M. (marijke) Van Kuijk
Biology - Environmental Biology - Ecology and Biodiversity
Utrecht University
Netherlands
Biography
Marijke van Kuijk is specialized in tropical forest ecology. She obtained a Doctorate Degree from Utrecht University (2008) on the topic of forest regeneration and restoration. Marijke subsequently worked on a number of national and international assignments, both as a researcher and as a consultant. She has knowledge of climate change, ecosystem services (in particular carbon sequestration), forest certification, (sustainable) forest management, natural resources management, nature conservation and biodiversity. She acquired her knowledge and experience mostly in the tropics, in particular in South East Asia and the Guianas. She currently works as Assistant Professor at Utrecht University.
Research Interest
Environmental biology
Publications
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Van Kuijk, M., Anten, N.P.R., Oomen, R.J. & Schieving, F. 2014. Stimulating seedling growth in early stages of secondary forest succession: a modelling approach to guide tree liberation. Front. Plant Sci. 5:345. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2014.00345
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William F. Laurance, Anna Peletier-Jellema, Bart Geenen, Harko Koster, Pita. Verweij, Pitou Van Dijck, Thomas E. Lovejoy, Judith Schleicher, and Marijke Van Kuijk. 2015. Reducing the global environmental impacts of rapid infrastructure expansion. Current Biology, DOI:10.1016/j.cub.2015.02.050.
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VT Nam, M van Kuijk and NPR Anten. 2016. Allometric equations for aboveground and belowground biomass estimations in an evergreen forest in Vietnam. PLOS ONE DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0156827
