Researcher
Erik Verbruggen
- Research interest:Microbial ecology of plants and soils
- Keywords:ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION, SPECIES DIVERSITY, Biology
- Disciplines:Climate change, Community ecology, Soil ecology, Terrestrial ecology, Microbiology, Plant biology, Conservation and biodiversity
- Research techniques:metabarcoding of fungi and bacteria, staining and microscopy of mycorrhizal fungi
- Users of research expertise:Stakeholders interested in microbial functioning of soils
Affiliations
- Plant and Ecosystems (PLECO) - Ecology in a time of change (Research group)
Member
From1 Nov 2014 → Today
Projects
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- Peatland rewetting in nitrogen-contaminated environments: synergies and trade-offs between biodiversity, climate, water quality and society (PRINCESS).From15 Dec 2020 → TodayFunding: BRAIN-be(Belgian Research Action through Interdisciplinary Networks)
- Towards a minimization of agricultural greenhouse gas emissions while ensuring crop production.From1 Sep 2020 → TodayFunding: FWO senior postdoctoral fellowship
- Exploring belowground traits in crops and their wild relatives to improve food security in times of drought.From1 Jul 2020 → TodayFunding: FWO senior postdoctoral fellowship
- Development opportunities for Nardus grasslands on selected parcels in Landschap de Liereman.From13 Mar 2020 → 31 Dec 2020Funding: Other Flemish public, semi-private and pararegional institutions not mentioned elsewhere
- Microbial Systems Technology (MST).From1 Jan 2020 → TodayFunding: Fund Recuperation Fiscal Exemption, BOF - Other initiatives
- A glimpse into the Arctic future: equipping a unique natural experiment for next-generation ecosystem research (FutureArctic).From1 Jun 2019 → TodayFunding: H2020 - Skills and Career Development (Marie Sk?odowska-Curie) actions
- Shifting rainfall regimes: a multi-scale analysis of ecosystem response (REGIME SHIFT).From1 Jan 2019 → TodayFunding: BOF - projects
- The influence of fungal networks on interactions among adult trees and seedlings.From1 Jan 2018 → 31 Dec 2020Funding: FWO research grant KAN
- Restoration and prognosis of peat formation in fens - linking diversity in plant functional traits to soil biological and biogeochemical processes (REPEAT-BE).From1 Mar 2017 → 29 Feb 2020Funding: BRAIN-be(Belgian Research Action through Interdisciplinary Networks)
- Underground connections: how fungal networks influence tropical rainforests.From1 Oct 2016 → 30 Sep 2020Funding: BOF - Doctoral projects
Publications
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- Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi alter the community structure of ammonia oxidizers at high fertility via competition for soil NH4+(2019)
Authors: Stavros D. Veresoglou, Erik Verbruggen, Olga Makarova, India Mansour, Robin Sen, Matthias C. Rillig
Pages: 147 - 158 - Influence of soil physicochemical properties on the depth profiles of perfluoroalkylated acids (PFAAs) in soil along a distance gradient from a fluorochemical plant and associations with soil microbial parameters(2019)
Authors: Thimo Groffen, Jet Rijnders, Niel Verbrigghe, Erik Verbruggen, Els Prinsen, Marcel Eens, Lieven Bervoets
Number of pages: 10 - Responses of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi to long-term inorganic and organic nutrient addition in a lowland tropical forest(2018)
Authors: Merlin Sheldrake, Nicholas P. Rosenstock, Scott Mangan, Daniel Revillini, Emma J. Sayer, Pal Axel Olsson, Erik Verbruggen, Edmund V. J. Tanner, Benjamin L. Turnerd, S. Joseph Wright
Pages: 2433 - 2445 - Favorable effect of mycorrhizae on biomass production efficiency exceeds their carbon cost in a fertilization experiment(2018)
Authors: Melanie Verlinden, Arne Ven, Erik Verbruggen, Ivan Janssens, Håkan Wallander, Sara Vicca
Pages: 2525 - 2534 - Soil microbial CNP and respiration responses to organic matter and nutrient additions(2018)
Authors: Jennifer Soong, Sara Marañon Jiménez, M. Francesca Cotrufo, Pascal Boeckx, Samuel Bode, Bertrand Guenet, Josep Penuelas, Andreas Richter, Clement Stahl, Erik Verbruggen, et al.
Pages: 141 - 149 - Prolonged exposure does not increase soil microbial community compositional response to warming along geothermal gradients(2018)
Authors: Dajana Radujkovic, Erik Verbruggen, Bjarni D. Sigurdsson, Niki Leblans, Ivan Janssens, Sara Vicca, James Weedon
Number of pages: 10 - Mycorrhizal fungi show regular community compositions in natural ecosystems(2018)
Authors: Erik Verbruggen, Merlin Sheldrake, Luke D. Bainard, Baodong Chen, Tobias Ceulemans, Johan De Gruyter, Maarten Van Geel
Pages: 380 - 385 - Linking the community structure of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and plants(2017)
Authors: Sebastian Horn, Stefan Hempel, Erik Verbruggen, Matthias C. Rillig, Tancredi Caruso
Pages: 1400 - 1411 - Specialist nectar-yeasts decline with urbanization in Berlin(2017)
Authors: Jeannine Wehner, Moritz Mittelbach, Matthias C. Rillig, Erik Verbruggen
Number of pages: 8 - High soil phosphorus levels overrule the potential benefits of organic farming on arbuscular mycorrhizal diversity in northern vineyards(2017)
Authors: Maarten Van Geel, Erik Verbruggen, Matthias De Beenhouwer, Geurt Van Rennes, Bart Lievens, Olivier Honnay
Pages: 144 - 152