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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The evenness of tree species abundance is key to increasing forest growth
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Fingerprint of wood can help fight illegal trade
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Marielos Peña-Claros appointed co-chair of Science Panel for the Amazon
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Europe's forests increasingly under pressure from climate-driven disturbances
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More than 2 million photos provide important insight into mammal behavior
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Latest PhD dissertations
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Drivers of cocoa yield under current and future climates
Wageningen University. Promotor(en): N.P.R. Anten, P.A. Zuidema, co-promotor(en): D.M.A. Rozendaal, E. Rahn - Wageningen: Wageningen University - ISBN: 9789464476088 -
Understanding rangeland management and the recovery of ecosystem services in tropical agro-forest landscapes
Wageningen University. Promotor(en): T.W. Kuyper; M. Peña Claros, co-promotor(en): M.M. Pulleman; M.E. Gavito Pardo. - Wageningen : Wageningen University - ISBN 9789464475302 - p. -
“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.
Latest publications
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Successional shifts in tree demographic strategies in wet and dry Neotropical forests
Global Ecology and Biogeography (2023), Volume: 32, Issue: 6 - ISSN 1466-822X - p. 1002-1014. -
Resilient forest-based value chains? Econometric analysis of roundwood prices in five European countries in the era of natural disturbances
Forest Policy and Economics (2023), Volume: 153 - ISSN 1389-9341 -
Management of trees and palms in swidden fallows by the Kichwa people in the Ecuadorian Amazon
Environmental Development (2023), Volume: 46 - ISSN 2211-4645 -
A new method for the timber tracing toolbox: Applying multi-element analysis to determine wood origin
Environmental Research Letters (2023), Volume: 18, Issue: 5 - ISSN 1748-9318 -
Forest disturbance and recovery in Peruvian Amazonia
Global Change Biology (2023) - ISSN 1354-1013