Dr Lars Markesteijn

Uwch Darlithydd

Contact info

Thoday Building, room S10

Email: 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 Natural Sciences, I am a Distinguished Research Lecturer (Beatriz Galindo Fellow) in the Area of Biodiversity and Conservation at the Rey Juan Carlos University 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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  2. 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. 961-972

    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolynErthygladolygiad 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. (gol.), 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. 1445

    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolynErthygladolygiad 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. 302-311

    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolynErthygladolygiad gan gymheiriaid

  5. 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. 625-635

    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolynErthygladolygiad 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. 1259-1269

    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolynErthygladolygiad gan gymheiriaid

  7. 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. 137-148

    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolynErthygladolygiad 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 gyfnodolynErthygladolygiad 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. 20627-20632

    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolynErthygladolygiad gan gymheiriaid

  10. 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. 301-312

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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 gyfnodolynErthygladolygiad gan gymheiriaid

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