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High resolution tree growth responses to extreme drought events
Also possible as MSc internship
High resolution tree growth measurements as conducted by dendrometers provide us to study tree responses to extreme climate factors, such as drought, with high temporal resolution. In the Netherl ...
Supervisor: dr. UGW (Ute) Sass-Klaassen; dr.ir. P (Paul) Copini;
Department: Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group |
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Resilience of old-growth tropical dry forests: assessment and drivers
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Severe droughts associated to El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) events are known to have a devastating effect on tropical forest ecosystems in the Americas. High biodiversity is thought to prod ...
Supervisor: FEM group: R (Rodrigo) Muñoz Aviles, FJJM (Frans) Bongers
Other organisation: JA (Jorge) Meave
Department: Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group |
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How can we trace the origin of tropical timber? A quantitative literature review
Also possible as MSc internship
Illegal timber trade is a huge environmental problem, and is often associated with organized crime and deforestation. Legislation to fight illegal timber trade exist, but their enforcement requi ...
Supervisor: prof.dr. PA (Pieter) Zuidema
dr. M (Mart) Vlam
Department: Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group |
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Reforesting tropical landscapes: a large-scale demographic study using satellite images in Panama
Also possible as internship.
Secondary forest growth has the potential to restore ecosystem functions to millions of hectares of degraded land. As a consequence, forest restoration at the landscape scale has become a conservati ...
Supervisor: FEM group: Prof. Dr. Pieter (P.A.) Zuidema
Other organisation: MSc Cristina Barber and Dr. Trevor Caughlin ( Boise State University, Idaho, USA)
Department: Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group |
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Effects of forest management on soil respiration
Forest management has both positive and negative effects on soil processes, resilience and climate change mitigation potential. Therefore long-term monitoring is crucial to confirm which management practices are efficient in incre ...
Supervisor: Wageningen Environmental Research main supervisors:
Sara Filipek
dr. ir. Mart-Jan Schelhaas
FEM group: prof. dr. ir. Gert-Jan Nabuurs
Department: Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group |
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Quantifying the effect of pruning on cocoa (Theobroma cacao) architecture in Ivory Coast
Cocoa (or cacao) is the most important export crop in west African countries: Ivory Coast and Ghana produce 70% of the world production, mostly by smallholder farmers.
Realized yield however falls way below the potential value c ...
Supervisor: A (Ambra) Tosto MSc; Prof. Dr. P.A. (Pieter) Zuidema; Dr. J.B. (Jochem) Evers
Department: Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group |
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Palm regeneration in Bolivia
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In the Barba Azul Nature Reserve, the critically endangered blue-throated macaw depends on the Motacú palm for its survival. Motacú palm populations are however declining due to cattle ranchin ...
Supervisor: Iris Hordijk
Peter van der Sleen
Department: Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group |
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How did the megafaunal collapse in South America affect tree species composition?
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At the end of the Pleistocene, around 12,000 y ago, many large animal species went extinct in South America. Although the causes of this big extinction event remain debated, it likely had great cons ...
Supervisor: FEM group: dr. MT (Masha) van der Sande
Other organisation: dr. Marco Raczka (University of Reading, UK)
Department: Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group |
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