Fire-derived phosphorus fertilization of African tropical forests

Fire-derived phosphorus fertilization of African tropical forests

Nowhere is biomass burning more abundant than on the African continent, but the biogeochemical impacts on forests are poorly understood. Here the authors show that biomass burning leads to high phosphorus deposition in the Congo basin, which scales with forest age as a result of increasing canopy co...

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Main Authors: Marijn Bauters, Travis W. Drake, Sasha Wagner, Simon Baumgartner, Isaac A. Makelele, Samuel Bodé, Kris Verheyen, Hans Verbeeck, Corneille Ewango, Landry Cizungu, Kristof Van Oost, Pascal Boeckx
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Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-08-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25428-3
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spelling doaj-9d48e1df78034b85bcf3ba3741fa1efe2021-08-29T11:38:22ZengNature Publishing GroupNature Communications2041-17232021-08-011211810.1038/s41467-021-25428-3Fire-derived phosphorus fertilization of African tropical forestsMarijn Bauters0Travis W. Drake1Sasha Wagner2Simon Baumgartner3Isaac A. Makelele4Samuel Bodé5Kris Verheyen6Hans Verbeeck7Corneille Ewango8Landry Cizungu9Kristof Van Oost10Pascal Boeckx11Department of Green Chemistry and Technology, Ghent UniversityDepartment of Environmental Systems Science, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ETH ZurichDepartment of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteDepartment of Green Chemistry and Technology, Ghent UniversityDepartment of Green Chemistry and Technology, Ghent UniversityDepartment of Green Chemistry and Technology, Ghent UniversityDepartment of Environment, Ghent UniversityDepartment of Environment, Ghent UniversityFaculty of Renewable Natural Resources Management, University of KisanganiSoil Science Laboratory, Faculty of Agronomy, Université Catholique de BukavuEarth and Life Institute, UCLouvainDepartment of Green Chemistry and Technology, Ghent UniversityNowhere is biomass burning more abundant than on the African continent, but the biogeochemical impacts on forests are poorly understood. Here the authors show that biomass burning leads to high phosphorus deposition in the Congo basin, which scales with forest age as a result of increasing canopy complexity.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25428-3
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Kris Verheyen
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Corneille Ewango
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Kristof Van Oost
Pascal Boeckx
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Landry Cizungu
Kristof Van Oost
Pascal Boeckx
Fire-derived phosphorus fertilization of African tropical forests
Nature Communications
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