Located in the hearth of Africa, the Congo basin is the world's second largest rainforest
ecosystem, spanning over nine countries including the Republic of the Congo. Nature …

Soil has a major role in sequestering atmospheric CO2. This has further benefits and
potential to improve soil fertility and food production, mitigate climate change, restore land …

The conversion of a monoculture plantation into a mixed forest can improve soil properties
and increase soil organic carbon (SOC) sequestration. However, the impacts of introducing …

Ecosystem engineers (EEs) strongly influence ecosystems by affecting the abiotic properties
of a system to which many biota respond. EEs can, thus, be pivotal species in restoration by …

Soil enzymes play a fundamental role in nutrient cycling in forest systems. The stoichiometry
of C, N, and P–acquiring enzymes has been used to indicate nutrient limitation in the soil …

The forestry sector plays an important economic and ecological role in Brazil, providing
wood‐based products for industrial purposes and reducing pressure on native forest …

The hydrogen sulfide (H2S) deposition from oil exploitation occurring since 1969 may
potentially affect bacterial communities in acacia and eucalyptus plantations of the …

Soil is a fundamental resource of paramount importance for the maintenance of life on Earth.
However, this resource has been greatly weakened for some time now due to climate …

Soil enzymes play a fundamental role in nutrient cycling in forest systems. The stoichiometry
of C, N, and P–acquiring enzymes has been used to indicate nutrient limitation in the soil …

Taking into consideration the potential risk of the endangered savanna ecosystems (1, 2),
infertile soils unsuitable for agriculture beneath the tropical savannas in the Congolese …