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Assessing Drought Impact on Tree Growth: Resilience in the Cerrado Biome
Increasing temperatures and drought stress may change the responses of tropical trees to climatic variability. In the dry woody vegetation of the Cerrado biome in Brazil, these effects are expected to be strong because rainfall is ...
Supervisor: prof. Pieter Zuidema
dr. Peter Groenendijk (University of Campinas, Brazil)
Department: Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group |
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How do Brazilian Cerrado trees respond to droughts?
Increasing temperatures and drought stress may change the responses of tropical trees to climatic variability. In the dry woody vegetation of the Cerrado biome in Brazil, these effects are expected to be strong because rainfall is ...
Supervisor: prof.dr. PA (Pieter) Zuidema
dr. Peter Groenendijk (University of Campinas, Brazil)
Department: Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group |
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Drought resistance in Brazilian Cerrado Trees: An assessment of embolism tolerance
Xylem vulnerability to embolism represents an important trait to determine species
distribution patterns and drought resistance. The disruption in water transport reduces the plant's capacity to function properly and can lead to ...
Supervisor: prof.dr. PA (Pieter) Zuidema
dr. Peter Groenendijk (University of Campinas, Brazil)
Department: Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group |
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Resilience of old-growth tropical dry forests: assessment and drivers
Also possible as MSc internship
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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Palm regeneration in Bolivia
Also possible as MSc internship
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?
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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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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Understanding fire resilience of Chiquitano dry forests in Bolivia
Also possible as MSc Internship
Over the last years, the fires in the Amazon have reached global headlines. Although most media attention has focused on Brazil, the rate of deforestation and fire-affected areas have increased ...
Supervisor: FEM group: dr. MT (Masha) van der Sande
Other organisation: Geovana Carreño (Museo de Historia Natural Noel Kempff Mercado, Bolivia)
Department: Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group |
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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 |
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