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Afr J Ecol 2020 Mar 3;58(1). Epub 2020 Mar 3.

Institut de Recherche en Ecologie Tropicale Libreville Gabon.

Afr J Ecol 2017 Dec 27;55(4):714-721. Epub 2017 Feb 27.

Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases, University of Pretoria, Private Bag X04, Onderstepoort 0110, South Africa

Afr J Ecol 2017 Dec 28;55(4):654-663. Epub 2017 Apr 28.

Plant & Food Research Palmerston North Private Bag 11030, Manawatu Mail Centre Palmerston North 4442 New Zealand.

In the tropical Okavango Delta, transpiration by trees is an important process partly responsible for maintaining the basin as a freshwater environment. Quantification of evapotranspiration from terrestrial landforms of the delta, fringed by riparian woodlands, is one of the main contributors to uncertainty in current hydrological modelling. We investigated sap flow of common trees in the distal, mid- and upper delta in July-August 2012, November-December 2012 and February-April 2013 using the compensation heat pulse velocity method. Read More

Afr J Ecol 2012 Dec 2;50(4):414-427. Epub 2012 May 2.

Institute of Silviculture, Department of Forest and Soil Sciences, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Peter Jordan Strasse 82, A-1190, Vienna, Austria.

Quantitative and qualitative loss of tropical forests prompted international policy agendas to slow down forest loss through reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD)+, ensuring carbon offset payments to developing countries. So far, many African countries lack reliable forest carbon data and monitoring systems as required by REDD+. In this study, we estimate the carbon stocks of a naturally forested landscape unaffected by direct human impact. Read More