@article{fdi:010007688,
  title = {{P}resent dynamics of the savanna-forest boundary in the congolese {M}ayombe : a pedological, botanical and isotopic (13{C} and 14{C}) study},
  author = {{S}chwartz, {D}ominique and {F}oresta, {H}ubert de and {M}ariotti, {A}. and {B}alesdent, {J}. and {M}assimba, {J}.{P}. and {G}irardin, {C}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{I}solated savannas enclosed by forest are especially abundant in the eastern part of the {C}ongolese {M}ayombe. {T}hey are about 3000 years old, and were more extensive some centuries ago. {T}he boundary between forest and savanna is very abrupt, as a consequence of the numerous savanna fires lit by hunters. {F}loristic composition and vegetation structure data, organic carbon ratios, delta 14{C} and delta 13{C} measurements presented here show that forest is spreading over savanna at the present time and suggest that the rate of forest encroachment is currently between 14 and 75 m per century, and more probably about 20-50 m per century. {A}s most savannas are less than 1 km across, such rates mean, assuming there are no changes in environmental conditions, that enclosed savannas could completely disappear in the {M}ayombe in about 1000-2000 years. ({R}{\'e}sum{\'e} d'auteur)},
  keywords = {{CONTACT} {FORET} {SAVANE} ; {DYNAMIQUE} {DE} {VEGETATION} ; {FACTEUR} {EDAPHIQUE} ; {MATIERE} {ORGANIQUE} ; {ANALYSE} {ISOTOPIQUE} ; {STRUCTURE} {DU} {PEUPLEMENT} ; {FLORE} ; {CONGO} ; {MAYOMBE} {REGION}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{O}ecologia},
  volume = {106},
  numero = {},
  pages = {516--524},
  ISSN = {0029-8549},
  year = {1996},
  DOI = {10.1007/{BF}00329710},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010007688},
}