Researcher
Erik Verbruggen
- Research Expertise: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
1 - 10 of 17
- Intercropping for Rhizosphere Stimulation (IRHIS).From1 May 2024 → TodayFunding: BOF - postdoctoral mandates
- Enhanced silicate rock weathering (ESW) for climate change mitigation and ecosystem restoration: Panacea or Pandora's box?From1 Nov 2023 → TodayFunding: BOF - doctoral mandates
- Soil microbiome structure of warmed grasslands.From1 Jan 2023 → 31 Dec 2023Funding: BOF - projects
- Soil biotic complexity as the engine of ecosystem functions and resistance to disturbance.From1 Oct 2022 → TodayFunding: FWO junior postdoctoral fellowship
- Microbial ecology.From1 Feb 2021 → TodayFunding: BOF - ZAP BOF mandates
- Peatland rewetting in nitrogen-contaminated environments: synergies and trade-offs between biodiversity, climate, water quality and society (PRINCESS).From15 Dec 2020 → 14 Mar 2024Funding: BRAIN-be(Belgian Research Action through Interdisciplinary Networks)
- Towards a minimization of agricultural greenhouse gas emissions while ensuring crop production.From1 Sep 2020 → 30 Sep 2022Funding: FWO senior postdoctoral fellowship
- Exploring belowground traits in crops and their wild relatives to improve food security in times of drought.From1 Jul 2020 → 30 Jun 2023Funding: 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: BOF - research organisations, Fund Recuperation Fiscal Exemption
Publications
11 - 20 of 94
- Basalt addition improves the performance of young grassland monocultures under more persistent weather featuring longer dry and wet spells(2023)
Authors: Simon Reynaert, Arthur Vienne, Hans De Boeck, Tommy D'Hose, Ivan Janssens, Ivan Nijs, Miguel Portillo Estrada, Erik Verbruggen, Sara Vicca
Pages: 15 - Phosphorus scarcity contributes to nitrogen limitation in lowland tropical rainforests(2023)
Authors: Helena Vallicrosa, Laynara. F. Lugli, Lucia Fuchslueger, Jordi Sardans, Irene Ramirez Rojas, Erik Verbruggen, Laetitia Brechet, Guillermo Peguero, Leandro Van Langenhove, Lore Verryckt, et al.
Pages: 1 - 12 - Untangling microbial community assembly in rainforest and grassland soils under increasing precipitation persistence(2023)
Authors: Lingjuan Li, Erik Verbruggen, Ivan Nijs, Gerrit Beemster
Number of pages: 179 - More persistent weather causes a pronounced soil microbial legacy but does not impact subsequent plant communities(2023)
Authors: Lingjuan Li, Qiang Lin, Ivan Nijs, Hans De Boeck, Gerrit Beemster, Han Asard, Erik Verbruggen
Pages: 1 - 8 - Arbuscular mycorrhizal inoculation and plant response strongly shape bacterial and eukaryotic soil community trajectories(2022)
Authors: Johan De Gruyter, James Weedon, Evelyne Elst, Stefan Geisen, Marcel G.A. Van der Heijden, Erik Verbruggen
Pages: 1 - 12 - Shifts in the rhizosphere and endosphere colonizing bacterial communities under drought and salinity stress as affected by a biofertilizer consortium(2022)
Authors: Mohammad Yaghoubi Khanghahi, Carmine Crecchio, Erik Verbruggen
Pages: 483 - 495 - Vertical profiles of leaf photosynthesis and leaf traits and soil nutrients in two tropical rainforests in French Guiana before and after a 3-year nitrogen and phosphorus addition experiment(2022)
Authors: Lore Verryckt, Sara Vicca, Leandro Van Langenhove, Clement Stahl, Dolores Asensio, Ifigenia Urbina, Roma Ogaya, Joan Llusia, Oriol Grau, Guille Peguero, et al.
Pages: 5 - 18 - Negative erosion and negative emissions(2022)
Authors: Ivan Janssens, Dries Roobroeck, Jordi Sardans, Michael Obersteiner, Josep Penuelas, Andreas Richter, Pete Smith, Erik Verbruggen, Sara Vicca
Pages: 1 - 10 - Soil carbon loss in warmed subarctic grasslands is rapid and restricted to topsoil(2022)
Authors: Niel Verbrigghe, Bjarni D. Sigurdsson, Sara Vicca, Chao Fang, Lucia Fuchslueger, Jennifer Soong, James T. Weedon, Christopher Poeplau, Cristina Ariza Carricondo, Michael Bahn, et al.
Pages: 3381 - 3393 - Change in heathland dominant plants strongly increases C mineralization potential despite marginally affecting microbial community structure(2022)
Authors: Francois Rineau, Koen Ramaekers, Koen Kuipers, Nick Giesberts, Julie Claes, Natascha Arnauts, Erik Verbruggen, Sofie Thijs
Pages: 49 - 62