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Robert Buitenwerf is a a broadly interested ecologist, combing curiosity-driven research with a strong motivation to contribute to better Earth stewardship. Main research interests include quantifying and understanding human impacts on ecosystems across large scales, with a focus on disturbance regimes. Using remote sensing and other large data, Robert Buitenwerf studies ecosystem dynamics at continental to global scales, with field-based research on various continents including Africa, South America and Europe.
Keywords
- Biodiversity
- Ecology
- Biogeography
- Remote sensing
- Africa
- Climate change
- Ecosystem restoration
Areas of expertise
- Ecology
- Biogeography
- Ecosystem restoration
- Africa
- Climate change
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Global biogeography and evolution of spiny trunk trees and palms
Buitenwerf, R. (PI), Lefebvre, T. (CoPI), Gélin, U. (Collaborator), Charles-Dominique, T. (Collaborator) & Tomlinson, K. W. (Collaborator)
15/04/2024 → …
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ARDENT: Argentina-Denmark research collaboration and knowledge transfer
Buitenwerf, R. (PI)
01/01/2024 → …
Project: Research
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wildE: Climate-smart rewilding: ecological restoration for climate change mitigation, adaptation and biodiversity support in Europe
Buitenwerf, R. (CoPI)
01/01/2023 → 31/12/2026
Project: Research
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Center for Ecological Dynamics in a Novel Biosphere
Svenning, J.-C. (PI), le Roux, L. (PI), Ordonez Gloria, A. (PI), Nielsen, T. K. (PI), Riede, F. (PI), Buitenwerf, R. (PI) & Hansen, M. M. (PI)
01/01/2023 → 31/12/2028
Project: Research
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RAMONA: Rangeland Monitoring for Africa using Earth Observation – Continental Demonstrators
Buitenwerf, R. (PI) & Svenning, J.-C. (CoPI)
01/01/2022 → …
Project: Research
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Capybaras (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) Generate Grazing Lawns and Maintain Plant Diversity in Neotropical Savanna
Mata, J. C., Svenning, J. C., Chequín, R. N., Davalos, M., Salas, R., Vucko, A. & Buitenwerf, R., 1 Jan 2025, In: Applied Vegetation Science. 28, 1, e70013.Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Megagrazer loss drives complex landscape-scale biophysical cascades
Hyvarinen, O., te Beest, M., le Roux, E., Kerley, G. I. H., Buitenwerf, R., Druce, D. J., Chen, J., Rapp, L., Fernandes, J. & Cromsigt, J. P. G. M., Feb 2025, In: Environmental Research Letters. 20, 2, 024028.Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Pathway narratives towards a nature-positive European Union land system: operationalising the Nature Futures Framework for policy objectives
Raymond, J., Schmitt, T. M., Tschol, M., Bakx, T. R. M., Brotons, L., Brown, C., Buitenwerf, R., Díaz-General, E., Ferretto, A., Kloibhofer, J., Laimer, T., Moreira, F., Pang, S. E. H., Plumanns-Pouton, E., Prestele, R., Smith, A. M., Svenning, J. C. & Rounsevell, M., 2025, (E-pub / Early view) In: Sustainability Science.Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Phylogenetic Evidence Supports the Effect of Traits on Late-Quaternary Megafauna Extinction in the Context of Human Activity
Lemoine, R. T., Buitenwerf, R., Faurby, S. & Svenning, J. C., Jul 2025, In: Global Ecology and Biogeography. 34, 7, e70078.Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Restoring fire regimes through rewilding
Plumanns-Pouton, E., Bakx, T. R. M., Buitenwerf, R., Espelta, J. M., Moreira, F., Regos, A., Selwyn, M. & Brotons, L., 7 Jul 2025, In: Current Biology. 35, 13, p. R670-R686Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Review › Research › peer-review
Open Access1 Citation (Scopus)