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We aim to understand the structure and functioning of forest ecosystems and their responses to changing environmental, biotic and social conditions, and to apply this knowledge for the development of sustainable forest resource use systems.
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Our mission is to understand trees and forests in relation to site and climate, and to apply this knowledge to support forest management
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Latest PhD dissertations
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The role of pioneer Mimosa species in secondary succession in Mexican tropical dry forest
Revilla González, Úrsula Salomé Wageningen University. Promotor(en): F.J.J.M. Bongers, J.A. Meave del Castillo, M. Peña Claros - Wageningen: Wageningen University -
Functional ecology in tropical forest restoration
Brouwer, Rens G. Wageningen University. Promotor(en): F.J.J.M. Bongers, M. Peña-Claros, co-promotor(en): P.H.S. Brancalion - Wageningen: Wageningen University -
Drivers and mechanisms of tropical secondary forest succession
Matsuo, Tomonari Wageningen University. Promotor(en): Lourens Poorter, co-promotor(en): Masha T. van der Sande, Lucy Amissah - Wageningen: Wageningen University
Latest publications
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Tropical forests in the Americas are changing too slowly to track climate change
Aguirre-Gutiérrez, Jesús , Díaz, Sandra , Rifai, Sami W. , Corral-Rivas, Jose Javier , Nava-Miranda, Maria Guadalupe , González-M, Roy , Hurtado-M, Ana Belén , Revilla, Norma Salinas , Vilanova, Emilio , Almeida, Everton , de Oliveira, Edmar Almeida , Alvarez-Davila, Esteban , Alves, Luciana F. , de Andrade, Ana Cristina Segalin , Lola da Costa, Antonio Carlos , Vieira, Simone Aparecida , Aragão, Luiz , Arets, Eric , Aymard C, Gerardo A. , Baccaro, Fabrício , Bakker, Yvonne Vanessa , Baker, Timothy R. , Bánki, Olaf , Baraloto, Christopher , de Camargo, Plínio Barbosa , Berenguer, Erika , Blanc, Lilian , Bonal, Damien , Bongers, Frans , Bordin, Kauane Maiara , Brienen, Roel , Brown, Foster , Prestes, Nayane Cristina C.S. , Castilho, Carolina V. , Ribeiro, Sabina Cerruto , de Souza, Fernanda Coelho , Comiskey, James A. , Valverde, Fernando Cornejo , Müller, Sandra Cristina , da Costa Silva, Richarlly , do Vale, Julio Daniel , de Andrade Kamimura, Vitor , de Oliveira Perdiz, Ricardo , Del Aguila Pasquel, Jhon , Derroire, Géraldine , Di Fiore, Anthony , Disney, Mathias , Farfan-Rios, William , Fauset, Sophie , Feldpausch, Ted R. , Ramos, Rafael Flora , Llampazo, Gerardo Flores , Martins, Valéria Forni , Fortunel, Claire , Cabrera, Karina Garcia , Barroso, Jorcely Gonçalves , Hérault, Bruno , Herrera, Rafael , Honorio Coronado, Eurídice N. , Huamantupa-Chuquimaco, Isau , Pipoly, John J. , Zanini, Katia Janaina , Jiménez, Eliana , Joly, Carlos A. , Kalamandeen, Michelle , Klipel, Joice , Levesley, Aurora , Oviedo, Wilmar Lopez , Magnusson, William E. , Dos Santos, Rubens Manoel , Marimon, Beatriz Schwantes , Marimon-Junior, Ben Hur , de Almeida Reis, Simone Matias , Melo Cruz, Omar Aurelio , Mendoza, Abel Monteagudo , Morandi, Paulo , Muscarella, Robert , Nascimento, Henrique , Neill, David A. , Menor, Imma Oliveras , Palacios, Walter A. , Palacios-Ramos, Sonia , Pallqui Camacho, Nadir Carolina , Pardo, Guido , Pennington, R.T. , de Oliveira Pereira, Luciana , Pickavance, Georgia , Picolotto, Rayana Caroline , Pitman, Nigel C.A. , Prieto, Adriana , Quesada, Carlos , Ramírez-Angulo, Hirma , Réjou-Méchain, Maxime , Correa, Zorayda Restrepo , Reyna Huaymacari, José Manuel , Rodriguez, Carlos Reynel , Rivas-Torres, Gonzalo , Roopsind, Anand , Rudas, Agustín , Salgado Negret, Beatriz , van der Sande, Masha T. , Santana, Flávia Delgado , Maës Santos, Flavio Antonio , Bergamin, Rodrigo Scarton , Silman, Miles R. , Silva, Camila , Espejo, Javier Silva , Silveira, Marcos , Souza, Fernanda Cristina , Sullivan, Martin J.P. , Swamy, Varun , Talbot, Joey , Terborgh, John J. , van der Meer, Peter J. , van der Heijden, Geertje , van Ulft, Bert , Martinez, Rodolfo Vasquez , Vedovato, Laura , Vleminckx, Jason , Vos, Vincent Antoine , Wortel, Verginia , Zuidema, Pieter A. , Zwerts, Joeri A. , Laurance, Susan G.W. , Laurance, William F. , Chave, Jerôme , Dalling, James W. , Barlow, Jos , Poorter, Lourens , Enquist, Brian J. , Ter Steege, Hans , Phillips, Oliver L. , Galbraith, David , Malhi, Yadvinder Science (New York, N.Y.) (2025), Volume: 387, Issue: 6738 - ISSN 0036-8075 -
Functional composition of the Amazonian tree flora and forests
Ter Steege, Hans , Poorter, Lourens , Aguirre-Gutiérrez, Jesús , Fortunel, Claire , Magnusson, William E. , Phillips, Oliver L. , Pos, Edwin , Luize, Bruno Garcia , Baraloto, Chris , Guevara, Juan Ernesto , Endara, María José , Baker, Tim R. , Umaña, Maria Natalia , van der Sande, Masha , Pombo, Maihyra Marina , McGlone, Matt , Draper, Freddie C. , do Amaral, Iêda Leão , de Souza Coelho, Luiz , Wittmann, Florian , de Almeida Matos, Francisca Dionízia , de Andrade Lima Filho, Diógenes , Salomão, Rafael P. , Castilho, Carolina V. , de Jesus Veiga Carim, Marcelo , Piedade, Maria Teresa Fernandez , Sabatier, Daniel , Molino, Jean François , Demarchi, Layon O. , Cardenas Revilla, Juan David , Schöngart, Jochen , Irume, Mariana Victória , Martins, Maria Pires , da Silva Guimarães, José Renan , Ramos, José Ferreira , Bánki, Olaf S. , Quaresma, Adriano Costa , Pitman, Nigel C.A. , Peres, Carlos A. , de Jesus Rodrigues, Domingos , Hawes, Joseph E. , Almeida, Everton José , Barbosa, Luciane Ferreira , Cavalheiro, Larissa , Santos, Márcia Cléia Vilela Dos , Moraes de Leão Novo, Evlyn Márcia , Vargas, Percy Núñez , Silva, Thiago Sanna Freire , Venticinque, Eduardo Martins , Manzatto, Angelo Gilberto , Reis, Neidiane Farias Costa , Terborgh, John , Casula, Katia Regina , Honorio Coronado, Euridice N. , Monteagudo Mendoza, Abel , Carlos Montero, Juan , De Souza, Cintia Rodrigues , Neves de Oliveira, Marcus Vinicio , Costa, Flávia R.C. , Engel, Julien , Feldpausch, Ted R. , Castaño Arboleda, Nicolás , Durgante, Flávia Machado , Zartman, Charles Eugene , Killeen, Timothy J. , Marimon, Beatriz S. , Marimon-Junior, Ben Hur , Vasquez, Rodolfo , Mostacedo, Bonifacio , Assis, Rafael L. , do Amaral, Dário Dantas , Castellanos, Hernán , Householder, John Ethan , de Medeiros, Marcelo Brilhante , Simon, Marcelo Fragomeni , Andrade, Ana , Camargo, José Luís , Laurance, Susan G.W. , Laurance, William F. , Rincón, Lorena Maniguaje , Mori, Gisele Biem , Schietti, Juliana , Sousa, Thaiane R. , de Sousa Farias, Emanuelle , Lopes, Maria Aparecida , Magalhães, José Leonardo Lima , Nascimento, Henrique Eduardo Mendonça , de Queiroz, Helder Lima , Vasconcelos, Caroline C. , Aymard C, Gerardo A. , Brienen, Roel , de Sousa Assis, Pâmella Leite , Gris, Darlene , Ribeiro, Karoline Aparecida Felix , Stevenson, Pablo R. , Araujo-Murakami, Alejandro , Cintra, Bruno Barçante Ladvocat , Feitosa, Yuri Oliveira , Mogollón, Hugo F. , Silman, Miles R. , Ferreira, Leandro Valle , Lozada, José Rafael , Comiskey, James A. , de Toledo, José Julio , Damasco, Gabriel , García-Villacorta, Roosevelt , Lopes, Aline , Rios Paredes, Marcos , Vicentini, Alberto , Vieira, Ima Célia Guimarães , Cornejo Valverde, Fernando , Alonso, Alfonso , Arroyo, Luzmila , Dallmeier, Francisco , Gomes, Vitor H.F. , Huari, William Nauray , Neill, David , Peñuela Mora, Maria Cristina , de Aguiar, Daniel P.P. , Barbosa, Flávia Rodrigues , Bredin, Yennie K. , de Sá Carpanedo, Rainiellen , Carvalho, Fernanda Antunes , de Souza, Fernanda Coelho , Feeley, Kenneth J. , Gribel, Rogerio , Haugaasen, Torbjørn , Noronha, Janaína Costa , Pansonato, Marcelo Petratti , Pipoly, John J. , Barlow, Jos , Berenguer, Erika , da Silva, Izaias Brasil , Ferreira, Joice , Ferreira, Maria Julia , Fine, Paul V.A. , Guedes, Marcelino Carneiro , Levis, Carolina , Carlos Licona, Juan , Zegarra, Boris Eduardo Villa , Vos, Vincent Antoine , Cerón, Carlos , Fonty, Émile , Henkel, Terry W. , Huamantupa-Chuquimaco, Isau , Silveira, Marcos , Stropp, Juliana , Thomas, Raquel , Daly, Doug , Dexter, Kyle G. , Milliken, William , Molina, Guido Pardo , Pennington, Toby , Albuquerque, Bianca Weiss , Campelo, Wegliane , Claros, Alfredo Fuentes , Klitgaard, Bente , Pena, José Luis Marcelo , Montenegro, Luis Torres , Tello, J.S. , Vriesendorp, Corine , Chave, Jerome , Di Fiore, Anthony , Hilário, Renato Richard , de Oliveira Pereira, Luciana , Phillips, Juan Fernando , Rivas-Torres, Gonzalo , van Andel, Tinde R. , von Hildebrand, Patricio , Balee, William , Barbosa, Edelcilio Marques , de Matos Bonates, Luiz Carlos , Dávila Doza, Hilda Paulette , Zárate Gómez, Ricardo , Gonzales, George Pepe Gallardo , Gonzales, Therany , Hoffman, Bruce , Junqueira, André Braga , Malhi, Yadvinder , de Andrade Miranda, Ires Paula , Pinto, Linder Felipe Mozombite , Prieto, Adriana , Rudas, Agustín , Ruschel, Ademir R. , Silva, Natalino , Vela, César I.A. , Zent, Egleé L. , Zent, Stanford , Cano, Angela , Carrero Márquez, Yrma Andreina , Correa, Diego F. , Costa, Janaina Barbosa Pedrosa , Flores, Bernardo Monteiro , Galbraith, David , Holmgren, Milena , Kalamandeen, Michelle , Lobo, Guilherme , Mori Vargas, Tony , Nascimento, Marcelo Trindade , Oliveira, Alexandre A. , Ramirez-Angulo, Hirma , Rocha, Maira , Scudeller, Veridiana Vizoni , van der Heijden, Geertje , Torre, Emilio Vilanova , Baider, Cláudia , Balslev, Henrik , Cárdenas, Sasha , Casas, Luisa Fernanda , Farfan-Rios, William , Linares-Palomino, Reynaldo , Mendoza, Casimiro , Mesones, Italo , Parada, Germaine Alexander , Torres-Lezama, Armando , Villarroel, Daniel , Zagt, Roderick , Alexiades, Miguel N. , de Oliveira, Edmar Almeida , Fortier, Riley P. , Garcia-Cabrera, Karina , Hernandez, Lionel , Cuenca, Walter Palacios , Pansini, Susamar , Pauletto, Daniela , Arevalo, Freddy Ramirez , Sampaio, Adeilza Felipe , Valderrama Sandoval, Elvis H. , Gamarra, Luis Valenzuela , Levesley, Aurora , Pickavance, Georgia Communications Biology (2025), Volume: 8 - ISSN 2399-3642 -
Rapid conservation assessment of Boswellia sacra in Oman reveals complex threat and population patterns
Johnson, Stephen , Said, Ali Bait , Vahalík, Petr , Karas, Lukáš , Willson, Maïa Sarrouf , Bongers, Frans Journal of Arid Environments (2025), Volume: 229 - ISSN 0140-1963 -
Unlocking the geography of Azobé timber (Lophira alata) : revealing spatial genetic structure beyond species boundaries
Rocha Venancio Meyer-Sand, Barbara , Boeschoten, Laura E. , Bouka, Gaël U.D. , Ciliane-Madikou, Jannici C.U. , de Groot, G.A. , de Vries, Nathalie , Engone Obiang, Nestor L. , Esselink, Danny , Guieshon-Engongoro, Mesly , Hardy, Olivier J. , Jansen, Simon , Loumeto, Joël J. , Mbika, D.M.M.F. , Moundounga, Cynel G. , Ndiade-Bourobou, Dyana , Ndangani, Rita M.D. , Smulders, Marinus J.M. , Tassiamba, Steve N. , Tchamba, Martin T. , Toumba-Paka, Bijoux B.L. , Zanguim, Herman T. , Zemtsa, Pascaline T. , Zuidema, Pieter A. BMC Plant Biology (2025), Volume: 25 - ISSN 1471-2229 -
Phylogenetic conservatism in the relationship between functional and demographic characteristics in Amazon tree taxa
Sanchez-Martinez, Pablo , Dexter, Kyle G. , Draper, Freddie C. , Baraloto, Chris , Leão do Amaral, Iêda , de Souza Coelho, Luiz , de Almeida Matos, Francisca Dionízia , de Andrade Lima Filho, Diógenes , Salomão, Rafael P. , Wittmann, Florian , Castilho, Carolina V. , de Jesus Veiga Carim, Marcelo , Guevara, Juan Ernesto , Phillips, Oliver L. , Magnusson, William E. , Sabatier, Daniel , Cardenas Revilla, Juan David , Molino, Jean François , Irume, Mariana Victória , Pires Martins, Maria , da Silva Guimarães, José Renan , Ferreira Ramos, José , Bánki, Olaf S. , Fernandez Piedade, Maria Teresa , Cárdenas López, Dairon , Pitman, Nigel C.A. , Demarchi, Layon O. , Schöngart, Jochen , Garcia Luize, Bruno , Moraes de Leão Novo, Evlyn Márcia , Núñez Vargas, Percy , Freire Silva, Thiago Sanna , Martins Venticinque, Eduardo , Manzatto, Angelo Gilberto , Costa Reis, Neidiane Farias , Terborgh, John , Casula, Katia Regina , Honorio Coronado, Euridice N. , Monteagudo Mendoza, Abel , Montero, Juan Carlos , Costa, Flávia R.C. , Feldpausch, Ted R. , Costa Quaresma, Adriano , Castaño Arboleda, Nicolás , Zartman, Charles Eugene , Killeen, Timothy J. , Marimon, Beatriz S. , Marimon-Junior, Ben Hur , Vasquez, Rodolfo , Mostacedo, Bonifacio , Assis, Rafael L. , Dantas do Amaral, Dário , Engel, Julien , Castellanos, Hernán , Brilhante de Medeiros, Marcelo , Fragomeni Simon, Marcelo , Andrade, Ana , Camargo, José Luís , Laurance, William F. , Laurance, Susan G.W. , Maniguaje Rincón, Lorena , Schietti, Juliana , Sousa, Thaiane R. , de Sousa Farias, Emanuelle , Lopes, Maria Aparecida , Lima Magalhães, José Leonardo , Mendonça Nascimento, Henrique Eduardo , Lima de Queiroz, Helder , Aymard, Gerardo , Brienen, Roel , Stevenson, Pablo R. , Araujo-Murakami, Alejandro , Barçante Ladvocat Cintra, Bruno , Baker, Tim R. , Oliveira Feitosa, Yuri , Mogollón, Hugo F. , Peres, Carlos A. , Silman, Miles R. , Ferreira, Leandro Valle , Lozada, José Rafael , Comiskey, James A. , de Toledo, José Julio , Damasco, Gabriel , Dávila, Nállarett , García-Villacorta, Roosevelt , Lopes, Aline , Vicentini, Alberto , Cornejo Valverde, Fernando , Alonso, Alfonso , Arroyo, Luzmila , Dallmeier, Francisco , Gomes, Vitor H.F. , Neill, David , Peñuela Mora, Maria Cristina , Costa Noronha, Janaína , de Aguiar, Daniel P.P. , Rodrigues Barbosa, Flávia , Bredin, Yennie K. , de Sá Carpanedo, Rainiellen , Antunes Carvalho, Fernanda , Coelho de Souza, Fernanda , Feeley, Kenneth J. , Gribel, Rogerio , Haugaasen, Torbjørn , Hawes, Joseph E. , Petratti Pansonato, Marcelo , Pipoly, John J. , Ríos Paredes, Marcos , de Jesus Rodrigues, Domingos , Barlow, Jos , Berenguer, Erika , Brasil da Silva, Izaias , Ferreira, Maria Julia , Ferreira, Joice , Fine, Paul V.A. , Carneiro Guedes, Marcelino , Levis, Carolina , Licona, Juan Carlos , Villa Zegarra, Boris Eduardo , Vos, Vincent Antoine , Cerón, Carlos , Machado Durgante, Flávia , Fonty, Émile , Henkel, Terry W. , Householder, John Ethan , Huamantupa-Chuquimaco, Isau , Silveira, Marcos , Stropp, Juliana , Thomas, Raquel , Daly, Doug , Milliken, William , Pardo Molina, Guido , Pennington, Toby , Guimarães Vieira, Ima Célia , Weiss Albuquerque, Bianca , Campelo, Wegliane , Fuentes, Alfredo , Klitgaard, Bente , Marcelo Pena, José Luis , Tello, J.S. , Vriesendorp, Corine , Chave, Jerome , Di Fiore, Anthony , Hilário, Renato Richard , de Oliveira Pereira, Luciana , Phillips, Juan Fernando , Rivas-Torres, Gonzalo , van Andel, Tinde R. , von Hildebrand, Patricio , Balee, William , Marques Barbosa, Edelcilio , de Matos Bonates, Luiz Carlos , Dávila Doza, Hilda Paulette , Zárate Gómez, Ricardo , Gonzales, Therany , Gallardo Gonzales, George Pepe , Hoffman, Bruce , Braga Junqueira, André , Malhi, Yadvinder , de Andrade Miranda, Ires Paula , Mozombite Pinto, Linder Felipe , Prieto, Adriana , Rudas, Agustín , Ruschel, Ademir R. , Silva, Natalino , Vela, César I.A. , Zent, Stanford , Zent, Egleé L. , Cano, Angela , Carrero Márquez, Yrma Andreina , Correa, Diego F. , Pedrosa Costa, Janaina Barbosa , Monteiro Flores, Bernardo , Galbraith, David , Holmgren, Milena , Kalamandeen, Michelle , Lobo, Guilherme , Montenegro, Luis Torres , Trindade Nascimento, Marcelo , Oliveira, Alexandre A. , Pombo, Maihyra Marina , Ramirez-Angulo, Hirma , Rocha, Maira , Vizoni Scudeller, Veridiana , Umaña, Maria Natalia , van der Heijden, Geertje , Vilanova Torre, Emilio , Baider, Cláudia , Balslev, Henrik , Cárdenas, Sasha , Casas, Luisa Fernanda , Farfan-Rios, William , Ferreira, Cid , Linares-Palomino, Reynaldo , Mendoza, Casimiro , Mesones, Italo , Parada, Germaine Alexander , Torres-Lezama, Armando , Villarroel, Daniel , Zagt, Roderick , Alexiades, Miguel N. , Almeida de Oliveira, Edmar , Fortier, Riley P. , Garcia-Cabrera, Karina , Hernandez, Lionel , Cuenca, Walter Palacios , Pansini, Susamar , Pauletto, Daniela , Ramirez Arevalo, Freddy , Felipe Sampaio, Adeilza , Valderrama Sandoval, Elvis H. , Valenzuela Gamarra, Luis , van der Sande, Masha , Poorter, Lourens , ter Steege, Hans Functional Ecology (2025), Volume: 39, Issue: 1 - ISSN 0269-8463 - p. 181-198.