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| Title | High resolution tree growth responses to extreme drought events |
| Group | Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group |
| Project type | thesis |
| Credits | 36-39 |
| Supervisor(s) | dr. UGW (Ute) Sass-Klaassen; dr.ir. P (Paul) Copini; |
| Examiner(s) | dr.ir. J (Jan) den Ouden |
| Contact info | ute.sass-klaassen@wur.nl (www.dendrochronology.nl) |
| Begin date | 2021/01/01 |
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| Description | Also possible as MSc internship
High resolution tree growth measurements as conducted by dendrometers provide us to study tree responses to extreme climate factors, such as drought, with high temporal resolution. In the Netherlands such measurements are conducted on different species in Dutch forest reserves. Exploring the effect of e.g. the 2018 drought and putting it in long-term perspective by adding tree-ring research provides knowledge on drought resistance of important Dutch tree species. If topic is part of research project: give internet address of this project in TIP only the HRL code will be displayed; it is not possible to incorporate a clickable hyperlink [Climate change effects / Population and forest dynamics/ Sustainable forest management/ Ecophysiology / Tree ring analyses and wood anatomy / The Netherlands/ Temperate zone/] Corona proof: Yes (fieldwork, labwork & tree-ring analyses with R) i.e.no field work (abroad) or intensive lab studies required=>suitable to be conducted in Corona time |
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| Requirements | - WEC-31806 Ecological Methods I, or a comparable alternative course;
- One FEM course (at least), depending on the topic of the thesis: FEM-30306 Forest Ecology and Forest Management, FEM-30806 Resource Dynamics Sustainable Utilization, FEM-32306 Agroforestry, or Models for Ecological Systems FEM-31806 |