Detailed project information

Title :  Understanding windows of opportunity for forest expansion in semi-arid ecosystems
Applicant : Prof. dr. H.H.T. Prins
Research institute : Wageningen Universiteit & Researchcentrum
Omgevingswetenschappen
Resource Ecology Group
Team members : Dr. M. Holmgren
Location : no information available
Duration : 09/01/2005 tot 12/16/2009
Strategic goal : Talent
Budget : Eur 81,778.00 personnel
Eur 11,300.00 equipment
Subsidy :  More Women Researchers as University Lecturers (MEERVOUD)
 
Summary
Products

Articles

  • (2005). A synthesis of ENSO effects on drylands in Australia, North America and South America. Advances in Geosciences. pp. 1-4
  • (2005). Synergy between small and large-scale feedbacks of vegetation on the water cycle. Global Change Biology. pp. 1003-1012
  • (2006). Extreme climatic events shape arid and semiarid ecosystems. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. pp. 87-95
  • (2006). A synthesis of ENSO effects on drylands in Australia, North America and South America. Advances in Geosciences. pp. 69-72
  • (2006). Herbivory and plant growth rate determine the succes of El Niņo Southern Oscilliation-driven tree establishment in semiarid South America. Global Change Biology. pp. 2263-2271
  • (2007). Multiple recruitment limitation causes arrested succession in Mediterranean cork oak systems. Ecosystems. pp. 1220-1230
  • (2007). Does a ruderal strategy dominate the endemic flora of the West African forests?. Journal of Biogeography. pp. 1100-1111
  • (2007). Reduced herbivore pressure under rainy ENSO conditions could facilitate dryland reforestation. Journal of Arid Environments. pp. 322-330
  • (2007). Reduced herbivore during simulated ENSO rainy events increases native herbaceous plants in semiarid Chile. Plant Ecology. pp. 21-31
  • (2007). Tree establishment along an ENSO experimental gradient in the Atacama desert. Journal of Vegetation Science. pp. 195-202
  • (2008). Pulse driven loss of top-down control: The critical rate hypothesis. Ecosystems. pp. 226-237
  • (2008). Estimating annual rainfall threshold for establishment of tree species in water-limited ecosystems using tree-ring data. Journal of Arid Environments. pp. 602-611

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  • (2009). . in: Dryland Dynamics and Restoration: Perspectives for the Use of Climatic Swings. Washington: . pp. 112-123