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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Latest PhD dissertations
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Different shades of green : From quantity to quality for improving tropical forest restoration
Wageningen University. Promotor(en): L. Poorter, co-promotor(en): P.H.S. Brancalion, E.M. Veenendaal, H.M. Bartholomeus - Wageningen: Wageningen University - ISBN: 9789465106106 -
Drivers and mechanisms of tropical secondary forest succession
Wageningen University. Promotor(en): Lourens Poorter, co-promotor(en): Masha T. van der Sande, Lucy Amissah - Wageningen: Wageningen University -
Timber tales: tracing the origin and species identity of African timbers using plastid genomes
Wageningen University. Promotor(en): P.A. Zuidema, co-promotor(en): M.J.M. Smulders, G.A. de Groot - Wageningen: Wageningen University
Latest publications
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Quantifying past forest cover and biomass changes in the Ecuadorian Amazon
New Phytologist (2025), Volume: 245, Issue: 1 - ISSN 0028-646X - p. 141-153. -
Socio-Economic and Ecological Factors Influencing Rulemaking for Community-Based Forest Management : A Study on Aguaje (Mauritia Flexuosa) in the Peatlands of the Pastaza Marañon Foreland Basin, Peru
International Journal of the Commons (2025), Volume: 19, Issue: 1 - ISSN 1875-0281 - p. 83-99. -
Mining tailings severely impact plant communities in a rainforest watershed
Anthropocene (2025), Volume: 49 - ISSN 2213-3054 -
Landscape diversity promotes landscape functioning in North America
Communications Earth & Environment (2025), Volume: 6, Issue: 1 - ISSN 2662-4435 -
Canopy openness rather than tree species determines atmospheric deposition into forests
Science of the Total Environment (2025), Volume: 958 - ISSN 0048-9697