Foreign capital, forest change and regulatory compliance in Congo Basin forests by Jodi S Brandt, Christoph Nolte, Jessica Steinberg, Arun Agrawal

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Anthropogenic CO2 emission and climate change in the Congo basin countries by Hilaire Nkengfack, Hervé Kaffo Fotio

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Roadless wilderness area determines forest elephant movements in the Congo Basin. by Stephen Blake, Sharon L Deem, Samantha Strindberg, Fiona Maisels, Ludovic Momont, Inogwabini-Bila Isia, Iain Douglas-Hamilton, William B Karesh, Michael D Kock

“…A dramatic expansion of road building is underway in the Congo Basin fuelled by private enterprise, international aid, and government aspirations. …”
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Mapping monkeypox transmission risk through time and space in the Congo Basin. by Yoshinori Nakazawa, R Ryan Lash, Darin S Carroll, Inger K Damon, Kevin L Karem, Mary G Reynolds, Jorge E Osorio, Tonie E Rocke, Jean M Malekani, Jean-Jacques Muyembe, Pierre Formenty, A Townsend Peterson

“…Monkeypox is a major public health concern in the Congo Basin area, with changing patterns of human case occurrences reported in recent years. …”
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Valley formation aridifies East Africa and elevates Congo Basin rainfall by Munday, C, Savage, N, Jones, RG, Washington, R

“…These valleys, including the Turkana Basin in Kenya, cause East Africa to dry by channelling water vapour towards Central Africa, a process that simultaneously enhances rainfall in the Congo Basin rainforest. Without the valleys, the uplift of the rift system leads to a wetter climate in East Africa and a drier climate in the Congo Basin. …”

Future Discounting in Congo Basin Hunter-Gatherers Declines with Socio-Economic Transitions. by Gul Deniz Salali, Andrea Bamberg Migliano

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Legacy of logging roads in the Congo Basin: How persistent are the scars in forest cover? by Fritz Kleinschroth, Sylvie Gourlet-Fleury, Plinio Sist, Fréderic Mortier, John R. Healey

“…Logging roads in the Congo Basin are often associated with forest degradation through fragmentation and access for other land uses. …”
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Estimation of Aboveground Oil Palm Biomass in a Mature Plantation in the Congo Basin by Pierre Migolet, Kalifa Goïta, Alfred Ngomanda, Andréana Paola Mekui Biyogo

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Functional volumes, niche packing and species richness: biogeographic legacies in the Congo Basin by Frederik Van de Perre, Michael R. Willig, Steven J. Presley, Itoka Jean-Claude Mukinzi, Mbalitini Sylvestre Gambalemoke, Herwig Leirs, Erik Verheyen

“…We suggest that the analyses of community assembly can be used to identify Holocene refugia in the Congo Basin.…”
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Economic activities and deforestation in the Congo basin: An environmental kuznets curve framework analysis by Nkwetta Ajong Aquilas, Alfred Kechia Mukong, Jude Ndzifon Kimengsi, Forbe Hodu Ngangnchi

“…We contribute to this literature by estimating the aggregated and disaggregated effects of economic activities on deforestation in the Congo Basin, a region that has experienced an increase in deforestation in recent years. …”
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The Potential of Sentinel Satellites for Burnt Area Mapping and Monitoring in the Congo Basin Forests by Astrid Verhegghen, Hugh Eva, Guido Ceccherini, Frederic Achard, Valery Gond, Sylvie Gourlet-Fleury, Paolo Omar Cerutti

“…In this study, the recently launched Sentinel-2 (S2) optical satellite and the active radar Sentinel-1 (S1) satellite supported by active fire data from the MODIS sensor were used to detect and monitor forest fires in the Congo Basin. In the context of a very strong El Niño event, an unprecedented outbreak of fires was observed during the first months of 2016 in open forests formations in the north of the Republic of Congo. …”
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The spatial propagation and increasing dominance of Gilbertiodendron dewevrei (Fabaceae) in the eastern Congo basin. by Henry B Glick, Peter M Umunay, Jean-Remy Makana, C Dana Tomlin, Jonathan D Reuning-Scherer, Timothy G Gregoire

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Water Level Fluctuations in the Congo Basin Derived from ENVISAT Satellite Altimetry by Mélanie Becker, Joecila Santos da Silva, Stéphane Calmant, Vivien Robinet, Laurent Linguet, Frédérique Seyler

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Floristic and structural distinctness of monodominant Gilbertiodendron dewevrei forest in the western Congo Basin by Ellen Heimpel, Antje Ahrends, Kyle G. Dexter, Jefferson S. Hall, Josérald Mamboueni, Vincent P. Medjibe, David Morgan, Crickette Sanz, David J. Harris

“…Background and aims – The forests of the Congo Basin contain high levels of biodiversity, and are globally important for carbon storage. …”
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Early Selection of Tree Species for Regeneration in Degraded Woodland of Southeastern Congo Basin by Jean Marc Kaumbu Kyalamakasa, Michel Mpundu Mubemba Mulambi, Emery Kasongo Lenge Mukonzo, Mylor Ngoy Shutcha, Honoré Tekeu, Alphonse Kalambulwa Nkombe, Damase Khasa

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Using qflux to constrain modeled Congo Basin rainfall in the CMIP5 ensemble by Creese, A, Washington, R

“…Coupled models are the tools by which we diagnose and project future climate, yet in certain regions they are critically underevaluated. The Congo Basin is one such region which has received limited scientific attention, due to the severe scarcity of observational data. …”

The plausibility of September‐November Congo Basin rainfall change in coupled climate models by Creese, A, Washington, R, Munday, C

“…As one of three global hot spots of tropical convection, potential future changes to the Congo Basin climate system will have regional and tropics‐wide implications. …”

Stable isotope signatures of soil nitrogen on an environmental–geomorphic gradient within the Congo Basin by S. Baumgartner, S. Baumgartner, M. Bauters, M. Bauters, M. Barthel, T. W. Drake, L. C. Ntaboba, B. M. Bazirake, J. Six, P. Boeckx, K. Van Oost

“…We compared natural abundance of <span class="inline-formula">¹⁵N</span> isotopes of soil profiles in tropical lowland forest, tropical montane forest, and subtropical Miombo woodland within the Congo Basin as a proxy to assess ecosystem-level differences in N cycling. …”
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Dyadic inter-group cooperation in shotgun hunting activities in a Congo Basin village by Vidrige H. Kandza, Haneul Jang, Francy Kiabiya Ntamboudila, Sheina Lew-Levy, Adam H. Boyette

“…Here we investigate dyadic intergroup cooperation in shotgun hunting in the Republic of the Congo. In the Congo Basin, inter-group cooperation between foragers and farmers is at the center of an exchange system maintained by traditional norms and institutions such as fictive kinship. …”
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Ichthyofauna of the Itimbiri, Aruwimi, and Lindi/Tshopo rivers (Congo basin): Diversity and distribution patterns by E. Decru, E. Vreven, C. Danadu, A. Walanga, T. Mambo, J. Snoeks

“…Background. Although the Congo basin is the second largest river basin in the world and it has been considered a biodiversity hotspot for fish, still many parts of this basin remain poorly studied. …”
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