Biogeochemical impact of land-use intensification and its legacy effects on tropical forest recovery through cation limitation

Project Information

FORECAT

Grant agreement ID: 101114639

DOI

10.3030/101114639

EC signature date 6 September 2023

Start date 1 January 2024

End date 31 December 2028

Funded under

• European Research Council (ERC)

Total cost

€ 1 500 000,00

EU contribution

€ 1 500 000,00

Coordinated by

UNIVERSITEIT GENT
Belgium

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Deliverables

Data Management Plan (1)

Data Management Plan

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (8)

Canopy Microclimate and Leaf Traits Shape Interspecies Variation in Photosynthetic Temperature Responses of Evergreen Tropical Trees in the Congo Basin

Author(s): Thomas Sibret, Félicien Meunier, Kristine Y. Crous, Sarah Lamotte, Marc Peaucelle, Louise Terryn, Pieter De Frenne, Ivan Janssens, Bernard Bonyoma, Hans Verbeeck, Marijn Bauters, Pascal Boeckx
Published in: Global Change Biology, Issue 32, 2026, ISSN 1354-1013
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1111/GCB.70733

Carbon dioxide removals by tropical moist forests offset most land-use emissions across 18 Afrotropical countries

Author(s): William W. M. Verbiest, Marijn Bauters, Simon L. Lewis, Félicien Meunier, Luke T. Smallman, Philippe Ciais, Jean-François Bastin, Pierre Regnier, Adeline Fayolle, Anaïs Gorel, Jean-Remy Makana, Corneille E. N. Ewango, Auke van der Woude, Liang Feng, Fei Jiang, Paul I. Palmer, Ingrid T. Luijkx, Bhely Angoboy Ilondea, Alfred Ngomanda, Benjamin Toirambe, Yu Feng, Wannes Hubau
Published in: Communications Earth & Environment, 2026, ISSN 2662-4435
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1038/S43247-026-03710-W

Soil fertility controls on tropical forest productivity and mortality: synthesis and roadmap

Author(s): Michelle Y. Wong, Sarah A. Batterman, Jane M. Lucas, Katrin Fleischer, Mark S. Ashton, Marijn Bauters, David F. R. P. Burslem, KC Cushman, James W. Dalling, Sebastian Doetterl, Adriane Esquivel‐Muelbert, Claire Fortunel, Jennifer A. Holm, Nohemi Huanca‐Nunez, Guopeng Liang, Moses B. Libalah, Demetrius Lira‐Martins, Jose A. Medina‐Vega, Helene C. Muller‐Landau, Jessica Needham, Elsa M. Ordway, Mareli Sánchez‐Juliá, Laura Toro, Xiangtao Xu, S. Joseph Wright, Gabriela Zuquim, Evan M. Gora
Published in: New Phytologist, Issue 251, 2026, ISSN 0028-646X
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1111/NPH.71367

Canopy Microclimate and Leaf Traits Shape Interspecies Variation in Photosynthetic Temperature Responses of Evergreen Tropical Trees in the Congo Basin

Author(s): Thomas Sibret, Félicien Meunier, Kristine Y. Crous, Sarah Lamotte, Marc Peaucelle, Louise Terryn, Pieter De Frenne, Ivan Janssens, Bernard Bonyoma, Hans Verbeeck, Marijn Bauters, Pascal Boeckx
Published in: Global Change Biology, Issue 32, 2026, ISSN 1354-1013
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1111/GCB.70733

Net primary productivity and carbon allocation along secondary succession in a central African tropical forest

Author(s): Isaac Ahanamungu Makelele, Kris Verheyen, Pascal Boeckx, Viktor Van de Velde, Landry Cizungu Ntaboba, Basile Mujinya Bazirake, Faustin Boyemba Bosela, Fabrice Kimbesa, Jonathan Bachiseze Magala, Joseph Lokana Mande, Dries Landuyt, Corneille Ewango, Marijn Bauters
Published in: New Phytologist, 2026, ISSN 0028-646X
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1111/NPH.70888

Net primary productivity and carbon allocation along secondary succession in a central African tropical forest

Author(s): Isaac Ahanamungu Makelele, Kris Verheyen, Pascal Boeckx, Viktor Van de Velde, Landry Cizungu Ntaboba, Basile Mujinya Bazirake, Faustin Boyemba Bosela, Fabrice Kimbesa, Jonathan Bachiseze Magala, Joseph Lokana Mande, Dries Landuyt, Corneille Ewango, Marijn Bauters
Published in: New Phytologist, Issue 249, 2026, ISSN 0028-646X
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1111/NPH.70888

Agricultural practices can threaten soil resilience through changing feedback loops

Author(s): Alison M. Carswell, Simon Willcock, Martin S. A. Blackwell, Hari Ram Upadhayay, Paul Harris, Graham McAuliffe, Andrew L. Neal, M. Jordana Rivero, Laura M. Cardenas, Stephan M. Haefele, Andrew P. Whitmore, John A. Dearing, Fusuo Zhang, Mark Farrell, Marijn Bauters, Pascal Boeckx, Yuri Jacques A. B. da Silva, Kwame Agyei Frimpong, Adrian L. Collins
Published in: npj Sustainable Agriculture, Issue 3, 2025, ISSN 2731-9202
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1038/S44264-025-00098-6

Congo Basin Carbon Cycle Responses to Global Change

Author(s): Sarah Worden, Rong Fu, A. Anthony Bloom, Marijn Bauters, Hans Verbeeck, Temilola Fatoyinbo, Wannes Hubau, Lydie‐Stella Koutika, Steve Kwatcho Kengdo, Sybryn L. Maes, Vincent Medjibe, Nicholas J. Russo, Sassan Saatchi, Le Bienfaiteur Sagang, Thomas B. Smith, Denis J. Sonwa, Pascal Boeckx, Elsa M. Ordway
Published in: Global Change Biology, Issue 32, 2026, ISSN 1354-1013
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1111/GCB.70688

Book chapters (1)

The Ecological Functions of Congo Basin Ecosystems and Basin-Wide Carbon Cycle

Author(s): Marijn Bauters, Elsa Ordway, Bhely Angoboy, Pascal Boeckx, Aida Cuni-Sanchez, Corneille Ewango, Adeline Fayolle, Wannes Hubau, Gerard Imani, Verina Jane Ingram, Jean-Remy Makana, Sybryn L. Maes, Isaac Makelele, Joseph Okello, Pierre Regnier, Denis Jean Sonwa, Hans Verbeeck, Sarah Worden
Published in: Resilience and Sustainability in the Congo Basin, 2026
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-032-02023-9_10-1