Dr Lars Markesteijn

Senior Lecturer in Forest Science

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 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).

  1. 2024
  2. Effects of natural enemies on seedling community dynamics during the secondary succession of Panamanian rainforests

    Weissflog, A. (Speaker), Comita, L. S. (Speaker), Dent, D. (Speaker), Engelbrecht, B. (Speaker), Healey, J. (Speaker) & Markesteijn, L. (Speaker)

    19 Jun 2024

    Activity: Talk or presentationOral presentation

  3. 2022
  4. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change (Journal)

    Markesteijn, L. (Editorial board member)

    Sept 2022

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workEditorial activity

  5. Drought and soil phosphorus explain variation in functional trait-vital rate relationships in tropical tree seedlings

    Browne, L. (Speaker), Markesteijn, L. (Speaker), Manzané-Pinzón, E. (Speaker), Wright, S. J. (Speaker), Bagchi, R. (Speaker), Engelbrecht, B. (Speaker), Jones, F. A. (Speaker) & Comita, L. S. (Speaker)

    16 Aug 2022

    Activity: Talk or presentationOral presentation

  6. Microbial plant-soil feedbacks affect secondary succession of tropical rainforests

    Weissflog, A. (Speaker), Engelbrecht, B. (Speaker), Healey, J. (Speaker) & Markesteijn, L. (Speaker)

    12 Jul 2022

    Activity: Talk or presentationOral presentation

  7. 2020
  8. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change (Journal)

    Markesteijn, L. (Editorial board member)

    Apr 2020 → …

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workEditorial activity

  9. 2019
  10. Overview of forestry distance learning at Bangor University

    Walmsley, J. (Speaker), Brockington, J. (Speaker), Markesteijn, L. (Speaker), Mollee, E. (Speaker) & Rayment, M. (Speaker)

    18 Jul 2019

    Activity: Talk or presentationOral presentation

  11. 2018
  12. Newton Fund International Workshop on Dry Forests

    Markesteijn, L. (Participant)

    18 Jul 201820 Jul 2018

    Activity: Participating in or organising an eventParticipation in Academic workshop, seminar, course

  13. 2017
  14. Explaining tropical tree diversity

    Markesteijn, L. (Speaker)

    1 Dec 2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationInvited talk

  15. 2016
  16. 2013
  17. Drought tolerance of tropical tree species; functional traits, tradeoffs and species distribution

    Markesteijn, L. (Contributor)

    30 Apr 2013

    Activity: OtherTypes of Public engagement and outreach - Public lecture/debate/seminar

  18. Drought tolerance of tropical tree species

    Markesteijn, L. (Speaker)

    25 Feb 2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationInvited talk

  19. 2012
  20. The Secret Life of the Rainforest

    Markesteijn, L. (Contributor)

    16 Jul 2012

    Activity: OtherTypes of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation