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).
- 2023
- Published
Widespread variation in functional trait-vital rate relationships in tropical tree seedlings across a precipitation and soil phosphorus gradient
Browne, L., Markesteijn, L., Manzané-Pinzón, E., Wright, S. J., Bagchi, R., Engelbrecht, B., Jones, F. A. & Comita, L. S., 1 Feb 2023, In: Functional Ecology. 37, 2, p. 248-260 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2022
- Published
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
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Functional responses of mangrove fauna to forest degradation
Barbanera, A., Markesteijn, L., Kairo, J., Juma, G. A., Karythis, S. & Skov, M., 17 Mar 2022, In: Marine and Freshwater Research.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2021
- Published
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., Oct 2021, In: Global Change Biology. 27, 20, p. 5043-5053Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2020
- Published
TRY plant trait database - enhanced coverage and open access
Nutrient Network & Markesteijn, L., Jan 2020, In: Global Change Biology. 26, 1, p. 119-188 70 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2019
- Published
Natural enemies affect plant diversity and density dependence along a tropical precipitation gradient
Bagchi, R., Markesteijn, L. & Lewis, O., 16 Aug 2019.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
- Published
The hydraulic efficiency–safety trade-off differs between lianas and trees
van der Sande, M. T., Poorter, L., Schnitzer, S. A., Engelbrecht, B. M. J. & Markesteijn, L., May 2019, In: Ecology. 100, 5, p. e02666Research 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
- 2018
- Published
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
- Published
Fungal pathogens and insect herbivores mediate seedling dynamics and diversity patterns along a tropical forest humidity gradient
Markesteijn, L. & Lewis, O. T., 4 Jul 2018.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review