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Drs Schmitz, Nele

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Ecologische houtanatomie van mangroven. Onderzoek naar de hydraulische architectuur en zijn dendrochronologische potentieel, more

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A1 Publications (24) [show]
Okello, J.A.; Schmitz, N.; Beeckman, H.; Dahdouh-Guebas, F.; Kairo, J.; Koedam, N.; Robert, E.M.R. (2017). Hydraulic conductivity and xylem structure of partially buried mangrove tree species. Plant Soil 417(1-2): 141-154. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11104-017-3247-4, more De Deurwaerder, H.; Okello, J.A.; Koedam, N.; Schmitz, N.; Steppe, K. (2016). How are anatomical and hydraulic features of the mangroves Avicennia marina and Rhizophora mucronata influenced by siltation? Trees-Struct. Funct. 30(1): 35-45. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00468-016-1357-x, more Robert, E.M.R.; Oste, J.; Van der Stocken, T.; De Ryck, D.J.R.; Quisthoudt, K.; Kairo, J.; Dahdouh-Guebas, F.; Koedam, N.; Schmitz, N. (2015). Viviparous mangrove propagules of Ceriops tagal and Rhizophora mucronata, where both Rhizophoraceae show different dispersal and establishment strategies. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 468: 45-54. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2015.03.014, more Robert, E.M.R.; Jambia, A.H.; Schmitz, N.; De Ryck, D.J.R.; De Mey, J.; Kairo, J.G.; Dahdouh-Guebas, F.; Beeckman, H.; Koedam, N. (2014). How to catch the patch? A dendrometer study of the radial increment through successive cambia in the mangrove Avicennia. Ann. Bot. 113(4): 741-752. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcu001, more Santini, N.S.; Hua, Q.; Schmitz, N.; Lovelock, C.E. (2013). Radiocarbon dating and wood density chronologies of mangrove trees in arid Western Australia. PLoS One 8(11): 1-8. dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0080116, more Santini, N.S.; Schmitz, N.; Bennion, V.; Lovelock, C.E. (2013). The anatomical basis of the link between density and mechanical strength in mangrove branches. Funct. Plant Biol. 40(4): 400-408. dx.doi.org/10.1071/FP12204, more De Ryck, D.J.R.; Robert, E.M.R.; Schmitz, N.; Van der Stocken, T.; Di Nitto, D.; Dahdouh-Guebas, F.; Koedam, N. (2012). Size does matter, but not only size: two alternative dispersal strategies for viviparous mangrove propagules. Aquat. Bot. 103: 66-73. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aquabot.2012.06.005, more Quisthoudt, K.; Schmitz, N.; Randin, C.F.; Dahdouh-Guebas, F.; Robert, E.M.R.; Koedam, N. (2012). Temperature variation among mangrove latitudinal range limits worldwide. Trees-Struct. Funct. 26(6): 1919-1931. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00468-012-0760-1, more Reef, R.; Schmitz, N.; Rogers, B.A.; Ball, M.C.; Lovelock, C.E. (2012). Differential responses of the mangrove Avicennia marina to salinity and abscisic acid. Funct. Plant Biol. 39(12): 1038-1046. dx.doi.org/10.1071/FP12178, more Santini, N.; Schmitz, N.; Lovelock, C. (2012). Variation in wood density and anatomy in a widespread mangrove species. Trees-Struct. Funct. 26(5): 1555-1563. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00468-012-0729-0, more Schmitz, N.; Koch, G.; Beeckman, H.; Koedam, N.; Robert, E. M. R.; Schmitt, U. (2012). A structural and compositional analysis of intervessel pit membranes in the sapwood of some mangrove woods. IAWA J. 33(3): 243-256, more Schmitz, N.; Egerton, J.J.G.; Lovelock, C.E.; Ball, M.C. (2012). Light-dependent maintenance of hydraulic function in mangrove branches: do xylary chloroplasts play a role in embolism repair? New Phytol. 195(1): 40-46. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8137.2012.04187.x, more Robert, E.M.R.; Schmitz, N.; Boeren, I.; Driessens, T.; Herremans, H.; De Mey, J.; Van de Casteele, E.; Beeckman, H.; Koedam, N. (2011). Successive cambia: A developmental oddity or an adaptive structure? PLoS One 6(1): e16558 + suppl. dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0016558, more Robert, E.M.R.; Schmitz, N.; Okello, J.A.; Boeren, I.; Beeckman, H.; Koedam, N. (2011). Mangrove growth rings: fact or fiction? Trees-Struct. Funct. 25(1): 49-58. dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00468-010-0487-9, more Beelaerts, V.; De Ridder, F.; Schmitz, N.; Bauwens, M.; Pintelon, R. (2010). Time-series reconstruction from natural archive data with the averaging effect taken into account. Math. Geosc. 42(6): 705-722. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11004-010-9292-7, more Beelaerts, V.; De Ridder, F.; Schmitz, N.; Bauwens, M.; Dehairs, F.; Schoukens, J.; Pintelon, R. (2009). On the elimination of bias averaging-errors in proxy records. Math. Geosc. 41(2): 129-144. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11004-008-9193-1, more Robert, E.M.R.; Koedam, N.; Beeckman, H.; Schmitz, N. (2009). A safe hydraulic architecture as wood anatomical explanation for the difference in distribution of the mangroves Avicennia and Rhizophora. Funct. Ecol. 23(4): 649-657. dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2435.2009.01551.x, more Chowdhury, M.Q.; Schmitz, N.; Verheyden, A.; Sass-Klaassen, U.; Beeckman, H. (2008). Nature and periodicity of growth rings in two Bangladeshi mangrove species. IAWA J. 29(3): 265-276, more Schmitz, N.; Koch, G.; Schmitt, U.; Beeckman, H.; Koedam, N. (2008). Intervessel pit structure and histochemistry of two mangrove species as revealed by cellular UV microspectrophotometry and electron microscopy: Intraspecific variation and functional significance. Microsc. Microanal. 14(5): 387-397. dx.doi.org/10.1017/S143192760808077X, more Schmitz, N.; Robert, E.M.R.; Verheyden, A.; Kairo, J.G.; Beeckman, H.; Koedam, N. (2007). A patchy growth via successive and simultaneous cambia: key to success of the most widespread mangrove species Avicennia marina? Ann. Bot. 101(1): 49-58. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcm280, more Schmitz, N.; Jansen, S.; Verheyden, A.; Kairo, J.G.; Beeckman, H.; Koedam, N. (2007). Comparative anatomy of intervessel pits in two mangrove species growing along a natural salinity gradient in Gazi Bay, Kenya. Ann. Bot. 100(2): 271-281, more Schmitz, N.; Verheyden, A.; Kairo, J.G.; Beeckman, H.; Koedam, N. (2007). Successive cambia development in Avicennia marina (Forssk.) Vierh. is not climatically driven in the seasonal climate at Gazi Bay, Kenya. Dendrochronologia 25(2): 87-96. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dendro.2006.08.001, more Schmitz, N.; Verheyden, A.; Beeckman, H.; Kairo, J.G.; Koedam, N. (2006). Influence of a salinity gradient on the vessel characters of the mangrove species Rhizophora mucronata. Ann. Bot. 98(6): 1321-1330, more Verheyden, A.; De Ridder, F.; Schmitz, N.; Beeckman, H.; Koedam, N. (2005). High-resolution time series of vessel density in Kenyan mangrove trees reveal a link with climate. New Phytol. 167(2): 425-435. dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8137.2005.01415.x, more
Book [show]
Dahdouh-Guebas, F.; Barbier, N.; Bogaert, J.; Hardy, O.; Koedam, N.; Mahy, G.; Parmentier, I.; Schmitz, N.; Stévart, T.; Triest, L.; Meerts, P. (2009). Proceedings of the Symposium African Botany in Brussels. Université libre de Bruxelles - ULB / Vrije Universiteit Brussel - VUB: Belgium. 120 + 10 annex. pp., more
Book chapters (2) [show]
Robert, E.M.R.; Schmitz, N.; Kirauni, H.A.; Koedam, N. (2009). Salinity fluctuations in mangrove forest of Gazi Bay, Kenya: lessons for future research, in: Bojang, F. et al. (Ed.) The relevance of mangrove forests to African fisheries, wildlife and water resources. Nature & Faune, 24(1): pp. 89-95, more Schmitz, N. (2004). Houtanatomie van de mangrove Rhizophora mucronata Lamk. en de relatie met de omgeving: de betekenis van de vatendichtheid voor de veiligheid van het watertransportsysteem. MSc Thesis. Vrije Universiteit Brussel: Brussel. 127 pp., more
Thesis [show]
Schmitz, N. (2008). Growing on the edge. Hydraulic architecture of mangroves: ecological plasticity and functional significance of water conducting tissue in Rhizophora mucronata and Avicennia marina. PhD Thesis. VUB Press: Brussel. ISBN 978-90-5487-489-8. 135 pp., more
Abstracts (6) [show]
De Ryck, D.J.R.; Robert, E.M.R.; Schmitz, N.; Van der Stocken, T.; Di Nitto, D.; Dahdouh-Guebas, F.; Koedam, N. (2012). Size does matter, but not only size: two alternative dispersal strategies for viviparous mangrove propagules, in: Dahdouh-Guebas, F. et al. (Ed.) Proceedings of the International Conference 'Meeting on Mangrove ecology, functioning and Management - MMM3', Galle, Sri Lanka, 2-6 July 2012. VLIZ Special Publication, 57: pp. 52, more Kodikara, K.A.S.; Robert, E.M.R.; Jayatissa, L.P.; Dahdouh-Guebas, F.; Beeckman, H.; Schmitz, N.; Koedam, N. (2012). Successive cambia in the mangrove Avicennia: a study on the three-dimensional structure of the cambia and the functioning of the internal phloem tissue, in: Dahdouh-Guebas, F. et al. (Ed.) Proceedings of the International Conference 'Meeting on Mangrove ecology, functioning and Management - MMM3', Galle, Sri Lanka, 2-6 July 2012. VLIZ Special Publication, 57: pp. 94-95, more Oste, J.; Koedam, N.; Robert, E.; Schmitz, N. (2012). Growth and structural changes of viviparous mangrove propagules: the effect of environment on dispersal and establishment, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts - VLIZ Young Marine Scientists' Day. Brugge, Belgium, 24 February 2012. VLIZ Special Publication, 55: pp. 63, more Robert, E.M.R.; Schmitz, N.; Kairo, J.G.; Beeckman, H.; Koedam, N. (2012). The ecological success of the mangrove Avicennia: the perfect combination of well-adapted wood anatomical characteristics and special radial growth?, in: Dahdouh-Guebas, F. et al. (Ed.) Proceedings of the International Conference 'Meeting on Mangrove ecology, functioning and Management - MMM3', Galle, Sri Lanka, 2-6 July 2012. VLIZ Special Publication, 57: pp. 158, more Kodikara, K.A.S.; Robert, E.M.R.; Jayatissa, L.P.; Dahdouh-Guebas, F.; Beeckman, H.; Schmitz, N.; Koedam, N. (2011). Successive Cambia in the mangrove Avicennia: A study on the three-dimensional structure of the Cambia and the functioning of the internal phloem tissue, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) VLIZ Young Marine Scientists' Day, Brugge, Belgium 25 February 2011: book of abstracts. VLIZ Special Publication, 48: pp. 42, more Schmitz, N. (2005). Houtanatomie van de mangrove Rhizophora mucronata Lamk. en de relatie met de omgeving: de betekenis van de vatendichtheid voor de veiligheid van het watertransportsysteem, in: Mees, J. et al. VLIZ Young Scientists' Day, Brugge, Belgium 25 February 2005: book of abstracts. VLIZ Special Publication, 20: pp. 92-95, more
Other publication [show]
Oste, J.; Koedam, N.; Robert, E.; Schmitz, N. (2012). Growth and structural changes of viviparous mangrove propagules: the effect of environment on dispersal and establishment. Laboratory for Plant Biology and Nature Management, VUB: Brussel. 1 poster pp., more
Thesis (co-)promotor (6) [show]
De Deurwaerder, H. (2012). How are anatomical and hydraulic features of Avicennia marina and Rhizophora mucronata trees influenced by siltation? MSc Thesis. Universiteit Gent: Gent. 80 pp., more Robert, E.M.R. (2012). Mangroves make a virtue of necessity. The vascular factor in the ecological success of Avicennia trees for survival in the precarious conditions of the mangrove forest. PhD Thesis. VUBPRESS: Brussel. ISBN 978-90-5718-121-4. 202 pp., more Oste, J. (2011). Growth and structural changes of viviparous mangrove propagules: the effect of environment on dispersal and establishment. MA Thesis. Vrije Universiteit Brussel: Brussel. 64 pp., more De Weerdt, J. (2010). Is the wood hydraulic structure contributing to mangrove survival? A wood anatomical comparison with upland relatives. MSc Thesis. Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB): Brussel. 93 pp., more De Ryck, D. (2009). Moving and settling: experiments on the dispersal and establishment of hydrochorus propagules. MSc Thesis. Vrije Universiteit Brussel. Faculteit Wetenschappen, Onderzoeksgroep Algemene Plantkunde en Natuurbeheer: Brussel. 101 pp., more Robert, E.M.R. (2007). Hydraulische architectuur van Avicennia marina langsheen een ecologische gradiënt in Gazi Bay, Kenia = Hydraulic architecture of Avicennia marina along an ecological gradient in Gazi Bay, Kenia. MSc Thesis. Vrije Universiteit Brussel. Faculteit Wetenschappen, Onderzoeksgroep Algemene Plantkunde en Natuurbeheer: Brussel. 99 pp., more
Thesis supervisor [show]
Ochieng, J.A. (2008). Wood formation in six Kenyan mangrove tree species: relationship with the environment and dendrochronological potential. MSc Thesis. VUB: Brussel. 58 pp., more

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