Irie Casimir ZO-BI

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Unité Mixte de Recherche et d'Innovation en Sciences Agronomiques et Procédés de Transformation (UMRI SAPT)
Institut National Polytechnique Félix Houphouët-Boigny

Irie Casimir ZO-BI


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Forestry, Ecology, Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Ecological Modeling
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Scopus Publications

  • Beyond degradation metrics: Ecological value of degraded forests and implications for evidence-based forest policy in Côte d'Ivoire
    Bi Gala Jean-Marc Zaouri, Jean-Luc Kouassi, Anicet Cyrille Kambou, Djetouan Dieudonné Akian, Tiodionwa Abdoulaye Ouattara, et al.
    Scientific African, 2026
  • Analogous environments across the tropics have similar levels of tree species alpha diversity
    Shumei Xiao, Jonathan M Adams, Shufeng Li, Ferry Slik, Daniel M Griffith, et al.
    National Science Review, 2026
    Different regions of the tropics vary in overall tree species diversity, with the tropical Americas exhibiting strikingly higher regional tree species richness than Africa and Southeast Asia. We investigated whether these differences also occur at the local scale and whether the environmental conditions associated with tree species richness are consistent across tropical regions despite highly dissimilar species pools. A spatial random forest model was trained by using a network of 429 1-hectare plots across the tropics, together with 24 environmental variables, to predict plot-level tree α diversity. A combination of climatic, soil and topographical variables explained ∼86% of the variation in richness. Despite differences in regional species pools and the potentially disruptive effects of different geological, climatic and evolutionary histories, the relationship between environmental variables and local-scale tree species richness is closely similar across different continents. Our findings imply a pervasive role of niche-based mechanisms in structuring local tree species richness, regardless of the regional species assemblages. This pantropical convergence in the richness–environment relationship poses a challenge for ecology to explain.
  • The anatomy of survival — What determines seedling fate after planting in West Africa?
    Ibrahim Konaté, Evans Ehouman, Fatima Wourro, Yves Doua-Bi, Fabrice Tiéoulé, et al.
    Forest Ecology and Management, 2025
  • Effect of climate on traits of dominant and rare tree species in the world’s forests
    Iris Hordijk, Lourens Poorter, Jingjing Liang, Peter B. Reich, Sergio de-Miguel, et al.
    Nature Communications, 2025
    Species’ traits and environmental conditions determine the abundance of tree species across the globe. The extent to which traits of dominant and rare tree species differ remains untested across a broad environmental range, limiting our understanding of how species traits and the environment shape forest functional composition. We use a global dataset of tree composition of >22,000 forest plots and 11 traits of 1663 tree species to ask how locally dominant and rare species differ in their trait values, and how these differences are driven by climatic gradients in temperature and water availability in forest biomes across the globe. We find three consistent trait differences between locally dominant and rare species across all biomes; dominant species are taller, have softer wood and higher loading on the multivariate stem strategy axis (related to narrow tracheids and thick bark). The difference between traits of dominant and rare species is more strongly driven by temperature compared to water availability, as temperature might affect a larger number of traits. Therefore, climate change driven global temperature rise may have a strong effect on trait differences between dominant and rare tree species and may lead to changes in species abundances and therefore strong community reassembly.
  • Mycorrhizal symbioses and tree diversity in global forest communities
    Feng Jiang, Xucai Pu, Bernhard Schmid, Peter B. Reich, Jingjing Liang, et al.
    Science Advances, 2025
    Unraveling the mechanisms underlying the maintenance of species diversity is a central pursuit in ecology. It has been hypothesized that ectomycorrhizal (EcM) in contrast to arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi can reduce tree species diversity in local communities, which remains to be tested at the global scale. To address this gap, we analyzed global forest inventory data and revealed that the relationship between tree species richness and EcM tree proportion varied along environmental gradients. Specifically, the relationship is more negative at low latitudes and in moist conditions but is unimodal at high latitudes and in arid conditions. The negative association of EcM tree proportion on species diversity at low latitudes and in humid conditions is likely due to more negative plant-soil microbial interactions in these regions. These findings extend our knowledge on the mechanisms shaping global patterns in plant species diversity from a belowground view.
  • The forest space age needs eyes on the ground
    Oliver Phillips, Alvaro Duque, Lillian Rodriguez, Irié Casimir Zo-Bi
    Nature, 2025
  • Canopy functional trait variation across Earth’s tropical forests
    Jesús Aguirre-Gutiérrez, Sami W. Rifai, Xiongjie Deng, Hans ter Steege, Eleanor Thomson, et al.
    Nature, 2025
    Tropical forest canopies are the biosphere’s most concentrated atmospheric interface for carbon, water and energy1,2. However, in most Earth System Models, the diverse and heterogeneous tropical forest biome is represented as a largely uniform ecosystem with either a singular or a small number of fixed canopy ecophysiological properties3. This situation arises, in part, from a lack of understanding about how and why the functional properties of tropical forest canopies vary geographically4. Here, by combining field-collected data from more than 1,800 vegetation plots and tree traits with satellite remote-sensing, terrain, climate and soil data, we predict variation across 13 morphological, structural and chemical functional traits of trees, and use this to compute and map the functional diversity of tropical forests. Our findings reveal that the tropical Americas, Africa and Asia tend to occupy different portions of the total functional trait space available across tropical forests. Tropical American forests are predicted to have 40% greater functional richness than tropical African and Asian forests. Meanwhile, African forests have the highest functional divergence—32% and 7% higher than that of tropical American and Asian forests, respectively. An uncertainty analysis highlights priority regions for further data collection, which would refine and improve these maps. Our predictions represent a ground-based and remotely enabled global analysis of how and why the functional traits of tropical forest canopies vary across space.
  • What motivates West African cocoa farmers to value trees? Taking the 4 W approach to the heart of the field
    Marie Ruth Dago, Irié Casimir Zo‐Bi, Isaac Kouamé Konan, Aimé Kouadio Kouassi, Stéphane Guei, et al.
    People and Nature, 2025
    West Africa, the largest cocoa‐producing region globally, has experienced significant deforestation in recent decades, leading countries to implement large‐scale agroforestry policies; however, most studies on farmers' adoption of agroforestry fail to consider the social (Who?), historical (When?), geographical (Where?), and ecological (What?) factors that influence their motivations to value trees. Drawing from a sample of 150 farmers responsible for the management of 12,096 trees, we quantified the motivations of farmers for 10 material and immaterial uses of trees and used a Bayesian modelling framework to explore the relative importance of the 4 W framework in explaining general motivations, specific to each use, as well as the varying levels of specialization in tree management strategies among farmers. The distribution of use values by category shows that the highest values are associated with (i) agronomic uses (such as shade for cocoa trees and soil fertilization), (ii) food for human consumption, (iii) social purposes, and (iv) medicinal uses. All four aspects of the 4 W framework significantly contribute to understanding farmers' deep motivations, while the influence of each 4 W determinant varies based on the specific material and immaterial uses being considered. The level of specialization or diversification in cocoa farmers' motivations is significantly influenced by their knowledge of tree species and cocoa tree density, with knowledgeable farmers exhibiting greater diversification, while higher cocoa tree density and the presence of remnant trees lead to more specialized strategies that hinder agroforestry adoption. From a political perspective, it is urgent that stakeholders involved in the promotion of agroforestry consider all dimensions of the farmer‐field system. The diversity of farmers' life histories (Who), of cultivated landscapes (Where), of field systems (What), and of time trajectories (When) present both constraints and opportunities with which farmers must contend to transition to much‐desired agroforestry systems. Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.
  • Positive feedbacks and alternative stable states in forest leaf types
    Yibiao Zou, Constantin M. Zohner, Colin Averill, Haozhi Ma, Julian Merder, et al.
    Nature Communications, 2024
    The emergence of alternative stable states in forest systems has significant implications for the functioning and structure of the terrestrial biosphere, yet empirical evidence remains scarce. Here, we combine global forest biodiversity observations and simulations to test for alternative stable states in the presence of evergreen and deciduous forest types. We reveal a bimodal distribution of forest leaf types across temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere that cannot be explained by the environment alone, suggesting signatures of alternative forest states. Moreover, we empirically demonstrate the existence of positive feedbacks in tree growth, recruitment and mortality, with trees having 4–43% higher growth rates, 14–17% higher survival rates and 4–7 times higher recruitment rates when they are surrounded by trees of their own leaf type. Simulations show that the observed positive feedbacks are necessary and sufficient to generate alternative forest states, which also lead to dependency on history (hysteresis) during ecosystem transition from evergreen to deciduous forests and vice versa. We identify hotspots of bistable forest types in evergreen-deciduous ecotones, which are likely driven by soil-related positive feedbacks. These findings are integral to predicting the distribution of forest biomes, and aid to our understanding of biodiversity, carbon turnover, and terrestrial climate feedbacks.
  • The global distribution and drivers of wood density and their impact on forest carbon stocks
    Lidong Mo, Thomas W. Crowther, Daniel S. Maynard, Johan van den Hoogen, Haozhi Ma, et al.
    Nature Ecology and Evolution, 2024
    The density of wood is a key indicator of the carbon investment strategies of trees, impacting productivity and carbon storage. Despite its importance, the global variation in wood density and its environmental controls remain poorly understood, preventing accurate predictions of global forest carbon stocks. Here we analyse information from 1.1 million forest inventory plots alongside wood density data from 10,703 tree species to create a spatially explicit understanding of the global wood density distribution and its drivers. Our findings reveal a pronounced latitudinal gradient, with wood in tropical forests being up to 30% denser than that in boreal forests. In both angiosperms and gymnosperms, hydrothermal conditions represented by annual mean temperature and soil moisture emerged as the primary factors influencing the variation in wood density globally. This indicates similar environmental filters and evolutionary adaptations among distinct plant groups, underscoring the essential role of abiotic factors in determining wood density in forest ecosystems. Additionally, our study highlights the prominent role of disturbance, such as human modification and fire risk, in influencing wood density at more local scales. Factoring in the spatial variation of wood density notably changes the estimates of forest carbon stocks, leading to differences of up to 21% within biomes. Therefore, our research contributes to a deeper understanding of terrestrial biomass distribution and how environmental changes and disturbances impact forest ecosystems.
  • Dominance and rarity in tree communities across the globe: Patterns, predictors and threats
    Iris Hordijk, Lalasia Bialic‐Murphy, Thomas Lauber, Devin Routh, Lourens Poorter, et al.
    Global Ecology and Biogeography, 2024
  • Fragmentation is the main driver of residual forest aboveground biomass in West African low forest-high deforestation landscapes
    Soulemane Traoré, Irie Casimir Zo-Bi, Camille Piponiot, Raphaël Aussenac, Bruno Hérault
    Trees Forests and People, 2024
  • Global patterns and environmental drivers of forest functional composition
    Elise Bouchard, Eric B. Searle, Pierre Drapeau, Jingjing Liang, Javier G. P. Gamarra, et al.
    Global Ecology and Biogeography, 2024
  • Integrated global assessment of the natural forest carbon potential
    Lidong Mo, Constantin M. Zohner, Peter B. Reich, Jingjing Liang, Sergio de Miguel, et al.
    Nature, 2023
  • The global biogeography of tree leaf form and habit
    Haozhi Ma, Thomas W. Crowther, Lidong Mo, Daniel S. Maynard, Susanne S. Renner, et al.
    Nature Plants, 2023
  • Author Correction: Native diversity buffers against severity of non-native tree invasions (Nature, (2023), 621, 7980, (773-781), 10.1038/s41586-023-06440-7)
    Camille S. Delavaux, Thomas W. Crowther, Constantin M. Zohner, Niamh M. Robmann, Thomas Lauber, et al.
    Nature, 2023
  • Native diversity buffers against severity of non-native tree invasions
    Camille S. Delavaux, Thomas W. Crowther, Constantin M. Zohner, Niamh M. Robmann, Thomas Lauber, et al.
    Nature, 2023
  • Concomitant effects of multiple disturbances (logging, fire, biological invasion) on native tree abundances into West Africa's semi-deciduous forests
    Marie Ruth Dago, Irie Casimir Zo-Bi, Vincyane Badouard, Marco Patacca, Bruno Hérault
    Biological Conservation, 2023
  • Life after fire - Long-term responses of 20 timber species in semi-deciduous forests of West Africa
    Aka G.M. Elogne, Camille Piponiot, Irie C. Zo-Bi, Bienvenu H.K. Amani, Victor Van der Meersch, et al.
    Forest Ecology and Management, 2023
  • Fostering agroforestry? Lessons from the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire
    Irié Casimir ZO-BI, Bruno HÉRAULT
    Bois Et Forets Des Tropiques, 2023
  • The great mistake of plantation programs in cocoa agroforests – Let's bet on natural regeneration to sustainably provide timber wood
    Aimé K. Kouassi, Irié C. Zo-Bi, Raphaël Aussenac, Isaac K. Kouamé, Marie R. Dago, et al.
    Trees Forests and People, 2023
  • Floristic Diversity as an Indicator in Low and High Endemic Buruli Ulcer Areas in Côte d’Ivoire
    Evans Ehouman, Dramane Soro, Doudjo Noufou Ouattara, Cathérine Boni Cissé, Adama Bakayoko, et al.
    International Journal of Environmental Research, 2023
  • Evenness mediates the global relationship between forest productivity and richness
    Iris Hordijk, Daniel S. Maynard, Simon P. Hart, Mo Lidong, Hans ter Steege, et al.
    Journal of Ecology, 2023
  • Co-limitation towards lower latitudes shapes global forest diversity gradients
    Jingjing Liang, Javier G. P. Gamarra, Nicolas Picard, Mo Zhou, Bryan Pijanowski, et al.
    Nature Ecology and Evolution, 2022
  • Detection of Forest Tree Losses in Côte d’Ivoire Using Drone Aerial Images
    Tiodionwa Abdoulaye Ouattara, Valère-Carin Jofack Sokeng, Irié Casimir Zo-Bi, Koffi Fernand Kouamé, Clovis Grinand, et al.
    Drones, 2022
  • Erratum: The number of tree species on Earth (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (2022) 119 (e2115329119) DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2115329119)
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2022
  • The number of tree species on Earth
    Roberto Cazzolla Gatti, Peter B. Reich, Javier G. P. Gamarra, Tom Crowther, Cang Hui, et al.
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2022
  • Taking advantage of natural regeneration potential in secondary forests to recover commercial tree resources in Côte d'Ivoire
    Goualo Y.A. Doua-Bi, Irie C. Zo-Bi, Bienvenu H.K. Amani, Aka G.M. Elogne, Justin K. N’dja, et al.
    Forest Ecology and Management, 2021
  • The potential of secondary forests to restore biodiversity of the lost forests in semi-deciduous West Africa
    Bienvenu H.K. Amani, Anny E. N'Guessan, Géraldine Derroire, Justin K. N'dja, Aka G.M. Elogne, et al.
    Biological Conservation, 2021
  • Causes and consequences of Cedrela odorata invasion in West African semi-deciduous tropical forests
    Victor Van der Meersch, Irie Casimir Zo-Bi, Bienvenu H. K. Amani, Justin Kassi N’dja, Anny Estelle N’Guessan, et al.
    Biological Invasions, 2021
  • Changes in land cover and land use from 2016 to 2019 in south-east côte d’ivoire: Impacts of cash crops on forests
    Tiodionwa OUATTARA, Fernand KOUAMÉ, Casimir ZO-BI, Romuald VAUDRY, Clovis GRINAND
    Bois Et Forets Des Tropiques, 2021
  • Three decades of monitoring 22 native tree species planted in an arboretum in Korhogo in northern Côte d’Ivoire
    Dominique LOUPPE, N’klo OUATTARA, Anatole N’GUESSAN KANGA, Irié ZO-BI, Fabrice TIÉOULÉ, et al.
    Bois Et Forets Des Tropiques, 2021
  • The global abundance of tree palms
    Robert Muscarella, Thaise Emilio, Oliver L. Phillips, Simon L. Lewis, Ferry Slik, et al.
    Global Ecology and Biogeography, 2020
  • The long-term performance of 35 tree species of sudanian West Africa in pure and mixed plantings
    Bruno Hérault, Anatole Kanga N’Guessan, N’klo Ouattara, Assandé Ahoba, Fabrice Bénédet, et al.
    Forest Ecology and Management, 2020
  • TRY plant trait database – enhanced coverage and open access
    Jens Kattge, Gerhard Bönisch, Sandra Díaz, Sandra Lavorel, Iain Colin Prentice, et al.
    Global Change Biology, 2020
  • The Forest Observation System, building a global reference dataset for remote sensing of forest biomass
    Dmitry Schepaschenko, Jérôme Chave, Oliver L. Phillips, Simon L. Lewis, Stuart J. Davies, et al.
    Scientific Data, 2019
  • Author Correction: Climatic controls of decomposition drive the global biogeography of forest-tree symbioses (Nature, (2019), 569, 7756, (404-408), 10.1038/s41586-019-1128-0)
    B. S. Steidinger, T. W. Crowther, J. Liang, M. E. Van Nuland, G. D. A. Werner, et al.
    Nature, 2019
  • Climatic controls of decomposition drive the global biogeography of forest-tree symbioses
    B. S. Steidinger, T. W. Crowther, J. Liang, M. E. Van Nuland, G. D. A. Werner, et al.
    Nature, 2019
  • Drivers of biomass recovery in a secondary forested landscape of West Africa
    Anny Estelle N'Guessan, Justin Kassi N'dja, Olivier N. Yao, Bienvenu H.K. Amani, Roseline G.Z. Gouli, et al.
    Forest Ecology and Management, 2019

RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • The global forest diameter spectrum using a machine learning approach
    A Mitra, N Harris, JGP Gamarra, ML Bastian, TW Crowther, N Picard, ...
    Earth System Science Data Discussions 2026, 1-45 , 2026
    2026
  • Beyond degradation metrics: Ecological value of degraded forests and implications for evidence-based forest policy in Côte d'Ivoire
    BGJM Zaouri, JL Kouassi, AC Kambou, DD Akian, TA Ouattara, IC Zo-Bi, ...
    Scientific African, e03317 , 2026
    2026
    Citations: 1
  • A Decision-Support Tool for Managing Tree-Cover in Smallholder Cocoa Agroforestry Systems
    R Aussenac, AK Kouassi, I Zo-Bi, B Hérault
    2026
  • Rethinking cocoa agroforestry: Towards sustainable coexistence of remnant, spontaneous and planted trees
    AE N’guessan, B Hérault, IC Zo-Bi, R Aussenac, MR Dago, IK Konan, ...
    Perspective (English edition), 1-4 , 2026
    2026
  • Repenser l'agroforesterie cacaoyère: vers une coexistence durable entre arbres rémanents, spontanés et plantés
    AE N’guessan, B Hérault, IC Zo-Bi, R Aussenac, MR Dago, IK Konan, ...
    Perspective, 1-4 , 2026
    2026
  • Analogous environments across the tropics have similar levels of tree species alpha diversity
    S Xiao, JM Adams, S Li, F Slik, DM Griffith, A Quaresma, A Sultana, ...
    National science review 13 (2), nwaf465 , 2026
    2026
    Citations: 2
  • The anatomy of survival—What determines seedling fate after planting in West Africa?
    I Konaté, E Ehouman, F Wourro, Y Doua-Bi, F Tiéoulé, B Coulibaly, ...
    Forest Ecology and Management 598, 123266 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 3
  • Mycorrhizal symbioses and tree diversity in global forest communities
    F Jiang, X Pu, B Schmid, PB Reich, J Liang, AO Abbasi, ...
    Science Advances 11 (24), eadt5743 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 10
  • The forest space age needs eyes on the ground
    O Phillips, A Duque, L Rodriguez, IC Zo-Bi
    Nature 641 (8065), 1101-1101 , 2025
    2025
  • Effect of climate on traits of dominant and rare tree species in the world’s forests
    I Hordijk, L Poorter, J Liang, PB Reich, S De-Miguel, GJ Nabuurs, ...
    Nature Communications 16 (1), 4773 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 10
  • Canopy functional trait variation across Earth’s tropical forests
    J Aguirre-Gutiérrez, SW Rifai, X Deng, H Ter Steege, E Thomson, ...
    Nature 641 (8061), 129-136 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 34
  • Tree growth in West African cocoa agroforestry systems: high timber yields and superior performance of natural regeneration
    A K. Kouassi, I C. Zo-Bi, B Hérault, I K. Konan, M R. Dago, B Lasbats, ...
    Annals of Forest Science 82 (1), 17 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 6
  • Fiche technique N° 1: Agroforesterie
    MA Diab, M Notaro, I Zo-Bi
    CIRAD , 2025
    2025
  • Fiche technique N° 3: Biopesticides
    MA Diab, M Notaro, I Zo-Bi
    CIRAD , 2025
    2025
  • What motivates West African cocoa farmers to value trees? Taking the 4 W approach to the heart of the field
    MR Dago, IC Zo‐Bi, IK Konan, AK Kouassi, S Guei, P Jagoret, ...
    People and Nature 7 (1), 215-230 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 14
  • The global distribution and drivers of wood density and their impact on forest carbon stocks
    L Mo, TW Crowther, DS Maynard, J Van den Hoogen, H Ma, ...
    Nature Ecology & Evolution 8 (12), 2195-2212 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 79
  • Dominance and rarity in tree communities across the globe: Patterns, predictors and threats
    I Hordijk, L Bialic‐Murphy, T Lauber, D Routh, L Poorter, MC Rivers, ...
    Global Ecology and Biogeography 33 (10), e13889 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 14
  • Co-designing through the lens of historical cocoa farming loops to meet current and future needs for sustainable cocoa production in Côte d'Ivoire
    M Notaro, I Zo-Bi, MA Diab, P Jagoret
    18th Congress of the European Society for Agronomy “Synergies for a … , 2024
    2024
  • Fragmentation is the main driver of residual forest aboveground biomass in West African low forest-high deforestation landscapes
    S Traoré, IC Zo-Bi, C Piponiot, R Aussenac, B Hérault
    Trees, Forests and People 15, 100477 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 16
  • Global patterns and environmental drivers of forest functional composition
    E Bouchard, EB Searle, P Drapeau, J Liang, JGP Gamarra, M Abegg, ...
    Global Ecology and Biogeography 33 (2), 303-324 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 47

MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • TRY plant trait database – enhanced coverage and open access
    WC Kattge, J, Bönisch, G, Díaz, S, ..., Zo‐Bi, I C, Zotz, G
    Global Change Biology 26 (1), 119–188 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 2225
  • Climatic controls of decomposition drive the global biogeography of forest-tree symbioses
    BS Steidinger, TW Crowther, J Liang, ME Van Nuland, GDA Werner, ...
    Nature 569 (7756), 404-408 , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 742
  • Integrated global assessment of the natural forest carbon potential
    L Mo, CM Zohner, PB Reich, J Liang, S De Miguel, GJ Nabuurs, ...
    Nature 624 (7990), 92-101 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 508
  • The number of tree species on Earth
    R Cazzolla Gatti, PB Reich, JGP Gamarra, T Crowther, C Hui, A Morera, ...
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 119 (6), e2115329119 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 207
  • The global abundance of tree palms
    R Muscarella, T Emilio, OL Phillips, SL Lewis, F Slik, WJ Baker, ...
    Global ecology and biogeography 29 (9), 1495-1514 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 140
  • Co-limitation towards lower latitudes shapes global forest diversity gradients
    J Liang, JGP Gamarra, N Picard, M Zhou, B Pijanowski, DF Jacobs, ...
    Nature ecology & evolution 6 (10), 1423-1437 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 122
  • Native diversity buffers against severity of non-native tree invasions
    CS Delavaux, TW Crowther, CM Zohner, NM Robmann, T Lauber, ...
    Nature 621 (7980), 773-781 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 118
  • The Forest Observation System, building a global reference dataset for remote sensing of forest biomass
    D Schepaschenko, J Chave, OL Phillips, SL Lewis, SJ Davies, ...
    Scientific data 6 (1), 198 , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 97
  • Drivers of biomass recovery in a secondary forested landscape of West Africa
    AE N'Guessan, JK N'dja, ON Yao, BHK Amani, RGZ Gouli, C Piponiot, ...
    Forest Ecology and Management 433, 325-331 , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 83
  • The global distribution and drivers of wood density and their impact on forest carbon stocks
    L Mo, TW Crowther, DS Maynard, J Van den Hoogen, H Ma, ...
    Nature Ecology & Evolution 8 (12), 2195-2212 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 79
  • Evenness mediates the global relationship between forest productivity and richness
    I Hordijk, DS Maynard, SP Hart, M Lidong, H Ter Steege, J Liang, ...
    Journal of Ecology 111 (6), 1308-1326 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 67
  • The global biogeography of tree leaf form and habit
    H Ma, TW Crowther, L Mo, DS Maynard, SS Renner, J Van den Hoogen, ...
    Nature Plants 9 (11), 1795-1809 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 65
  • Global patterns and environmental drivers of forest functional composition
    E Bouchard, EB Searle, P Drapeau, J Liang, JGP Gamarra, M Abegg, ...
    Global Ecology and Biogeography 33 (2), 303-324 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 47
  • The potential of secondary forests to restore biodiversity of the lost forests in semi-deciduous West Africa
    BHK Amani, AE N'Guessan, G Derroire, JK N'dja, AGM Elogne, K Traoré, ...
    Biological Conservation 259, 109154 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 44
  • Functional traits partially mediate the effects of chronic anthropogenic disturbance on the growth of a tropical tree
    IO Amahowe, OG Gaoue, AK Natta, C Piponiot, IC Zobi, B Hérault
    AoB Plants 10 (3), ply036 , 2018
    2018
    Citations: 43
  • Taking advantage of natural regeneration potential in secondary forests to recover commercial tree resources in Côte d’Ivoire
    GYA Doua-Bi, IC Zo-Bi, BHK Amani, AGM Elogne, JK N’dja, ...
    Forest Ecology and Management 493, 119240 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 36
  • Canopy functional trait variation across Earth’s tropical forests
    J Aguirre-Gutiérrez, SW Rifai, X Deng, H Ter Steege, E Thomson, ...
    Nature 641 (8061), 129-136 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 34
  • The long-term performance of 35 tree species of sudanian West Africa in pure and mixed plantings
    B Hérault, AK N’guessan, N Ouattara, A Ahoba, F Bénédet, B Coulibaly, ...
    Forest ecology and management 468, 118171 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 34
  • The great mistake of plantation programs in cocoa agroforests–Let's bet on natural regeneration to sustainably provide timber wood
    AK Kouassi, IC Zo-Bi, R Aussenac, IK Kouamé, MR Dago, AE N'guessan, ...
    Trees, Forests and People 12, 100386 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 29
  • Causes and consequences of Cedrela odorata invasion in West African semi-deciduous tropical forests
    V Van der Meersch, IC Zo-Bi, BHK Amani, JK N’dja, AE N’Guessan, ...
    Biological Invasions 23 (2), 537-552 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 29