Asynchronous xylogenesis among and within tree species in the central Congo Basin
These results are consistent with global analysis of gross primary productivity estimates from eddy covariance flux towers, showing that tropical biomes lack a synchronous dormant period. However, a longer-term monitoring experiment, including more species, is necessary to confirm this for the Congo Basin. As Yangambi is equipped with facilities for microscopic wood analysis, a network of inventory plots and a flux tower, further research in this site will reveal how xylogenesis patterns drive annual variability in carbon fluxes and how ground-based and top-down measurements can be combined for robust upscaling analysis of Congo basin carbon budgets.
Authors
- Donatien Musepena (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-2242-3432)
- Marijn Bauters (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0978-6639)
- José Mbifo Ndiapo
- Nestor K. Luambua (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3089-619X)
- Kévin Lievens (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4319-4787)
- Basile Luse Belanganayi
- Peter Kitin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4717-7108)
- Félix Laurent (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-5665-5679)
- Tom De Mil (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6207-9613)
- Bhély Angoboy Ilondea (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9333-8964)
- Jan Van den Bulcke (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2939-5408)
- Wannes Hubau (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3795-4986)
- Pauline Hicter
- Hans Beeckman
Institutions
- Royal Museum for Central Africa (BE)
- University of Liège (BE)
- Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech (BE)
- Ghent University Hospital (BE)
- Ghent University (BE)
- Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté (FR)
- Forest Products Laboratory (US)
- Université Pédagogique Nationale (CD)
- National Institute of Biomedical Research (CD)
- Université de Kisangani (CD)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Plant Biology
- Published
- 2025-03-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12870-025-06314-2
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- African Botany and Ecology Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 6.43
Funders
- European Commission
- Centre for International Forestry Research
- Belgian Federal Science Policy Office
- Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek
- Universiteit Gent