Dr Lars Markesteijn
Uwch Darlithydd
Contact info
Thoday Building, room S10Email: l.markesteijn@bangor.ac.uk
Tel: 01248 382337 (from U.K.)
+44 1248 382337 (International)
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Tropical forest ecology, Functional ecology, Restoration ecology, Plant-enemy interactions
As a researcher I am foremost fascinated by biodiversity and as such most of my work is carried out in biologically complex tropical forest ecosystems. My research addresses processes underlying function and co-existence of tropical plants and mechanisms of biodiversity generation and maintenance. I take a special interest in density-dependent mortality or negative density dependence (NDD), as mediated by plant natural enemies, and how it affects regeneration dynamics of tropical plants. I further work on physiological plant responses to limiting resources, resource competition, and tolerance to environmental and global change - principally with respect to water and light. I explore the effects of variation in plant functional traits on individual plant performance and species distribution from local to cross-ecosystem scales.
In addition to being a Senior Lecturer in Forest Scsience at the School of Environmental & Natural Sciences, I am an Associate Professor in Ecology at the Area of Biodiversity and Conservation, Global Change Research Institute (IICG-URJC) at the University Rey Juan Carlos in Madrid (Spain), and an affiliated researcher at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) in Panama.
I hold a Ph.D. in Tropical Forest Ecology and an M.Sc. and B.Sc. in Tropical Land Use from Wageningen University (the Netherlands). I worked as a postdoctoral researcher on different projects with STRI and the Universities of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (USA), Oxford (UK), Yale (USA), Oregon State (USA) and Bayreuth (Germany).
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Are lianas more drought-tolerant than trees? A test for the role of hydraulic architecture and other stem and leaf traits
van der Sande, M. T., Poorter, L., Schnitzer, S. A. & Markesteijn, L., Awst 2013, Yn: Oecologia. 172, 4, t. 961-972Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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BAAD: a Biomass And Allometry Database for woody plants
Falster, D. S., Duursma, R. A., Ishihara, M. I., Barneche, D. R., Fitzjohn, R. G., Varhammar, A., Aiba, M., Ando, M., Anten, N., Aspinwall, M. J., Baltzer, J. L., Baraloto, C., Battles, J. J., Bond-Lamberty, B., van Breugel, M. (Golygydd), Camac, J., Claveau, Y., Coll, L., Dannoura, M., Delagrange, S., Domec, J.-C., Fatemi, F., Feng, W., Gargaglione, V., Goto, Y., Hagihara, A., Hall, J. S., Hamilton, S., Harja, D., Hiura, T., Holdaway, R., Hutley, L. S., Ichie, T., Jokela, E. J., Kantola, A., Kelly, J. W. G., Kenzo, T., King, D., Kloeppel, B. D., Kohyama, T., Komiyama, A., Laclau, J.-P., Lusk, C. H., Maguire, D. A., Le Maire, G., Makela, A., Markesteijn, L., Marshall, J., McCulloh, K., Miyata, I., Mokany, K., Mori, S., Myster, R. W., Nagano, M., Naidu, S. L., Nouvellon, Y., O'Grady, A. P., O'Hara, K. L., Ohtsuka, T., Osada, N., Osunkoya, O. O., Peri, P. L., Petrotan, A. M., Poorter, L., Portsmuth, A., Potvin, C., Ransijn, J., Reid, D., Ribeiro, S. C., Roberts, S. D., Rodriguez, R., Saldama-Acosta, A., Santa-Regino, I., Sasa, K., Selaya, N. G., Sillett, S. C., Sterck, F., Takagi, K., Tange, T., Tanouchi, H., Tissue, D., Umehara, T., Utsugi, H., Vadeboncoeur, M. A., Valladares, F., Vanninen, P., Wang, J. R., Wenk, E., Williams, R., De Aquino Ximenes, F., Yamaba, A., Yamada, T., Yamakura, T., Yanai, R. D. & York, R. A., Mai 2015, Yn: Ecology. 96, 5, t. 1445Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Contrasting patterns of insect herbivory and predation pressure across a tropical rainfall gradient
Weissflog, A., Markesteijn, L., Lewis, O. T., Comita, L. S. & Engelbrecht, B. M. J., Maw 2018, Yn: Biotropica. 50, 2, t. 302-311Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Diverging drought-tolerance strategies explain tree species distribution along a fog-dependent moisture gradient in a temperate rain forest
Salgado Negret, B., Perez, F., Markesteijn, L., Jimenez Castillo, M. & Armesto, J. J., Tach 2013, Yn: Oecologia. 173, 3, t. 625-635Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Do prey shape, time of day, and plant trichomes affect the predation rate on plasticine prey in tropical rainforests?
Weissflog, A., Markesteijn, L., Aiello, A., Healey, J. & Geipel, I., 22 Medi 2022, Yn: Biotropica. 54, 5, t. 1259-1269Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Ecological differentiation in xylem cavitation resistance is associated with stem and leaf structural traits
Markesteijn, L., Poorter, L., Paz, H., Sack, L. & Bongers, F., Ion 2011, Yn: Plant Cell and Environment. 34, 1, t. 137-148Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Functional responses of mangrove fauna to forest degradation
Barbanera, A., Markesteijn, L., Kairo, J., Juma, G. A., Karythis, S. & Skov, M., 17 Maw 2022, Yn: Marine and Freshwater Research.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Functional traits determine trade-offs and niches in a tropical forest community
Sterck, F., Markesteijn, L., Schieving, F. & Poorter, L., 20 Rhag 2011, Yn: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA. 108, 51, t. 20627-20632Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Global patterns of leaf mechanical properties
Onoda, Y., Westoby, M., Adler, P. B., Choong, A. M. F., Clissold, F. J., Cornelissen, J. H. C., Diaz, S., Dominy, N. J., Elgart, A., Enrico, L., Fine, P. V. A., Howard, J. J., Jalili, A., Kitajima, K., Kurokawa, H., McArthur, C., Lucas, P. W., Markesteijn, L., Perez-Harguindeguy, N., Poorter, L., Richards, L., Santiago, L. S., Sosinski, E. E. ,. J., Van Bael, S. A., Warton, D. I., Wright, I. J., Wright, S. J. & Yamashita, N., Maw 2011, Yn: Ecology Letters. 14, 3, t. 301-312Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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How does grazing management influence the functional diversity of oak woodland ecosystems? A plant trait approach.
Ford, H., Healey, J., Markesteijn, L. & Smith, A., 15 Ebr 2018, Yn: Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment. 258, t. 154-161 8 t.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Hydraulics and life history of tropical dry forest tree species: coordination of species' drought and shade tolerance
Markesteijn, L., Poorter, L., Bongers, F., Paz, H. & Sack, L., 2011, Yn: New Phytologist. 191, 2, t. 480-495Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Increased mortality of tropical tree seedlings during the extreme 2015-16 El Niño
Browne, L., Markesteijn, L., Engelbrecht, B. M. J., Jones, F. A., Lewis, O. T., Manzané-Pinzón, E., Wright, S. J. & Comita, L. S., Hyd 2021, Yn: Global Change Biology. 27, 20, t. 5043-5053Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Intraspecific leaf trait variability along a boreal-to-tropical community diversity gradient
C. Bastias, C., Fortunel, C., Valladares, F., Baraloto, C., Benavides, R., Cornwell, W., Markesteijn, L., de Oliveira, A. A., Sansevero, J. B. B., Vaz, M. C. & Kraft, N. J. B., 27 Chwef 2017, Yn: PLoS ONE. 12, 2, t. 1-16Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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La disponibilidad hídrica estacional y topográfica en un bosque seco y húmedo tropical y la variación en la morfología de las plántulas arbóreas
Markesteijn, L., Poorter, L. & Yanguas Fernandez, E., 2008, Yn: Revista Boliviana de Ecología y Conservación Ambiental. 24, t. 27-42Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Leaf Vein Length per Unit Area Is Not Intrinsically Dependent on Image Magnification: Avoiding Measurement Artifacts for Accuracy and Precision
Sack, L., Caringella, M., Scoffoni, C., Mason, C., Rawls, M., Markesteijn, L. & Poorter, L., Hyd 2014, Yn: Plant Physiology. 166, 2, t. 829-838Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Light-dependent leaf trait variation in 43 tropical dry forest tree species
Markesteijn, L., Poorter, L. & Bongers, F., Ebr 2007, Yn: American Journal of Botany. 94, 4, t. 515-525Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Pervasive and strong effects of plants on soil chemistry: a meta-analysis of individual plant 'Zinke' effects
Waring, B. G., Alvarez-Cansino, L., Barry, K. E., Becklund, K. K., Dale, S., Gei, M. G., Keller, A. B., Lopez, O. R., Markesteijn, L., Mangan, S., Riggs, C. E., Rodriguez-Ronderos, M. E., Segnitz, R. M., Schnitzer, S. A. & Powers, J. S., 7 Awst 2015, Yn: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 282, 1812, t. 91-98Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Sapling performance along resource gradients drives tree species distributions within and across tropical forests
Sterck, F., Markesteijn, L., Toledo, M. & Poorter, L., Medi 2014, Yn: Ecology. 95, 9, t. 2514-2525Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Seasonal variation in soil and plant water potentials in a Bolivian tropical moist and dry forest
Markesteijn, L., Iraipi, J., Bongers, F. & Poorter, L., Medi 2010, Yn: Journal of Tropical Ecology. 26, t. 497-508Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Seed predation by insects across a tropical forest precipitation gradient
Jeffs, C. T., Kennedy, P., Griffith, P., Gripenberg, S., Markesteijn, L. & Lewis, O. T., Rhag 2018, Yn: Ecological Entomology. 43, 6, t. 813-822Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Seedling root morphology and biomass allocation of 62 tropical tree species in relation to drought- and shade-tolerance
Markesteijn, L. & Poorter, L., Maw 2009, Yn: Journal of Ecology. 97, 2, t. 311-325Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Soil carbon stocks in tropical forests regulated by base cation effects on fine roots
Cusack, D. F., Markesteijn, L., Condit, R., Lewis, O. T. & Turner, B. L., Ion 2018, Yn: Biochemistry. 137, 1-2, t. 253-266Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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TRY plant trait database - enhanced coverage and open access
Nutrient Network & Markesteijn, L., Ion 2020, Yn: Global Change Biology. 26, 1, t. 119-188 70 t.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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The hydraulic efficiency–safety trade-off differs between lianas and trees
van der Sande, M. T., Poorter, L., Schnitzer, S. A., Engelbrecht, B. M. J. & Markesteijn, L., Mai 2019, Yn: Ecology. 100, 5, t. e02666Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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The role of herbivorous insects and pathogens in the regeneration dynamics of Guazuma ulmifoliain Panama
Solé, R., Gripenberg, S., Lewis, O. T., Markesteijn, L., Barrios, H., Ratz, T., Ctvrtecka, R., Butterill, P. T., Segar, S. T., Metz, M. A., Dahl, C., Rivera, M., Viquez, K., Ferguson, W., Guevara, M. & Basset, Y., 6 Maw 2019, Yn: Journal for Nature Conservation. 32, 32, t. 81-101Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Widespread variation in functional trait-vital rate relationships in tropical tree seedlings across a precipitation and soil phosphorus gradient
Browne, L., Markesteijn, L., Manzané-Pinzón, E., Wright, S. J., Bagchi, R., Engelbrecht, B., Jones, F. A. & Comita, L. S., 1 Chwef 2023, Yn: Functional Ecology. 37, 2, t. 248-260 13 t.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Effects of pathogens and insect herbivores on plant dynamics and diversity across a natural rainfall gradient
Lewis, O. T. & Markesteijn, L., 23 Chwef 2016.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gynhadledd › Papur › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Effects of the 2015-2016 El Niño on seedling dynamics across a rainfall gradient on Central Panama
Comita, L. S., Engelbrecht, B. M. J., Markesteijn, L., Manzane, E., Wright, S. J. & Jones, F. A., Rhag 2017.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gynhadledd › Papur › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Fungal pathogens and insect herbivores mediate seedling dynamics and diversity patterns along a tropical forest humidity gradient
Markesteijn, L. & Lewis, O. T., 4 Gorff 2018.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gynhadledd › Papur › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Insect herbivory and predation pressure across a tropical rainfall and tree species richness gradient
Weissflog, A., Markesteijn, L., Lewis, O. T. & Engelbrecht, B. M. J., 23 Chwef 2016.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gynhadledd › Papur › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Natural enemies affect plant diversity and density dependence along a tropical precipitation gradient
Bagchi, R., Markesteijn, L. & Lewis, O., 16 Awst 2019.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gynhadledd › Papur › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Natural enemies shape changes in plant diversity across a humidity gradient in central Panama
Markesteijn, L. & Lewis, O. T., 2015.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gynhadledd › Papur › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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The relationship of leaf venation architecture to life history in tropical dry forest trees
Sack, L., Markesteijn, L., Rawls, M., Scoffoni, C., Barlett, M. & Poorter, L., 2015.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gynhadledd › Papur › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Contrasting patterns of insect herbivory and predation acroiss a tropical rainfall and tree species richness gradient
Weissflog, A., Markesteijn, L., Lewis, O. T. & Engelbrecht, B. M. J., 2016.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gynhadledd › Murlen › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Soil carbon stock do not reflect aboveground forest biomass across geological and rainfall gradients: Carbon stocks correspond to soil characteristics
Cusack, D. F., Markesteijn, L. & Turner, B., Rhag 2016.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gynhadledd › Murlen › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Drought-tolerance of tropical tree species: Functional traits, trade-offs and species distribution
Markesteijn, L., 3 Chwef 2010, Wageningen, the Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers. 189 t.Allbwn ymchwil: Llyfr/Adroddiad › Llyfr › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid