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Forest biodiversity and multifunctionality drive chronic stress-mediated dynamics in pathogen reservoirs

This project aims to advance our understanding of how multifunctional performance levels of forests, driven by tree species diversity, affect stress-mediated host-pathogen dynamics in a broad range of vertebrate species. We therefore combine field observations in selected forests across N-Belgium with lab experiments on animal- and zoonotic diseases and state-of-the-art statistical and mechanistic modelling to generalize the obtained results.

Date:1 Jan 2020 →  Today
Keywords:biodiversity, forest ecology, ecosystem multifunctionality, host-pathogen dynamics, chronic stress
Disciplines:Forestry management and modelling