Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group
We aim to understand the structure and functioning of forest ecosystems and their responses to changing environmental, biotic and social conditions, and to apply this knowledge for the development of sustainable forest resource use systems.
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Latest PhD dissertations
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Leaf function in tropical rain forest canopy trees : the effect of light on leaf morphology and physiology in different-sized trees
Agricultural University. Promotor(en): G.M.J. Mohren, F. Bongers, T.L. Pons - ISBN: 9789058083142 -
The role of bracken (Pteridium aquilinum) in forest dynamics = [De rol van adelaarsvaren (Pteridium aquilinum) in de bosdynamiek]
Agricultural University. Promotor(en): F. Berendse, J. Fanta, F. Bongers - ISBN: 9789058082886 -
The distribution and regeneration of Boswellia papyrifera (Del.) Hochst. in Eritrea
Wageningen University. Promotor(en): M. Wessel, F. Bongers - ISBN: 9789058083685
Latest publications
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Tanzanian coastal forests-unique, threatened, and overlooked
Oryx (1992), Volume: 26, Issue: 2 - ISSN 0030-6053 - p. 107-114. -
Photosynthetic induction responses of two rainforest tree species in relation to light environment
Oecologia (1993), Volume: 96, Issue: 2 - ISSN 0029-8549 - p. 193-199. -
Defining canopy gaps in a tropical rain forest : effects on gap size and turnover time
Acta Oecologica-International Journal of Ecology (1994), Volume: 15, Issue: 6 - ISSN 1146-609X - p. 701-714. -
Structure and stem growth of multi-stemmed trees of Fagus engleriana in China
Plant Ecology (1998), Volume: 139, Issue: 2 - ISSN 1385-0237 - p. 211-220. -
Distribution of twelve moist forest canopy tree species in Liberia and Côte d'Ivoire : response curves to a climatic gradient
Journal of Vegetation Science (1999), Volume: 10 - ISSN 1100-9233 - p. 371-382.