School of Geography - Faculty of Environment

RESEARCH OVERVIEW

My principal research interest is the functioning of tropical forests and its responses to human and natural induced disturbances. In most of my studies I applied tree ring analysis, a powerful tool to study growth of tropical trees over extended time periods.

CURRENT PROJECTS

RAINFOR-Moore fellowship Amazon Forest Inventory Network

RESEARCH AFFILIATIONS

• Ecology and Global Change
• RAINFOR
• Earth and biosphere institute

PUBLICATIONS

• Brienen RJW, Lebrija-Trejos E, van Breugel M et al. (2009) The Potential of Tree Rings for the Study of Forest Succession in Southern Mexico. Biotropica, 41, 186-195

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