Professional background
- MSc, Forestry, Wageningen Agricultural University (1982)
- PhD, Silviculture and Forest Production Ecology, Wageningen Agricultural University (1987)
- Forest Production Ecologist, DLO-Institute for Forestry and Nature Management (1987-1997)
- Head, Department of Vegetation Ecology, DLO-Institute for Forestry and Nature Management (1998)
- Full Professor, Forest Ecology and Forest Management, Head of the Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group, Wageningen University (1999-present)
- Research experience in and visits to most European countries, Russia, USA, China, Mexico, Costa Rica, Chile, Peru, Surinam, Ghana, S-Africa
Professional fields of interest
My research interest has always been primary production and forest production ecology, i.e. how trees and forests grow in relation to their physiology and to local site conditions as determined by climate and soils. This has gradually expanded to analysis growth and dynamics of forest ecosystems, accounting for environmental influences and large scale disturbances. The latter include air pollution, climatic change, herbivory, etc. For the study of tree and stand growth and development, I have been using systems analysis, simulation modelling and scenario studies as main tools. In recent years, I have become more interested in forest management strategies, and within several projects we are thinking about adaptive forest management strategies in reply to the changing needs of society as well as to the changing environmental conditions for forest growth (e.g. associated with global change). Besides adapative management strategies, I am also interested in the adaptive capacity of trees and forests themselves. An important aspect of the adaptive capacity to changing site conditions are water relations of trees and stands, and this is an area that we will be giving increasing attention in the near future.
Current research projects
Completed research projects
Teaching
Other positions internal and external university
- Chairman of the board of the Study group of the KNBV [Royal Dutch Forestry Association]
- Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board, European Forest Institute, Joensuu, Finland
- Editor-in-Chief "Forest Ecology and Management", Elsevier Science Publishers, Amsterdam
- National representative on the COST Technial Committee " Forest and Forest Products" (COST TC-FFP)
- Member of the Management Committee of COST E21: Forests and Forestry to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions
- Member of the Management Committee of COST E27: Forests and Forestry to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions
- Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the C.T. de Wit Research School in Production Ecology & Resource Conservation (PE & RC)
- Member of the Board of the Foundation Oudemans
- Member of the Executive Board and of the General Board of Tropenbos International
- Chairman of the Programme Advisory Board of Tropenbos International
- External Examiner, MSc in Forest Ecology and Management, Edinburgh University
Key publications
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- Muturi, G.M.; Kariuki, J.G.; Poorter, L.; Mohren, G.M.J. (2012) Allometric equations for estimating biomass in naturally established Prosopis stands in Kenya. Journal of Horticulture and Forestry 4 (4). - p. 69 - 77.
- Ndayambaje, J.D; Mohren, G.M.J.(2011) Fuelwood demand and supply in Rwanda and the role of agroforestry. Agroforsty Systems (online first) Doi: 10.1007/s10457-011-9391-6
- Kaul, M.; Mohren, G. M. J.; Dadhwal, V.K. (2011) Phytomass carbon pool of trees and forests in India. Climatic Change 2011 (online first) doi: 10.1007/s10584-010-9986-3
- Biaou, S.S.H.; Holmgren, M.; Sterck, F.J.; Mohren, G.M.J. (2011) Stress-driven changes in the strength of facilitation on tree seedling establishment in west african woodlands Biotropica 43(1) 2011: 23-30
- Seidl, R. et al (2011) Modelling natural disturbances in forest ecosystems: a review. Ecological Modelling (Online first) doi:10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2010.09.040
- Acácio, V.C.; Holmgren, M.; Moreira, F.; Mohren, G.M.J. (2010) Oak Persistence in Mediterranean Landscapes: The Combined Role of Management, Topography, and Wildfires Ecology and Society 15 (4). - p. 40.
Reyer, C.; Lasch, P.; Mohren, G.M.J.; Sterck, F.J. (2010) Inter-specific competition in mixed forests of Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) and common beech (Fagus sylvatica) under climate change – a model-based analysis (Online first). Annals of Forest Science 67 (805).
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Bosecologie en Bosbeheer.
Muys, B.; Ouden, J. den; Mohren, G.M.J.; Verheyen, K.(eds.) (2010)
Uitgeverij ACCO, Leuven, België, 680 pp.
ISBN: 9789033477829 |
- Kaul, M.; Mohren, G.M.J.; Dadhwal, V.K. (2010) Carbon storage and sequestration potential of selected tree species in India. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 15 (5). - p. 489 - 510.
- Kaul, M.; Mohren, G.M.J.; Dadhwal, V.K. (2010) Carbon storage versus fossil fuel substitution: a climate change mitigation option for two different land use categories based on short and long rotation forestry in India. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 15 (4). - p. 395 - 409.
- Muturi, G.M.; Mohren, G.M.J.; Kimani, J.N. (2009) Prediction of Prosopis species invasion in Kenya using geographical information system techniques. African Journal of Ecology 48 (3). - p. 628 - 636
Kaul, M.; Dadhwal, V.K.; Mohren, G.M.J. (2009)