Assessing the Reliability of Satellite and Reanalysis Estimates of Rainfall in Equatorial Africa by Sharon E. Nicholson, Douglas A. Klotter

“…This article examines the reliability of satellite and reanalysis estimates of rainfall in the Congo Basin and over Lake Victoria and its catchment. …”
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Biogeographical and evolutionary aspects of a Guineo-Congolian bushcricket tribe: Revision of the genera Cestromoecha Karsch, 1893 and Poreuomena Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878, with... by Claudia Hemp, Bruno Massa

“…Morphological closely-related species of Poreuomena suggest rapid speciation in the Congo Basin due to several expansions and shrinkages of the Guineo-Congolian forest belt since the Oligocene. …”
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Symptoms, Ways of Transmission and How to Prevent Monkeypox Virus by Farzin Bagheri Sheykhangafshe

“…So far, two main species of monkeypox have been identified in West Africa and the Congo Basin. The way the monkeypox virus spreads is often through respiratory particles and direct contact with skin lesions. …”
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Freshwater diatoms in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: a historical overview of the research and publications by Christine Cocquyt, Edit Lokele Ndjombo, Simon Tutu Tsamemba, Hippolyte Nshimba Seya wa Malale

“…This accompanies the renewed taxonomic interest in the Congo basin during the last decade. Renewed taxonomic interest can also be seen in the genera: the first period being situated during the lumping period, while more recent works follow the current taxonomic classification, for example Navicula s.l. versus Navicula, Cavinula, Craticula, Diadesmis, Geissleria, Humidophila, Luticola, etc.…”
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Diversity and epidemiology of Mokola virus. by Joe Kgaladi, Nicolette Wright, Jessica Coertse, Wanda Markotter, Denise Marston, Anthony R Fooks, Conrad M Freuling, Thomas F Müller, Claude T Sabeta, Louis H Nel

“…Although the first isolates were from Nigeria and other Congo basin countries, all reports over the past 20 years have been from southern Africa. …”
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Valorisation de la chenille comestible Bunaeopsis aurantiaca dans la gestion communautaire des forêts du Sud-Kivu (République Démocratique du Congo) by Muvundja Fabrice Amisi, Uwikunda Serondo Héritier, Mande Paul, Alunga Lufungula Georges, Balagizi Karhagomba Innocent, Isumbisho Mwapu Pascal

“…This study was conducted to evaluate the nutritional value of an edible caterpillar : Bunaeopsis aurantiaca, eaten by the riparian populations of the Congo basin forest, in general, and in South-Kivu forest regions in particular. …”
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The mitochondrial ancestor of bonobos and the origin of their major haplogroups. by Hiroyuki Takemoto, Yoshi Kawamoto, Shoko Higuchi, Emiko Makinose, John A Hart, Térese B Hart, Tetsuya Sakamaki, Nahoko Tokuyama, Gay E Reinartz, Patrick Guislain, Jef Dupain, Amy K Cobden, Mbangi N Mulavwa, Kumugo Yangozene, Serge Darroze, Céline Devos, Takeshi Furuichi

“…The haplogroups may have been formed from either the riparian forests along the Congo River or the center of the southern Congo Basin. Fragmentation of the forest refugia during the cooler periods may have greatly affected the formation of the genetic structure of bonobo populations.…”
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Improved modeling of Congo's hydrology for floods and droughts analysis and ENSO teleconnections by Sly Wongchuig, Benjamin Kitambo, Fabrice Papa, Adrien Paris, Ayan Santos Fleischmann, Laetitia Gal, Julien Boucharel, Rodrigo Paiva, Rômulo Jucá Oliveira, Raphael M. Tshimanga, Stéphane Calmant

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Mapping global zoonotic niche and interregional transmission risk of monkeypox: a retrospective observational study by Yan-Qun Sun, Jin-Jin Chen, Mei-Chen Liu, Yuan-Yuan Zhang, Tao Wang, Tian-Le Che, Ting-Ting Li, Yan-Ning Liu, Ai-Ying Teng, Bing-Zheng Wu, Xue-Geng Hong, Qiang Xu, Chen-Long Lv, Bao-Gui Jiang, Wei Liu, Li-Qun Fang

“…Based on 525 whole genome sequences, two main clades of MPXV were formed, of which Congo Basin clade has a higher transmissibility than West African clade before the 2022-monkeypox, estimated by the overall Rt (0.81 vs. 0.56), and the latter significantly increased in the recent decade. …”
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Impacts of palm oil trade on ecosystem services: Cameroon as a case study by Ada N. Acobta, Lacour M. Ayompe, Benis N. Egoh

“…Our case study is Cameroon, which harbors part of the Congo basin forest and experiences fast deforestation rates. …”
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Moisture as a Driver of Long-Term Threats to Timber Heritage—Part I: Changing Heritage Climatology by Jenny Richards, Peter Brimblecombe

“…Global HadGEM3 model output was used to map projected changes in relative humidity range, seasonality of relative humidity, time of wetness, wind-driven rain, salt transitions and potential for fungal attack (Scheffer Index). In the Congo Basin, Great Plains (USA) and Scandinavia, humidity ranges are likely to increase along with seasonal change. …”
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Disempowering Democracy: Local Representation in Community and Carbon Forestry in Africa by Melis Ece, James Murombedzi, Jesse Ribot

“…Through case studies of representation processes in forestry programs in the Congo Basin region, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal and Uganda, this special issue shows how forestry interventions weaken local democracy. …”
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Role of the western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) in seed dispersal in tropical forests and implications of its decline by Petre, CA., Tagg, N., Haurez, B., Beudels-Jamar, R., Huynen, MC., Doucet, JL.

“…Currently, forests of the Congo basin face increasing level of deforestation and degradation, which puts already the ecosystem integrity in jeopardy. …”
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Impacts of logging and hunting on western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) populations and consequences for forest regeneration. A review by Haurez, B., Petre, CA., Doucet, JL.

“…Timber exploitation is rapidly expanding throughout the Congo Basin. Forest areas assigned to timber harvesting have sharply expanded over the decades and logging concessions now largely overlap with the range of western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla Savage & Wyman, 1847). …”
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Moisture as a Driver of Long-Term Threats to Timber Heritage—Part II: Risks Imposed on Structures at Local Sites by Peter Brimblecombe, Jenny Richards

“…This translation is explored over a range of sites facing different climate pressures, including fungal and insect risk at Harmondsworth Great Barn, England; changes in humidity range, salt risk and algal growth in rural timber buildings in the Midwestern states, USA; wind-driven rain impacts on board houses in Freetown, Sierra Leone; and rainfall and humidity range on timber buildings among the tropical rainforests of the Amazon, Congo Basin and Southeast Asia. Evidence-based narratives provide a tool to incorporate a multiplicity of local information to enrich projections and the interpretation of the model output. …”
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Mpox (Monkeypox) in Pregnancy: Viral Clade Differences and Their Associations with Varying Obstetrical and Fetal Outcomes by David A. Schwartz, Phillip R. Pittman

“…In African countries where mpox (monkeypox) is endemic, infection is caused by two genetically related clades—Clade I (formerly Congo Basin), and Clade IIa (formerly West Africa), both of which are potentially life-threatening infections. …”
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Moisture as a driver of long-term threats to timber heritage—part I: changing heritage climatology by Richards, JCJ, Brimblecombe, P

“…Global HadGEM3 model output was used to map projected changes in relative humidity range, seasonality of relative humidity, time of wetness, wind‐driven rain, salt transitions and potential for fungal attack (Scheffer Index). In the Congo Basin, Great Plains (USA) and Scandinavia, humidity ranges are likely to increase along with seasonal change. …”

Identifying the Moisture Sources in Different Seasons for Abaya-Chamo Basin of Southern Ethiopia Using Lagrangian Particle Dispersion Model by Israel Gebresilasie Kimo, Bisrat Elias Cholo, Tarun Kumar Lohani

“…Furthermore, during Kiremt (June to September), air masses from the Congo basin were the potential moisture source region for the study areas in combination with air masses originating from the Mascarene highs, located in the South Indian Ocean, and the St. …”
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Assessing variation in the effectiveness of IUCN protected area categorisation. What remotely sensed forest integrity and human modification reveals across the major tropical fores... by Samuel Hirons, C. Matilda Collins, Minerva Singh

“…With a focus on forested PAs situated across three of the world’s major tropical regions, the Congo Basin, insular Indonesia Malaysia and the Tropical Andes. …”
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Pond fishing in the Congolese cuvette: a story of fishermen, animals, and water spirits by Marion Comptour, Sophie Caillon, Doyle McKey

“…In the Congo basin, fishing activities are a major source of protein and of income for many households. …”
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