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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News
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Road networks stretch into Congo Basin forests: Satellites and AI help to monitor
September 16, 2024 -
European grants of 2.5 million for WUR professors Liesje Mommer and Thijs Ettema
July 3, 2024 -
IUCN report: Better production practices key to minimising impact vegetable oils
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How do trees survive dry and hot summers? Leaf lifespan and growth recovery are key
April 15, 2024
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Our Research
Our mission is to understand trees and forests in relation to site and climate, and to apply this knowledge to support forest management
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Latest PhD dissertations
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The role of pioneer Mimosa species in secondary succession in Mexican tropical dry forest
Revilla González, Úrsula Salomé Wageningen University. Promotor(en): F.J.J.M. Bongers, J.A. Meave del Castillo, M. Peña Claros - Wageningen: Wageningen University -
Ecophysiology and Nutrition of Cocoa
Adet, Lucette Wageningen University. Promotor(en): N.P.R. Anten, P.A. Zuidema, co-promotor(en): D.M.A. Rozendaal, P. Vaast - Wageningen: Wageningen University - ISBN: 9789464699647 -
Functional ecology in tropical forest restoration
Brouwer, Rens G. Wageningen University. Promotor(en): F.J.J.M. Bongers, M. Peña-Claros, co-promotor(en): P.H.S. Brancalion - Wageningen: Wageningen University
Latest publications
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Canopy openness rather than tree species determines atmospheric deposition into forests
Vos, Marleen A.E. , de Vries, Wim , den Ouden, Jan , Sterck, Frank J. Science of the Total Environment (2025), Volume: 958 - ISSN 0048-9697 -
Tree growth responses to severe droughts for assessment of forest growth potential under future climate
Bouwman, M. , Akhmetzyanov, L. , Mohren, F. , den Ouden, J. , Sass-Klaassen, U. , Copini, P. Forest Ecology and Management (2025), Volume: 578 - ISSN 0378-1127 -
Urbanization associated with greater tree growth declines in urban than in rural forests
Wu, Qian , Zaw, Zaw , Yang, Jinming , Yang, Raoqiong , Li, Zongshan , Hauer, Richard J. , Li, Haifang , Fan, Zexin , Lu, Huicui , Sterck, Frank Urban Forestry and Urban Greening (2025), Volume: 104 - ISSN 1618-8667 -
Incorporating high-resolution climate, remote sensing and topographic data to map annual forest growth in central and eastern Europe
Jevšenak, Jernej , Klisz, Marcin , Mašek, Jiří , Čada, Vojtěch , Janda, Pavel , Svoboda, Miroslav , Vostarek, Ondřej , Treml, Vaclav , van der Maaten, Ernst , Popa, Andrei , Popa, Ionel , van der Maaten-Theunissen, Marieke , Zlatanov, Tzvetan , Scharnweber, Tobias , Ahlgrimm, Svenja , Stolz, Juliane , Sochová, Irena , Roibu, Cătălin Constantin , Pretzsch, Hans , Schmied, Gerhard , Uhl, Enno , Kaczka, Ryszard , Wrzesiński, Piotr , Šenfeldr, Martin , Jakubowski, Marcin , Tumajer, Jan , Wilmking, Martin , Obojes, Nikolaus , Rybníček, Michal , Lévesque, Mathieu , Potapov, Aleksei , Basu, Soham , Stojanović, Marko , Stjepanović, Stefan , Vitas, Adomas , Arnič, Domen , Metslaid, Sandra , Neycken, Anna , Prislan, Peter , Hartl, Claudia , Ziche, Daniel , Horáček, Petr , Krejza, Jan , Mikhailov, Sergei , Světlík, Jan , Kalisty, Aleksandra , Kolář, Tomáš , Lavnyy, Vasyl , Hordo, Maris , Oberhuber, Walter , Levanič, Tom , Mészáros, Ilona , Schneider, Lea , Lehejček, Jiří , Shetti, Rohan , Bošeľa, Michal , Copini, Paul , Koprowski, Marcin , Sass-Klaassen, Ute , Izmir, Şule Ceyda , Bakys, Remigijus , Entner, Hannes , Esper, Jan , Janecka, Karolina , Martinez del Castillo, Edurne , Verbylaite, Rita , Árvai, Mátyás , de Sauvage, Justine Charlet , Čufar, Katarina , Finner, Markus , Hilmers, Torben , Kern, Zoltán , Novak, Klemen , Ponjarac, Radenko , Puchałka, Radosław , Schuldt, Bernhard , Škrk Dolar, Nina , Tanovski, Vladimir , Zang, Christian , Žmegač, Anja , Kuithan, Cornell , Metslaid, Marek , Thurm, Eric , Hafner, Polona , Krajnc, Luka , Bernabei, Mauro , Bojić, Stefan , Brus, Robert , Burger, Andreas , D'Andrea, Ettore , Đorem, Todor , Gławęda, Mariusz , Gričar, Jožica , Gutalj, Marko , Horváth, Emil , Kostić, Saša , Matović, Bratislav , Merela, Maks , Miletić, Boban , Morgós, András , Paluch, Rafał , Pilch, Kamil , Rezaie, Negar , Rieder, Julia , Schwab, Niels , Sewerniak, Piotr , Stojanović, Dejan , Ullmann, Tobias , Waszak, Nella , Zin, Ewa , Skudnik, Mitja , Oštir, Krištof , Rammig, Anja , Buras, Allan Science of the Total Environment (2024), Volume: 913 - ISSN 0048-9697 -
Consistent patterns of common species across tropical tree communities
Cooper, Declan L.M. , Lewis, Simon L. , Sullivan, Martin J.P. , Prado, Paulo I. , ter Steege, Hans , Barbier, Nicolas , Slik, Ferry , Sonké, Bonaventure , Ewango, Corneille E.N. , Adu-Bredu, Stephen , Affum-Baffoe, Kofi , de Aguiar, Daniel P.P. , Ahuite Reategui, Manuel Augusto , Aiba, Shin Ichiro , Albuquerque, Bianca Weiss , de Almeida Matos, Francisca Dionízia , Alonso, Alfonso , Amani, Christian A. , do Amaral, Dário Dantas , do Amaral, Iêda Leão , Andrade, Ana , de Andrade Miranda, Ires Paula , Angoboy, Ilondea B. , Araujo-Murakami, Alejandro , Arboleda, Nicolás Castaño , Arroyo, Luzmila , Ashton, Peter , Aymard C, Gerardo A. , Baider, Cláudia , Baker, Timothy R. , Balinga, Michael Philippe Bessike , Balslev, Henrik , Banin, Lindsay F. , Bánki, Olaf S. , Baraloto, Chris , Barbosa, Edelcilio Marques , Barbosa, Flávia Rodrigues , Barlow, Jos , Bastin, Jean Francois , Beeckman, Hans , Begne, Serge , Bengone, Natacha Nssi , Berenguer, Erika , Berry, Nicholas , Bitariho, Robert , Boeckx, Pascal , Bogaert, Jan , Bonyoma, Bernard , Boundja, Patrick , Bourland, Nils , Boyemba Bosela, Faustin , Brambach, Fabian , Brienen, Roel , Burslem, David F.R.P. , Campelo, Wegliane , Cano, Angela , Cárdenas, Sasha , Cárdenas López, Dairon , de Sá Carpanedo, Rainiellen , Carrero Márquez, Yrma Andreina , Carvalho, Fernanda Antunes , Casas, Luisa Fernanda , Castellanos, Hernán , Castilho, Carolina V. , Cerón, Carlos , Chapman, Colin A. , Chave, Jerome , Chhang, Phourin , Chutipong, Wanlop , Chuyong, George B. , Cintra, Bruno Barçante Ladvocat , Clark, Connie J. , Coelho de Souza, Fernanda , Comiskey, James A. , Coomes, David A. , Cornejo Valverde, Fernando , Correa, Diego F. , Costa, Flávia R.C. , Costa, Janaina Barbosa Pedrosa , Couteron, Pierre , Culmsee, Heike , Cuni-Sanchez, Aida , Dallmeier, Francisco , Damasco, Gabriel , Dauby, Gilles , Dávila, Nállarett , Dávila Doza, Hilda Paulette , De Alban, Jose Don T. , de Assis, Rafael L. , De Canniere, Charles , De Haulleville, Thales , de Jesus Veiga Carim, Marcelo , Demarchi, Layon O. , Dexter, Kyle G. , Di Fiore, Anthony , Din, Hazimah Haji Mohammad , Disney, Mathias I. , Djiofack, Brice Yannick , Djuikouo, Marie Noël K. , Do, Tran Van , Doucet, Jean Louis , Draper, Freddie C. , Droissart, Vincent , Duivenvoorden, Joost F. , Engel, Julien , Estienne, Vittoria , Farfan-Rios, William , Fauset, Sophie , Feeley, Kenneth J. , Feitosa, Yuri Oliveira , Feldpausch, Ted R. , Ferreira, Cid , Ferreira, Joice , Ferreira, Leandro Valle , Fletcher, Christine D. , Flores, Bernardo Monteiro , Fofanah, Alusine , Foli, Ernest G. , Fonty, Émile , Fredriksson, Gabriella M. , Fuentes, Alfredo , Galbraith, David , Gallardo Gonzales, George Pepe , Garcia-Cabrera, Karina , García-Villacorta, Roosevelt , Gomes, Vitor H.F. , Gómez, Ricardo Zárate , Gonzales, Therany , Gribel, Rogerio , Guedes, Marcelino Carneiro , Guevara, Juan Ernesto , Hakeem, Khalid Rehman , Hall, Jefferson S. , Hamer, Keith C. , Hamilton, Alan C. , Harris, David J. , Harrison, Rhett D. , Hart, Terese B. , Hector, Andy , Henkel, Terry W. , Herbohn, John , Hockemba, Mireille B.N. , Hoffman, Bruce , Holmgren, Milena , Honorio Coronado, Euridice N. , Huamantupa-Chuquimaco, Isau , Hubau, Wannes , Imai, Nobuo , Irume, Mariana Victória , Jansen, Patrick A. , Jeffery, Kathryn J. , Jimenez, Eliana M. , Jucker, Tommaso , Junqueira, André Braga , Kalamandeen, Michelle , Kamdem, Narcisse G. , Kartawinata, Kuswata , Kasongo Yakusu, Emmanuel , Katembo, John M. , Kearsley, Elizabeth , Kenfack, David , Kessler, Michael , Khaing, Thiri Toe , Killeen, Timothy J. , Kitayama, Kanehiro , Klitgaard, Bente , Labrière, Nicolas , Laumonier, Yves , Laurance, Susan G.W. , Laurance, William F. , Laurent, Félix , Le, Tinh Cong , Le, Trai Trong , Leal, Miguel E. , Leão de Moraes Novo, Evlyn Márcia , Levesley, Aurora , Libalah, Moses B. , Licona, Juan Carlos , de Andrade Lima Filho, Diógenes , Lindsell, Jeremy A. , Lopes, Aline , Lopes, Maria Aparecida , Lovett, Jon C. , Lowe, Richard , Lozada, José Rafael , Lu, Xinghui , Luambua, Nestor K. , Luize, Bruno Garcia , Maas, Paul , Magalhães, José Leonardo Lima , Magnusson, William E. , Mahayani, Ni Putu Diana , Makana, Jean Remy , Malhi, Yadvinder , Maniguaje Rincón, Lorena , Mansor, Asyraf , Manzatto, Angelo Gilberto , Marimon, Beatriz S. , Marimon-Junior, Ben Hur , Marshall, Andrew R. , Martins, Maria Pires , Mbayu, Faustin M. , de Medeiros, Marcelo Brilhante , Mesones, Italo , Metali, Faizah , Mihindou, Vianet , Millet, Jerome , Milliken, William , Mogollón, Hugo F. , Molino, Jean François , Mohd. Said, Mohd Nizam , Monteagudo Mendoza, Abel , Montero, Juan Carlos , Moore, Sam , Mostacedo, Bonifacio , Mozombite Pinto, Linder Felipe , Mukul, Sharif Ahmed , Munishi, Pantaleo K.T. , Nagamasu, Hidetoshi , Nascimento, Henrique Eduardo Mendonça , Nascimento, Marcelo Trindade , Neill, David , Nilus, Reuben , Noronha, Janaína Costa , Nsenga, Laurent , Núñez Vargas, Percy , Ojo, Lucas , Oliveira, Alexandre A. , de Oliveira, Edmar Almeida , Ondo, Fidèle Evouna , Palacios Cuenca, Walter , Pansini, Susamar , Pansonato, Marcelo Petratti , Paredes, Marcos Ríos , Paudel, Ekananda , Pauletto, Daniela , Pearson, Richard G. , Pena, José Luis Marcelo , Pennington, R.T. , Peres, Carlos A. , Permana, Andrea , Petronelli, Pascal , Peñuela Mora, Maria Cristina , Phillips, Juan Fernando , Phillips, Oliver L. , Pickavance, Georgia , Piedade, Maria Teresa Fernandez , Pitman, Nigel C.A. , Ploton, Pierre , Popelier, Andreas , Poulsen, John R. , Prieto, Adriana , Primack, Richard B. , Priyadi, Hari , Qie, Lan , Quaresma, Adriano Costa , de Queiroz, Helder Lima , Ramirez-Angulo, Hirma , Ramos, José Ferreira , Reis, Neidiane Farias Costa , Reitsma, Jan , Revilla, Juan David Cardenas , Riutta, Terhi , Rivas-Torres, Gonzalo , Robiansyah, Iyan , Rocha, Maira , de Jesus Rodrigues, Domingos , Rodriguez-Ronderos, Elizabeth , Rovero, Francesco , Rozak, Andes H. , Rudas, Agustín , Rutishauser, Ervan , Sabatier, Daniel , Sagang, Le Bienfaiteur , Sampaio, Adeilza Felipe , Samsoedin, Ismayadi , Satdichanh, Manichanh , Schietti, Juliana , Schöngart, Jochen , Scudeller, Veridiana Vizoni , Seuaturien, Naret , Sheil, Douglas , Sierra, Rodrigo , Silman, Miles R. , Silva, Thiago Sanna Freire , da Silva Guimarães, José Renan , Simo-Droissart, Murielle , Simon, Marcelo Fragomeni , Sist, Plinio , Sousa, Thaiane R. , de Sousa Farias, Emanuelle , de Souza Coelho, Luiz , Spracklen, Dominick V. , Stas, Suzanne M. , Steinmetz, Robert , Stevenson, Pablo R. , Stropp, Juliana , Sukri, Rahayu S. , Sunderland, Terry C.H. , Suzuki, Eizi , Swaine, Michael D. , Tang, Jianwei , Taplin, James , Taylor, David M. , Tello, J.S. , Terborgh, John , Texier, Nicolas , Theilade, Ida , Thomas, Duncan W. , Thomas, Raquel , Thomas, Sean C. , Tirado, Milton , Toirambe, Benjamin , de Toledo, José Julio , Tomlinson, Kyle W. , Torres-Lezama, Armando , Tran, Hieu Dang , Tshibamba Mukendi, John , Tumaneng, Roven D. , Umaña, Maria Natalia , Umunay, Peter M. , Urrego Giraldo, Ligia Estela , Valderrama Sandoval, Elvis H. , Valenzuela Gamarra, Luis , van Andel, Tinde R. , van de Bult, Martin , van de Pol, Jaqueline , van der Heijden, Geertje , Vasquez, Rodolfo , Vela, César I.A. , Venticinque, Eduardo Martins , Verbeeck, Hans , Veridiano, Rizza Karen A. , Vicentini, Alberto , Vieira, Ima Célia Guimarães , Vilanova Torre, Emilio , Villarroel, Daniel , Villa Zegarra, Boris Eduardo , Vleminckx, Jason , von Hildebrand, Patricio , Vos, Vincent Antoine , Vriesendorp, Corine , Webb, Edward L. , White, Lee J.T. , Wich, Serge , Wittmann, Florian , Zagt, Roderick , Zang, Runguo , Zartman, Charles Eugene , Zemagho, Lise , Zent, Egleé L. , Zent, Stanford Nature (2024), Volume: 625, Issue: 7996 - ISSN 0028-0836 - p. 728-734.