Projects
The Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group leads or is contributes to many exciting research projects around the world.
This page lists only a selection of ongoing projects.
Ongoing Projects
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Fertilization impacts on interactions between ungulates and trees
Anthropogenic nitrogen deposition leads to eutrophication and soil acidification globally, which may change vegetation composition and cause... -
Biodiversity and recovery of tropical forests across the globe
The aim of PANTROP is to understand the mechanisms underlying tropical forests’ resilience to human disturbance, hereby looking at the effects... -
Understanding restored forests for benefiting people and nature in the Atlantic Forest
Large-scale forest and landscape restoration in the Atlantic Forest region of Brazil needs novel upscaling from thousands to millions of hectares. The... -
Drought resilience of tropical forests
In the Tropics, droughts will increase in intensity and frequency in the future. Nevertheless, how tropical forests will respond to such disturbances... -
PANTROP-Biodiversity and recovery of forest in tropical landscapes
Tropical forests are global hot spots of biodiversity, play key roles in the global carbon and water cycle and deliver crucial ecosystem services but... -
Scenario Evaluation for Sustainable Agro-forestry Management (SESAM)
Among the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) three broad groups coexist: A) articulating demand for further human resource appropriation, B)... -
European Forests & Climate Change – Long-term impacts and wood supply
This project systematically investigates the long term impacts of climate change and forest management on European forests resources. The research is... -
Secondary succession in tropical dry forests
Pioneer Mimosa species dominate the early secondary succession in the tropical dry forest in Mexico.
The effects that these pioneers can have to the... -
TIMTRACE
An estimated 50-90 percent of the traded volume of tropical timber is illegally sourced. To implement new European legislation intended to eliminate... -
Sustainable forest management
The effects of biomass harvest on nutrient budgets, productivity, and resilience of forests on poor sandy soils are unknown, since we lack...