Oil spills and invasive species drive losses in Nigeria's mangrove forests [0.03%]
石油泄漏和外来物种导致尼日利亚红树林损失
Lola Fatoyinbo,Abigail Barenblitt,Celio de Sousa et al.
Lola Fatoyinbo et al.
Mangrove forests are important organic carbon sinks and provide many ecosystem services. However, data on historic extent, biodiversity and carbon stocks remain scarce, especially in Nigeria, the country with the fifth-largest mangrove area...
Fine-scale human-flood relationships in the Congo Basin: ethnographic perspectives from the Lac Télé Community Reserve [0.03%]
刚果盆地拉克·特利社区保护区的人类与洪水关系的民族志透视
Katherine Meier,Milena Beekmann,Tiriel Lokoka Ngoma et al.
Katherine Meier et al.
The Likouala-aux-Herbes river and surrounding swamp forests of the northern Republic of Congo are described in scientific literature as a wetland forest system characterized by a bimodal flood pulse and widespread seasonal flooding. Recent ...
Species-specific wood density improves biomass estimation in Congo Basin peatland forests [0.03%]
特定树种的木材密度可改善刚果盆地泥炭地森林生物量估算
Yannick Enock Bocko,Grace Jopaul Loubota Panzou,Greta Christina Dargie et al.
Yannick Enock Bocko et al.
The central Congo Basin hosts the world's largest tropical peat swamp forest (PSF), covering 167 600 km² and storing approximately 29 Pg of carbon below ground. However, estimates of above ground biomass (AGB) remain limited, partly owing ...
Environmental controls over greenhouse gas dynamics of tropical peatlands of the Central Congo Basin [0.03%]
控制中刚果盆地热带泥炭地温室气体动态的环境因素
Nicholas Girkin,Alice Johnston,Hayley Curran et al.
Nicholas Girkin et al.
The central Congo Basin hosts the world's largest tropical peatland complex, storing 29.0 Pg of carbon, the equivalent to three years of global CO₂ emissions. These peatlands are significant natural sources of greenhouse gases (GHGs), incl...
Angela Gallego-Sala,Jo Snöälv,Kemen Austin et al.
Angela Gallego-Sala et al.
Africa hosts an enormous variety of peatland types spanning a wide range of climates. Despite their importance for biodiversity, carbon storage, water provisioning and livelihoods, African peatlands remain understudied. Here, we provide an ...
Spatial and seasonal taxonomic patterns in moth communities of the central Congo peatlands [0.03%]
刚果中部泥炭地moth群落的时空分类模式
Charles Hackforth,Simon Lewis,Anthelme Tsoumou et al.
Charles Hackforth et al.
Tropical insect communities are highly diverse but understudied, limiting understanding of tropical forest ecosystem functioning. This is especially true of the swamp forests of the central Congo peatlands, where peat occurs beneath two wid...
Greta Dargie,George Biddulph,Ian Lawson et al.
Greta Dargie et al.
Little is known about the distribution and characteristics of Africa's peatlands, despite many reports of peat in Africa. We review the literature on African peatlands, identifying over 600 sources, to provide a synthesis of present knowled...
A probabilistic map of tropical peatlands in the Angolan Highlands Water Tower [0.03%]
安哥拉高原水塔地区热带泥炭地的概率分布图
Mauro Cesar Lourenco,Nathaniel Robinson,Rainer von Brandis et al.
Mauro Cesar Lourenco et al.
Peatlands provide critical ecosystem services, including habitat for biodiversity, water purification and climate regulation. Tropical peatlands in Africa present significant knowledge gaps in occurrence and extent estimates, and there is a...
Plant diversity and composition of peatlands adjacent to the white- and blackwater rivers in the central Congo Basin [0.03%]
刚果盆地中心白水和黑水资源旁泥炭地的植物多样性及组成
Joseph Kanyama Tabu,Greta Dargie,Donna Hawthorne et al.
Joseph Kanyama Tabu et al.
The central Congo Basin is home to the world's largest tropical peatland complex. This region, dominated by swamp forests, is poorly understood. In other flooded tropical forest systems, there is a well-documented influence of nutrient inpu...
Congo basin peatlands as coupled human-natural systems: a multidisciplinary data framework for vulnerability and resilience assessment [0.03%]
刚果盆地泥炭地作为人地系统：脆弱性和适应性评估的多学科数据框架
Raphael M Tshimanga,Génie-Spirou K Lutonadio,Papy-Claude B Bolaluembe et al.
Raphael M Tshimanga et al.
Peatlands in the Congo Basin are not only critical ecological assets for carbon storage, hydrological regulation and biodiversity conservation; they are also deeply embedded in social, cultural and governance systems. Their sustainability t...