People
van der Burgt, Xander
| Job Title | Botanist |
|---|---|
| Department | Herbarium |
| Section | Regional Teams |
| Science Teams |
Wet Tropics: Africa |
| Joined Kew | 2006 |
| Foreign Language(s) | Dutch, German, French, Spanish |
Qualifications & Appointments
MSc study Forestry, Wageningen University, 1988-1994
Herbarium WAG, Wageningen University, 1997-1999 & 2001
Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern, Switzerland, 1999-2000 & 2002-2005.
Role
Botanical inventories for conservation management in Cameroon.
Botanist and ecologist with 13 year’s experience with the flora of Central Africa, of which 3 years in the field. Responsible for the curation/naming of herbarium collections.
Projects
Guinea-Conakry: Developing a National Herbarium and Survey of the Simandou Range
Mefou Proposed National Park, Cameroon: A Conservation Checklist
Selected Publications 2001-2005
Burgt, X.M. van der; Newbery, D.M.; 2006. Gluema korupensis (Sapotaceae), a new tree species from Korup National Park, Cameroon. Kew Bulletin 61 (1).
Newbery, D.M.; Burgt, X.M. van der; Moravie, M.-A.; 2004. Structure and inferred dynamics of a large grove of Microberlinia bisulcata A.Chev. trees in Korup National Park, Cameroon. Journal of Tropical Ecology 20: 131-143.
Selected Publications pre-2001
Maesen, L.J.G. van der; X.M. van der Burgt; J.M. van Medenbach-de Rooy (1996). The biodiversity of African plants. Proceedings XIVth AETFAT. Kluwer Academic Publishers. 880 pp.
Burgt, X.M. van der (1997). Explosive seed dispersal of the rainforest tree Tetraberlinia moreliana (Leg. - Caes.) in Gabon. Journal of Tropical Ecology 13: 145-151.
Burgt, X.M. van der (1997). Determination of the age of Pinus occidentalis in La Celestina, Dominican Republic by the use of growth rings. IAWA Journal 18 (2): 139-146.