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Geertje van der Heijden

Professor of Forest Ecology and Global Change, Faculty of Social Sciences

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Research Summary

I am interested in how climate change affects the structure and functioning of tropical forests and the ability of tropical forests to store and sequester carbon. In particular, my research focuses… read more

Selected Publications

  • VAN DER HEIJDEN, GEERTJE M. F., POWERS, JENNIFER S. and SCHNITZER, STEFAN A., 2015. Lianas reduce carbon accumulation and storage in tropical forests PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 112(43), 13267-13271
  • VAN DER HEIJDEN, GEERTJE M., SCHNITZER, STEFAN A., POWERS, JENNIFER S. and PHILLIPS, OLIVER L., 2013. Liana Impacts on Carbon Cycling, Storage and Sequestration in Tropical Forests BIOTROPICA. 45(6), 682-692
  • BRIENEN, R. J. W., PHILLIPS, O. L., FELDPAUSCH, T. R., GLOOR, E., BAKER, T. R., LLOYD, J., LOPEZ-GONZALEZ, G., MONTEAGUDO-MENDOZA, A., MALHI, Y., LEWIS, S. L., VASQUEZ MARTINEZ, R., ALEXIADES, M., ALVAREZ DAVILA, E., ALVAREZ-LOAYZA, P., ANDRADE, A., ARAGAO, L. E. O. C., ARAUJO-MURAKAMI, A., ARETS, E. J. M. M., ARROYO, L., AYMARD C, G. A., BANKI, O. S., BARALOTO, C., BARROSO, J., BONAL, D., BOOT, R. G. A., CAMARGO, J. L. C., CASTILHO, C. V., CHAMA, V., CHAO, K. J., CHAVE, J., COMISKEY, J. A., CORNEJO VALVERDE, F., DA COSTA, L., DE OLIVEIRA, E. A., DI FIORE, A., ERWIN, T. L., FAUSET, S., FORSTHOFER, M., GALBRAITH, D. R., GRAHAME, E. S., GROOT, N., HERAULT, B., HIGUCHI, N., CORONADO, E. N. HONORIO, KEELING, H., KILLEEN, T. J., LAURANCE, W. F., LAURANCE, S., LICONA, J., MAGNUSSEN, W. E., MARIMON, B. S., MARIMON-JUNIOR, B. H., MENDOZA, C., NEILL, D. A., NOGUEIRA, E. M., NUNEZ, P., PALLQUI CAMACHO, N. C., PARADA, A., PARDO-MOLINA, G., PEACOCK, J., PENA-CLAROS, M., PICKAVANCE, G. C., PITMAN, N. C. A., POORTER, L., PRIETO, A., QUESADA, C. A., RAMIREZ, F., RAMIREZ-ANGULO, H., RESTREPO, Z., ROOPSIND, A., RUDAS, A., SALOMAO, R. P., SCHWARZ, M., SILVA, N., SILVA-ESPEJO, J. E., SILVEIRA, M., STROPP, J., TALBOT, J., TER STEEGE, H., TERAN-AGUILAR, J., TERBORGH, J., THOMAS-CAESAR, R., TOLEDO, M., TORELLO-RAVENTOS, M., UMETSU, R. K., VAN DER HEIJDEN, G. M. F., VAN DER HOUT, P., VIEIRA, I. C. GUIMARAES, VIEIRA, S. A., VILANOVA, E., VOS, V. A. and ZAGT, R. J., 2015. Long-term decline of the Amazon carbon sink NATURE. 519(7543), 344-+
  • VAN DER HEIJDEN, G. M. F. and PHILLIPS, O. L., 2009. Liana infestation impacts tree growth in a lowland tropical moist forest BIOGEOSCIENCES. 6(10), 2217-2226

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