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Reproductive strategies of tropical tree species
MSc thesis / MSc internship / BSc thesis / BSc internship Tropical forests harbor a tremendous diversity of trees, which are able to coexist because of differences in their life history strategies. Tree species are engaged in a ...
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Lourens Poorter
Department: Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group

Does shade tolerance explain the distribution of wet and dry tropical tree species?
MSc thesis / MSc internship / BSc thesis / BSc internship Species distribution is determined by environmental filters that can determine what species can occur where. Shade and drought are thought to be the two most important e ...
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Lourens Poorter
Department: Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group

Effects of climatic variability on tropical tree populations. How to scale up from tree growth to population viability?
MSc thesis Tree-ring analyses of tropical tree species have shown that years with low rainfall and high temperatures reduce stem growth and may also increase mortality. Climate change will likely increase the frequency and sev ...
Supervisor: Pieter Zuidema & Peter van der Sleen
Department: Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group

Can logged tropical forests be good for climate? Estimating the effect of selective logging on forest carbon worldwide
MSc thesis Exploitation and use of tropical timber from natural forests may lead to net carbon sequestration in forest and products, and thus contribute to climate change mitigation. Within this product chain from forest to co ...
Supervisor: FEM group: Pieter Zuidema
External: Federico Alice Guier, National University of Costa
Rica
Department: Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group

What do ontogenetic changes in wood density tell us about species� functional strategy?
MSc thesis / MSc internship A tree experiences strongly changing pressures during its lifetime. For example, protection from herbivores and other physical damage may be more important in early life stages, whereas support is i ...
Supervisor: Masha van der Sande
Department: Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group

Nutrient balances in tropical trees
MSc thesis / MSc internship Trees compete for the acquisition of nutrients. Nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphorus are crucial for plant growth and survival. Species can have different strategies to deal with (limiting) nut ...
Supervisor: Masha van der Sande
Department: Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group

How accurately can land cover metrics predict land use history?
Land use history is an important factor affecting the rates and dynamics of forest succession. Retrieving land use history information, however is often difficult and information can be incomplete. Landscape metrics, on the oth ...
Supervisor: Catarina Jakovac
Department: Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group

Dynamics of dispersal mode in tree communities during forest restoration after mining
Within a conservation area in the southern Brazilian Amazon there has been large tin mining activity in the past. Since 10 years now, the areas impacted by mining are been restored and monitored annually for vegetation developm ...
Supervisor: Catarina Jakovac
Department: Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group

Ecosystem Services and Economic Benefits Generated by Protected Areas: the Case of Het Loo Royal Estate, Apeldoorn, the Netherlands
MSc / BSc thesis (depending on size / depth of analysis) Forest estates have multiple values and provide a range of ecosystem services, but the business model is generally determined by economic (market) products such as timber ...
Supervisor: Prof.dr.ir. Frits Mohren (FEM) / prof.dr. Lars Hein (ESA) / ir. Arno Willems (KHL)
Department: Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group

Afforestation trial – Wool as fertilizer
We are looking for BSc / MSc thesis students to follow-up on the work summarized below. Research questions will be defined by the student under guidance of supervisory team. Field work on the experimental site in municipality of E ...
Supervisor: FEM group: dr. Maaike de Jong
Other organisation: Gemeente Ermelo & Dirk Jan van Dalfsen
Department: Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group

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