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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ERC Starting Grant for research on natural regeneration
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Human activity impacts wildlife in protected tropical areas
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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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Latest PhD dissertations
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Chemical methods for timber tracing
Wageningen University. Promotor(en): P.A. Zuidema, co-promotor(en): U.G.W. Sass-Klaassen, M. Vlam - Wageningen: Wageningen University - ISBN: 9789464477689 -
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
Latest publications
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Water Lifting and Outflow Gain of Kinetic Energy in Tropical Cyclones
Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences (2023), Volume: 80, Issue: 8 - ISSN 0022-4928 - p. 1905-1921. -
Global disparity of camera trap research allocation and defaunation risk of terrestrial mammals
Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation (2023) - ISSN 2056-3485 -
MODIS Time Series Reveal New Maximum Records of Defoliated Area by Ormiscodes amphimone in Deciduous Nothofagus Forests, Southern Chile
Remote Sensing (2023), Volume: 15, Issue: 14 - ISSN 2072-4292 -
Branching responses to pruning in young cocoa trees
Scientia Horticulturae (2023), Volume: 322 - ISSN 0304-4238 - p. 112439-112439. -
Flood pulses and fish species coexistence in tropical rivers - a theoretical food web model
Environmental Biology of Fishes (2023), Volume: 106, Issue: 8 - ISSN 0378-1909 - p. 1785-1796.