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.
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News
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Dietary fats, human nutrition and the environment: balance and sustainability
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Glasgow Forest Declaration needs new modes of data ownership
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Wageningen IPCC author: Agriculture and forestry play critical role in solving climate issue
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Heat and drought slow down tropical tree growth
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Indonesian deforestation and palm oil plantation expansion slows down
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Latest PhD dissertations
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“I came here for the land to sustain me”: land-use change and smallholder decisions in a tropical agro-forest frontier
Wageningen University. Promotor(en): F.J.J.M. Bongers, co-promotor(en): G.M. Verschoor; Eduardo García Frapolli. - Wageningen : Wageningen University - ISBN 9789464470512 - p. -
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.
Latest publications
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Vegetative phenologies of lianas and trees in two Neotropical forests with contrasting rainfall regimes
New Phytologist (2022). - ISSN 0028-646X - p. 1 - 15. -
Species-level tree crown maps improve predictions of tree recruit abundance in a tropical landscape
Ecological Applications (2022). - ISSN 1051-0761 -
Lianas and Trees From a Seasonally Dry and a Wet Tropical Forest Did Not Differ in Embolism Resistance but Did Differ in Xylem Anatomical Traits in the Dry Forest
Frontiers in Forests and Global Change 5 (2022). - ISSN 2624-893X -
Seeing the forest through the trees : how tree-level measurements can help understand forest dynamics
New Phytologist 234 (2022)5. - ISSN 0028-646X - p. 1544 - 1546. -
Mexican agricultural frontier communities differ in forest dynamics with consequences for conservation and restoration
Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation (2022). - ISSN 2056-3485