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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-13-4133-2021
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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-13-4133-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
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Data description paper
| 
25 Aug 2021
Data description paper |
| 25 Aug 2021
| 25 Aug 2021
Organic matter cycling along geochemical, geomorphic, and disturbance gradients in forest and cropland of the African Tropics – project TropSOC database version 1.0
Sebastian Doetterl
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Environmental System Sciences, ETH Zurich, 8092
Zürich, Switzerland
Institute of Geography, Augsburg University, Augsburg, Germany
Rodrigue K. Asifiwe
Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Université Catholique de
Bukavu, Bukavu, DR Congo
Geert Baert
Department of Environment, Ghent University,
Ghent, Belgium
Fernando Bamba
Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Université Catholique de
Bukavu, Bukavu, DR Congo
Marijn Bauters
Department of Green Chemistry and Technology, Ghent University,
Ghent, Belgium
Department of Environment, Ghent University,
Ghent, Belgium
Pascal Boeckx
Department of Green Chemistry and Technology, Ghent University,
Ghent, Belgium
Benjamin Bukombe
Institute of Geography, Augsburg University, Augsburg, Germany
Georg Cadisch
Institute of Plant Production and Agroecology in the Tropics and
Subtropics, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany
Matthew Cooper
School of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Mountains of the
Moon University, Fort Portal, Uganda
Landry N. Cizungu
Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Université Catholique de
Bukavu, Bukavu, DR Congo
Alison Hoyt
Department of Biogeochemical Processes, Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, Germany
Clovis Kabaseke
School of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Mountains of the
Moon University, Fort Portal, Uganda
Karsten Kalbitz
Chair of Soil Resources and Land Use, Institute of Soil Science and
Site Ecology, TU Dresden, Tharandt, Germany
Laurent Kidinda
Chair of Soil Resources and Land Use, Institute of Soil Science and
Site Ecology, TU Dresden, Tharandt, Germany
Annina Maier
Department of Environmental System Sciences, ETH Zurich, 8092
Zürich, Switzerland
Moritz Mainka
Institute of Geography, Augsburg University, Augsburg, Germany
Institut National pour L'Etude et la Recherche Agronomiques (INERA), Mulungu, DR Congo
Julia Mayrock
Institute of Geography, Augsburg University, Augsburg, Germany
Daniel Muhindo
Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Université Catholique de
Bukavu, Bukavu, DR Congo
Basile B. Mujinya
Biogeochemistry and Ecology of Tropical Soils and Ecosystems Unit,
University of Lubumbashi, Lubumbashi, DR Congo
Serge M. Mukotanyi
Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Université Catholique de
Bukavu, Bukavu, DR Congo
Leon Nabahungu
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Central Africa and
Natural Resource Management, CGIAR, Nairobi, Kenya
Mario Reichenbach
Institute of Geography, Augsburg University, Augsburg, Germany
Boris Rewald
Department of Forest and Soil Sciences, University of Natural
Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Vienna, Austria
Johan Six
Department of Environmental System Sciences, ETH Zurich, 8092
Zürich, Switzerland
Anna Stegmann
Institute of Geography, Augsburg University, Augsburg, Germany
Laura Summerauer
Department of Environmental System Sciences, ETH Zurich, 8092
Zürich, Switzerland
Robin Unseld
Institute of Geography, Augsburg University, Augsburg, Germany
Bernard Vanlauwe
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Central Africa and
Natural Resource Management, CGIAR, Nairobi, Kenya
Kristof Van Oost
Earth and Life Institute, UCLouvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique (FNRS), Brussels Belgium
Kris Verheyen
Department of Environment, Ghent University,
Ghent, Belgium
Cordula Vogel
Chair of Soil Resources and Land Use, Institute of Soil Science and
Site Ecology, TU Dresden, Tharandt, Germany
Florian Wilken
Department of Environmental System Sciences, ETH Zurich, 8092
Zürich, Switzerland
Institute of Geography, Augsburg University, Augsburg, Germany
Peter Fiener
Institute of Geography, Augsburg University, Augsburg, Germany
Data sets
TropSOC Database. V. 1.0 S. Doetterl, B. Bukombe, M. Cooper, L. Kidinda, D. Muhindo, M. Reichenbach, A. Stegmann, L. Summerauer, F. Wilken, and P. Fiener https://doi.org/10.5880/fidgeo.2021.009
Short summary
The African Tropics are hotspots of modern-day land use change and are of great relevance for the global carbon cycle. Here, we present data collected as part of the DFG-funded project TropSOC along topographic, land use, and geochemical gradients in the eastern Congo Basin and the Albertine Rift. Our database contains spatial and temporal data on soil, vegetation, environmental properties, and land management collected from 136 pristine tropical forest and cropland plots between 2017 and 2020.
The African Tropics are hotspots of modern-day land use change and are of great relevance for...
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