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dc.contributor.authorDoetterl, S.
dc.contributor.authorAsifiwe, R.K.
dc.contributor.authorBaert, G.
dc.contributor.authorBamba, F.
dc.contributor.authorBauters, M.
dc.contributor.authorBoeckx, P.
dc.contributor.authorBukombe, B.
dc.contributor.authorCadisch, G.
dc.contributor.authorCooper, M.
dc.contributor.authorCizungu-Ntaboba, L.
dc.contributor.authorHoyt, A.
dc.contributor.authorKabaseke, C.
dc.contributor.authorKalbitz, K.
dc.contributor.authorKidinda, L.
dc.contributor.authorMaier, A.
dc.contributor.authorMainka, M.
dc.contributor.authorMayrock, J.
dc.contributor.authorMuhindo, D.
dc.contributor.authorMujinya, B.B.
dc.contributor.authorMukotanyi, S.M.
dc.contributor.authorNabahungu, N.L.
dc.contributor.authorReichenbach, M.
dc.contributor.authorRewald, B.
dc.contributor.authorSix, J.
dc.contributor.authorStegmann, A.
dc.contributor.authorSummerauer, L.
dc.contributor.authorUnseld, R.
dc.contributor.authorVanlauwe, B.
dc.contributor.authorVan Oost, K.
dc.contributor.authorVerheyen, K.
dc.contributor.authorVogel, C.
dc.contributor.authorWilken, F.
dc.contributor.authorFiener, P.
dc.date.accessioned2021-08-24T10:47:19Z
dc.date.available2021-08-24T10:47:19Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.identifier.citationDoetterl, S., Asifiwe, R.K., Baert, G., Bamba, F., Bauters, M., Boeckx, P., ... & Fiener, P. (2021). Organic matter cycling along geochemical, geomorphic and disturbance gradients in forests and cropland of the African Tropics–Project TropSOC Database Version 1.0. Earth System Science Data, 13, 1-22.
dc.identifier.issn1866-3508
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/7217
dc.description.abstractThe African Tropics are hotspots of modern-day land-use change and are, at the same time, of great relevance for the cycling of carbon (C) and nutrients between plants, soils and the atmosphere. However, the consequences of land conversion on biogeochemical cycles are still largely unknown as they are not studied in a landscape context that defines the geomorphic, geochemically and pedological framework in which biological processes take place. Thus, the response of tropical soils to disturbance by erosion and land conversion is one of the great uncertainties in assessing the carrying capacity of tropical landscapes to grow food for future generations and in predicting greenhouse gas fluxes (GHG) from soils to the atmosphere and, hence, future earth system dynamics. Here, we describe version 1.0 of an open access database created as part of the project “Tropical soil organic carbon dynamics along erosional disturbance gradients in relation to variability in soil geochemistry and land use” (TropSOC). TropSOC v1.0 contains spatial and temporal explicit data on soil, vegetation, environmental properties and land management collected from 136 pristine tropical forest and cropland plots between 2017 and 2020 as part of several monitoring and sampling campaigns in the Eastern Congo Basin and the East African Rift Valley System. The results of several laboratory experiments focusing on soil microbial activity, C cycling and C stabilization in soils complement the dataset to deliver one of the first landscape scale datasets to study the linkages and feedbacks between geology, geomorphology and pedogenesis as controls on biogeochemical cycles in a variety of natural and managed systems in the African Tropics. The hierarchical and interdisciplinary structure of the TropSOC database allows for linking a wide range of parameters and observations on soil and vegetation dynamics along with other supporting information that may also be measured at one or more levels of the hierarchy. TropSOC’s data marks a significant contribution to improve our understanding of the fate of biogeochemical cycles in dynamic and diverse tropical African (agro-)ecosystems. TropSOC v1.0 can be accessed through the supplementary material provided as part of this manuscript or as a separate download via the websites of the Congo Biogeochemistry observatory and the GFZ data repository where version updates to the database will be provided as the project develops.
dc.description.sponsorshipEmmy Noether Junior Research Group
dc.format.extent1-22
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectOrganic Agriculture
dc.subjectClimate Change
dc.subjectCycling
dc.subjectNutrients
dc.titleOrganic matter cycling along geochemical, geomorphic and disturbance gradients in forests and cropland of the African Tropics - project TropSOC database version 1.0
dc.typeJournal Article
cg.contributor.crpRoots, Tubers and Bananas
cg.contributor.affiliationETH Zurich
cg.contributor.affiliationAugsburg University
cg.contributor.affiliationGhent University
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Hohenheim
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversité Catholique de Bukavu
cg.contributor.affiliationMax Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
cg.contributor.affiliationMountains of the Moon University, Uganda
cg.contributor.affiliationInstitute of Soil Science and Site Ecology, Germany
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Lubumbashi
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Austria
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture
cg.contributor.affiliationEarth and Life Institute, Belgium
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionCentral Africa
cg.coverage.countryDemocratic Republic of the Congo
cg.coverage.hubCentral Africa Hub
cg.researchthemeNatural Resource Management
cg.identifier.bibtexciteidDOETTERL:2021
cg.isijournalISI Journal
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country institute
cg.iitasubjectAgronomy
cg.iitasubjectClimate Change
cg.iitasubjectFood Security
cg.iitasubjectNatural Resource Management
cg.iitasubjectNutrition
cg.iitasubjectPlant Breeding
cg.iitasubjectPlant Production
cg.iitasubjectSmallholder Farmers
cg.journalEarth System Science Data
cg.notesOpen Access Journal; Published online: 23 Apr 2021
cg.accessibilitystatusOpen Access
cg.reviewstatusPeer Review
cg.usagerightslicenseCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 0.0)
cg.targetaudienceScientists
cg.identifier.doihttps://dx.doi.org/10.5194/essd-2021-73
cg.iitaauthor.identifierNsharwasi Nabahungu: 0000-0002-2104-3777
cg.iitaauthor.identifierbernard vanlauwe: 0000-0001-6016-6027
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cg.identifier.volume13


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