Biodiversity assessment in the Yangambi Biosphere Reserve

Frederik Van de Perre; Bart Würsten; Myriam de Haan; André De Kesel; Dries Van den Broeck; Patrick Grootaert; Maurice Leponce; Stijn Cooleman

doi:10.15468/bmbo9q

Biodiversity assessment in the Yangambi Biosphere Reserve

Citation

Van de Perre F, Würsten B, de Haan M, De Kesel A, Van den Broeck D, Grootaert P, Leponce M, Cooleman S (2019). Biodiversity assessment in the Yangambi Biosphere Reserve. Version 1.5. Belgian Biodiversity Platform. Sampling event dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/bmbo9q accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-12.

Description

This dataset aggregates the biodiversity observations related to trees, slime moulds, fungi, bark lichens, leaf lichens, flies, ants, birds, rodents and shrews : An assessment of the relation between carbon storage and biodiversity in the Yangambi Biosphere Reserve (D.R. Congo). See research article: Reconciling biodiversity and carbon stock conservation in an Afrotropical forest landscape. Van de Perre et al., Sci. Adv. 2018;4:eaar6603, DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aar6603

Sampling Description

Method steps

Taxonomic Coverages

Geographic Coverages

The Yangambi Biosphere Reserve is situated within the Congo River Basin west of the City Kisangani in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Frederik Van de Perre
originator
position: Biologist
University Antwerpen
email: frederik.vandeperre@uantwerpen.be
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0692-2060

Bart Würsten
originator
Botanic Garden Meise
BE
email: ndundu@zol.co.zw

Myriam de Haan
originator
Botanic garden Meise
BE
email: myriam.dehaan@botanicgardenmeise.be

André De Kesel
originator
Botanic garden Meise
BE
email: andre.dekesel@botanicgardenmeise.be

Dries Van den Broeck
originator
Botanic Garden Meise
BE
email: dries.vandenbroeck@botanicgardenmeise.be

Patrick Grootaert
originator
Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences
BE
email: grootaert@naturalsciences.be

Maurice Leponce
originator
Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences
BE
email: maurice.leponce@naturalsciences.be

Stijn Cooleman
originator
Royal Museum for Central Africa
BE
email: stijn.cooleman@gmail.com

Frederik Van de Perre
metadata author
position: Biologist
University Antwerpen
email: frederik.vandeperre@uantwerpen.be
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0692-2060

André Heughebaert
distributor
email: a.heughebaert@biodiversity.be
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7839-5300

Frederik Van de Perre
administrative point of contact
position: Biologist
University Antwerpen
email: frederik.vandeperre@uantwerpen.be
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0692-2060