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PUBLICATIONS
Peer-reviewed articles
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Manzi OJL, Wittemann M, Dusenge ME, Habimana J, Manishimwe A, Mujawamariya M, Ntirugulirwa B, Zibera E, Tarvainen L, Nsabimana D, Wallin G, Uddling J (2024) Canopy temperatures strongly overestimate leaf thermal safety margins of tropical trees. New Phytologist, 243:2115-2129.
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Wittemann M, Mujawamariya M, Ntirugulirwa B, Uwizeye FK, Zibera E, Manzi OJL, Nsabimana D, Wallin G, Uddling J (2024) Plasticity and implications of water-use traits in contrasting tropical tree species under climate change. Physiologia Plantarum, 176:e14326.
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Ntirugulirwa B, Zibera E, Epaphrodite N, Manishimwe A, Nsabimana D, Uddling J, Wallin G (2023) Thermophilisation of Afromontane forest stands demonstrated in an elevation gradient experiment. Biogeosciences, 20:5125-5149.
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Mujawamariya M, Wittemann M, Dusenge ME, Manishimwe A, Ntirugulirwa B, Zibera E, Nsabimana D, Wallin G, Uddling J (2023) Contrasting warming responses of photosynthesis in early-and late-successional tropical trees. Tree Physiology 43, 1104-1117.
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Ellsworth DS, Crous KY, De Kauwe MG, Verryckt LT, Goll D, Zaehle S, Bloomfield KJ, Ciais P, Cernusak LA, Domingues TF, Dusenge ME, Garcia S, Guerrieri R, Ishida FY, Janssens IA, Kenzo T, Ichie T, Medlyn BE, Meir P, Norby RJ, Reich PB, Rowland L, Santiago LS, Sun Y, Uddling J, Walker AP, Weerasinghe KW, van de Weg MJ, Zhang Y-B, Zhang J-L, Wright IJ (2022) Convergence in phosphorus constraints to photosynthesis in forests around the world. Nature Communications 13:1, 1-12.
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Manishimwe A, Ntirugulirwa B, Zibera E, Nyirambangutse B, Mujawamariya M, Dusenge ME, Bizuru E, Nsabimana D, Uddling J, Wallin G (2022) Warming responses of leaf morphology are highly variable among tropical tree species. Forests 13:219.
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Wittemann M, Anddersson MX, Ntirugulirwa B, Tarvainen L, Wallin G, Uddling J (2022) Temperature acclimation of net photosynthesis and its underlying component processes in four tropical tree species. Tree Physiology 42:1188-1202.
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Crous K, Uddling J, De Kauwe MG (2022) Temperature responses of photosynthesis and respiration in evergreen trees from boreal to tropical latitudes. New Phytologist 234:353-374.
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Tarvainen L, Wittemann M, Mujawamariya M, Manishimwe A, Zibera E, Ntirugulirwa B, Ract C, Manzi OJL, Andersson MX, Spetea C, Nsabimana D, Wallin G, Uddling J (2022) Handling the heat – photosynthetic thermal stress in tropical trees New Phytologist 233:236–250.
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Cuni-Sanchez A, Sullivan MKP, Platts PJ, Lewis SL, Marchant R, Imani G, Hubau W ... Nyirambangutse B ... Wallin G ... Zibera E (2021) High aboveground carbon stock of African tropical montane forests. Nature 7873:536-542.
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Dusenge ME, Wittemann M, Mujawamariya M, Ntawuhiganayo EB, Zibera E, Ntirugulirwa B, Way DA, Nsabimana D, Uddling J, Wallin G (2021) Limited thermal acclimation of photosynthesis in tropical montane tree species. Global Change Biology 27:4860–4878.
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Mujawamariya M, Wittemann M, Manishimwe A, Ntirugulirwa B, Zibera E, Nsabimana D, Wallin G, Uddling J, Dusenge ME (2021). Complete or over‐compensatory thermal acclimation of leaf dark respiration in African tropical trees. New Phytologist 229: 2548-2561.
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Ziegler C, Dusenge ME, Nyirambangutse B, Zibera E, Wallin G, Uddling J (2020). Contrasting dependencies of photosynthetic capacity on leaf nitrogen in early- and late-successional tropical montane tree species. Frontiers in Plant Science 11:500479.
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Ntawuhiganayo EB, Uwizeye FK, Zibera E, Dusenge ME, Ziegler C, Ntirugulirwa B, Nsabimana D, Wallin G, Uddling J (2020) Traits controlling shade tolerance in tropical montane trees. Tree Physiology 40:183-197.
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Kumarathunge DP, Medlyn BE, Drake JE, Tjoelker MG, Aspinwall MJ, Battaglia M, Cano FJ, Carter KR, Cavaleri MA, Cernusak LA, Chambers JQ, Crous KY, De Kauwe MG, Dillaway DN, Dreyer E, Ellsworth DS, Ghannoum O, Han Q, Hikosaka K, Jensen AM, Kelly JWG, Kruger EL, Mercado LM, Onoda Y, Reich PB, Rogers A, Slot M, Smith NG, Tarvainen L, Tissue DT, Togashi HF, Tribuzy ES, Uddling J, Vårhammar A, Wallin G, Warren JM, Way DA (2019). Acclimation and adaptation components of the temperature dependence of plant photosynthesis at the global scale. New Phytologist 222:768-784.
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Mujawamariya M, Manishimwe A, Ntirugulirwa B, Zibera E, Ganszky D, Bahati EN, Nyirambangutse B, Nsabimana D, Wallin G, Uddling J (2018) Climate Sensitivity of Tropical Trees Along an Elevation Gradient in Rwanda. Forests 9:647.
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Nyirambangutse B, Zibera E, Uwizeye FK, Nsabimana D, Bizuru E, Pleijel H, Uddling J, Wallin G (2017) Carbon stocks and dynamics at different successional stages in an Afromontane tropical forest. Biogeosciences 14:1285-1303.
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Hasper TB, Dusenge ME, Breuer F, Uwizeye FK, Wallin G, Uddling J (2017). Stomatal CO2 responsiveness and photosynthetic capacity of tropical woody species in relation to taxonomy and functional traits. Oecologia 184:43-57.
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De Kauwe MG, Lin Y-S, Wright IJ, Medlyn BE, Crous KY, Ellsworth DS, Maire V, Prentice IC, Atkin OK, Rogers A, Niinemets U, Serbin S, Meir P, Uddling J, Togashi HF, Tarvainen L, Weerasinghe LK, Evans BJ, Ishida FY, Domingues TF (2016) A test of the “one-point method” for estimating maximum carboxylation capacity from field-measured, light-saturated photosynthesis. New Phytologist 210:1130-1144.
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Lin Y-S, Medlyn B, Duursma R Prentice I, Wang H, Baig S, Eamus D, Resco de Dios V, Mitchell P, Ellsworth D, Op de Beeck M, Wallin G, Uddling J, Tarvainen L, Linderson M-L, Cernusak L, Nippert J, Ocheltree T, Tissue D, Martin-StPaul N, Rogers A, Warren J, De Angelis P, Hikosaka K, Han Q, Onoda Y, Gimeno T, Barton C, Bennie J, Bonal D, Bosc A, Löw M, Macinins-Ng C, Rey A, Rowland L, Setterfield S, Tausz-Posch S, Zaragoza-Castells J, Broadmeadow M, Drake J, Freeman M, Ghannoum O, Hutley L, Kelly J, Kikuzawa K, Kolari P, Koyama K, Limousin J-.M, Meir P, Costa A, Mikkelsen T, Salinas N, Sun W and Wingate L (2015) Optimal stomatal behaviour around the world. Nature Climate Change 5:459-464.
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Dusenge ME, Wallin G, Gårdesten J, Niyonzima F, Adolfsson L, Nsabimana D, Uddling J (2015) Photosynthetic capacities of mature tropical forest trees in Rwanda are linked to successional group identity rather than to leaf nutrient content. Oecologia 177:1183–1194.
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Vårhammar A, Wallin G, McLean CM, Dusenge ME, Medlyn BE, Hasper TB, Nsabimana D, Uddling J (2015) Photosynthetic temperature responses of tree species in Rwanda: evidence of pronounced negative effects of high temperature in montane rainforest climax species. New Phytologist 206:1000-1012.
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Gharahi Ghehi N, Werner C, Hufkens K, Kiese R, Van Ranst E, Nsabimana D, Wallin G, Klemedtsson L, Butterbach-Bahl K, Boeckx P (2014) N2O and NO emission from the Nyungwe tropical highland rainforest in Rwanda. Geoderma Regional 15:41-49.
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Nsabimana D, Klemedtson L, Kaplin BA, Wallin G (2009) Soil CO2 flux in six monospecific forest plantations in Southern Rwanda. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 41:396-402.
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Nsabimana D, Klemedtson L, Kaplin BA, Wallin G (2008) Soil carbon and nutrient accumulation under forest plantations in southern Rwanda. African Journal of Environmental Science and Technology 2:142-149.
PhD theses
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Manishimwe, Aloysie (2023) Morphological and chemical leaf traits of tropical montane tree species and their responses to warming. PhD Thesis.
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Wittemann, Maria (2022) Thermal plasticity and limitations in tropical trees. PhD thesis.
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Mujawamariya, Myriam (2021) Climate change sensitivity of photosynthesis and respiration in tropical trees. PhD thesis.
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Nyirambangutse, Brigitte (2016) Carbon and nutrient cycling in Afromontane tropical forests at different successional stages. PhD thesis.
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Hasper, Thomas Berg (2015) Tree stomatal regulation and water use in a changing climate – from tropical to boreal ecosystems. PhD thesis.
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Nsabimana, Donat (2009) Carbon stock and fluxes in Nyungwe forest and Ruhande Arboretum in Rwanda. PhD thesis.