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Individual increment functions for douglas fir
Kroondomein Het Loo (a large forest estate near Apeldoorn) and the FEM group recently established two marteloscopes in douglas fir stands. Marteloscopes are forests especially designed for doing exercises in forest management. All ...
Supervisor: FEM group: dr.ir. J (Jan) den Ouden
Other organisation: ing. René Olthof, Kroondomein Het Loo
Department: Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group
The wonderful architecture of leaf veins and their role for plant hydraulics
Leaf veins provide not only structure to the leaves, but they are also the irrigation channels through which all water transport occurs. Plant species show an amazing variety in leaf vein architecture, which is not only esthetical ...
Supervisor: FEM group: Lourens Poorter & Frank Sterck
Department: Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group
Carbon Storage in Harvested Wood Products and Timber constructions in the
Netherlands
MSc / BSc thesis (depending on size / depth of analysis)
FEM is involved in quantifying carbon in harvested wood products for a range of
conditions, based on country data on harvested wood, wood use, and HWP lifespan. Previously ...
Supervisor: Prof.dr.ir. Frits Mohren
Department: Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group
Tree crown development in relation to stand density
MSc thesis (BSc thesis)
Thinning interventions often aim at crown expansion of the future crop tree that is
released with the treatment. QD Forest management is a novel management
approach aiming to achieve ‘free growth’ of a t ...
Supervisor: Etiënne Thomassen, Frits Mohren
Department: Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group
Financial analysis of thinning intensity
MSc thesis (BSc thesis)
Thinning interventions -among other goals- often aim to optimize financial
performance of a stand. QD Forest management is a novel management
approach aiming to achieve ‘free growth’ of a tree in order t ...
Supervisor: Etiënne Thomassen, Frits Mohren
Department: Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group
Effects of rooting by wild boar on soil organic carbon
BSc thesis / MSc thesis (depending on size / depth of analysis)
Rooting activity by wild boar may lead to loss of soil organic matter and soil
carbon, depending on rooting intensity and frequency. In the Netherlands, high
wild ...
Supervisor: Frits Mohren
Department: Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group
Tree morphology changes by fertilization and herbivory
Research goal
Rock dust, a ground rock that acts as a slow-release fertilizer, has become immensely popular in forest management. In ecosystems degraded by enhanced nitrogen deposition, soil health is expected to increase with th ...
Supervisor: dr.ir. J (Jan) den Ouden
S (Sylvana) Harmsen MSc
Department: Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group