Stem and soil nitrous oxide fluxes from rainforest and cacao agroforest on highly weathered soils in the Congo Basin

Iddris, Najeeb Al-Amin; Corre, Marife D.; Yemefack, Martin; van Straaten, Oliver; Veldkamp, Edzo

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-5377-2020

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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-5377-2020

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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-5377-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 17, issue 21

Research article

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10 Nov 2020

Research article |

| 10 Nov 2020

Stem and soil nitrous oxide fluxes from rainforest and cacao agroforest on highly weathered soils in the Congo Basin

Najeeb Al-Amin Iddris, Marife D. Corre, Martin Yemefack, Oliver van Straaten, and Edzo Veldkamp

Data sets

Replication Data for: Stem and soil nitrous oxide fluxes from rainforest and cacao agroforest on highly weathered soils in the Congo Basin N. A. Iddris, M. D. Corre, M. Yemefack, O. van Straaten, and E. Veldkamp https://doi.org/10.25625/T2CGYM

Short summary

We quantified the changes in stem and soil nitrous oxide (N₂O) fluxes with forest conversion to cacao agroforestry in the Congo Basin, Cameroon. All forest and cacao trees consistently emitted N₂O, contributing 8–38 % of the total (soil and stem) emissions. Forest conversion to extensively managed (>–20 years old) cacao agroforestry had no effect on stem and soil N₂O fluxes. Our results highlight the importance of including tree-mediated fluxes in the ecosystem-level N₂O budget.