Dr Lars Markesteijn
Senior Lecturer in Forest Science
Affiliations
Contact info
Thoday Building, room S10Email: l.markesteijn@bangor.ac.uk
Tel: 01248 382337 (from U.K.)
+44 1248 382337 (International)
Google Scholar, ORCID, ResearchGate
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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The Secret Life of the Rainforest
Lars Markesteijn (Contributor)
16 Jul 2012Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation
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Special variation of floodplain vegetation in Nong thung tong non-hunting area, peninsular Thailand
Lars Markesteijn (Examiner)
12 Jun 2019Activity: Examination
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Overview of forestry distance learning at Bangor University
James Walmsley (Speaker), James Brockington (Speaker), Lars Markesteijn (Speaker), Eefke Mollee (Speaker) & Mark Rayment (Speaker)
18 Jul 2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
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Newton Fund International Workshop on Dry Forests
Lars Markesteijn (Participant)
18 Jul 2018 → 20 Jul 2018Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in Academic workshop, seminar, course
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Microbial plant-soil feedbacks affect secondary succession of tropical rainforests
Anita Weissflog (Speaker), Bettina Engelbrecht (Speaker), John Healey (Speaker) & Lars Markesteijn (Speaker)
12 Jul 2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
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Innovation in commercial soil health analysis and practical on farm guidance.
Lars Markesteijn (Examiner)
1 May 2018 → …Activity: Examination
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Influence of canopy richness on regeneration and coexistence of woody species in European forests
Lars Markesteijn (Examiner)
15 Sept 2017Activity: Examination
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Fungal pathogens and insect herbivores mediate seedling dynamics and diversity patterns along a tropical forest humidity gradient
Lars Markesteijn (Invited speaker)
4 Mar 2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Frontiers in Forests and Global Change (Journal)
Lars Markesteijn (Editorial board member)
Sept 2022Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial activity
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Frontiers in Forests and Global Change (Journal)
Lars Markesteijn (Editorial board member)
Apr 2020 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial activity