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 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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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