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Researcher

Maaike De Ridder

Publications & Research Data

Awards & Distinctions

17 Results

2025

Combining wood anatomy and chemical fingerprinting maximizes tropical timber identification success

Michael MonnoyeMbusa WasukundiNils BourlandRuben De BlaereVictor DeklerckTom De MilMaaike De RidderWannes HubauFélix LaurentKévin Liévens et al.

A1 Journal Article in ANNALS OF FOREST SCIENCE

Pantropical tree rings show small effects of drought on stem growth

Pieter A. ZuidemaPeter GroenendijkMizanur RahmanValerie TrouetAbrham AbiyuRodolfo Acuña-SotoEduardo Adenesky-FilhoRaquel Alfaro-SánchezClaudio Roberto AnholettoJosé Roberto Vieira Aragão et al.

A1 Journal Article in SCIENCE

2024

Dataset of wood identifications of Congolese heritage objects – constituting 7% of the RMCA's collection (Royal Museum for Central Africa, Belgium)

Roger DechampsSofie DierickxMaaike De RidderHans Beeckman

2017

Automated classification of wood transverse cross-section micro-imagery from 77 commercial Central-African timber species

Núbia Rosa da SilvaMaaike De RidderJan BaetensJan Van den BulckeMelissa RousseauOdemir Martinez BrunoHans BeeckmanJoris Van AckerBernard De Baets

A1 Journal Article in ANNALS OF FOREST SCIENCE

2015

Tree rings show a different climatic response in a managed and a non-managed plantation of teak (Tectona grandis) in West Africa

Agathe DIEMaaike De RidderP CherubiniFN KouaméA VerheydenP KitinBB ToirambeJan Van den BulckeJoris Van AckerH Beeckman

A1 Journal Article in IAWA JOURNAL

2014

Dendrochronological potential in a semi-deciduous rainforest : the case of Pericopsis elata in Central Africa

Maaike De RidderBenjamin ToirambeJan Van den BulckeNils BourlandJoris Van AckerHans Beeckman

A1 Journal Article in FORESTS

2013

A tree-ring based comparison of Terminalia superba climate-growth relationships in West and Central Africa

Maaike De RidderValerie TrouetJan Van den BulckeWannes HubauJoris Van AckerHans Beeckman

A1 Journal Article in TREES-STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION

Tree-ring analysis and stem biomass estimation of limba (Terminalia superba Engl. & Diels) in the framework of sustainable forest management

Maaike De RidderJoris Van AckerHans Beeckman

Tree-ring analysis of an African long-lived pioneer species as a tool for sustainable forest management

Maaike De RidderJan Van den BulckeJoris Van AckerHans Beeckman

A1 Journal Article in FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

2012

Microdensitometry of tropical wood using helical X-ray tomography : a proxy for dendroclimatology and forest management

Jan Van den BulckeMaaike De RidderAgathe DIEBenjamin Toirambe BamoningaDries VansteenkisteWannes HubauDenis Van LooManuel DierickBert MasschaeleYoni De Witte et al.

2011

High-resolution proxies for wood density variations in Terminalia superba

Maaike De RidderJan Van den BulckeDries VansteenkisteDenis Van LooManuel DierickBert MasschaeleYoni De WitteDavid MannesEberhard LehmannHans Beeckman et al.

A1 Journal Article in ANNALS OF BOTANY

Multi-resolution X-ray tomography for multi-purpose use in cultural heritage

Jan Van den BulckeDenis Van LooManuel DierickMatthieu BooneBert MasschaeleYoni De WitteKristof HanecaKoen DeforceMaaike De RidderWannes Hubau et al.

2010

Combating global warming by planting trees? Some case studies from tropical Africa

Maaike De RidderWannes HubauBenjamin Toirambe BamoningaA. DieK. Van De VeldeMatthias Van WonterghemJ. Van AckerH. Beeckman

The potential of plantations of Terminalia superba Engl. & Diels for wood and biomass production (Mayombe Forest, Democratic Republic of Congo)

Maaike De RidderWannes HubauJan Van den BulckeJoris Van AckerHans Beeckman

A1 Journal Article in ANNALS OF FOREST SCIENCE

2009

Morphology and growth periodicity of plantation grown limba trees (Terminalia superba Engl. & Diels)

Wannes HubauMaaike De RidderHans BeeckmanJoris Van Acker

2008

In the heart of the limba tree (Terminalia superba Engl. & Diels): detection methods for heart rot and false heartwood

Maaike De RidderJan Van den BulckeHans BeeckmanJoris Van Acker

2007

Dendrochronological monitoring of air pollution in the Ghent canal area (Belgium)

Maaike De RidderKristof HanecaHans BeeckmanRoeland SamsonJoris Van Acker