Arnold van Gelder
PhD-student
(in cooperation with Wageningen University)
Education
MSc, Forest and Nature Conservation, Wageningen University, 2005
B, Civil Engineering, HTS Windesheim, 1996
Research interest
- forest ecology and forest management
- empirical and process-based modelling and simulating of tree and forest growth
- forest dynamics in uneven-aged, mixed species forest stands
- forest structure and tree architecture
- tree physiology
Project
Scenario-analyses of long-term dynamics of uneven aged, mixed species forest stands - a simulation and modelling study for European forests (part of EU-FP6-project EFORWOOD www.eforwood.com).
Publications
- Sterck, F.J., Van Gelder, H.A., Poorter, L., 2006. Mechanical branch constraints contribute to life-history variation across tree species in a Bolivian forest. Journal of Ecology 94, 1192-1200.
- van Gelder, H.A., Poorter, L., Sterck, F.J., 2006. Wood mechanics, allometry, and life-history variation in a tropical rain forest tree community. New Phytologist 171, 367-378.
- van Gelder, H.A., 2005. Mechanical properties of tropical rain forest tree species and their consequences for crown development. MSc thesis, Wageningen University.