01240nam a2200217 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001902000220006002400250008210000260010724500580013326000440019130000160023550001180025152005650036965000190093465000100095365000240096365000130098765000220100020575962017-03-01 2016 bl uuuu 00u1 u #d a978-94-6257-802-97 a10.18174/3802562DOI1 aSANDE, M. T. van der. aBiodiversity and the functioning of tropical forests. aWageningen: Wageningen Universityc2016 a282 p.cil. aThesis submited in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of doctor at Wageningen University, 6 july 2016. aGeneral introduction ; Explaining biomass growth of tropical canopy trees: the importance of sapwood; Soil fertility and species traits, but not species diversity, drive productivity and biomass stocks in a tropical rainforest; Drivers of biomass change in a Neotropical forest: testing for niche, mass-ratio, and environmental effects; Biodiversity, climate, and soil determine functioning of Neotropical forests; Old-growth Neotropical forests are shifting in species and trait composition; Biodiversity enhances climate change mitigation by tropical forests aBiodiversidade aClima aFertilidade do solo aFloresta aFloresta tropical