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Gillet Jean-François

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Main Referenced Co-authors
Doucet, Jean-Louis  (46)
Morin, Julie  (17)
Bourland, Nils  (15)
Daïnou, Kasso  (15)
Fayolle, Adeline  (14)
Main Referenced Keywords
Central Africa (18); archaeology (7); Cameroon (7); Congo Basin (7); Afrique centrale (4);
Main Referenced Unit & Research Centers
CIRAD (1)
Forest is Life, TERRA, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, University of Liège (1)
Gembloux Agro- Bio Tech, TERRA Teaching and Research Centre, Forest is Life, University of Li`ege, Gembloux, Belgium (1)
Main Referenced Disciplines
Phytobiology (plant sciences, forestry, mycology...) (31)
Environmental sciences & ecology (25)
Archaeology (14)
Agriculture & agronomy (14)
Life sciences: Multidisciplinary, general & others (7)

Publications (total 51)

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Gillet, J.-F. (2013). Les forêts à Marantaceae au sein de la mosaïque forestière du Nord de la République du Congo : origines et modalités de gestion [Doctoral thesis, ULiège - Université de Liège]. ORBi-University of Liège. https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/155570 https://hdl.handle.net/2268/155570

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Slik, J. W. F., Paoli, G., McGuire, K., Amaral, I., Barroso, J., Bastian, M., Blanc, L., Bongers, F., Boundja, P., Clark, C., Collins, M., Dauby, G., Ding, Y., Doucet, J.-L., Eler, E., Ferreira, L., Forshed, O., Fredriksson, G., Gillet, J.-F., ... Zweifel, N. (2013). Large trees drive forest aboveground biomass variation in moist lowland forests accross the tropics. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 22, 1261-1271. doi:10.1111/geb.12092 https://hdl.handle.net/2268/153485

Pouteau, R., Picard, J., Doumenge, C., Brncic, T., Gillet, J.-F., Doucet, J.-L., Gourlet-Fleury, S., Kimpouni, V., Loumeto, J.-J., Pélissier, R., & Réjou-Méchain, M. (April 2024). The puzzling ecology of African Marantaceae forests. American Journal of Botany, 111 (4), 16320. doi:10.1002/ajb2.16320
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Zebaze Dongmo, D., Gorel, A., Gillet, J.-F., Houngbegnon, F., Barbier, N., Ligot, G., Lhoest, S., Kamdem, G., Libalah, M., Droissart, V.* , Sonké, B.* , & Doucet, J.-L.*. (November 2023). Natural regeneration in tropical forests along a disturbance gradient in South-East Cameroon. Forest Ecology and Management, 547, 121402. doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2023.121402
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* These authors have contributed equally to this work.

Gourlet-Fleury, S., Rossi, V., Forni, E., Fayolle, A., Ligot, G., Allah-Barem, F., Baya, F., Bénédet, F., Boyemba, F., Cornu, G., Doucet, J.-L., Gillet, J.-F., Mazengue, M., Mbasi Mbula, M., Van Hoef, Y., Zombo, I., & Freycon, V. (2023). Competition and site weakly explain tree growth variability in undisturbed Central African moist forests. Journal of Ecology, 1-18. doi:10.1111/1365-2745.14152
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Vanden Abeele, S., Matvijev, K., Hardy, O. J., Assumani, D.-M., Angoboy Ilondea, B., Beeckman, H., Bouka, G. U. D., Boupoya, C. A., Deklerck, V., Flot, J.-F., Gillet, J.-F., Kamdem, N. G., Lisingo, J., Monthe, F., Sonké, B., & Janssens, S. B. (2023). Genetic breaks caused by ancient forest fragmentation: phylogeography of Staudtia kamerunensis (Myristicaceae) reveals distinct clusters in the Congo Basin. Tree Genetics and Genomes, 19 (3). doi:10.1007/s11295-023-01601-1
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Houngbegnon, F., Gillet, J.-F., Michaux, J., Brostaux, Y., Zebaze Dongmo, D., Lhoest, S., Vermeulen, C., Sonké, B., & Doucet, J.-L. (24 November 2022). Seed dispersal by duikers in selectively logged rainforests: Overlooked dispersal of an important animal community. Forest Ecology and Management, 529, 120650. doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2022.120650
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Ligot, G., Gourlet-Fleury, S., Daïnou, K., Gillet, J.-F., Forni, E., & Doucet, J.-L. (01 February 2022). Tree growth and mortality of 42 timber species in central Africa. Forest Ecology and Management, 505, 1-13. doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2021.119889
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Aleman, J. C., Fayolle, A., Favier, C., Staver, A. C., Dexter, K. G., Ryan, C. M., Azihou, A. F., Bauman, D., te Beest, M., Chidumayo, E. N., Comiskey, J. A., Cromsigt, J. P. G. M., Dessard, H., Doucet, J.-L., Finckh, M., Gillet, J.-F., Gourlet-Fleury, S., Hempson, G. P., Holdo, R. M., ... Swaine, M. D. (November 2020). Floristic evidence for alternative biome states in tropical Africa. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 117 (45), 28183-28190. doi:10.1073/pnas.2011515117
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Ouedraogo, D.-Y., Doucet, J.-L., Daïnou, K., Baya, F., Biwole, A., Bourland, N., Feteke, F., Gillet, J.-F., Kouadio, Y. L., & Fayolle, A. (2018). The size at reproduction of canopy tree species in central Africa. Biotropica, 50 (3), 465-476. doi:10.1111/btp.12531
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Slik, J. W. F., Franklin, J., Arroyo-Rodríguez, V., Field, R., Aguilar, S., Aguirre, N., Ahumada, J., Aiba, S.-I., Alves, L. F., Anitha, K., Avella, A., Mora, F., Aymard, G. A. C., Báez, S., Balvanera, P., Bastian, M. L., Bastin, J.-F., Bellingham, P. J., Van Den Berg, E., ... Zang, R. (2018). Phylogenetic classification of the world's tropical forests. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 115 (8), 1837 - 1842. doi:10.1073/pnas.1714977115
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Gourlet-Fleury, S., Gazull, L., Bigombe Logo, P., Billand, A., Bolaluembe, P.-C., Boyemba, F., Dessard, H., Doucet, J.-L., Doumenge, C., Dubiez, E., Durrieu De Madron, L., Feintrenie, L., Fomete, T., Garcia, C., Gillet, J.-F., Hérault, B., Karsenty, A., Menga, P., Ngoya Kessy, A. M., ... Zongang Ngongang, A. A. (2017). Are logging concessions a threat to the peatlands in DRC? Bois et Forêts des Tropiques, (334), 3-6. doi:10.19182/bft2017.334.a31485
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Vleminckx, J., Morin-Rivat, J., Biwolé, A., Daïnou, K., Gillet, J.-F., Doucet, J.-L., Drouet, T., & Hardy, O. (12 November 2014). Soil charcoal to assess the impacts of past human disturbances on tropical forests. PLoS ONE, 9 (11). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0108121
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Morin-Rivat, J., Biwolé, A., Bourland, N., Bremond, L., Daïnou, K., Fayolle, A., Gillet, J.-F., Gorel, A., Gourlet-Fleury, S., Hardy, O., Livingstone Smith, A., Oslisly, R., Vleminckx, J., Beeckmans, H., & Doucet, J.-L. (30 April 2014). Records of human activity during the late-Holocene in the soils of the African dense humid forest [Paper presentation]. European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2014, Vienna, Austria.

Morin-Rivat, J., Bremond, L., Gillet, J.-F., Doucet, J.-L., & Beeckman, H. (27 March 2014). Quaternary rainforests of the Northern Congo Basin: contribution of charcoal analysis [Paper presentation]. Le Quaternaire : marqueurs, traçeurs et chronomètres / Tools in Quaternary research: environmental indicators and geochronology, Lyon, France.

Morin-Rivat, J., Biwolé, A., Bourland, N., Daïnou, K., Fayolle, A., Gillet, J.-F., Gorel, A., Gourlet-Fleury, S., Hardy, O., Livingstone Smith, A., Oslisly, R., Vleminckx, J., Beeckman, H., & Doucet, J.-L. (26 March 2014). Histoire humaine des forêts tropicales du nord du Bassin du Congo durant les deux derniers millénaires [Paper presentation]. Printemps des Sciences, Liège, Belgium.

Morin-Rivat, J., Biwole, A., Bourland, N., Daïnou, K., De Weerdt, J., Fayolle, A., Gillet, J.-F., Gorel, A., Hubau, W., Tshibamba, J., Doucet, J.-L., & Beeckman, H. (14 February 2014). Wood charcoal analysis: a relatively new tool for palaeoecology in tropical Africa [Paper presentation]. Meeting forest ecology and dendrochronology, Tervuren, Belgium.

Fayolle, A., Swaine, M. D., Bastin, J.-F., Bourland, N., Comiskey, J. A., Dauby, G., Doucet, J.-L., Gillet, J.-F., Gourlet-Fleury, S., Hardy, O., Kirunda, B., Kouamé, F. N., & Plumptre, A. J. (2014). Patterns of tree species composition across tropical African forests. Journal of Biogeography, 41, 2320-2331. doi:10.1111/jbi.12382
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Marien, J.-N., Gourlet-Fleury, S., Peltier, R., Daïnou, K., Vermeulen, C., Doucet, J.-L., Gillet, J.-F., Lusenge, T., Van Geit, M., Lejeune, G., Bastin, D., & Plancheron, F. (2014). Les plantations forestières en Afrique centrale : des sylvicultures nouvelles pour répondre aux nouveaux besoins des sociétés. In C. de Wasseige, J. Flynn, D. Louppe, F. Hiol Hiol, ... P. Mayaux (Eds.), Les forêts du Bassin du Congo - Etat des forêts 2013 (pp. 197-212). Neufchâteau, Belgium: Weyrich Editions.
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Morin-Rivat, J., Fayolle, A., Gillet, J.-F., Bourland, N., Gourlet-Fleury, S., Oslisly, R., Bremond, L., Bentaleb, I., Beeckman, H., & Doucet, J.-L. (January 2014). New Evidence of Human Activities during the Holocene in the Lowland Forests of the Northern Congo Basin. Radiocarbon, 56 (1), 209-220. doi:10.2458/56.16485
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Doucet, J.-L., & Gillet, J.-F. (2014). Enrichissement des pistes de débardage en forêts clairsemées à Marantacées. In C. de Wasseige, J. Flynn, D. Louppe, F. Hiol Hiol, ... P. Mayaux (Eds.), Les forêts du Bassin du Congo - Etat des forêts 2013 (pp. 297). Neufchâteau, Belgium: Weyrich Editions.
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Gourlet-Fleury, S., Aleman, J., Bayol, N., Bentaleb, I., Benedet, F., Billand, A., Bremond, L., Cohen, C., Coste, S., Doucet, J.-L., Engelbrecht, B., Fauvet, N., Favier, C., Fayolle, A., Freycon, V., Gillet, J.-F., Gond, V., Laraque, A., Maley, J., ... Willis, K. (2014). Improve the characterization of tropical forests to improve management: policy brief. Montpêllier, France: CIRAD. https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/165196

Morin-Rivat, J., Bentaleb, I., Biwole, A., Bourland, N., Bremond, L., Daïnou, K., Dedry, L., Favier, C., Fayolle, A., Gillet, J.-F., Gorel, A., Gourlet-Fleury, S., Hardy, O., Livingstone Smith, A., Mezop, A., Oslisly, R., Vleminckx, J., Beeckman, H., & Doucet, J.-L. (06 November 2013). De la paléoécologie à l'écologie actuelle : 2000 ans d'interaction homme-milieu dans le nord du Bassin du Congo [Poster presentation]. Symposium Paul Duvigneaud, Bruxelles, Belgium.

Vleminckx, J., Doucet, J.-L., Daïnou, K., Gillet, J.-F., Morin-Rivat, J., Drouet, T., & Hardy, O. (06 November 2013). Impacts of past Human disturbances on present-day tree species assembly in a tropical forest of South-East Cameroon [Poster presentation]. Symposium Paul Duvigneaud, Bruxelles, Belgium.

Gillet, J.-F. (2013). Les forêts à Marantaceae au sein de la mosaïque forestière du Nord de la République du Congo : origines et modalités de gestion [Doctoral thesis, ULiège - Université de Liège]. ORBi-University of Liège. https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/155570

Oslisly, R., White, L., Bentaleb, I., Favier, C., Fontugne, M., Gillet, J.-F., & Sebag, D. (22 July 2013). Climatic and cultural changes in the west Congo Basin forests over the past 5000 years. Philosophical Transactions. Biological Sciences, 368 (1625), 1-11. doi:10.1098/rstb.2012.0304
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Lewis, S. L., Sonké, B., Sunderland, T., Begne, S. K., Lopez-Gonzalez, G., van der Heijden, G. M. F., Phillips, O. L., Affum-Baffoe, K., Baker, T. R., Banin, L., Bastin, J.-F., Beeckman, H., Boeckx, P., Bogaert, J., De Cannière, C., Chezeaux, E., Clark, C. J., Collins, M., Djagbletey, G., ... Zemagho, L. (22 July 2013). Above-ground biomass and structure of 260 african tropical forests. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 368, 1-15. doi:10.1098/rstb.2012.0295
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Morin-Rivat, J., Gorel, A., Daïnou, K., Gillet, J.-F., Bourland, N., Biwole, A., Fayolle, A., Hardy, O., Livingstone Smith, A., Vleminckx, J., Doucet, J.-L., & Beeckman, H. (26 June 2013). Analyzing soil charcoals to assess the naturalness of tropical forest [Paper presentation]. ATBC - OTS 50th Anniversary Meeting, San José, Costa Rica.

Bourland, N., Cerisier, F., Daïnou, K., Livingstone Smith, A., Hubau, W., Brostaux, Y., Feteke, F., Morin-Rivat, J., Gillet, J.-F., Lejeune, P., & Doucet, J.-L. (26 June 2013). How closely are Pericopsis elata (Fabaceae) patches linked to past human disturbances in South-Eastern Cameroon [Paper presentation]. ATBC - OTS 50th Anniversary Meeting, San José, Costa Rica.

Vleminckx, J., Doucet, J.-L., Daïnou, K., Gillet, J.-F., Morin-Rivat, J., Drouet, T., & Hardy, O. (25 June 2013). Impacts of past Human disturbances on present day tree species assembly in the tropical forests of South-East Cameroon [Poster presentation]. ATBC - OTS 50th Anniversary Meeting, San José, Costa Rica.

Fayolle, A., Doucet, J.-L., Gillet, J.-F., Bourland, N., & Lejeune, P. (2013). Les équations allométriques pan-tropicales plurispécifiques sont-elles valables en Afrique centrale ? In N. Picard & M. Henry (Eds.), Compte-rendu de l'Atelier scientifique régional sur les équations allométriques en Afrique Centrale : PREREDD, Yaoundé 2-5 avril 2013 (pp. 27-58).

Morin-Rivat, J., Bourland, N., Gillet, J.-F., Biwole, A., & Doucet, J.-L. (21 March 2013). Les forêts vierges du Bassin du Congo - mythe ou réalité ? [Paper presentation]. Conférence-débat ERAIFT, Kinshasa, Congo - Kinshasa.

Fayolle, A., Doucet, J.-L., Gillet, J.-F., Bourland, N., & Lejeune, P. (2013). Tree allometry in Central Africa: Testing the validity of pantropical multi-species allometric equations for estimating biomass and carbon stocks. Forest Ecology and Management, (305), 29-37. doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2013.05.036
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Oslisly, R., Bentaleb, I., Favier, C., Fontugne, M., Gillet, J.-F., & Morin-Rivat, J. (2013). West Central African peoples: Survey of radiocarbon dates over the past 5000 years. Radiocarbon, 55 (2-3), 1377-1382. doi:10.2458/azu_js_rc.55.16385
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Gillet, J.-F., & Doucet, J.-L. (2013). The abundance of charcoal fragments emphasizes the assumption of huge palaeofires in the mixed moist semi-evergreen rainforest of the northern republic of Congo. In F. Damblon (Ed.), Proceedings of the Fourth International Meeting of Anthracology (pp. 113-120). Oxford, United Kingdom: Archaeopress.
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Slik, J. W. F., Paoli, G., McGuire, K., Amaral, I., Barroso, J., Bastian, M., Blanc, L., Bongers, F., Boundja, P., Clark, C., Collins, M., Dauby, G., Ding, Y., Doucet, J.-L., Eler, E., Ferreira, L., Forshed, O., Fredriksson, G., Gillet, J.-F., ... Zweifel, N. (2013). Large trees drive forest aboveground biomass variation in moist lowland forests accross the tropics. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 22, 1261-1271. doi:10.1111/geb.12092
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Morin-Rivat, J., Gillet, J.-F., Bourland, N., Gourlet-Fleury, S., Oslisly, R., Beeckman, H., & Doucet, J.-L. (July 2012). Contribution of new radiocarbon dates to track the impact of past anthropogenic disturbances on current vegetation in Central Africa [Poster presentation]. 21st International Radiocarbon Conference, Paris, France.

Livingstone Smith, A., Beeckman, H., Cerisier, F., Doucet, J.-L., Gillet, J.-F., Gruslin, D., Guion, H., Hubau, W., & Bourland, N. (23 June 2012). Forest anomalies and human occupation in Central Africa during the last two millennia [Paper presentation]. 21st Biennial of the Society of Africanist Archaeologists, Toronto, Canada.

Bourland, N., Kouadio, Y. L., Lejeune, P., Sonké, B., Daïnou, K., Feteke, F., Gillet, J.-F., & Doucet, J.-L. (20 June 2012). Pericopsis elata (Harms) Meeuwen in Cameroon: Ecological Check-up of an Endangered Timber Species [Poster presentation]. 49th Annual Meeting of the Association for Tropical Biology, Bonito, Brazil.

Gourlet-Fleury, S., Fayolle, A., Bayol, N., Freycon, V., Gillet, J.-F., Doucet, J.-L., Mortier, F., Bentaleb, I., & Yongo, O. (20 June 2012). Logging rules in tropical rainforests need considering the environmental context to limit their impact on biodiversity - Evidence from the CoForChange project in Central Africa [Paper presentation]. Maximizing the Conservation Value of Tropical Forests Through Sustainable Forest Management Practices, Bonito, Brazil.

Morin-Rivat, J., Hubau, W., Gillet, J.-F., Bremond, L., Oslisly, R., Gourlet-Fleury, S., Doucet, J.-L., & Beeckman, H. (22 May 2012). Perturbations récentes dans le Bassin du Congo : Contribution de l’anthracologie à une restitution paléoenvironnementale [Poster presentation]. Séminaire régional projet CoForChange, Brazzaville, Congo - Brazzaville.

Morin-Rivat, J., Hubau, W., Gillet, J.-F., Bremond, L., Oslisly, R., Gourlet-Fleury, S., Doucet, J.-L., & Beeckman, H. (01 March 2012). Recent disturbances in the Congo Basin : an anthracological contribution to vegetation reconstructions [Poster presentation]. The impact of a major environmental crisis on species, populations and communities: the fragmentation of African forests at the end of the Holocene, Paris, France.

Gillet, J.-F., & Doucet, J.-L. (04 January 2012). Extent of paleofires and past human settlements in the current rainforest patchwork of the Northern Republic of Congo [Poster presentation]. Climate change, deforestation and the future of african rainforests International Conference, Oxford, United Kingdom.

Gillet, J.-F., & Doucet, J.-L. (2012). A commented checklist of woody plants in the Northern Republic of Congo. Plant Ecology and Evolution, 145 (2), 258-271. doi:10.5091/plecevo.2012.648
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Gillet, J.-F., & Doucet, J.-L. (2011). First results of an enrichment method tested on recent skidding trails in Marantaceae forests (Republic of Congo). In CIRAD Montpellier (Ed.), IUFRO International Conference, Research priorities in tropical silviculture : towards new paradigms ? : Abstracts.
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Daïnou, K., Bauduin, A., Bourland, N., Gillet, J.-F., Feteke, F., & Doucet, J.-L. (October 2011). Soil seed bank characteristics in Cameroonian rainforests and implications for post-logging recovery. Ecological Engineering, 37 (10), 1499-1506. doi:10.1016/j.ecoleng.2011.05.004
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Parmentier, I., Harrigan, R. J., Buermann, W., Mitchard, E. T. A., Saatchi, S., Malhi, Y., Bongers, F., Hawthorne, W. D., Leal, M. E., Lewis, S. L., Nusbaumer, L., Sheil, D., Sosef, M. S. M., Affum-Baffoe, K., Bakayoko, A., Chuyong, G. B., Chatelain, C., Comiskey, J. A., Dauby, G., ... Hardy, O. J. (2011). Predicting alpha diversity of African rain forests: models based on climate and satellite-derived data do not perform better than a purely spatial model. Journal of Biogeography, 38 (6), 1164-1176. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2699.2010.02467.x
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Nguenang, G.-M., Nkongmeneck, B. A., Gillet, J.-F., Vermeulen, C., Dupain, J., & Doucet, J.-L. (October 2010). Etat actuel de la sécondarisation de la forêt en périphérie nord de la Réserve de biosphère du Dja (Sud-est Cameroun) : influences des facteurs anthropiques passés et des éléphants. International Journal of Biological and Chemical Sciences, 4 (5), 1766-1781.
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Gillet, J.-F., & Doucet, J.-L. (March 2010). L'ayous Triplochiton scleroxylon K. Schum., grande essence commerciale anthropophile de la forêt dense humide semi-décidue africaine, en déclin naturel ? [Poster presentation]. RACEWOOD - 3emes Rencontres Africaines de Coopération avec l'Europe, Douala, Cameroon.

Gillet, J.-F., & Doucet, J.-L. (2009). The ayous Triplochiton scleroxylon K. Schum., large commercial and anthropogenic tree species of African moist semi-deciduous dense forest, on natural decline [Poster presentation]. Symposium Botanique Africaine à Bruxelles, Bruxelles, Belgium.

Gillet, J.-F., & Doucet, J.-L. (2009). L’ayous Triplochiton scleroxylon K. Schum., grande essence commerciale anthropophile de la forêt dense humide semi-décidue africaine, en déclin naturel ? [Poster presentation]. Ecoveg 5 - 5e colloque d'écologie des communautés végétales, Gembloux, Belgium.

Gillet, J.-F., Beeckman, H., & Doucet, J.-L. (2008). The origin of the forests in the North of the Congo Republic: an anthraco-pedological contribution. In F. Damblon & M. Court-Picon (Eds.), Geological survey of Belgium professional papers N. 303-2008/1.

Doucet, J.-L., Dissaki, A., Mengome, A., Issembé, Y., Daïnou, K., Gillet, J.-F., Kouadio, Y. L., & Laporte, J. (2007). Module de formation - Dynamique des peuplements forestiers d’Afrique Centrale. (ULiège. GxABT - Liège Université. Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech).

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