Nitrogen cycling in a tropical mountain forest of central Africa, Nyungwe, Rwanda

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Keywords
climate
environment
water technology
water ecology
Institutions
Université Catholique de Bukavu (DRC)
National University of Rwanda (Rwanda)
Research fields
Agriculture and Food Sciences

Objective:

General objective
To investigate nitrogen biogeochemistry in a pristine tropical mountain forest and a Eucalyptus forest plantation
Specific objectives
To study the nutrient input-output balance
To determine the rate of leaf litter decomposition
To determine annual and seasonal litter fall mass and associated nutrient fluxes
To determine in situ N transformation rates and link these to N run off