Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group
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.
Chair holder
News
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Frank Sterck appointed as professor holding a personal chair in Forest Ecology and Forest Management
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Forests with variations in traits absorb more carbon
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African tropical montane forests store more carbon than was thought
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Deforestation in the world's largest tropical island: what does the future hold?
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Excellent Education Awards for FEM
In the media
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Latest PhD dissertations
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Plant species distribution along an elevational gradient in the Himalayas, Nepal : On drivers, mechanisms and the effects of climate change
Wageningen University. Promotor(en): L. Poorter; F.J. Sterck, co-promotor(en): N. Raes. - Wageningen : Wageningen University - ISBN 9789463439343 - p. -
Conifer tree species differ in traits, growth, and drought resilience
Wageningen University. Promotor(en): L. Poorter; F. Sterck. - Wageningen : Wageningen University - ISBN 9789463959773 - p. -
Dead wood is a source of life : Stem traits, fungal communities, and stem decomposition of temperate tree species
Wageningen University. Promotor(en): L. Poorter; F. J. Sterck, co-promotor(en): U.G.W. Sass-Klaassen. - Wageningen : Wageningen University - ISBN 9789463959728 - p.
Latest publications
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Farm diversity and fine scales matter in the assessment of ecosystem services and land use scenarios
Agricultural Systems 196 (2022). - ISSN 0308-521X -
Continuous monitoring of forest change dynamics with satellite time series
Remote Sensing of Environment 269 (2022). - ISSN 0034-4257 -
Climate-growth relations of congeneric tree species vary across a tropical vegetation gradient in Brazil
Dendrochronologia 71 (2022). - ISSN 1125-7865 -
Joint effects of climate, tree size, and year on annual tree growth derived from tree-ring records of ten globally distributed forests
Global Change Biology 28 (2022)1. - ISSN 1354-1013 - p. 245 - 266. -
Climate-driven, but dynamic and complex? A reconciliation of competing hypotheses for species’ distributions
Ecology Letters 25 (2022)1. - ISSN 1461-023X - p. 38 - 51.