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Project properties |
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| Title | Forest recovery in Australia |
| Group | Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group |
| Project type | thesis |
| Credits | 36 |
| Supervisor(s) | Lourens Poorter
Iris Hordijk |
| Examiner(s) | prof. dr. L (Lourens) Poorter |
| Contact info | iris.hordijk@wur.nl (see also: https://www.wur.nl/nl/Personen/Iris-IE-Iris-Hordijk.htm ) |
| Begin date | 2025/09/01 |
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| Description | This MSc thesis focusses on the factors influencing early succession of abandoned pastural lands in Australia.
Fieldwork is planned from mid-October to mid-December and includes vegetation measurements, analyzing soil samples and conducting interviews in the Atherton tablelands. Both 1 year old and newly established plots will be measured in a team. Requirements are a driving license and the willingness to perform fieldwork and digitalize data. This thesis is part of the PANTROP project: https://pantrop-eu.com/ The aim of the PANTROP project is to advance our understanding how human-driven climate change, landscape degradation, and biodiversity loss affect forest recovery. [Biodiversity and functional diversity/Population and forest dynamics/ Forest restoration and succession, Asia, Tropical zone] Corona proof: No |
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| Requirements | - WEC-31806 Ecological Methods I (or any comparable course)
- FEM-30306 Forest Ecology and Forest Management (recommended) |