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Tree roots, Mycorrhiza, Root economics spectrum, Functional traits, Forest Ecology, Plasticity

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Employment (7)

Wageningen University & Research: Wageningen, NL

2023-09-01 to present | Assistant Professor (Forest Ecology and Forest Management)
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Monique Weemstra

Florida International University: Miami, Florida, US

2022-01-14 to 2023-07-01 | Postdoctoral researcher (Biological Sciences)
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Monique Weemstra

University of Michigan: Ann Arbor, MI, US

2020-01-15 to 2022-01-14 | Postdoctoral researcher (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology)
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Monique Weemstra

CNRS Délégation Languedoc-Roussillon: Montpellier, Languedoc-Roussillon, FR

2018-04-01 to 2019-12-31 | Postdoctoral researcher (CEFE)
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Monique Weemstra

University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Lincoln, NE, US

2017-01-01 to 2017-12-31 | Postdoctoral fellow (School of Biological Sciences)
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Monique Weemstra

Wageningen University: Wageningen, NL

2012-09 to 2017-02-01 | PhD candidate (Forest Ecology and Forest Management group)
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Monique Weemstra

Wageningen University: Wageningen, NL

2012-04 to 2012-10 | Trainee (Forest Ecology and Forest Management group)
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Monique Weemstra

Education and qualifications (2)

Wageningen University: Wageningen, NL

2009 to 2012 | MSc (Forest Ecology and Forest Management )
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Monique Weemstra

Radboud University Nijmegen: Nijmegen, NL

2001 to 2006 | MA (Cultural Anthropology and Development Studies)
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Monique Weemstra

Funding (1)

Beyond leaf economics. Integrating root, leaf and stem traits to examine tree resource acquisition and growth

2012 to present | Grant
Netherlands Organisation of Scientific Research (The Hague, NL)
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Monique Weemstra

Works (18)

Unique belowground ecological strategies of subtropical and tropical plant species expand the root trait space

2024-10-10 | Preprint
DOI: 10.1101/2024.10.06.616893
Contributors: Nathaly R. Guerrero-Ramírez; Monique Weemstra; Shalom D. Addo-Danso; Kelly Andersen; Marie Arnaud; Amanda L. Cordeiro; Daniela F. Cusack; Martyna M. Kotowska; Ming Yang Lee; Céline Leroy et al.
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A framework for fine‐root trait syndromes: syndrome coexistence may support phosphorus partitioning in tropical forests

Oikos
2023-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/oik.08908
Contributors: Caroline Dallstream; Monique Weemstra; Fiona M. Soper
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Incorporating belowground traits: avenues towards a whole‐tree perspective on performance

Oikos
2023-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/oik.08827
Contributors: Monique Weemstra; Thomas W. Kuyper; Frank J. Sterck; María Natalia Umaña
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Special Issue: Root traits and functioning: from individual plants to ecosystems

Oikos
2023-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/oik.09924
Contributors: Monique Weemstra; Oscar J. Valverde‐Barrantes; M. Luke McCormack; Deliang Kong
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Root traits and functioning: from individual plants to ecosystems

2022-12-08 | Preprint
DOI: 10.22541/au.167051985.54936373/v1
Contributors: Monique Weemstra; Oscar J. Valverde-Barrantes; M. Luke McCormack; Deliang Kong
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Tree mycorrhizal type mediates conspecific negative density dependence effects on seedling herbivory, growth, and survival

Oecologia
2022-08 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-022-05224-6
Contributors: Xucai Pu; Monique Weemstra; Guangze Jin; María Natalia Umaña
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Root traits as drivers of plant and ecosystem functioning: current understanding, pitfalls and future research needs

New Phytologist
2021-11 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/nph.17072
Contributors: Grégoire T. Freschet; Catherine Roumet; Louise H. Comas; Monique Weemstra; A. Glyn Bengough; Boris Rewald; Richard D. Bardgett; Gerlinde B. De Deyn; David Johnson; Jitka Klimešová et al.
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Tree growth increases through opposing above‐ground and below‐ground resource strategies

Journal of Ecology
2021-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.13729
Contributors: Monique Weemstra; Jenny Zambrano; David Allen; María Natalia Umaña
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Patterns in intraspecific variation in root traits are species‐specific along an elevation gradient

Functional Ecology
2021-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.13723
Contributors: Monique Weemstra; Grégoire T. Freschet; Alexia Stokes; Catherine Roumet; Emma Sayer
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Lithological constraints on resource economies shape the mycorrhizal composition of a Bornean rain forest

New Phytologist
2020-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/nph.16672
Contributors: Monique Weemstra; Kabir G. Peay; Stuart J. Davies; Mohizah Mohamad; Akira Itoh; Sylvester Tan; Sabrina E. Russo
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The role of fine‐root mass, specific root length and life span in tree performance: A whole‐tree exploration

Functional Ecology
2020-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.13520
Contributors: Monique Weemstra; Natasa Kiorapostolou; Jasper van Ruijven; Liesje Mommer; Jorad de Vries; Frank Sterck; Martin Weiser
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Fine-root trait plasticity of beech (Fagus sylvatica) and spruce (Picea abies) forests on two contrasting soils

Plant and Soil
2017-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-016-3148-y
Contributors: Monique Weemstra; Frank J. Sterck; Eric J. W. Visser; Thomas W. Kuyper; Leo Goudzwaard; Liesje Mommer
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Towards a multidimensional root trait framework: a tree root review

New Phytologist
2016-04-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/nph.14003
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Monique Weemstra

Functional ratios among leaf, xylem and phloem areas in branches change with shade tolerance, but not with local light conditions, across temperate tree species

New Phytologist
2015 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/nph.13731
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2-s2.0-84949032852
Contributors: Zhang, L.; Copini, P.; Weemstra, M.; Sterck, F.
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Monique Weemstra via Scopus - Elsevier

Plasticity influencing the light compensation point offsets the specialization for light niches across shrub species in a tropical forest understorey

Journal of Ecology
2013 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.12076
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2-s2.0-84879607232
Contributors: Sterck, F.J.; Duursma, R.A.; Pearcy, R.W.; Valladares, F.; Cieslak, M.; Weemstra, M.
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Monique Weemstra via Scopus - Elsevier

Summer droughts limit tree growth across 10 temperate species on a productive forest site

Forest Ecology and Management
2013 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2013.06.007
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2-s2.0-84880418718
Contributors: Weemstra, M.; Eilmann, B.; Sass-Klaassen, U.G.W.; Sterck, F.J.
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Monique Weemstra via Scopus - Elsevier

Controls on coarse wood decay in temperate tree species: Birth of the LOGLIFE experiment

Ambio
2012 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s13280-012-0304-3
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2-s2.0-84867442795
Contributors: Cornelissen, J.H.C.; Sass-Klaassen, U.; Poorter, L.; Van Geffen, K.; Van Logtestijn, R.S.P.; Van Hal, J.; Goudzwaard, L.; Sterck, F.J.; Klaassen, R.K.W.M.; Freschet, G.T. et al.
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Monique Weemstra via Scopus - Elsevier

The role of roots in the resource economics spectrum

New Phytologist
2012 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2012.04247.x
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2-s2.0-84864531131
Contributors: Mommer, L.; Weemstra, M.
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Monique Weemstra via Scopus - Elsevier

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