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Is freezing tolerance the main determinant of species' altitudinal limits?
This thesis will be carried out within the framework of a PhD research entitled: Climatic effects on plant species distribution along an altitudinal gradient in Nepal.
It is becoming more and more evident that climate change is ...
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Ir. Lourens Poorter or Dr. Ir. Frank Sterck
Department: Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group |
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Origin matters! Drought susceptibility of commercial Douglas Fir provenances
Can also be done as internship (24-27ects)
Douglas fir is a relevant timber species in European forestry. It grows well and produces valuable timber. The challenge for foresters is to choose those Douglas fir provenances for pl ...
Supervisor: dr. UGW (Ute) Sass-Klaassen
Centre for Genetic Resources, the Netherlands: Dr. P (Paul) Copini
Department: Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group |
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Tough oaks for future forest: selection suitable oak provenances for Dutch forestry
Can also be done as internship (24-27 ects)
Pedunculate oak is a relevant timber species in European forestry. The challenge for foresters is to choose those oak provenances for planting, which will perform well also in a chang ...
Supervisor: dr. UGW (Ute) Sass-Klaassen
Centre for Genetic Resources, the Netherlands (CGN): Dr. P (Paul) Copini
Department: Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group |
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Leaf harvesting and resin tapping of African mahogany trees: how sustainable is it?
Internship or MSC thesis
Local people harvest wild plants for their living in heterogeneous, fragmented landscapes in the Tropics. In Western Africa, the collection of products from the African mahogany tree (Khaya senegalensis ...
Supervisor: FEM group: Dr. Pieter (P.A.) Zuidema, Dr. Ute (U.) Sass-Klaassen
Other organisation: Dr. Orou G. Gaoue (University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA)
Department: Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group |
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What is the biomass of tropical rainforest trees?
Tropical forests store a quarter of all terrestrial biomass and play therefore an important role in the global carbon cycle. Much of the biomass in stored in giant emergent trees. Yet, estimations of carbon storage remain highly u ...
Supervisor: FEM group: , Lourens Poorter,
Department: Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group |
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The genetic base of plant functional traits
The potential of plant functional traits to adapt genetically to changes in environmental conditions strongly depends on genetic factors such as heritability, number of loci affecting the trait and number of alleles per locus, as ...
Supervisor: FEM group: Prof. Dr. K. (Koen) Kramer and Prof. Dr. L. (Lourens) Poorter
Department: Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group |
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Drought resistance of chestnut growing in Dutch forests
Also possible as MSc internship
Chestnut (Castanea sativa) is discussed as interesting species if it comes to making Dutch forest more resilient to climate change. By applying tree-ring research it becomes possible to check the ...
Supervisor: dr.ir. P (Paul) Copini dr. UGW (Ute) Sass-Klaassen
Department: Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group |
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Wild service tree (Sorbus torminalis) - an interesting species for Dutch forests?
The Wild service tree (Sorbus torminalis) is discussed as interesting species to be planted in Dutch forest, because it is known to be drought resistant. Yet, also other factors are relevant to select for this species to be introd ...
Supervisor: dr.ir. P (Paul) Copini dr. UGW (Ute) Sass-Klaassen
Department: Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group |
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Forensic tracing of tropical timber
Also suitable as BSc thesis topic
Up to 50% of the tropical timber traded at the European market is of illegal origin. Developing rapid and reliable methods for independently verifying claims of origin of tropical timber will h ...
Supervisor: FEM group: Prof Dr Pieter A. Zuidema
Other organisation: Dr Arjen GA de Groot, Animal ecology, Alterrra
Department: Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group |
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