur Provi...
Bauters, M.
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Mapenzi, N.
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Kearsley, E.
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Vanlauwe, Bernard
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Boeckx, P.
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[Facultative nitrogen fixation by legumes in the central Congo basin is downregulated during late successional stages]
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Facultative nitrogen fixation by legumes in the central Congo basin is downregulated during late successional stages
On the African continent, the population is expected to expand fourfold in the next century, which will increasingly impact the global carbon cycle and biodiversity conservation. Therefore, it is of vital importance to understand how carbon stocks and community assembly recover after slash‐and‐bu...
Bauters, M.
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Vercleyen, O.
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Vanlauwe, Bernard
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Six, J.
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Bonyoma, B.
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Badjoko, H.
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Hubau, W.
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Hoyt, A.
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Boudin, M.
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Verbeeck, H.
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Boeckx, P.
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[Long-term recovery of the functional community assembly and carbon pools in an African tropical forest succession]
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Long-term recovery of the functional community assembly and carbon pools in an African tropical forest succession