Tossens, S., Drouilly, M., & Doucet, J.-L. (13 February 2024). Impacts of carnivores on tropical forest dynamics through trophic cascades: the study case of Central African wild cats [Paper presentation]. 7th Annual Meeting of the European Conference of Tropical Ecology, Lisbon, Portugal.
Carnivores, often identified as keystone species, can exert pivotal roles in ecosystems by trigge...
Bhasin, O., Doucet, J.-L., Ndonda Makemba, R., Gillet, J.-F., Deblauwe, V., Sonké, B., & Hardy, O. J. (2024). Contrasted spatial, demographic and genetic structures of a light-demanding African timber species, Cylicodiscus gabunensis Harms – Implications for a sustainable management of its populations. Forest Ecology and Management, 551. doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2023.121527
Most Central African rainforest canopies consist of light-demanding tree species that hold high c...
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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
The dynamics of tropical forests are highly dependent on the forest understorey. Understanding it...
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Scalbert, M., Stiernon, Q., Franceschini, S., Vermeulen, C., Brostaux, Y., Ngwet, R., & Doucet, J.-L. (2023). Not all roads are barriers: Large mammals use logging roads in a timber concession of south-eastern Cameroon. Forest Ecology and Management. doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2023.120910
In the literature, roads are often considered to be barriers for large vertebrates. In central Af...
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Doucet, R., Breteler, F. J., Ruwet, M., Bibang Bengono, G., & Doucet, J.-L. (05 April 2023). Description d’une nouvelle espèce d’arbre de la canopée des forêts gabonaises par une approche multidisciplinaire [Poster presentation]. ECOVEG 16.
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
Identifying and quantifying factors that influence tree growth are crucial issues to ensure susta...
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Ilunga-Mulala Mushagalusa, C., Ligot, G., Biwolé, A., & Doucet, J.-L. (2023). Modelling plantation growth of central African timber species and implications for their sustainable management [Poster presentation]. Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech et la République Démocratique du Congo - Enjeux et perspectives d'une coopération ancrée dans l'histoire, Gembloux, Belgium.
Loubota Panzou, G., Loumeto, J. J., Chantrain, A., Gourlet‐Fleury, S., Doucet, J.-L., Forni, E., Beeckman, H., Ilondea, B. A., & Fayolle, A. (18 December 2022). Intensity, determinants, and impacts of liana load on tropical trees in central Africa. Ecosphere, 13 (12). doi:10.1002/ecs2.4322
Lianas can create dense foliage that reduces the light available for the host trees on which they...
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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
Seed dispersal by frugivores is a key process which is necessary for the regeneration of plant co...
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Ndonda Makemba, R., Tosso, F., Moupela, C., Ligot, G., Brostaux, Y., & Doucet, J.-L. (17 November 2022). Enrichment of Logging Gaps with High-Value Timber Species: How Far Fertilizer, Biochar and Mammal Predation Affect Performances of Cylicodiscus gabunensis Harms Seedlings. Forests, 13 (11), 1937. doi:10.3390/f13111937
Many commercial species are light-demanding and regenerate with difficulty in natural forest, whi...
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Scalbert, M., Vermeulen, C., Breuer, T., & Doucet, J.-L. (2022). The challenging coexistence of forest elephants (Loxodonta cyclotis) and timber concessions in central Africa. Mammal Review. doi:10.1111/mam.12305
1. With a drastic decrease in their populations over the last decades, forest elephants Loxodonta...
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Ndonda Makemba, R., Moupela, C., Tosso, F., Brostaux, Y., Drouet, T., Oslisly, R., Freycon, V., & Doucet, J.-L. (October 2022). New evidence on the role of past human activities and edaphic factors on the fine-scale distribution of an important timber species: Cylicodiscus gabunensis Harms. Forest Ecology and Management, 521, 120440. doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2022.120440
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Doucet, R.* , Bibang Bengono, G.* , Ruwet, M.* , Van De Vreken, I., Lecart, B., Doucet, J.-L., Fernandez Pierna, J. A., Lejeune, P., Jourez, B., Souza, A., & Richel, A. (22 August 2022). Highlighting a New Morphospecies within the Dialium Genus Using Leaves and Wood Traits. Forests, 13 (8), 1339. doi:10.3390/f13081339
During inventories of lesser-known timber species in eastern Gabon, a new Dialium morphospecies w...
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Scalbert, M., Tossens, S., Vermeulen, C., & Doucet, J.-L. (14 July 2022). Impacts of selective logging on forest elephants (Loxodonta cyclotis) in two timber concessions of central Africa [Paper presentation]. 58th Annual Meeting of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation (ATBC), Cartagena, Colombia.
Facing increasing human pressure, forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis) populations have been seri...
Jucker, T., Fischer, F. J., Chave, J., Coomes, D. A., Caspersen, J., Ali, A., Loubota Panzou, G., Feldpausch, T. R., Falster, D., Usoltsev, V. A., Adu-Bredu, S., Alves, L. F., Aminpour, M., Angoboy, I. B., Anten, N. P. R., Antin, C., Askari, Y., Muñoz, R., Ayyappan, N., ... Zavala, M. A. (15 June 2022). Tallo: A global tree allometry and crown architecture database. Global Change Biology, 2022 (00), 1-15. doi:10.1111/gcb.16302
Data capturing multiple axes of tree size and shape, such as a tree's stem diameter, height and c...
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Doucet, R., Jourez, B., Lejeune, P., Ligot, G., Verheyen, C., Fotso, A., Cossart, L., Enyengue, A., Martin, P., Lagoute, P., & Doucet, J.-L. (07 June 2022). Avoiding past mistakes of logging in the Congo Basin by promoting adapted new species [Poster presentation]. European Conference of Tropical Ecology, Montpellier, France.
Guidosse, Q., Doucet, J.-L., & Lassois, L. (07 June 2022). Disentangling the ecology of Aucoumea klaineana Pierre to improve its sustainable management [Poster presentation]. European Conference of Tropical Ecology.
Scalbert, M., Vermeulen, C., Tossens, S., Holvoet, J., d'Aspremont Lynden, M., & Doucet, J.-L. (07 June 2022). Interactions between forest elephants (Loxodonta cyclotis) and selective logging in central Africa [Paper presentation]. European Conference of Tropical Ecology, Montpellier, France.
With populations reduced by more than 80% over the last 93 years, forest elephants (Loxodonta cyc...
Guidosse, Q., Doucet, J.-L., & Lassois, L. (31 May 2022). Disentangling the ecology of Aucoumea klaineana Pierre to improve its sustainable management [Poster presentation]. TERRA Innovation Day, Gembloux, Belgium.
Guidosse, Q., du Jardin, P., White, L., Lassois, L., & Doucet, J.-L. (08 February 2022). Gabon’s green gold: a bibliographical review of thirty years of research on okoumé (Aucoumea klaineana Pierre). Biotechnologie, Agronomie, Société et Environnement, 26 (1), 30-42.
Introduction. Aucoumea klaineana Pierre is the most harvested timber species in Central Africa an...
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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
Tree growth and mortality are two central processes in the functioning of mixed and structurally ...
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Collectif DYNAFAC, & Doucet, J.-L. (2022). Dynamique des forêts d'Afrique centrale : pour une amélioration de la durabilité des plans d'aménagement forestiers. Capitalisation des projets Dynaffor et P3FAC. Nogent-sur-Marne, France: ATIBT.Collectif DYNAFAC.
Le projet DynAfFor s’est fixé deux grands objectifs. Le premier était de quantifier les effets de...
Collectif DYNAFAC, & Doucet, J.-L. (2022). POUR UNE AMÉLIORATION DE LA DURABILITÉ DES PLANS D’AMÉNAGEMENT FORESTIERS EN AFRIQUE CENTRALE. Recommandations pour les décideurs politiques. Nogent-sur-Marne, France: ATIBT.Collectif DYNAFAC.
La gestion forestière doit aujourd’hui, plus que jamais, répondre à différentes exigences : prése...
Doucet, R., Doucet, J.-L., Lejeune, P., Verheyen, C., De Mil, T., Martin, P., Lagoute, P., & Jourez, B. (2021). Wood description and timber use investigation of Pachyelasma tessmannii (Harms) Harms. European Journal of Wood and Wood Products. doi:10.1007/s00107-021-01758-3
In Central Africa more than 75% of the total log production is focussed on only four timber speci...
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Zebaze Dongmo, D., Fayolle, A., Daïnou, K., Libalah, M., Droissart, V., Sonké, B., & Doucet, J.-L. (2021). Land use has little influence on the soil seed bank in a central African moist forest. Biotropica, 1-13. doi:10.1111/btp.13032
Regeneration of tropical forest occurs naturally and mainly through early secondary succession by...
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Haurez, B., & Doucet, J.-L. (2021). People, Planet and Cocoa Une cacaoculture durable pour les producteurs de la coopérative Yeyasso en Côte d’ivoire Mission 3. Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech.
Bibang Bengono, G., Souza, A., Tosso, D.-N. F., Doucet, R., Richel, A., & Doucet, J.-L. (30 June 2021). Les Dialium de la région guinéo-congolaise (synthèse bibliographique). Biotechnologie, Agronomie, Société et Environnement, 25 (3), 172-191.
Introduction. Le présent travail dresse une synthèse des connaissances sur le genre Dialium (Faba...
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Bennett, A. C., Dargie, G. C., Cuni-Sanchez, A., Mukendi, J. T., Hubau, W., Mukinzi, J. M., Phillips, O. L., Malhi, Y., Sullivan, M. J. P., Cooper, D. L. M., Adu-Bredu, S., Affum-Baffoe, K., Amani, C. A., Banin, L. F., Beeckman, H., Begne, S. K., Bocko, Y. E., Boeckx, P., Bogaert, J., ... Lewis, S. L. (25 May 2021). Resistance of African tropical forests to an extreme climate anomaly. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 118 (21), 12. doi:10.1073/pnas.2003169118
The responses of tropical forests to environmental change are critical uncertainties in predictin...
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ForestPlots.net, Blundo, C., Carilla, J., Grau, R., Malizia, A., Malizia, L., Osinaga-Acosta, O., Bird, M., Bradford, M., Catchpole, D., Ford, A., Graham, A., Hilbert, D., Kemp, J., Laurance, S., Laurance, W., Yoko Ishida, F., Marshall, A., Waite, C., ... Dang Tran, H. (25 May 2021). Taking the pulse of Earth’s tropical forests using networks of highly distributed plots. Biological Conservation, 260. doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108849
Tropical forests are the most diverse and productive ecosystems on Earth. While better understand...
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Daïnou, K., Tosso, D.-N. F., Bracke, C., Bourland, N., Forni, E., Hubert, D., Kankolongo, M., Loumeto, J. J., Louppe, D., Ngomanda, A., Ngomin, A., Tchuante Tite, V., & Doucet, J.-L. (2021). Guide pratique des plantations d’arbres des forêts denses humides d’Afrique. Gembloux, Belgium: Les presses agronomiques de Gembloux.
Réjou-Méchain, M., Mortier, F., Bastin, J.-F., Cornu, G., Barbier, N., Bayol, N., Bénédet, F., Bry, X., Dauby, G., Deblauwe, V., Doucet, J.-L., Doumenge, C., Fayolle, A., Garcia, C., Kibambe Lubamba, J.-P., Loumeto, J.-J., Ngomanda, A., Ploton, P., Sonké, B., ... Gourlet-Fleury, S. (2021). Unveiling African rainforest composition and vulnerability to global change. Nature, 1-21. doi:10.1038/s41586-021-03483-6
Africa is forecasted to experience large and rapid climate change1 and population growth2 during ...
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Fonteyn, D., Doucet, J.-L., Fayolle, A., Monseur, A., Quevauvillers, S., Holvoet, J., Poulain, F., de Lame, H., Peeters, Q., & Vermeulen, C. (2021). FauneFAC : Boite à outils méthodologique pour la mise en place d’inventaires par pièges photographiques.
Les forêts tropicales d’Afrique centrale constituent l’habitat naturel d’une importante diversité...
Fonteyn, D., Doucet, J.-L., Fayolle, A., & Vermeulen, C. (2021). Identifier les espèces de mammifères d'Afrique centrale morphologiquement proches ou peu fréquentes sur pièges photographiques.
Une compilation de fiches d’identification détaillées des espèces de mammifères d'Afrique central...
Fonteyn, D., Vermeulen, C., Deflandre, N., Cornelis, D., Lhoest, S., Houngbegnon, F., Doucet, J.-L., & Fayolle, A. (2021). Wildlife trail or systematic? Camera trap placement has little effect on estimates of mammal diversity in a tropical forest in Gabon. Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation. doi:10.1002/rse2.191
Camera traps (CTs) have been increasingly used for wildlife monitoring worldwide. In the tropics,...
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Lhoest, S., & Doucet, J.-L. (2021). Les 10 engagements Fair&Precious : argumentaire scientifique. Nogent-sur-Marne, France: ATIBT.
Loubota Panzou, G. J., Fayolle, A., Jucker, T., Phillips, O. L., Bohlman, S., Banin, L. F., Lewis, S. L., Affum-Baffoe, K., Alves, L. F., Antin, C., Arets, E., Arroyo, L., Baker, T. R., Barbier, N., Beeckman, H., Berger, U., Enock Bocko, Y., Bongers, F., Bowers, S., ... Feldpausch, T. R. (2020). Pantropical variability in tree crown allometry. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 17. doi:10.1111/geb.13231
Aim: Tree crowns determine light interception, carbon and water exchange. Thus, understanding the...
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Haurez, B., Fonteyn, D., Toint, S., Bracke, C., Doucet, J.-L., Daïnou, K., Kéhou, S., & Vermeulen, C. (2020). Elaboration et mise en oeuvre d'un plan de gestion de la faune. Guide Technique à destination des gestionnaires des forêts de production d'Afrique centrale. Presses Agronomiques de Gembloux.
L’intensification des activités humaines, la demande croissante en protéines animales suite à l’e...
Houngbegnon, F., Cornelis, D., Vermeulen, C., Sonké, B., Ntie, S., Fayolle, A., Fonteyn, D., Lhoest, S., Evrard, Q., Yapi, F., Sandrin, F., Vanegas, L., Ayaya, I., Hardy, C., Le Bel, S., & Doucet, J.-L. (2020). Daily Activity Patterns and Co-Occurrence of Duikers Revealed by an Intensive Camera Trap Survey across Central African Rainforests. Animals. doi:10.3390/ani10122200
The duiker community in Central African rainforests includes a diversity of species that can coex...
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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
The idea that tropical forest and savanna are alternative states is crucial to how we manage thes...
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Poulsen, J. R., Medjibe, V. P., White, L. J. T., Miao, Z., Banak-Ngok, L., Beirne, C., Clark, C. J., Cuni-Sanchez, A., Disney, M., Doucet, J.-L., Lee, M. E., Lewis, S. L., Mitchard, E., Nuñez, C. L., Reitsma, J., Saatchi, S., & Scott, C. T. (16 July 2020). Old growth Afrotropical forests critical for maintaining forest carbon. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 29, 1785-1798. doi:10.1111/geb.13150
Aim: Large trees [≥ 70 cm diameter at breast height (DBH)] contribute disproportionately to above...
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Ploton, P., Mortier, F., Barbier, N., Cornu, G., Réjou-Méchain, M., Rossi, V., Alonso, A., Bastin, J.-F., Bayol, N., Bénédet, F., Bissiengou, P., Chuyong, G., Demarquez, B., Doucet, J.-L., Droissart, V., Kamdem, N. G., Kenfack, D., Memiaghe, H., Moses, L., ... Gourlet-Fleury, S. (08 July 2020). A map of African humid tropical forest aboveground biomass derived from management inventories. Scientific Data, 7 (221). doi:10.1038/s41597-020-0561-0
Forest biomass is key in Earth carbon cycle and climate system, and thus under intense scrutiny i...
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Doucet, J.-L. (02 July 2020). Palabres autour des arbres : des discours sur leur intelligence aux dérives de l’anthropomorphisme. Biotechnologie, Agronomie, Société et Environnement, 24 (3), 203-206. doi:10.25518/1780-4507.18707
L’intelligence des arbres est un sujet qui passionne les populations urbaines. Elle fait l’objet ...
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Muscarella, R., Emilio, T., Phillips, O. L., Lewis, S. L., Slik, F., Baker, W. J., Couvreur, T. L. P., Eiserhardt, W. L., Svenning, J.-C., Affum-Baffoe, K., Aiba, S.-I., Kitayama, K., Lovett, J. C., Lu, X., Lykke, A. M., Magnusson, W. E., Mahayani, N. P. D., Steinmetz, R., Malhi, Y., ... Killeen, T. J. (July 2020). The global abundance of tree palms. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 00, 1-20. doi:10.1111/geb.13123
Aim: Palms are an iconic, diverse and often abundant component of tropical ecosystems that provid...
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Ouédraogo, D.-Y., Hardy, O. J., Doucet, J.-L., Janssens, S. B., Wieringa, J. J., Stoffelen, P., Ilondea, B., Baya, F., Beeckman, H., Daïnou, K., Dubiez, E., Gourlet-Fleury, S., & Fayolle, A. (July 2020). Latitudinal shift in the timing of flowering of tree species across tropical Africa: insights from field observations and herbarium collections. Journal of Tropical Ecology, 36 (4), 159-173. doi:10.1017/S0266467420000103
Temporal and spatial patterns in flowering phenology were assessed for eight tropical African tre...
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Tosso, D.-N. F., Daïnou, K., Sonké, B., Levicek, C., Bracke, C., Forni, E., Jobbé-Duval, B., Ligot, G., Tchuanté Tité, V., Gourlet-Fleury, S., & Doucet, J.-L. (Eds.). (2020). Sentiers de suivi de la croissance, de la mortalité et de la phénologie des arbres tropicaux : Guide méthodologique. Liège, Belgium: Presses Universitaires de Liège.
La durabilité de l’aménagement des forêts naturelles d’Afrique centrale est tributaire d’une conn...
Donkpegan, A. S. L., Doucet, J.-L., Hardy, O. J., Heuertz, M., & Pineiro, R. (17 June 2020). Miocene Diversification in the Savannahs Precedes Tetraploid Rainforest Radiation in the African Tree Genus Afzelia (Detarioideae, Fabaceae). Frontiers in Plant Science, 11 (798). doi:10.3389/fpls.2020.00798
The dating of diversification events, including transitions between biomes, is key to elucidate t...
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Sullivan, M. J. P., Lewis, S. L., Affum-Baffoe, K., Castilho, C., Costa, F., Cuni Sanchez, A., Ewango, C. E. N., Hubau, W., Marimon, B., Monteagudo-Mendoza, A., Qie, L., Herrera, R., Higuchi, N., Hladik, A., Honorio Coronado, E., Huamantupa-Chuquimaco, I., Huaraca Huasco, W., Jeffery, K. J., Jimenez-Rojas, E., ... Herault, B. (22 May 2020). Long-term thermal sensitivity of Earth’s tropical forests. Science, 368, 869-874. doi:10.1126/science.aaw7578
The sensitivity of tropical forest carbon to climate is a key uncertainty in predicting global cl...
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Hubau, W., Lewis, S. L., Phillips, O. L., Affum-Baffoe, K., Beeckman, H., Cuni-Sanchez, A., Daniels, A. K., Ewango, C. E. N., Fauset, S., Mukinzi, J. M., Sheil, D., Sonké, B., Sullivan, M. J. P., Sunderland, T. C. H., Taedoumg, H., Thomas, S. C., White, L. J. T., Abernethy, K. A., Adu-Bredu, S., ... Zemagho, L. (04 March 2020). Asynchronous carbon sink saturation in African and Amazonian tropical forests. Nature, 579, 80-87. doi:10.1038/s41586-020-2035-0
Structurally intact tropical forests sequestered about half of the global terrestrial carbon upta...
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Vleminckx, J., Bauman, D., Demanet, M., Hardy, O. J., Doucet, J.-L., & Drouet, T. (28 January 2020). Past human disturbances and soil fertility both influence the distribution of light-demanding tree species in a Central African tropical forest. Journal of Vegetation Science, 31, 440-453. doi:10.1111/jvs.12861
Questions: In vast areas of Central African forests, the upper canopy is presently dominated by l...
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Donkpegan, A. S. L., Piñeiro, R., Heuertz, M., Duminil, J., Daïnou, K., Doucet, J.-L., & Hardy, O. J. (January 2020). Population genomics of the widespread African savannah trees Afzelia africana and Afzelia quanzensis reveals no significant past fragmentation of their distribution ranges. American Journal of Botany, 107 (3), 498-509. doi:10.1002/ajb2.1449
PREMISE: Few studies have addressed the evolutionary history of tree species from African savanna...
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Ewédjè, E.-E. B. K., Jansen, S., Koffi, G. K., Staquet, A., Piñeiro, R., Essaba, R. A., Obiang, N. L. E., Daïnou, K., Biwole, A. B., Doucet, J.-L., & Hardy, O. J. (2020). Species delimitation in the African tree genus Lophira (Ochnaceae) reveals cryptic genetic variation. Conservation Genetics, 21, 501-514. doi:10.1007/s10592-020-01265-7
Species delimitation remains a crucial issue for widespread plants occurring across forest-savann...
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Lhoest, S., Fonteyn, D., Daïnou, K., Delbeke, L., Doucet, J.-L., Dufrêne, M., Josso, J.-F., Ligot, G., Oszwald, J., Rivault, E., Verheggen, F., Vermeulen, C., Biwolé, A., & Fayolle, A. (2020). Conservation value of tropical forests: Distance to human settlements matters more than management in Central Africa. Biological Conservation, 241 (108351). doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2019.108351
Tropical forests in Central Africa host unique biodiversity threatened by human degradation of ha...
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Evrard, Q., Hardy, O., Tagg, N., & Doucet, J.-L. (2019). Removal and predation of aril-covered seeds: the case of Afzelia bipindensis (Fabaceae - Detarioidae). Plant Ecology and Evolution. doi:10.5091/plecevo.2019.1552
Background and aims – Most tree species with aril-covered seeds are assumed to be dispersed by fr...
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Biwolé, A., Ouédraogo, D.-Y., Betti, J. L., Picard, N., Rossi, V., Delion, S., Lagoute, P., Gourlet-Fleury, S., Lejeune, P., & Doucet, J.-L. (November 2019). Dynamique des populations d’azobé, Lophira alata Banks ex C. F. Gaertn., et implications pour sa gestion durable au Cameroun. Bois et Forêts des Tropiques, 342 (novembre 2019), 55-68. doi:10.19182/bft2019.342.a31670
L’impact de l’exploitation forestière sur le renouvellement du stock de bois d’oeuvre reste large...
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Fonteyn, D., Cornélis, D., Deflandre, N., Fayolle, A., Doucet, J.-L., & Vermeulen, C. (August 2019). An assessment of the terrestrial mammal diversity in a sustainably logged forest in east Gabon: Impact of camera trap placement strategy on the detected species [Paper presentation]. 56ème meeting de l'Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation (ATBC), Antananarivo, Madagascar.
Camera traps are widely used for assessing terrestrial vertebrate diversity across tropical fores...
Lhoest, S., Dufrêne, M., Vermeulen, C., Oszwald, J., Doucet, J.-L., & Fayolle, A. (August 2019). Perceptions of ecosystem services provided by tropical forests to local populations in Cameroon. Ecosystem Services, 38. doi:10.1016/j.ecoser.2019.100956
In Central Africa, local populations are deeply dependent on tropical forests, which provide nume...
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Ndonda Makemba, R., Tosso, D.-N. F., Moupela, C., Daïnou, K., & Doucet, J.-L. (August 2019). Cylicodiscus gabunensis Harms : une espèce prisée dans le commerce international (synthèse bibliographique). Biotechnologie, Agronomie, Société et Environnement, 23 (3), 188-202. doi:10.25518/1780-4507.18006
Introduction. En raison de la diminution des ressources en bois d’oeuvre tropicaux, il convient d...
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Ilondea, B. A., Beeckman, H., Ouédraogo, D.-Y., De Mil, T., Van den Bulcke, J., Van Acker, J., Couralet, C., Ewango, C., Hubau, W., Toirambe, B., Doucet, J.-L., & Fayolle, A. (2019). Une forte saisonnalité du climat et de la phénologie reproductive dans la forêt du Mayombe : l’apport des données historiques de la Réserve de Luki en République démocratique du Congo. Bois et Forêts des Tropiques, (341), 39-53. doi:10.19182/bft2019.341.a31753
En Afrique, la phénologie reproductive des arbres tropicaux, majoritairement annuelle, semble pré...
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Hardy, O. J., Delaide, B., Hainaut, H., Gillet, J.-F., Gillet, P., Kaymak, E., Vankerckhove, N., Duminil, J., & Doucet, J.-L. (2019). Seed and pollen dispersal distances in two African legume timber trees and their reproductive potential under selective logging. Molecular Ecology, 1-16. doi:10.1111/mec.15138
The natural regeneration of tree species depends on seed and pollen dispersal. To assess whether ...
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Doucet, J.-L. (May 2019). New challenges in agroforestry [Paper presentation]. Agrinatura, Gembloux, Belgium.
Doucet, J.-L., & Lejeune, P. (02 April 2019). Quelles forêts laisserons-nous à nos petits-enfants ? [Paper presentation]. Conférence inaugurale de l'UDA, Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium.
•Les forêts et la déforestation •Les forêts d’Afrique centrale •La forêt wallonne •Les forêts et ...
Ngama, S., Bindelle, J., Poulsen, J. R., Hornick, J.-L., Linden, A., Korte, L., Doucet, J.-L., & Vermeulen, C. (22 March 2019). Do topography and fruit presence influence occurrence and intensity of crop-raiding by forest elephants (Loxodonta africana cyclotis)? PLoS ONE, 14 (3), 16. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0213971
Crop damage by forest elephants (Loxodonta africana cyclotis) and the resulting human-elephant co...
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Houngbegnon, F., Sonké, B., Vermeulen, C., & Doucet, J.-L. (2019). État des connaissances sur les céphalophes (genres Cephalophus et Philantomba) des forêts denses humides d’Afrique centrale (synthèse bibliographique). Biotechnologie, Agronomie, Société et Environnement. doi:10.25518/1780-4507.17808
Introduction. This article provides a synthesis of current knowledge on classification, ecology a...
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Lhoest, S., Dufrêne, M., Jamar, P., Hette, S., Fonteyn, D., Doucet, J.-L., Fayolle, A., & Vermeulen, C. (11 March 2019). Ecosystem services assessment in Southeast Cameroon tropical forests [Paper presentation]. Groupe de Travail sur les Services Écosystémiques, Gembloux, Belgium.
Gorel, A., Duminil, J., Doucet, J.-L., & Fayolle, A. (2019). Ecological niche divergence associated with species and populations differentiation in Erythrophleum (Fabaceae, Caesalpinioideae). Plant Ecology and Evolution, 41–52. doi:10.5091/plecevo.2019.1543
Background and aims – The isolation of populations inside forest refugia during past climate chan...
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Lhoest, S., Fonteyn, D., Daïnou, K., Delbeke, L., Doucet, J.-L., Dufrêne, M., Ligot, G., Verheggen, F., Vermeulen, C., & Fayolle, A. (25 January 2019). Conservation value of protected and logged tropical forests in Cameroon [Paper presentation]. Séminaires "Forest is life" (TERRA), Gembloux, Belgium.
Doucet, J.-L. (08 January 2019). De la forêt aux molécules : repenser l’exploitation forestière ? [Paper presentation]. 2e Think Tank de l'ATIBT, Nogent-sur-Marne, France.
Les ressources en bois tropicaux s’épuisent malgré l’existence de plans d’aménagement. Q...
Gorel, A., Steppe, K., Beeckman, H., De Baerdemaeker, N., Doucet, J.-L., Daïnou, K., & Fayolle, A. (2019). Testing the divergent adaptation of two congeneric tree species on a rainfall gradient using eco-physio-morphological traits. Biotropica. doi:10.1111/btp.12646
In tropical Africa, evidence of widely distributed genera transcending biomes or habitat boundari...
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Hubau, W., De Mil, T., Van den Bulcke, J., Phillips, O. L., Ilondea, B. A., Van Acker, J., Sullivan, M. J. P., Nsenga, L., Toirambe, B., Couralet, C., Banin, L. F., Begne, S. K., Baker, T. R., Bourland, N., Chezeaux, E., Clark, C. J., Collins, M., Comiskey, J. A., Cuni-Sanchez, A., ... Beeckman, H. (2019). The persistence of carbon in the African forest understory. Nature Plants. doi:10.1038/s41477-018-0316-5
Quantifying carbon dynamics in forests is critical for understanding their role in long-term clim...
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Ligot, G., Fayolle, A., Gourlet-Fleury, S., Daïnou, K., Gillet, J.-F., De Ridder, M., Drouet, T., Groenendijk, P., & Doucet, J.-L. (2019). Growth determinants of timber species Triplochiton scleroxylon and implications for forest management in central Africa. Forest Ecology and Management, 437, 211-221. doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2019.01.042
The sustainability of the polycyclic logging system in tropical forests has been increasingly que...
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Tosso, D.-N. F., Doucet, J.-L., Daïnou, K., Fayolle, A., Hambuckers, A., Doumenge, C., Agbazahou, H., Stoffelen, P., & Hardy, O. J. (2019). Highlighting convergent evolution in morphological traits in response to climatic gradient in African tropical tree species: The case of genus Guibourtia Benn. Ecology and Evolution. doi:10.1002/ece3.5740
Adaptive evolution is a major driver of organism diversification, but the links between phenotypi...
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Trolliet, F., Bauman, D., Forget, P.-M., Doucet, J.-L., Gillet, J.-F., & Hambuckers, A. (2019). How complementary are large frugivores for tree seedling recruitment? A case study in the Congo Basin. Journal of Tropical Ecology, in press. doi:10.1017/S026646741900018X
Large frugivores provide critical seed dispersal services for many plant species and their extirp...
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Lhoest, S., Fonteyn, D., Daïnou, K., Delbeke, L., Doucet, J.-L., Dufrêne, M., Ligot, G., Verheggen, F., Vermeulen, C., & Fayolle, A. (2018). Conservation value of tropical forests allocated to protection and production in Cameroon. (ULiège. GxABT - Liège Université. Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, Méthodes d'Analyses de la Biodiversité).
Douh, C., Gorel, A., Daïnou, K., Fonteyn, D., Bustillo Vazquez, E., Obsomer, L., Bourdouxhe, A., Morin-Rivat, J., Forni, E., Gourlet-Fleury, S., Loumeto, J.-J., & Doucet, J.-L. (01 December 2018). Banque de graines du sol et déterminants de la germination du tali, Erythrophleum suaveolens (Guill. & Perr.) Brenan. Bois et Forêts des Tropiques, 338, 43-55. doi:10.19182/bft2018.338.a31681
Cette étude évalue l’abondance des graines d’Erythrophleum suaveolens dans la banque du sol des f...
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Ligot, G., Dubart, N., Tchowo Hapi, M., Bauwens, S., Doucet, J.-L., & Fayolle, A. (December 2018). Réviser les tarifs de cubage pour prendre en compte l'évolution de la ressource au Cameroun. Bois et Forêts des Tropiques, 338, 57-71. doi:10.19182/bft2018.338.a31677
La connaissance du volume exploitable est une information essentielle tant pour la gestion que po...
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Doucet, J.-L. (27 November 2018). Towards a tragic end of the sustainable forest management in Central Africa ? [Paper presentation]. 18ème Réunion des Parties du Partenariat pour les Forêts du Bassin du Congo (PFBC), Bruxelles, Belgium.
• The land use in Central Africa • The sustainable forest management • The recent decrease of the...
Lhoest, S., Fonteyn, D., Hette, S., Fayolle, A., Doucet, J.-L., Dufrêne, M., & Vermeulen, C. (27 November 2018). Assessment of mammal biodiversity and bushmeat offtake in the tropical forests of southeastern Cameroon [Poster presentation]. 18th Meeting of the Congo Basin Forest Partnership Parties, Brussels, Belgium.
Tropical forests of central Africa host an important part of the world’s terrestrial biodiversity...
Haurez, B., Petre, C.-A., Vermeulen, C., Tagg, N., Brostaux, Y., Daïnou, K., & Doucet, J.-L. (05 November 2018). Gorilla @ work! Why should loggers take care of their gorillas? [Paper presentation]. Journée "Etude et conservation de la grande faune en milieux tropicaux et tempérés".
Monthe, F. K., Duminil, J., Kasongo Yakusu, E., Beeckman, H., Bourland, N., Doucet, J.-L., Sosef, M. S. M., & Olivier J., H. (17 August 2018). The African timber tree Entandrophragma congoense (Pierre ex De Wild.) A.Chev. is morphologically and genetically distinct from Entandrophragma angolense (Welw.) C.DC. Tree Genetics and Genomes, 14, 13. doi:10.1007/s11295-018-1277-6
Interpreting morphological variability in terms of species delimitation can be challenging. Howev...
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Loubota Panzou, G. J., Fayolle, A., Feldpausch, T. R., Ligot, G., Doucet, J.-L., Forni, E., Zombo, I., Mazengue, M., Loumeto, J.-J., & Gourlet-Fleury, S. (July 2018). What controls local-scale aboveground biomass variation in central Africa? Testing structural, composition and architectural attributes. Forest Ecology and Management, 429, 570-578. doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2018.07.056
Tropical forests play a key role in regulating the terrestrial carbon cycle and climate change by...
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Doucet, J.-L. (June 2018). Enrichissement des concessions forestières en essences à haute valeur commerciale [Paper presentation]. Racewood 2018, Libreville, Gabon.
Les ressources en bois tropicaux s’épuisent malgré l’existence de plans d’aménagement. Cer...
Loubota Panzou, G. J., Feldpausch, T., Ligot, G., Gourlet-Fleury, S., Forni, E., Doucet, J.-L., Loumeto, J. J., & Fayolle, A. (26 March 2018). The importance of stand structure and tree allometry for local-scale variation in aboveground biomass [Poster presentation]. Grace Jopaul LOUBOTA PANZOU, Gembloux, Belgium.
Aboveground biomass (AGB) plays a critical role in determining the long-term dynamics of carbon i...
Bastin, J.-F., Rutishauser, E., Kellner, J. R., Saatchi, S., Pélissier, R., Hérault, B., Slik, F., Bogaert, J., De Cannière, C., Marshall, A. R., Poulsen, J., Romero Saltos, H., Brum Rossi, L. M., Spironello, W. R., Rovero, F., Saner, P., Sasaki, D., Schulze, M., Silveira, M., ... Gonçalves Rolim, S. (2018). Pan-tropical prediction of forest structure from the largest trees. Global Ecology and Biogeography. doi:10.1111/geb.12803
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Blanc-Jolivet, C., Kersten, B., Bourland, N., Guichoux, E., Delcamp, A., Doucet, J.-L., & Degen, B. (2018). Development of nuclear SNP markers for the timber tracking of the African tree species Sapelli, Entandrophragma cylindricum. Conservation Genetics Resources, 3. doi:10.1007/s12686-017-0872-4
We describe the development of new nuclear SNP markers for the genetic timber tracking of the geo...
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Demenou, B. B., Doucet, J.-L., & Hardy, O. J. (2018). History of the fragmentation of the African rain forest in the Dahomey Gap: insight from the demographic history of Terminalia superba. Heredity, 120, 547-561. doi:10.1038/s41437-017-0035-0
Paleo-environmental reconstructions show that the distribution of tropical African rain forests w...
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Douh, C., Daïnou, K., Joël Loumeto, J., Moutsambote, J.-M., Fayolle, A., Tosso, D.-N. F., Forni, E., Gourlet-Fleury, S., & Doucet, J.-L. (2018). Soil seed bank characteristics in two central African forest types and implications for forest restoration. Forest Ecology and Management, 409, 766-776. doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2017.12.012
This study evaluates the characteristics of soil seed bank in two types of central African rainfo...
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Haurez, B., Tagg, N., Petre, C.-A., Brostaux, Y., Boubady, A., & Doucet, J.-L. (2018). Seed dispersal effectiveness of the western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) in Gabon. African Journal of Ecology. doi:10.1111/aje.12449
The quantitative and qualitative aspects of seed dispersal by the western lowland gorilla (Gorill...
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Ligot, G., Gourlet-Fleury, S., Ouédraogo, D.-Y., Morin, X., Bauwens, S., Baya, F., Brostaux, Y., Doucet, J.-L., & Fayolle, A. (2018). The limited contribution of large trees to annual biomass production in an old-growth tropical forest. Ecological Applications. doi:10.1002/eap.1726
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Loubota Panzou, G. J., Ligot, G., Gourlet-Fleury, S., Doucet, J.-L., Forni, E., Loumeto, J.-J., & Fayolle, A. (2018). Architectural differences associated to functional traits among 45 coexisting tree species in central Africa. Functional Ecology. doi:10.1111/1365-2435.13198
1. Architectural traits that determine the light captured in a given environment are an important...
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Mirabel, A., Ouédraogo, D.-Y., Beeckman, H., Delvaux, C., Doucet, J.-L., Hérault, B., & Fayolle, A. (2018). A whole-plant functional scheme predicting the early growth of tropical tree species: evidence from 15 tree species in Central Africa. Trees: Structure and Function. doi:10.1007/s00468-018-1795-8
Key message: This study highlighted the consistency of a functional scheme integrating leaf, stem...
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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
Size at reproduction is a key aspect of species life history that is relatively understudied for ...
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Tosso, D.-N. F., Cherchye, G., Hardy, O. J., Daïnou, K., Lognay, G., Tagg, N., Haurez, B., Souza, A., Heuskin, S., & Doucet, J.-L. (2018). Characterization of animal communities involved in seed dispersal and predation of Guibourtia tessmannii (Harms) J.Léonard, a species newly listed on Appendix II of CITES. African Journal of Ecology, 00, 1-9. doi:10.1111/aje.12480
Characterization of the ecology of endangered timber species is a crucial step in any forest mana...
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Tosso, D.-N. F., Haurez, B., Bracke, C., & Doucet, J.-L. (2018). Itinéraire technique du système agroforestier taungya en rdc.
Tosso, D.-N. F., Haurez, B., Lonpi-Tipi, E., Bracke, C., & Doucet, J.-L. (2018). Essences agroforestières de la République Démocratique du Congo.
Tosso, F., Hardy, O. J., Doucet, J.-L., Daïnou, K., Kaymak, E., & Migliore, J. (2018). Evolution in the Amphi-Atlantic tropical genus Guibourtia (Fabaceae, Detarioideae), combining NGS phylogeny and morphology. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 120, 83-93. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2017.11.026
Tropical rain forests support a remarkable diversity of tree species, questioning how and when th...
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Vermeulen, C., Tosso, D.-N. F., Haurez, B., Bracke, C., & Doucet, J.-L. (2018). Que planter dans ma parcelle ? Arbre de décision pour le choix des espèces et des systèmes agroforestiers en périphérie de Kinshasa.
Lhoest, S., Dufrêne, M., Vermeulen, C., Doucet, J.-L., & Fayolle, A. (18 September 2017). Timber or Non-Timber Forest Products: How do stakeholders perceive the ecosystem services provided by tropical forests in Central Africa? [Paper presentation]. 125th IUFRO Anniversary Congress, Freiburg, Germany.
Ligot, G., Ouedraogo, D.-Y., Bauwens, S., Brostaux, Y., Morin, X., Baya, F., Doucet, J.-L., & Fayolle, A. (September 2017). The role of large trees in the biomass production of heterogeneous forest [Poster presentation]. the 125th Anniversary IUFRO Congress.
Sellan, G., Simini, F., Maritan, A., Banavar, J. R., de Haulleville, T., Bauters, M., Doucet, J.-L., Beeckman, H., & Anfodillo, T. (May 2017). Testing a general approach to assess the degree of disturbance in tropical forests. Journal of Vegetation Science, 28 (3), 459–668. doi:10.1111/jvs.12512
Questions: Is there any theoretical model enabling predictions of the optimal tree size distribut...
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Daïnou, K., Donkpegan Segbedji, A. L., Doucet, J.-L., Duminil, J., Evrard, Q., Hardy, O. J., Houngbegnon, F., Monthe, F., & Ouedraogo, D.-Y. (2017). Projet Flux de gènes. Aide à l'application des normes d’aménagement et de certification sur la régénération et la diversité génétique des essences du bassin du Congo [Paper presentation]. 2e session du Comité Scientifique Consultatif (CSC) de suivi des activités de recherche dans les forêts du Domaine Forestier Permanent (DFP) au Cameroun, Yaoundé, Cameroon.
Contexte • Peu de connaissances sur l’écologie des essences commerciales, dont les processus inte...
Doucet, J.-L., & Bracke, C. (26 April 2017). Partenariat Public Privé pour gérer durablement les Forêts d’Afrique Centrale (P3FAC) [Paper presentation]. 2e session du Comité Scientifique Consultatif (CSC) de suivi des activités de recherche dans les forêts du Domaine Forestier Permanent (DFP) au Cameroun, Yaoundé, Cameroon.
La gestion durable des forêts de production nécessite un équilibre entre les prélèvements et la c...
Haurez, B., Gourlet-Fleury, S., Mortier, F., Bayol, N., Bracke, C., & Doucet, J.-L. (2017). Projet « Synthèse sur les Intact Forest Landscapes adaptée aux pays d’Afrique centrale » Rapport final du projet.
Tabi Eckebil, P., Verheggen, F., Doucet, J.-L., Malaisse, F., Daïnou, K., Cerutti, P. O., & Vermeulen, C. (March 2017). Entandrophragma cylindricum (Sprague) Sprague (Meliaceae), une espèce ligneuse concurrentielle en Afrique centrale (synthèse bibliographique). Biotechnologie, Agronomie, Société et Environnement, 21 (1), 80-97.
Introduction. De nos jours, la gestion des ressources forestières ne se focalise plus sur l’explo...
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Doucet, J.-L. (20 February 2017). Les labels de certification vont-ils sauver les dernières forêts intactes ? [Paper presentation]. La biodiversité dans tous ses états - Conférence A.I.Gx, Gembloux, Belgium.
Doucet, J.-L. (07 February 2017). Logging impact on biodiversity in Central Africa [Paper presentation]. European Conference of Tropical Ecology, Bruxelles, Belgium.
Gorel, A., Steppe, K., Beeckman, H., Doucet, J.-L., & Fayolle, A. (06 February 2017). Hydraulic and wood traits of two congeneric tropical tree species in their core habitat [Paper presentation]. European conference of tropical ecology, Bruxelles, Belgium.
Background: Strong niche partitioning across rainfall gradients has been identified for several t...
Evrard, Q., Haurez, B., & Doucet, J.-L. (2017). Le rôle des rongeurs dans la dispersion des diaspores en milieu forestier (synthèse bibliographique). Biotechnologie, Agronomie, Société et Environnement.
Introduction. La dispersion des diaspores constitue une interaction clé qui influence de nombreux...
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Haurez, B., Daïnou, K., Vermeulen, C., Kleinschroth, F., Mortier, F., Gourlet-Fleury, S., & Doucet, J.-L. (February 2017). A look at Intact Forest Landscapes and their relevance to Central African forest policy [Paper presentation]. European Conference of Tropical Ecology, Belgium.
Tropical forests are important providers of natural resources and ecosystem services but their ec...
Lhoest, S., Dufrêne, M., Vermeulen, C., Doucet, J.-L., & Fayolle, A. (20 January 2017). Wood or animal proteins: How do stakeholders perceive the ecosystem services provided by tropical forests in Central Africa? [Paper presentation]. Forest Resources Management Seminars, Gembloux, Belgium.
Morin, J., Fayolle, A., Favier, C., Bremond, L., Gourlet-Fleury, S., Bayol, N., Lejeune, P., Beeckman, H., & Doucet, J.-L. (2017). Present-day central African forest is a legacy of the 19th century human history. eLife, 20343. doi:10.7554/eLife.20343
The populations of light-demanding trees that dominate the canopy of central African forests are ...
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Sullivan, M. J. P., Talbot, J., Lewis, S. L., Phillips, O. L., Qie, L., Begne, S. K., Chave, J., Cuni-Sanchez, A., Hubau, W., Lopez-Gonzalez, G., Miles, L., Monteagudo-Mendoza, A., Sonké, B., Sunderland, T., ter Steege, H., White, L. J. T., Affum-Baffoe, K., Aiba, S., Cristo de. Almeida, E., ... Zemagho, L. (17 January 2017). Diversity and carbon storage across the tropical forest biome. Scientific Reports, 7 (39102). doi:10.1038/srep39102
Tropical forests are global centres of biodiversity and carbon storage. Many tropical countries a...
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Boldrini, S., Bracke, C., Daïnou, K., Vermeulen, C., Fétiveau, J., Ngoy Shutcha, M., & Doucet, J.-L. (2017). Guide technique. Plantation agroforestière d'Acacia auriculiformis dans le Haut-Katanga. Gembloux, Belgium: Presses Agronomiques de Gembloux.
Daïnou, K., Flot, J.-F., Degen, B., Blanc-Jolivet, C., Doucet, J.-L., Lassois, L., & Hardy, O. J. (2017). DNA taxonomy in the timber genus Milicia: evidence of unidirectional introgression in the West African contact zone. Tree Genetics and Genomes, 13 (4). doi:10.1007/s11295-017-1174-4
DNA-based techniques are helpful in characterising hybridisation patterns in plant species. To be...
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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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Haurez, B., Daïnou, K., Vermeulen, C., Kleinschroth, F., Mortier, F., Gourlet-Fleury, S., & Doucet, J.-L. (2017). A look at Intact Forest Landscapes and their relevance in Central African forest policy. Forest Policy and Economics, 80, 192-199. doi:10.1016/j.forpol.2017.03.021
Tropical forests are major providers of natural resources and ecosystem services but their ecolog...
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Karsenty, A., Romero, C., Cerutti, P. O., Doucet, J.-L., Putz, F. E., Bernard, C., Eba'a Atyi, R., Douard, P., Claeys, F., Desbureaux, S., Ezzine de Blas, D., Fayolle, A., Fomété, T., Forni, E., Gond, V., Gourlet-Fleury, S., Kleinschroth, F., Mortier, F., Nasi, R., ... de Wasseige, C. (2017). Deforestation and timber production in Congo after implementation of sustainable management policy: A reaction to the article by J.S.Brandt, C. Nolte and A. Agrawal (Land Use Policy 52:15–22). Land Use Policy, 65, 62-65. doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2017.02.032
This viewpoint paper presents a reaction to the article by Brandt et al. (2016). It highlights th...
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Ligot, G., Gourlet-Fleury, S., Ouedraogo, D.-Y., Bauwens, S., Brostaux, Y., Morin, X., Baya, F., Doucet, J.-L., & Fayolle, A. (2017). The role of large trees in the biomass production of heterogeous forest [Poster presentation]. the 125th Anniversary IUFRO Congress.
Ligot, G., Ouedraogo, D.-Y., Gourlet, S., Bauwens, S., Brostaux, Y., Morin, X., Fidele, Doucet, J.-L., & Fayolle, A. (2017). What is the importance of large trees to biomass productivity in heterogeneous forests? [Paper presentation]. CAQSIS 2017.
Monthe, F. K., Hardy, O. J., Doucet, J.-L., Loo, J., & Duminil, J. (2017). Extensive seed and pollen dispersal and assortative mating in the rain forest tree Entandrophragma cylindricum (Meliaceae) inferred from indirect and direct analyses. Molecular Ecology, 26 (19), 5279-5291. doi:10.1111/mec.14241
Pollen and seed dispersal are key processes affecting the demographic and evolutionary dynamics o...
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Tosso, D.-N. F., Doucet, J.-L., Migliore, J., Daïnou, K., Kaymak, E., Kameni, F. S. M., & Hardy, O. J. (2017). Characterization of Microsatellite Markers in the African Tropical Tree Species Guibourtia ehie (Fabaceae, Detarioideae). Applications in Plant Sciences, 5 (7). doi:10.3732/apps.1700023
Premise of the study: Microsatellite primers (simple sequence repeats [SSRs]) were developed in G...
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Trolliet, F., Forget, P.-M., Doucet, J.-L., Gillet, J.-F., & Hambuckers, A. (2017). Frugivorous birds influence the spatial organization of tropical forests through the generation of seedling recruitment foci under zoochoric trees. Acta Oecologica, 85, 69-76. doi:10.1016/j.actao.2017.09.010
Animal-mediated seed dispersal is recognized to influence the spatial organization of plant commu...
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Vleminckx, J., Doucet, J.-L., Morin, J., Biwolé, A., Bauman, D., Hardy, O. J., Fayolle, A., Gillet, J.-F., Daïnou, K., Gorel, A., & Drouet, T. (2016). The influence of spatially structured soil properties on tree community assemblages at a landscape scale in the tropical forests of southern Cameroon. Journal of Ecology. doi:10.1111/1365-2745.12707
Species distribution within plant communities results from both the influence of deterministic pr...
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Lhoest, S., Dufrêne, M., Vermeulen, C., Doucet, J.-L., & Fayolle, A. (13 December 2016). Tropical moist forests’ ecosystem services perceived by stakeholders: A case study from South-Eastern Cameroon [Poster presentation]. Young Researchers’ Overseas Day, Brussels, Belgium.
Daïnou, K., Blanc-Jolivet, C., Degen, B., Kimani, P., Ndiade-Bourobou, D., Donkpegan, S., Tosso, D.-N. F., Kaymak, E., Bourland, N., Doucet, J.-L., & Hardy, O. J. (December 2016). Revealing hidden species diversity in closely related species using nuclear SNPs, SSRs and DNA sequences - a case study in the tree genus Milicia. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 16 (259), 15. doi:10.1186/s12862-016-0831-9
Background: Species delimitation in closely related plant taxa can be challenging because (i) rep...
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Donkpegan, S., Doucet, J.-L., Migliore, J., Duminil, J., Daïnou, K., Pineiro, R., Wieringa, J., Champluvier, D., & Hardy, O. (2016). Evolution in African tropical trees displaying ploidy-habitat association: The genus Afzelia (Leguminosae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2016.11.004
Polyploidy has rarely been documented in rain forest trees but it has recently been found in Afri...
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Loubota Panzou, G. J., Doucet, J.-L., Loumeto, J.-J., Biwole, A., Bauwens, S., & Fayolle, A. (20 October 2016). Biomasse et stocks de carbone des forêts tropicales africaines (synthèse bibliographique). Biotechnologie, Agronomie, Société et Environnement, 20 (4), 508-522.
Introduction. Quantifying the biomass and carbon stocks contained in tropical forests has become ...
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Daïnou, K., Bracke, C., Vermeulen, C., Haurez, B., De Vleeschouwer, J.-Y., Fayolle, A., & Doucet, J.-L. (Eds.). (2016). Hautes Valeurs de Conservation (HVC) dans les Unités Forestières d'Aménagement du Cameroun : concepts, choix et pratiques. Gembloux, Belgium: Presses Agronomiques de Gembloux.
Le système de certification FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) vise à promouvoir la gestion durable...
Duminil, J., Mendene Abessolo, D. T., Ndiade Bourobou, D., Doucet, J.-L., Loo, J., & Hardy, O. J. (August 2016). High selfing rate, limited pollen dispersal and inbreeding depression in the emblematic African rain forest tree Baillonella toxisperma - Management implications. Forest Ecology and Management, 379, 20-29. doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2016.08.003
Mating system and gene flow are major influencing factors of species population dynamics and evol...
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Tosso, D.-N. F., Doucet, J.-L., Kaymak, E., Daïnou, K., Duminil, J., & Hardy, O. (July 2016). Microsatellite development for the genus Guibourtia (Fabaceae, Caesalpinioideae) reveals diploid and polyploid species. Applications in Plant Sciences, 4. doi:10.3732/apps.1600029
Premise of the study: Nuclear microsatellites (nSSRs) were designed for Guibourtia tessmannii (Fa...
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Gorel, A., Duminil, Doucet, J.-L., & Fayolle, A. (20 June 2016). Using herbarium records to explore the ecological differentiation between closely‐related tree species in tropical Africa [Poster presentation]. 53rd ATBC Annual Meeting, Montpellier, France.
Background: Tree hypothesis are invoked to explain species distribution and evolutionary history ...
Lhoest, S., Delbeke, L., Daïnou, K., Doucet, J.-L., Dufrêne, M., Fankem, O., Verheggen, F., & Fayolle, A. (20 June 2016). Biodiversity comparison between three contrasted land uses in South-Eastern Cameroonian moist forests: A protected area, community forests and a certified logging concession [Poster presentation]. Annual Meeting of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation (ATBC) : Reconciling conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity, Montpellier, France.
Trolliet, F., Forget, P.-M., Doucet, J.-L., Gillet, J.-F., & Hambuckers, A. (20 June 2016). Influence of frugivore taxa on the generation of plant recruitment foci and on the composition of plant recruits’ communities [Paper presentation]. Annual Meeting of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation, Montpellier, France.
Frugivores can disperse seeds in a spatially contagious pattern and generate recruitment foci (e....
Morin, J., Biwolé, A., Gorel, A., Vleminckx, J., Gillet, J.-F., Bourland, N., Hardy, O. J., Livingstone Smith, A., Daïnou, K., Dedry, L., Beeckman, H., & Doucet, J.-L. (05 June 2016). High spatial resolution of late-Holocene human activities in the moist forests of central Africa using soil charcoal and charred botanical remains. Holocene, 26 (12), 1954-1967. doi:10.1177/0959683616646184
Palaeoecological and archaeological studies have demonstrated that human populations have long in...
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Evrard, Q., Daïnou, K., Hardy, O., Duminil, J., Lagoute, P., Bracke, C., & Doucet, J.-L. (June 2016). Assessment of fine scale population genetic diversity and regeneration in Congo basin logged forests [Poster presentation]. Annual Meeting of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation.
Background In the Congo Basin most of the light-demanding timber tree species display a deficit o...
Fayolle, A., Gourlet-Fleury, S., Doucet, J.-L., & Swaine, M. D. (June 2016). Patterns of tree species composition across tropical African forests and within central African moist forests : the need for adapted management and conservation strategies [Paper presentation]. Annual Meeting of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation, Montpellier, France.
Background Differences in the distribution of biota across Africa have been described for well ov...
Gillet, P., Vermeulen, C., Doucet, J.-L., Codina, E., & Lehnebach, C. (12 May 2016). What Are the Impacts of Deforestation on the Harvest of Non-Timber Forest Products in Central Africa? Forests, 7 (5). doi:10.3390/f7050106
The objective of the study is to evaluate the impact of forest transition on non-timber forest pr...
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Ouedraogo, D.-Y., Fayolle, A., Gourlet-Fleury, S., Mortier, F., Freycon, V., Fauvet, N., Rabaud, S., Cornu, G., Bénédet, F., Gillet, J.-F., Oslisly, R., Doucet, J.-L., Lejeune, P., & Favier, C. (2016). The determinants of tropical forest deciduousness: disentangling the effects of rainfall and geology in central Africa. Journal of Ecology. doi:10.1111/1365-2745.12589
1. Understanding the environmental determinants of forests deciduousness i.e. proportion of decid...
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Doucet, J.-L., Daïnou, K., Ligot, G., Ouedraogo, D.-Y., Bourland, N., Ward, S. E., Tekam, P., Lagoute, P., & Fayolle, A. (2016). Enrichment of Central African logged forests with high-value tree species: testing a new approach to regenerating degraded forests. International Journal of Biodiversity Science, Ecosystem Services and Management. doi:10.1080/21513732.2016.1168868
In natural forests of Central Africa, several studies indicate a dramatic decrease in commercial ...
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Fayolle, A., Loubota Panzou, G. J., Drouet, T., Swaine, M. D., Bauwens, S., Vleminckx, J., Biwolé, A., Lejeune, P., & Doucet, J.-L. (April 2016). Taller trees, denser stands and greater biomass in semi-deciduous than in evergreen lowland central African forests. Forest Ecology and Management, 374, 42-50. doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2016.04.033
Accurate height-diameter allometry is crucial for the estimation of forest biomass and carbon sto...
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Karsenty, A., Cerutti, P., Doucet, J.-L., Putz, F. E., Romero, C., Bernard, C., Eba'a Atyi, R., Douard, P., Claeys, F., Desbureaux, S., Ezzine de Blas, D., Fayolle, A., Fomété, T., Forni, E., Gond, V., Gourlet-Fleury, S., Kleinschroth, F., Mortier, F., Nasi, R., ... de Wasseige, C. (2016). L’aménagement forestier au Congo engendre-t-il plus de déforestation ? ORBi-University of Liège. https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/195866. doi:10.18167/agritrop/00001
Un article publié dans Land Use Policy début 2016 arrive à la conclusion a priori étonnante que l...
Duminil, J., Daïnou, K., Kaviriri, D. K., Gillet, P., Loo, J., Doucet, J.-L., & Hardy, O. J. (March 2016). Relationships between population density, fine-scale genetic structure, mating system and pollen dispersal in a timber tree from African rainforests. Heredity, 116, 295-303. doi:10.1038/hdy.2015.101
Owing to the reduction of population density and/or the environmental changes it induces, selecti...
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Haurez, B., Petre, C.-A., Brostaux, Y., Tagg, N., Vermeulen, C., & Doucet, J.-L. (2016). Western lowland gorilla an logging companies A winning duo ? [Paper presentation]. Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation, Montpellier, France.
The critically endangered western lowland gorilla (WLG) disperses the seeds of many fruits. These...
Haurez, B., Tagg, N., Petre, C.-A., Vermeulen, C., & Doucet, J.-L. (2016). Short term impact of selective logging on a western lowland gorilla population. Forest Ecology and Management, 364, 46-51. doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2015.12.030
Selective timber production is implemented over a large proportion of the world’s tropical forest...
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Doucet, J.-L. (26 November 2015). Potential for biodiversity conservation of three legal land uses in Central Africa: industrial logging concessions, protected areas and community forests [Paper presentation]. La biodiversité et le développement, un héritage global, Bruxelles, Belgium.
Loubota Panzou, G. J., Doucet, J.-L., Loumeto, J.-J., & Fayolle, A. (26 November 2015). Biomass and carbon stocks of tropical African forests: synthesis and perspectives [Poster presentation]. La biodiversité et le développement, un héritage global, Bruxelles, Belgium.
Quantifying the biomass and carbon stocks contained in tropical forests has become an internation...
Morin, J., Fayolle, A., Favier, C., Bremond, L., Gourlet-Fleury, S., Bayol, N., Lejeune, P., Beeckman, H., & Doucet, J.-L. (November 2015). The last 1,000 years in the Northern Congo Basin [Paper presentation]. ACACIA Workshop: Mapping Human Subsistence in West Africa (1000 BC–AD 1500), Les Rasses, Switzerland.
Review of the events that happened in the northern Congo basin during the last 1,000 yr. Positive...
Gorel, A., Fayolle, A., & Doucet, J.-L. (October 2015). Écologie et gestion des espèces multi-usages du genre Erythrophleum (Fabaceae-Caesalpinioideae) en Afrique (synthèse bibliographique). Biotechnologie, Agronomie, Société et Environnement, 19, 415-429.
Littérature. Erythrophleum ivorense, E. suaveolens, E. africanum et E. lasianthum diffèrent morph...
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Bastin, J.-F., Barbier, N., Réjou-Méchain, M., Fayolle, A., Gourlet-Fleury, S., Maniatis, D., de Haulleville, T., Baya, F., Beeckman, H., Beina, D., Couteron, P., Chuyong, G., Dauby, G., Doucet, J.-L., Droissart, V., Dufrêne, M., Ewango, C., Gillet, J.-F., Gonmadje, C., ... Bogaert, J. (17 August 2015). Seeing Central African forests through their largest trees. Scientific Reports, 5, 13156. doi:10.1038/srep13156
Large tropical trees and a few dominant species were recently identified as the main structuring ...
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Morin, J., Biwolé, A., Bourland, N., Daïnou, K., Fayolle, A., Gillet, J.-F., Gorel, A., Hardy, O., Vleminckx, J., Doucet, J.-L., & Beeckman, H. (August 2015). Late-Holocene tropical moist-forests of southeastern Cameroon: some insight from soil charcoal analysis [Paper presentation]. 6th International Anthracology Meeting, Freiburg, Germany.
Tropical forests of Central Africa constitute the second most important block of moist forest of ...
Donkpegan, S., Duminil, J., Daïnou, K., Hardy, O., & Doucet, J.-L. (13 July 2015). Evolutionary drivers of species delimitation in African polyploid complex trees genus Afzelia: insights from molecular phylogeny [Paper presentation]. 52TH INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP FOR ASSOCIATION FOR TROPICAL BIOLOGY AND CONSERVATION- ATBC 2015, Honolulu (Hawaii), United States.
Background:. Molecular markers can improve our knowledge of the rain forest biodiversity, especia...
Haurez, B., Brostaux, Y., Petre, C.-A., & Doucet, J.-L. (25 June 2015). Is western lowland gorilla a good gardener? Effect of fecal matrix and deposition at nest sites on seedling growth [Paper presentation]. Frugivores and seed dispersal, South Africa.
The Western lowland gorilla is a key dispersal agent, which disperses viable seeds of various siz...
Slik, J. W. F., Arroyo-Rodriguez, V., Aiba, S.-I., Alvarez-Loayza, P., Alves, L. F., Ashton, P., Balvanera, P., Bastian, M. L., Bellingham, P. J., van den Berg, E., Bernacci, L., da Conceiçao Bispo, P., Blanc, L., Bönhing-Gaese, K., Boeckx, P., Bongers, F., Boyle, B., Bradford, M., Brearley, F. Q., ... Venticinque, E. M. (16 June 2015). An estimate of the number of tropical tree species. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 112 (24), 7472-7477. doi:10.1073/pnas.1423147112
The high species richness of tropical forests has long been recognized, yet there remains substan...
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Meunier, Q., Moumbogou, C., & Doucet, J.-L. (Eds.). (2015). Les arbres utiles du Gabon. Gembloux, Belgium: Presses Agronomiques de Gembloux.
La forêt gabonaise comprend plusieurs centaines d’espèces d’arbres. Une poignée est très connue, ...
Morin, J., Fayolle, A., De Ridder, M., Rousseau, M., Delvaux, C., de Haulleville, T., Janssens, S., Hardy, O. J., Hubau, W., Tshibamba, J., Doucet, J.-L., & Beeckman, H. (26 May 2015). Contributing to wood anatomical databases to improve species identification, phylogeny and functional trait research in Central Africa [Poster presentation]. Xylaredd Symposium, Tervuren, Belgium.
Central African rainforests shelter a high number of woody species that are anatomically very dif...
Petre, C.-A., Tagg, N., Beudels-Jamar, Haurez, B., Salah, M., Spetschinsky, V., Willie, J., & Doucet, J.-L. (May 2015). Quantity and spatial distribution of seeds dispersed by a western lowland gorilla population in south-east Cameroon. Journal of Tropical Ecology, 35 (03), 201-212. doi:10.1017/S0266467415000073
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Morin, J., Biwolé, A., Gorel, A., Dedry, L., Gillet, J.-F., Bourland, N., Fayolle, A., Daïnou, K., Vleminckx, J., Hardy, O., Livingstone Smith, A., Doucet, J.-L., & Beeckman, H. (27 April 2015). High spatial resolution of late-Holocene human activities in the moist forests of Central Africa using soil charcoal and charred botanical remains [Paper presentation]. Dept. Info Lunch, Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgium.
Palaeoecological and archaeological studies have demonstrated that human populations have long in...
Hardy, O. J., Duminil, J., Daïnou, K., Monthé, F., Delaide, B., Donkpegan, S., Gillet, P., Hainaut, H., Kombi Kaviriri, D., Mendene Abessolo, D. T., & Doucet, J.-L. (April 2015). Seed and pollen dispersal in Guineo-Congolian canopy tree species – insights from genetic markers in multiple species [Paper presentation]. Annual Conference of the Society for Tropical Ecology, Zürich, Switzerland.
Petrokofsky, G., Sist, P., Blanc, L., Doucet, J.-L., Finegan, B., Gourlet-Fleury, S., Healey, J. R., Livoreil, B., Nasi, R., Pena-Claros, M., Putz, F. E., & Zhou, W. (April 2015). Comparative effectiveness of silvicultural interventions for increasing timber production and sustaining conservation values in natural tropical production forests. A systematic review protocol. Environmental Evidence, 4 (8). doi:10.1186/s13750-015-0034-7
Background: Currently, about 400 million hectares of tropical moist forests worldwide are designa...
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Loubota Panzou, G. J., Doucet, J.-L., & Fayolle, A. (21 March 2015). The need for site-specific height-diameter allometry of Central African moist forests [Paper presentation]. Colloque Ecole doctorale Biodiversité, Ecologie, Evolution, Bruxelles, Belgium.
L’utilisation de l’allométrie hauteur-diamètre globale ou régionale en milieu tropical pourrait a...
Morin, J., Fayolle, A., Favier, C., Bremond, L., Gourlet-Fleury, S., Lejeune, P., Beeckman, H., & Doucet, J.-L. (21 March 2015). Nineteenth century human history explains the dominance of light-demanding tree species in Central African moist forests [Poster presentation]. Evolutionary Biology & Ecology Symposium, Brussels, Belgium.
The canopy of central African moist forests is dominated by light-demanding trees. Most of these ...
Boldrini, S., Meunier, Q., Boukouendji, B., Ibinga Bouka, S., Federspiel, M., & Doucet, J.-L. (2015). Approche agroforestière. Synthèse des travaux menés par le projet DACEFI2 en agroforesterie. Document de capitalisation. ORBi-University of Liège. https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/179465.
Le projet DACEFI-2 a eu pour mission première la promotion de la foresterie communautaire comme o...
Petre, C.-A., Zinque, M.-H., Tagg, N., Beudels-Jamar, R. C., Haurez, B., Josso, J.-F., Moretto, P., & Doucet, J.-L. (March 2015). Differences in dung beetle activity at western gorilla defecation sites in south-east Cameroon: implications for establishment of Uapaca spp. seedlings. Journal of Tropical Ecology, 31 (02), 161-174. doi:10.1017/S0266467414000753
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Loubota Panzou, G. J., Doucet, J.-L., & Fayolle, A. (04 February 2015). Site-specific height-diameter allometry of Central African moist forests [Poster presentation]. 2nd Young Natural History scientists' Meeting (YNHM), Paris, France.
In this study we aimed to identify the variation in height-diameter allometry between forest type...
Fayolle, A., Ouedraogo, D.-Y., Ligot, G., Daïnou, K., Bourland, N., Tekam, P., & Doucet, J.-L. (02 February 2015). Differential Performance between Two Timber Species in Forest Logging Gaps and in Plantations in Central Africa. Forests, 6 (2), 380-394. doi:10.3390/f6020380
To develop silvicultural guidelines for high-value timber species of Central African moist forest...
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Loubota Panzou, G. J., Doucet, J.-L., & Fayolle, A. (30 January 2015). Site-specific height-diameter allometry of Central African moist forests [Poster presentation]. 20th National Symposium of Applied Biological Sciences (NSABS-2015), Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium.
In this study we aimed to identify the variation in height-diameter allometry between forest type...
Morin, J., Biwolé, A., Bourland, N., Bremond, L., Fayolle, A., Gillet, J.-F., Gorel, A., Gourlet-Fleury, S., Hardy, O., Livingstone Smith, A., Oslisly, R., Vleminckx, J., Doucet, J.-L., & Beeckman, H. (30 January 2015). Identification of charred botanical remains provides more accurate information on past history in Central Africa [Poster presentation]. 20th National Symposium for Applied Biological Sciences, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.
In palaeoenvironmental studies, charred botanical remains have rarely been identified to the spec...
Bourland, N., Cerisier, F., Daïnou, K., Livingstone Smith, A., Hubau, W., Beeckman, H., Brostaux, Y., Fayolle, A., Biwolé, A., Feteke, F., Gillet, J.-F., Morin-Rivat, J., Lejeune, P., Ntoundé Tiba, E., Van Acker, J., & Doucet, J.-L. (29 January 2015). How Tightly Linked Are Pericopsis elata (Fabaceae) Patches to Anthropogenic Disturbances in Southeastern Cameroon? Forests, 6 (2), 293-310. doi:10.3390/f6020293
While most past studies have emphasized the relationships between specific forest stands and edap...
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Donkpegan, S., Doucet, J.-L., Daïnou, K., & Hardy, O. (07 January 2015). Microsatellite Development and Flow Cytometry in the African Tree Genus Afzelia (Fabaceae, Caesalpinioideae) Reveal a Polyploid Complex. Applications in Plant Sciences, 3(1). doi:10.3732/apps.1400097
Premise of the study: Microsatellites were developed in the vulnerable African rainforest tree Af...
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Biwolé, A., Daïnou, K., Fayolle, A., Hardy, O. J., Brostaux, Y., Coste, S., Delion, S., Betti, J. L., & Doucet, J.-L. (2015). Light Response of Seedlings of a Central African Timber Tree Species, Lophira alata (Ochnaceae), and the Definition of Light Requirements. Biotropica, 47 (6), 681-688. doi:10.1111/btp.12258
Light is of primary importance in structuring tropical tree communities. Light exposure at seedli...
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Biwolé, A., Morin-Rivat, J., Fayolle, A., Bitondo, D., Dedry, L., Daïnou, K., Hardy, O. J., & Doucet, J.-L. (2015). New data on the recent history of the littoral forests of southern Cameroon: an insight into the role of historical human disturbances on the current forest composition. Plant Ecology and Evolution, 148 (1), 19-28. doi:10.5091/plecevo.2015.1011
Background and aims – Prior to European colonisation of Central Africa, human populations were di...
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Duminil, J., Mona, S., Mardulyn, P., Doumenge, C., Walmacq, F., Doucet, J.-L., & Hardy, O. J. (2015). Late Pleistocene molecular dating of past population fragmentation and demographic changes in African rain forest tree species supports the forest refuge hypothesis. Journal of Biogeography, 42, 1443-1454. doi:10.1111/jbi.12510
Aim : Phylogeographical signatures of past population fragmentation and demographic change have b...
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Fétéké, F., Perin, J., Fayolle, A., Daïnou, K., Bourland, N., Kouadio, Y. L., Moneye, S. J. J., Bekono, C.-C., Liboum, M. Y., Doucet, J.-L., & Lejeune, P. (2015). Modéliser la croissance de quatre essences pour améliorer la gestion forestière au Cameroun. Bois et Forêts des Tropiques, 325 (3), 5-20.
En Afrique centrale, l’aménagement forestier repose sur une méthode de simulation de la productio...
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Haurez, B., Brostaux, Y., Petre, C.-A., & Doucet, J.-L. (2015). Is the western lowland gorilla a good gardener ? Evidence for directed dispersal in Southeast Gabon. Bois et Forêts des Tropiques, 324 (2), 39-50. doi:10.19182/bft2015.324.a31265
In Central African tropical forests, the western lowland gorilla deposits most of the seeds it di...
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Haurez, B., Daïnou, K., Tagg, N., Petre, C.-A., & Doucet, J.-L. (2015). The role of great apes in seed dispersal of the tropical forest tree species Dacryodes normandii (Burseraceae) in Gabon. Journal of Tropical Ecology, 31 (05), 395-402. doi:10.1017/S0266467415000322
The identification of seed dispersers and predators is essential to understand the effect of anth...
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Haurez, B., Petre, C.-A., & Doucet, J.-L. (2015). Implication of western lowland gorilla in the regeneration of timber species. The case of Dacryodes normandii (Burseraceae) [Paper presentation]. Journée d'études "Gestion rationnelle et conservation de la grande faune".
Paine, C. E. T., Amissah, L., Auge, H., Baraloto, C., Baruffol, M., Bourland, N., Bruelheide, H., Daïnou, K., de Gouvenain, R. C., Doucet, J.-L., Doust, S., Fine, P. V. A., Fortunel, C., Haase, J., Holl, K. D., Jactel, H., Li, X., Kitajima, K., Koricheva, J., ... Hector, A. (2015). Globally, functional traits are weak predictors of juvenile tree growth, and we do not know why. Journal of Ecology, 103 (4), 978-989. doi:10.1111/1365-2745.12401
1. Plant functional traits, in particular specific leaf area (SLA), wood density and seed mass, a...
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Petre, C.-A., Tagg, N., Beudels-Jamar, R., Haurez, B., & Doucet, J.-L. (2015). Western lowland gorilla seed dispersal: Are seeds adapted to long gut retention times? Acta Oecologica, 67, 59-65. doi:10.1016/j.actao.2015.06.003
The degree of seed scarification in the frugivore gut, partly dependent on gut retention time, is...
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Tosso, D.-N. F., Daïnou, K., Hardy, J. O., Sinsin, B., & Doucet, J.-L. (2015). Le genre Guibourtia Benn., un taxon à haute valeur commerciale et sociétale (synthèse bibliographique). Biotechnologie, Agronomie, Société et Environnement, 19 (1).
Known as a genus of great socio-cultural and economical importance, Guibourtia Benn. includes mor...
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