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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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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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., Mar 2011, In: Ecology Letters. 14, 3, p. 301-312Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The relationship of leaf venation architecture to life history in tropical dry forest trees
Sack, L., Markesteijn, L., Rawls, M., Scoffoni, C., Barlett, M. & Poorter, L., 2015.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
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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., Oct 2014, In: Plant Physiology. 166, 2, p. 829-838Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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., Nov 2013, In: Oecologia. 173, 3, p. 625-635Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The role of herbivorous insects and pathogens in the regeneration dynamics of Guazuma ulmifoliain Panama
Solé, R., Gripenberg, S., Lewis, O. T., Markesteijn, L., Barrios, H., Ratz, T., Ctvrtecka, R., Butterill, P. T., Segar, S. T., Metz, M. A., Dahl, C., Rivera, M., Viquez, K., Ferguson, W., Guevara, M. & Basset, Y., 6 Mar 2019, In: Journal for Nature Conservation. 32, 32, p. 81-101Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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., Sept 2014, In: Ecology. 95, 9, p. 2514-2525Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 Dec 2011, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA. 108, 51, p. 20627-20632Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 Aug 2015, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 282, 1812, p. 91-98Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 Sept 2022, In: Biotropica. 54, 5, p. 1259-1269Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review