Search Results - "Libalah, Moses"
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Using terrestrial laser scanning data to estimate large tropical trees biomass and calibrate allometric models: A comparison with traditional destructive approach
Published in Methods in ecology and evolution (01-04-2018)“…Calibration of local, regional or global allometric equations to estimate biomass at the tree level constitutes a significant burden on projects aiming at…”
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Closing a gap in tropical forest biomass estimation: taking crown mass variation into account in pantropical allometries
Published in Biogeosciences (14-03-2016)“…Accurately monitoring tropical forest carbon stocks is a challenge that remains outstanding. Allometric models that consider tree diameter, height and wood…”
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Land use has little influence on the soil seed bank in a central African moist forest
Published in Biotropica (01-01-2022)“…Regeneration of tropical forest occurs naturally and mainly through early secondary succession by soil seed banks. Here, we analyzed seed bank variation in…”
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Disturbance and climate affect species richness and aboveground biomass relationship in a forest–savanna transition ecosystem
Published in Forest ecology and management (01-10-2024)“…The relationship between species richness and aboveground biomass (richness–biomass relationship) is a major facet of ecosystem functions and has stimulated…”
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Wind dispersed tree species have greater maximum height
Published in Global ecology and biogeography (01-09-2024)“…Aim We test the hypothesis that wind dispersal is more common among emergent tree species given that being tall increases the likelihood of effective seed…”
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Multiple Stable Dominance States in the Congo Basin Forests
Published in Forests (01-05-2020)“…Understanding the dynamics of dominant tree species in tropical forests is important both for biodiversity and carbon-related issues. We focus on the Congo…”
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A matter of warts: a taxonomic treatment for Drypetes verrucosa (Putranjivaceae, Malpighiales) and a new cauliflorous species from Cameroon and Nigeria, D. stevartii
Published in Plant ecology and evolution (01-01-2023)“…Background and aims – Specimens of a new tree species in the genus Drypetes (Putranjivaceae) distributed in Cameroon and eastern Nigeria, D. stevartii , were…”
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Biodiversity and Conservation of Tropical Montane Ecosystems in the Gulf of Guinea, West Africa
Published in Arctic, antarctic, and alpine research (01-11-2014)“…Mount Cameroon (4095 m), the highest peak and only active volcano in West Africa, is located in the center of the Gulf of Guinea Pleistocene refugium. The…”
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LiDAR-based reference aboveground biomass maps for tropical forests of South Asia and Central Africa
Published in Scientific data (04-04-2024)“…Accurate mapping and monitoring of tropical forests aboveground biomass (AGB) is crucial to design effective carbon emission reduction strategies and improving…”
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Perception and adaptation strategies of forest dwellers to climate variability in the tropical rainforest in eastern Cameroon: The case of the inhabitants of the Belabo-Diang Communal Forest
Published in Heliyon (01-04-2023)“…The design of appropriate adaptation strategies to the impacts of climate change requires a contextual study of local perceptions due to the non-homogeneity of…”
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A map of African humid tropical forest aboveground biomass derived from management inventories
Published in Scientific data (08-07-2020)“…Forest biomass is key in Earth carbon cycle and climate system, and thus under intense scrutiny in the context of international climate change mitigation…”
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Using volume-weighted average wood specific gravity of trees reduces bias in aboveground biomass predictions from forest volume data
Published in Forest ecology and management (15-09-2018)“…•Wood density from Dryad or samples collected at the base of the tree overestimates tree and plot biomass.•We propose a nondestructive model to predict…”
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Additive influences of soil and climate gradients drive tree community composition of Central African rain forests
Published in Journal of vegetation science (01-11-2020)“…Aim Examining tree species–environment association can offer insight into the drivers of vegetation patterns and key information of practical relevance to…”
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Field and Morphometric Studies of Phyllobotryon Müell.Arg. (Salicaceae) in the Korup Forest Area of Cameroon
Published in Adansonia (01-12-2014)“…Morphometric analysis of Phyllobotryon Müell.Arg. in the Korup Forest Area of Cameroon recognizes three distinct morphospecies (1–3), which show significant…”
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Contrasted allometries between stem diameter, crown area, and tree height in five tropical biogeographic areas
Published in Trees (Berlin, West) (01-12-2016)“…Key message Across five biogeographic areas, DBH-CA allometry was characterized by inter-site homogeneity and intra-site heterogeneity, whereas the reverse was…”
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Interactions between soil and other environmental variables modulate forest expansion and ecotone dynamics in humid savannas of Central Africa
Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society. B, Biological sciences (01-10-2024)“…Forest expansion into savanna is a pervasive phenomenon in West and Central Africa, warranting comparative studies under diverse environmental conditions. We…”
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Natural regeneration in tropical forests along a disturbance gradient in South-East Cameroon
Published in Forest ecology and management (01-11-2023)“…•Land use type influences canopy openness but not the disturbance gradient.•Land use type little impacts species composition.•Species densities and frequencies…”
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Pan-tropical prediction of forest structure from the largest trees
Published in Global ecology and biogeography (01-11-2018)“…Aim Large tropical trees form the interface between ground and airborne observations, offering a unique opportunity to capture forest properties remotely and…”
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Consistent patterns of common species across tropical tree communities
Published in Nature (London) (2024)“…Trees structure the Earth’s most biodiverse ecosystem, tropical forests. The vast number of tree species presents a formidable challenge to understanding these…”
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Seeing Central African forests through their largest trees
Published in Scientific reports (17-08-2015)“…Large tropical trees and a few dominant species were recently identified as the main structuring elements of tropical forests. However, such result did not…”
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