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 (interim)
News
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Tropical forests can handle the heat, up to a point
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Marielos Peña Claros appointed as personal professor in Forest Ecology and Forest Management
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Renewed attention Frankincense in peril
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European forests under heavy pressure from climate change
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Scots pine and Douglas-fir did not grow because of drought 2018: Bas Lerink at NOS News about the impact
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Latest PhD dissertations
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Linking biodiversity, ecosystem services and social actors to promote agroecological transitions
Wageningen University. Promotor(en): M. Peña-Claros; I.M. Cardoso, co-promotor(en): F.J.J.A. Bianchi. - Wageningen : Wageningen University - ISBN 9789463952521 - p. -
The lifecycle of wood from tropical forests in Costa Rica
Wageningen University. Promotor(en): G.M.J. Mohren; P.A. Zuidema. - Wageningen : Wageningen University - ISBN 9789463951487 - p. -
New tools for timber provenancing
Wageningen University. Promotor(en): G.M.J. Mohren; I. García González, co-promotor(en): U.G.W. Sass-Klaassen; J. den Ouden. - Wageningen : Wageningen University - ISBN 9789463951227 - p.
Latest publications
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Litter share and clay content determine soil restoration effects of rich litter tree species in forests on acidified sandy soils
Forest Ecology and Management 474 (2020). - ISSN 0378-1127 -
Rapid Vegetation Succession and Coupled Permafrost Dynamics in Arctic Thaw Ponds in the Siberian Lowland Tundra
Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences 125 (2020)7. - ISSN 2169-8953 -
Scaling relationships among functional traits are similar across individuals, species, and communities
Journal of Vegetation Science 31 (2020)4. - ISSN 1100-9233 - p. 571 - 580. -
Costs and Carbon Benefits of Mangrove Conservation and Restoration : A Global Analysis
Ecological Economics 176 (2020). - ISSN 0921-8009 -
The montane multifunctional landscape: How stakeholders in a biosphere reserve derive benefits and address trade-offs in ecosystem service supply
Ecosystem Services 44 (2020). - ISSN 2212-0416