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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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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 -
Impacts of harvesting practices on nutrient balances of forests under high nitrogen deposition
Wageningen University. Promotor(en): F.J. Sterck, W. de Vries, co-promotor(en): J. den Ouden, M.R. Hoosbeek - Wageningen: Wageningen University
Latest publications
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Restoring deforested drylands for a wetter future – harnessing trees for credits, climate and water
Frontiers in Forests and Global Change (2024), Volume: 7 - ISSN 2624-893X -
Crown cover of a dominant pioneer legume affects tree species regeneration in a secondary tropical dry forest
Botanical Sciences (2024), Volume: 100, Issue: 1 - ISSN 2007-4298 -
Facilitation: Isotopic evidence that wood-boring beetles drive the trophic diversity of secondary decomposers
Soil Biology and Biochemistry (2024), Volume: 192 - ISSN 0038-0717 -
Fencing improves the establishment and growth of Boswellia papyrifera (Del.) Hochst wildlings
Journal of Tropical Ecology (2024), Volume: 40 - ISSN 0266-4674 -
Predictive mapping of tree species assemblages in an African montane rainforest
Biotropica (2024), Volume: 56, Issue: 2 - ISSN 0006-3606