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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
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
Recovery of functional composition in secondary forests in the Atlantic forest using chronosequences
MSc thesis/MSc Internship
Large-scale restoration in the Atlantic Forest region of Brazil needs novel upscaling from thousands to millions of hectares. The NewFor project is part of a large collaboration between Dutch and Braz ...
Supervisor: Rens Brouwer
Department: Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group
Predicting functional traits (leaf and branch traits) using spectrometry in the Atlantic forest
MSc thesis / MSc internship /
The linking of individual functional traits to ecosystem processes used extensively in ecology, however the measurement of individual trait values requires extensive measurements and is time consum ...
Supervisor: Rens Brouwer
Department: Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group
Species database for complex agroforestry systems (& food forests) in Northwest Europe
Also possible as MSc internship
Complex agroforestry systems or food forests harbour large numbers of species. But what species are useful for what purposes, and under what environmental conditions? And what management may inc ...
Supervisor: Jordy van Eijk
dr. Alejandra Hernandez Guzman
Department: Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group
Forest recovery in Australia
This MSc thesis focusses on the factors influencing early succession of abandoned pastural lands in Australia.
Fieldwork is planned from mid-October to mid-December and includes vegetation measurements, analyzing soil samples ...
Supervisor: Lourens Poorter
Iris Hordijk
Department: Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group
Forest recovery in Mexico
This MSc thesis focusses on the factors influencing early succession of abandoned pastural lands in a dry and wet forest in Mexico.
Fieldwork is planned in September, October and November and includes tree and seedling measur ...
Supervisor: Lourens Poorter
Iris Hordijk
Department: Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group
