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Masha T. van der Sande

Researcher at Wageningen University and Research Centre

Publications -  39
Citations -  2102

Masha T. van der Sande is an academic researcher from Wageningen University and Research Centre. The author has contributed to research in topics: Biodiversity & Ecosystem. The author has an hindex of 14, co-authored 31 publications receiving 1103 citations. Previous affiliations of Masha T. van der Sande include University of Amsterdam & Florida Institute of Technology.

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TRY plant trait database : Enhanced coverage and open access

Jens Kattge, +754 more
- 01 Jan 2020 - 
TL;DR: The extent of the trait data compiled in TRY is evaluated and emerging patterns of data coverage and representativeness are analyzed to conclude that reducing data gaps and biases in the TRY database remains a key challenge and requires a coordinated approach to data mobilization and trait measurements.
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Biodiversity and climate determine the functioning of neotropical forests.

Lourens Poorter, +26 more
- 01 Dec 2017 - 
TL;DR: In this article, the relative importance of environmental factors and forest attributes for ecosystem functioning, especially for the tropics, was investigated for the Neotropics, where water availability has a strong positive effect on biomass stocks and growth, and a future predicted increase in (atmospheric) drought might reduce carbon storage.
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Conservative species drive biomass productivity in tropical dry forests

Jamir Prado-Junior, +8 more
- 01 May 2016 - 
TL;DR: Initial stand biomass was the best predictor of all three processes of biomass dynamics, providing strong support for the vegetation quantity hypothesis, and no support for niche complementarity (in terms of functional diversity or species richness) for forest productivity.
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Abiotic and biotic drivers of biomass change in a Neotropical forest

Masha T. van der Sande, +6 more
- 01 Sep 2017 - 
TL;DR: Abiotic and biotic variables and growth, recruitment and mortality for 48 1-ha plots in a moist tropical forest in Bolivia were investigated in this article. But the results were limited to 48 plots.
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Wet and dry tropical forests show opposite successional pathways in wood density but converge over time

Lourens Poorter, +85 more
- 22 Apr 2019 - 
TL;DR: Forest recovery is analyzed using 1,403 plots that differ in age since agricultural abandonment from 50 sites across the Neotropics to analyse changes in community composition using species-specific stem wood density (WD), which is a key trait for plant growth, survival and forest carbon storage.