Historical tree phenology data across contrasting sites in the Congo Basin
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- Koen Hufkens (UGent) , Elizabeth Kearsley (UGent) , Piet Stoffelen, Steven Janssens, Camille Couralet (UGent) , Margaret Kosmala, Emmanuel Kasongo Yakusu (UGent) , Donatien Musepena, Dieu-Merci Assumani, Nestor Luambua Kashikija (UGent) , Benjamin Toirambe Bamoninga (UGent) , Jean-Remy Makana, Corneille Ewango, Tom De Mil (UGent) , Marijn Bauters (UGent) , Wannes Hubau (UGent) , Elasi Ramanzani Kitima, José Mbifo Ndiapo, Adelard Lonema Chuda, Andrew D. Richardson, Lisa Wingate, Bhely Angoboy Ilondea, Hans Beeckman, Jan Van den Bulcke (UGent) , Pascal Boeckx (UGent) and Hans Verbeeck (UGent)
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- We present a unique dataset of historical tropical tree phenology observations at two sites from different bioclimatic regions across the Congo Basin. We cover both the Atlantic Mayombe forest and the tropical forest in the central Congo Basin. To our knowledge this is the complete extant historical (1937–1957) phenology data across the Congo basin. The data contains ~10 million observations of 876 species, across 6339 individuals, and phenology metrics including leaf, flowering, and fruiting phenology. The data were recovered through expert transcription and validated community science based crowdsourcing. These data may provide a reference baseline and key information on how tree species are responding to a changing climate.
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- tropical forest, phenology, leaf senescence, leaf turnover, flowering, fruiting, Q-ForestLab, CBCE, TROPICAL FORESTS, CLIMATE-CHANGE, RESPONSES
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- Hufkens, Koen, et al. “Historical Tree Phenology Data across Contrasting Sites in the Congo Basin.” SCIENTIFIC DATA, vol. 13, no. 1, 2026, doi:10.1038/s41597-025-06542-z.
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- Hufkens, K., Kearsley, E., Stoffelen, P., Janssens, S., Couralet, C., Kosmala, M., … Verbeeck, H. (2026). Historical tree phenology data across contrasting sites in the Congo Basin. SCIENTIFIC DATA, 13(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-06542-z
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- Hufkens, Koen, Elizabeth Kearsley, Piet Stoffelen, Steven Janssens, Camille Couralet, Margaret Kosmala, Emmanuel Kasongo Yakusu, et al. 2026. “Historical Tree Phenology Data across Contrasting Sites in the Congo Basin.” SCIENTIFIC DATA 13 (1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-06542-z.
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- Hufkens, Koen, Elizabeth Kearsley, Piet Stoffelen, Steven Janssens, Camille Couralet, Margaret Kosmala, Emmanuel Kasongo Yakusu, Donatien Musepena, Dieu-Merci Assumani, Nestor Luambua Kashikija, Benjamin Toirambe Bamoninga, Jean-Remy Makana, Corneille Ewango, Tom De Mil, Marijn Bauters, Wannes Hubau, Elasi Ramanzani Kitima, José Mbifo Ndiapo, Adelard Lonema Chuda, Andrew D. Richardson, Lisa Wingate, Bhely Angoboy Ilondea, Hans Beeckman, Jan Van den Bulcke, Pascal Boeckx, and Hans Verbeeck. 2026. “Historical Tree Phenology Data across Contrasting Sites in the Congo Basin.” SCIENTIFIC DATA 13 (1). doi:10.1038/s41597-025-06542-z.
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- 1.Hufkens K, Kearsley E, Stoffelen P, Janssens S, Couralet C, Kosmala M, et al. Historical tree phenology data across contrasting sites in the Congo Basin. SCIENTIFIC DATA. 2026;13(1).
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- [1]K. Hufkens et al., “Historical tree phenology data across contrasting sites in the Congo Basin,” SCIENTIFIC DATA, vol. 13, no. 1, 2026.
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