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)
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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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Natural enemies shape changes in plant diversity across a humidity gradient in central Panama
Markesteijn, L. & Lewis, O. T., 2015.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
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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., Jan 2011, In: Plant Cell and Environment. 34, 1, p. 137-148Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Light-dependent leaf trait variation in 43 tropical dry forest tree species
Markesteijn, L., Poorter, L. & Bongers, F., Apr 2007, In: American Journal of Botany. 94, 4, p. 515-525Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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., Mar 2009, In: Journal of Ecology. 97, 2, p. 311-325Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 Feb 2016.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
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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., Dec 2018, In: Ecological Entomology. 43, 6, p. 813-822Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 Apr 2018, In: Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment. 258, p. 154-161 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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. (ed.), 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., May 2015, In: Ecology. 96, 5, p. 1445Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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., Jan 2018, In: Biochemistry. 137, 1-2, p. 253-266Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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., Dec 2016.Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › peer-review