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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prof.dr. RD (Douglas) Sheil Chair holder

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The ecological aspects of clearfelling at different scales in Dutch forests
February 16, 2021
Window frame spares tropical forest
February 15, 2021
DNA of centuries-old timber reveals its origin
January 28, 2021
Douglas Sheil appointed professor of Forest Ecology & Management
January 22, 2021
Restoring part of world’s ecosystems could stave off extinctions and absorb carbon
October 15, 2020

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Climate-proof forests in the Netherlands and Europe
May 8, 2020
Tropical forests as a climate solution
October 25, 2019
Can logging ensure a future-proof forest?
June 28, 2019

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Ecosystem services provided by soils in a Mexican agro-forest landscape
A (Alejandra) Hernandez Guzman
May 11, 2021

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Our Research

Our mission is to understand the growth of trees and forests in relation to site and climate, and to apply this knowledge in support sustainable forest management aimed at provision of ecosystem services.

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Latest PhD dissertations

The ecology of a liana community in a SW Chinese rainforest: functional traits, dynamics, and distribution

Liu, Qi (2021) Wageningen University. Promotor(en): L. Poorter, co-promotor(en): F.J. Sterck; J. Zhang. - Wageningen : Wageningen University - ISBN 9789463957298 - p.
Linking biodiversity, ecosystem services and social actors to promote agroecological transitions

Mancini Teixeira, Heitor (2020) Wageningen University. Promotor(en): M. Peña-Claros; I.M. Cardoso, co-promotor(en): F.J.J.A. Bianchi. - Wageningen : Wageningen University - ISBN 9789463952521 - p.
The lifecycle of wood from tropical forests in Costa Rica

Alice, Federico E. (2019) Wageningen University. Promotor(en): G.M.J. Mohren; P.A. Zuidema. - Wageningen : Wageningen University - ISBN 9789463951487 - p.

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Latest publications

Differential determinants of growth rates in subtropical evergreen and deciduous juvenile trees : Carbon gain, hydraulics and nutrient-use efficiencies

Qi, Jin Hua , Fan, Ze Xin , Fu, Pei Li , Zhang, Yong Jiang , Sterck, Frank (2021) Tree Physiology 41 (2021)1. - ISSN 0829-318X - p. 12 - 23.
Edaphic characteristics drive functional traits distribution in Amazonian floodplain forests

Mori, Gisele Biem , Poorter, Lourens , Schietti, Juliana , Piedade, Maria Teresa Fernandez (2021) Plant Ecology (2021). - ISSN 1385-0237
Author Correction : Tree mode of death and mortality risk factors across Amazon forests

Esquivel-Muelbert, Adriane , Phillips, Oliver L. , Brienen, Roel J.W. , Fauset, Sophie , Sullivan, Martin J.P. , Baker, Timothy R. , Chao, Kuo Jung , Feldpausch, Ted R. , Gloor, Emanuel , Higuchi, Niro , Houwing-Duistermaat, Jeanne , Lloyd, Jon , Liu, Haiyan , Malhi, Yadvinder , Marimon, Beatriz , Marimon Junior, Ben Hur , Monteagudo-Mendoza, Abel , Poorter, Lourens , Silveira, Marcos , Torre, Emilio Vilanova , Dávila, Esteban Alvarez , Aguila Pasquel, Jhon del , Almeida, Everton , Loayza, Patricia Alvarez , Andrade, Ana , Aragão, Luiz E.O.C. , Araujo-Murakami, Alejandro , Arets, Eric , Arroyo, Luzmila , Aymard C, Gerardo A. , Baisie, Michel , Baraloto, Christopher , Camargo, Plínio Barbosa , Barroso, Jorcely , Blanc, Lilian , Bonal, Damien , Bongers, Frans , Boot, René , Brown, Foster , Burban, Benoit , Camargo, José Luís , Castro, Wendeson , Moscoso, Victor Chama , Chave, Jerome , Comiskey, James , Valverde, Fernando Cornejo , Costa, Antonio Lola da , Cardozo, Nallaret Davila , Fiore, Anthony Di , Dourdain, Aurélie , Erwin, Terry , Llampazo, Gerardo Flores , Vieira, Ima Célia Guimarães , Herrera, Rafael , Honorio Coronado, Eurídice , Huamantupa-Chuquimaco, Isau , Jimenez-Rojas, Eliana , Killeen, Timothy , Laurance, Susan , Laurance, William , Levesley, Aurora , Lewis, Simon L. , Ladvocat, Karina Liana Lisboa Melgaço , Lopez-Gonzalez, Gabriela , Lovejoy, Thomas , Meir, Patrick , Mendoza, Casimiro , Morandi, Paulo , Neill, David , Nogueira Lima, Adriano José , Vargas, Percy Nuñez , Oliveira, Edmar Almeida de , Camacho, Nadir Pallqui , Pardo, Guido , Peacock, Julie , Peña-Claros, Marielos , Peñuela-Mora, Maria Cristina , Pickavance, Georgia , Pipoly, John , Pitman, Nigel , Prieto, Adriana , Pugh, Thomas A.M. , Quesada, Carlos , Ramirez-Angulo, Hirma , Almeida Reis, Simone Matias de , Rejou-Machain, Maxime , Correa, Zorayda Restrepo , Bayona, Lily Rodriguez , Rudas, Agustín , Salomão, Rafael , Serrano, Julio , Espejo, Javier Silva , Silva, Natalino , Singh, James , Stahl, Clement , Stropp, Juliana , Swamy, Varun , Talbot, Joey , Steege, Hans ter , Terborgh, John , Thomas, Raquel , Toledo, Marisol , Torres-Lezama, Armando , Gamarra, Luis Valenzuela , Heijden, Geertje van der , Meer, Peter van der , Hout, Peter van der , Martinez, Rodolfo Vasquez , Vieira, Simone Aparecida , Cayo, Jeanneth Villalobos , Vos, Vincent , Zagt, Roderick , Zuidema, Pieter , Galbraith, David (2021) Nature Communications 12 (2021)1. - ISSN 2041-1723
ForestGEO : Understanding forest diversity and dynamics through a global observatory network

Davies, Stuart J. , Abiem, Iveren , Abu Salim, Kamariah , Aguilar, Salomón , Allen, David , Alonso, Alfonso , Anderson-Teixeira, Kristina , Andrade, Ana , Arellano, Gabriel , Ashton, Peter S. , Baker, Patrick J. , Baker, Matthew E. , Baltzer, Jennifer L. , Basset, Yves , Bissiengou, Pulchérie , Bohlman, Stephanie , Bourg, Norman A. , Brockelman, Warren Y. , Bunyavejchewin, Sarayudh , Burslem, David F.R.P. , Cao, Min , Cárdenas, Dairon , Chang, Li Wan , Chang-Yang, Chia Hao , Chao, Kuo Jung , Chao, Wei Chun , Chapman, Hazel , Chen, Yu Yun , Chisholm, Ryan A. , Chu, Chengjin , Chuyong, George , Clay, Keith , Comita, Liza S. , Condit, Richard , Cordell, Susan , Dattaraja, Handanakere S. , Oliveira, Alexandre Adalardo de , Ouden, Jan den , Detto, Matteo , Dick, Christopher , Du, Xiaojun , Duque, Álvaro , Ediriweera, Sisira , Ellis, Erle C. , Obiang, Nestor Laurier Engone , Esufali, Shameema , Ewango, Corneille E.N. , Fernando, Edwino S. , Filip, Jonah , Fischer, Gunter A. , Foster, Robin , Giambelluca, Thomas , Giardina, Christian , Gilbert, Gregory S. , Gonzalez-Akre, Erika , Gunatilleke, I.A.U.N. , Gunatilleke, C.V.S. , Hao, Zhanqing , Hau, Billy C.H. , He, Fangliang , Ni, Hongwei , Howe, Robert W. , Hubbell, Stephen P. , Huth, Andreas , Inman-Narahari, Faith , Itoh, Akira , Janík, David , Jansen, Patrick A. , Jiang, Mingxi , Johnson, Daniel J. , Jones, Andrew , Kanzaki, Mamoru , Kenfack, David , Kiratiprayoon, Somboon , Král, Kamil , Krizel, Lauren , Lao, Suzanne , Larson, Andrew J. , Li, Yide , Li, Xiankun , Litton, Creighton M. , Liu, Yu , Liu, Shirong , Lum, Shawn K.Y. , Luskin, Matthew S. , Lutz, James A. , Luu, Hong Truong , Ma, Keping , Makana, Jean Remy , Malhi, Yadvinder , Martin, Adam , McCarthy, Caly , McMahon, Sean M. , McShea, William J. , Memiaghe, Hervé , Mi, Xiangcheng , Mitre, David , Mohamad, Mohizah , Monks, Logan , Muller-Landau, Helene C. , Musili, Paul M. , Myers, Jonathan A. , Nathalang, Anuttara , Ngo, Kang Min , Norden, Natalia , Novotny, Vojtech , O'Brien, Michael J. , Orwig, David , Ostertag, Rebecca , Papathanassiou, Konstantinos , Parker, Geoffrey G. , Pérez, Rolando , Perfecto, Ivette , Phillips, Richard P. , Pongpattananurak, Nantachai , Pretzsch, Hans , Ren, Haibo , Reynolds, Glen , Rodriguez, Lillian J. , Russo, Sabrina E. , Sack, Lawren , Sang, Weiguo , Shue, Jessica , Singh, Anudeep , Song, Guo Zhang M. , Sukumar, Raman , Sun, I.F. , Suresh, Hebbalalu S. , Swenson, Nathan G. , Tan, Sylvester , Thomas, Sean C. , Thomas, Duncan , Thompson, Jill , Turner, Benjamin L. , Uowolo, Amanda , Uriarte, María , Valencia, Renato , Vandermeer, John , Vicentini, Alberto , Visser, Marco , Vrska, Tomas , Wang, Xugao , Wang, Xihua , Weiblen, George D. , Whitfeld, Timothy J.S. , Wolf, Amy , Wright, Joseph , Xu, Han , Yao, Tze Leong , Yap, Sandra L. , Ye, Wanhui , Yu, Mingjian , Zhang, Minhua , Zhu, Daoguang , Zhu, Li , Zimmerman, Jess K. , Zuleta, Daniel (2021) Biological Conservation 253 (2021). - ISSN 0006-3207
Soil nutrients, canopy gaps and topography affect liana distribution in a tropical seasonal rain forest in southwestern China

Liu, Q. , Sterck, F.J. , Medina Vega, J.A. , Qing Sha, Li , Cao, Min , Bongers, F. , Zhang, Jiao Lin , Poorter, L. (2021) Journal of Vegetation Science 32 (2021)1. - ISSN 1100-9233

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Chair holder

News

The ecological aspects of clearfelling at different scales in Dutch forests

Window frame spares tropical forest

DNA of centuries-old timber reveals its origin

Douglas Sheil appointed professor of Forest Ecology & Management

Restoring part of world’s ecosystems could stave off extinctions and absorb carbon

In the media

Climate-proof forests in the Netherlands and Europe

Tropical forests as a climate solution

Can logging ensure a future-proof forest?

Agenda

Ecosystem services provided by soils in a Mexican agro-forest landscape

Our Research

Latest PhD dissertations

The ecology of a liana community in a SW Chinese rainforest: functional traits, dynamics, and distribution

Linking biodiversity, ecosystem services and social actors to promote agroecological transitions

The lifecycle of wood from tropical forests in Costa Rica

Latest publications

Differential determinants of growth rates in subtropical evergreen and deciduous juvenile trees : Carbon gain, hydraulics and nutrient-use efficiencies

Edaphic characteristics drive functional traits distribution in Amazonian floodplain forests

Author Correction : Tree mode of death and mortality risk factors across Amazon forests

ForestGEO : Understanding forest diversity and dynamics through a global observatory network

Soil nutrients, canopy gaps and topography affect liana distribution in a tropical seasonal rain forest in southwestern China