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Publications - prof.dr.ir. L (Lourens) Poorter

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  • Wet and dry tropical forests show opposite successional pathways in wood density but converge over time.
    Poorter, L., Rozendaal, D.M.A., Bongers, F., the 2ndFOR network & Westoby, M. (2019) Nature Ecology and Evolution 3:928-934
  • Biodiversity recovery of Neotropical secondary forests
    Rozendaal, D.M.A., Bongers, F. the 2ndFOR network & Poorter, L. (2019) Science Advances 5 (3): eaau3114
  • Amazonian rainforest tree mortality driven by climate and functional traits
    Aleixo, I., Norris, D., Hemerik, L., Barbosa, A., Prata, E., Costa, F., Poorter, L. (2019) Nature Climate Change 9: 384–388
  • Biomass resilience of Neotropical secondary forests.
    Poorter, L, Bongers, F., 60 others & Rozendaal, D.M.A. (2016) Nature 53:211-214
  • Diversity enhances carbon storage in tropical forests
    Poorter L; van der Sande MT, Thompson J, Arets EJMM, Peña-Claros M and 60 others (2015) Global Ecology and Biogeography 24: 1314-1328.

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  • prof.dr.ir. L (Lourens) Poorter
    prof.dr.ir. L (Lourens) Poorter Personal Professor in Functional Ecology
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Organisation Department of Environmental Sciences
Subdivision Forest Ecology and Forest Management
Post address PO Box 47
6700AA WAGENINGEN
Visitors' Address Droevendaalsesteeg 3
6708PB WAGENINGEN
Telephone number +31317486216
Telephone number +31317486195
Building/room 100/B.135
Messenger number 530
Expertise Biodiversity, Ecology, Forest ecology, Forestry, Plant ecology, Plant physiology, Adaptation, Africa, Tropical forests, Functional biodiversity, Ecosystem services, Secondary forests, South America, Sustainable land use, Functional traits
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