Back to profile Contact person for... - prof.dr.ir. L (Lourens) Poorter News The integration of empirical, remote sensing and modelling approaches enhances insight in the role of biodiversity in climate change mitigation by tropical forests 20 maart 2017 | An article of Masha van der Sande, Lourens Poorter, Patricia Balvanera, Lammert Kooistra, Kirsten Thonicke, Alice Boit, Loïc Dutrieux, Julian... Plant diversity is a key factor to the resilience of Amazon forests 9 september 2016 | Climate change threatens ecosystems worldwide, yet their potential future resilience remains largely unquantified. In a new study an international... Regrowing secondary tropical forests sequester large amounts of carbon 23 mei 2016 | The climate top in Paris focused on how we can reduce climate change by reducing carbon emissions, or by increasing carbon uptake. It now turns out... Secondary tropical forests sequester large amounts of carbon 3 februari 2016 | Regrowing secondary tropical forests rapidly sequester carbon. An international team of forest researchers led by researchers from Wageningen... Tree functional traits have globally consistent effects on competition 23 december 2015 | The most extensive study on tree competition to date has revealed wood density, specific leaf area and maximum height affect competition in... Previous1234Next