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How did the megafaunal collapse in South America affect tree species composition?
Also possible as Internship
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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TIMTRACE – Forensic timber tracing
Also possible as Internship/BSc thesis
Illegal logging has been an issue for proper forest management, undermining legal timber exploitation and trade. Up to 50% of the tropical timber traded at the European market is at risk t ...
Supervisor: FEM group: Barbara Rocha Venancio Meyer-Sand OR Laura Boeschoten
Department: Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group |
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Land-use dynamics and ecosystem services in an agro-forest frontier in Mexico
This Msc thesis is part of the FOREFRONT program which focuses on agro-forest frontier areas. Agro-forest frontiers are the particularly dynamic borders between forested and agricultural land. The program aims is to link the lands ...
Supervisor: FEM group: Madelon Lohbeck
FSE group: Lucas Carvalho Gomes
Advisor GRS group: Mathieu Decuyper
Department: Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group |
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How do liana functional traits shape liana niches?
Lianas are important component of forest ecosystems, compete with trees, and have a large negative impact on tree diversity and performance, and carbon storage sequestration of the forest.
However, little is known about how liana ...
Supervisor: FEM group: Prof.Dr.Ir. L (Lourens) Poorter OR Dr.Ir. FJ (Frank) Sterck
Other organisation: Yajun Chen and Jiaolin Zhang (Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences)
Department: Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group |
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Functional traits across the world
Several topics on functional traits and tree performance, such as:
How does hydraulics affect trees in the Amazon?
Traits and survival of Bolivian dry & wet species
Traits and distribution of Amazon tree species
Nutriënt s ...
Supervisor: FEM group: Lourens Poorter
Department: Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group |
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Comparative conifer ecology
Several topics on comparative conifer ecology, such as:
How do 30 conifer species cope with drought?
Reproductive strategies of conifer species?
How do native and exotic conifers impact soils?
For more information cont ...
Supervisor: FEM group: Yanyun Song, Lourens Poorter, Frank Sterck
Department: Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group |
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Forest succession and restoration
What? Secondary forests (SF) recover naturally after agricultural use. 25% of all tropical forests are SF.
Why? SF are ideal to study the ecology of succession. SF are important for biodiversity conservation, carbon and water cy ...
Supervisor: Frans Bongers, Lourens Poorter, Marielos Pe�a-Claros, Madelon Lohbeck or Masha van de Sande
Department: Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group |
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Agroforestry thesis or internship projects
Also internships available.
Possible topics include:
Food forests in the Netherlands
Tropical agroforestry in Latin America (Brazil, Mexico)
Agroforestry for restoring degraded agricultural landscapes in Africa & the middl ...
Supervisor: Frans Bongers, Madelon Lohbeck or Pieter Zuidema
Department: Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group |
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