Nele Schmitz
General Botany and Nature Management
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Pleinlaan 2
B-1050 Brussels
Belgium
Phone: ++ 32 2 629 34 14
Fax: ++ 32 2 629 34 13
Room 7F403C
Royal Museum for Central Africa
Leuvensesteenweg 13
B-3080 Tervuren
Belgium
Phone: ++ 32 2 769 56 13
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2008-2011 postdoc project on the water transport in mangrove trees, the plasticity of their hydraulic architecture, its ecological and functional significance. The study is funded by the Research Foundation Flanders (FWO).
2005-2008 Ph D thesis: "Hydraulic architecture of mangroves. Ecological plasticity and functional significance of water conducting tissue in Rhizophora mucronata and Avicennia marina."
2003-2004 Biology M Sc thesis: “Wood anatomy of the mangrove Rhizophora mucronata Lamk. and the relationship with the environment: the significance of the vessel density for the safety of the water transport system.”
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Keywords Ecological wood anatomy, hydraulic architecture, vascular transport in trees, tree physiology, dendrochronology, growth rings, cambial activity, tropics, mangroves
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Sciences Award, best student of the Faculty of Sciences 2000-2004, Sept. 17 2004, Vrije Universiteit Brussel.
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Photo's: Nele Schmitz & Elisabeth Robert
Last update by Nele Schmitz on 1 May 2011