Isaac Ahanamungu Makelele

Je suis détenteur d’une licence en Botanique de l’Université Officielle de Bukavu (UOB), un diplôme d’étude supérieur (DES) en gestion de la biodiversité et aménagement forestier durable de l’université de Kisangani (UNIKIS) et un doctorant en gestion de ressource naturel de l’université de Gand/Belgique. Mes recherches associent l’étude de cycles biogéochimiques des nutriments et de la biodiversité pour améliorer la compréhension du fonctionnement des écosystèmes forestiers tropicaux. Plus particulièrement, mes recherches s’intéressent aux cycles biogéochimiques, écologie et dynamiques des successions secondaires afin de comprendre la résilience des forêts du bassin du Congo aux perturbations anthropiques.

Lianas rapidly colonize early stages of tropical forests, presumably through leaf trait diversification Mumbanza, F.M., Bauters, M., Makelele, I., Meunier, F., Kearsley, E., Boeckx, P., Verheyen, K., Ewango, C., Mbula, I.M., Lubini, C.A., & Verbeeck, H. Journal of vegetation sciences

Soil geochemistry – and not topography – as a major driver of carbon allocation , stocks , and dynamics in forests and soils of African tropical montane ecosystems Bukombe, B., Bauters, M., Boeckx, P., Cizungu, L.N., Cooper, M., Fiener, P., Kidinda, L.K., Makelele, I., Muhindo, D.I., Rewald, B., Verheyen, K., & Doetterl, S. New Phytologist

Increasing calcium scarcity along Afrotropical forest succession, Bauters M., Janssens, I.A., Wasner, D., Doetterl, S., Vermeir, P., Griepentrog, M., Drake, T.W., Six, J., Barthel, M., Baumgartner, S., Van Oost, K., Makelele, I.A., Ewango, C., Verheyen, K., & Boeckx, P. Nature Ecology and Evolution

Conservative N cycling despite high atmospheric deposition in early successional African tropical lowland forests Makelele, I.A., Bauters, M., Verheyen, K., Barthel, M., Six, J., Rütting, T., Bodé, S., Ntaboba, L.C., Bazirake, B.M., Bosela, F.B., Kimbesa, F., Ewango, C., & Boeckx, P. 2022.. Plant and Soil.

Low N2O and variable CH4 fluxes from tropical forest soils of the Congo Basin. Barthel, M., Bauters, M., Baumgartner, S., Drake, T.W., Bey, N.M., Bush, G., Boeckx, P., Botefa, C.I., Dériaz, N., Ekamba, G.L., Gallarotti, N., Mbayu, F.M., Mugula, J.K., Makelele, I.A., Mbongo, C.E., Mohn, J., Mandea, J.Z., Mpambi, D.M., Ntaboba, L.C., Rukeza, M.B., Spencer, R.G.M., Summerauer, L., Vanlauwe, B., Van Oost, K., Wolf, B., & Six, J. Nature Communications

Afrotropical secondary forests exhibit fast diversity and functional recovery, but slow compositional and carbon recovery after shifting cultivation Makelele, I.A., Verheyen, K., Boeckx, P., Cizungu, L., Bazirake, B.M., Ewango, C., & Bauters, M. 2021. Journal of Vegetation Science

Fire-derived phosphorus fertilization of African tropical forests Bauters, M., Drake, T.W., Wagner, S., Baumgartner, S., Makelele, I.A., Bodé, S., Verheyen, K., Verbeeck, H., Ewango, C., Cizungu, L., Oost, K. Van, & Boeckx. Nature Communications

In-depth analysis of N 2 O fluxes in tropical forest soils of the Congo Basin combining isotope and functional gene analysis Gallarotti, N., Barthel, M., Verhoeven, E., Isadora, E., Pereira, P., Bauters, M., Baumgartner, S., Drake, T.W., Boeckx, P., Mohn, J., Longepierre, M., Kalume, J., Isaac, M., Makelele, I.A., Cizungu, L., & Johan, N. ISME Journal

Seasonality, drivers, and isotopic composition of soil CO2 fluxes from tropical forests of the Congo Basin Baumgartner, S., Barthel, M., Drake, T., Bauters, M., Makelele, I.A., Mugula, J.K., Summerauer, L., Gallarotti, N., Ntaboba, L.C., Van Oost, K., Boeckx, P., Doetterl, S., Werner, R., & Six, J. Biogeosciences

Contrasting nitrogen fluxes in African tropical forests of the Congo Basin Bauters, M., Verbeeck, H., Rütting, T., Barthel, M., Bazirake Mujinya, B., Bamba, F., Bodé, S., Boyemba, F., Bulonza, E., Carlsson, E., Eriksson, L., Makelele, I., Six, J., Cizungu Ntaboba, L., & Boeckx, P. 2019. Ecological Monographs

High fire-derived nitrogen deposition on central African forests Bauters, M., Drake, T.W., Verbeeck, H., Bodé, S., Hervé-Fernández, P., Zito, P., Podgorski, D.C., Boyemba, F., Makelele, I., Cizungu Ntaboba, L., Spencer, R.G.M.M., Boeckx, P., Ntaboba, L.C., Spencer, R.G.M.M., & Boeckx, P. PNAS

Early stage litter decomposition across biomes Djukic, I., Kepfer-rojas, S., Kappel, I., Steenberg, K., Beier, C., Berg, B., Verheyen, K., & TeaComposition. Science of the total environment