Dr. E. (Edwin) Lebrija Trejos

Professional background

• BSc Biology, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (1995-2000)
• MSc Forest and Nature Conservation, Wageningen  University (2002-2004)
• PhD student, Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group, Wageningen University (2004 – 2009).

Professional fields of interest
Forest Ecology, Natural Resource Management, Nature Conservation, Plant Ecophysiology, Forest Succesion


Completed research project

• Dry Forest Secondary Succession in Mexico: Mechanisms and Differential Species Performance 

Publications

• Lebrija Trejos, E.E.; Pérez-Garcia, E.A.; Meave, J.; Poorter, L.; Bongers, F. (2011) Environmental changes during secondary succession in a tropical dry forest in Mexico. Journal of Tropical Ecology 27 (05). - p. 477 - 489.
• Lebrija Trejos, E.E.; Meave, J.; Poorter, L.; Pérez- García, E.A.; Bongers, F. (2010) Pathways, mechanisms and predictability of vegetation change during tropical dry forest succession. Perspectives in plant ecology, evolution and systematics 12 (4). - p. 267 - 275.
• Brienen, R.J.W.; Lebrija Trejos, E.E.; Zuidema, P.A.; Martínez- Ramos, M. (2010) Climate-growth analysis for a Mexican dry forest tree shows strong impact of sea surface temperatures and predicts future growth declines. Global Change Biology 16 (7). - p. 2001 - 2012
• Pérez-Garcia, E.A.; Meave, J.; Villaseñor, J.L.; Gallardo-Cruz, J.A.; Lebrija Trejos, E.E. (2010) Vegetation Heterogeneity and Life-Strategy Diversity in the Flora of the Heterogeneous Landscape of Niznada, Oaxaca, Mexico. Folia Geobotanica 45 (2). - p. 143 - 161
• Lebrija Trejos, E.E.; Perez-Garcia, A.E.; Meave, J.; Bongers, F.; Poorter, L. (2010) Functional traits and environmental filtering drive community assembly in a species-rich tropical system. Ecology 91 (2). - p. 386 - 398
• Lebrija Trejos, E.E. (2009) Tropical dry forest recovery: processes and causes of change. PhD thesis Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands.  ISBN: 978-90-8585-322-0; 189 pp (with summary in Dutch) 
• Brienen, R.J.W.; Lebrija Trejos, E.E.; Breugel, M. van; Bongers, F.; Meave, J.; Martinez-Ramos, M. (2009) The Potential of Tree Rings for the Study of Forest Succession in Southern Mexico. Biotropica 41 (2). - p. 186 - 195
• Lebrija Trejos, E.E.; Bongers, F.J.J.M.; Pérez-García, E.; Meave, J. (2008)
  Succesional change and resilience of a very dry tropical deciduous forest following shifting agriculture, Biotropica 40 (4). - p. 422 - 431. Including Spanish resumen.
• Lebrija Trejos, E.(2006). Secondary succession in a tropical dry forest of Southern Mexico. MSc thesis Wageningen University. Summary
• Lebrija Trejos, E.(2001). Composición y estructura de la vegetación ribereña de la región de Nizanda, Oaxaca, México. Biology thesis, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.