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
21 - 30 of 94
- Down-regulation of the bacterial protein biosynthesis machinery in response to weeks, years, and decades of soil warming(2022)
Authors: Andrea Sollinger, Joana Seneca, Mathilde Borg Dahl, Liabo L. Motleleng, Judith Prommer, Erik Verbruggen, Bjarni D. Sigurdsson, Ivan Janssens, Josep Penuelas, Tim Urich, et al.
Pages: 1 - 13 - Global maps of soil temperature(2022)
Authors: Jonas Lembrechts, Johan van den Hoogen, Juha Aalto, Michael B. Ashcroft, Pieter De Frenne, Julia Kemppinen, Martin Kopecký, Miska Luoto, Ilya M.D. Maclean, Thomas W. Crowther, et al.
Pages: 3110 - 3144 - Biofertilisation with a consortium of growth-promoting bacterial strains improves the nutritional status of wheat grain under control, drought, and salinity stress conditions(2022)
Authors: Mohammad Yaghoubi Khanghahi, Hamada Abd Elgawad, Erik Verbruggen, Shereen Magdy Korany, Emad A. Alsherif, Gerrit Beemster, Carmine Crecchio
Pages: 1 - 15 - Decay of similarity across tropical forest communities(2022)
Authors: Guille Peguero, Miquel Ferrin, Jordi Sardans, Erik Verbruggen, Irene Ramirez Rojas, Leandro Van Langenhove, Lore Verryckt, Jerome Murienne, Amaia Iribar, Lucie Zinger, et al.
- Strong conditionality in plant-fungal community assembly after soil inoculation in post-agricultural grasslands(2022)
Authors: Willem-Jan Emsens, Maartje de Weyer, Ivette Fuentes, Yvonne Liczner, Erik Verbruggen
Pages: 1 - 10 - Interactive effects of soil water content and nutrients on root exudation in two Mediterranean tree species(2021)
Authors: Catherine Preece, Gerard Farre-Armengol, Erik Verbruggen, Josep Penuelas
- Tree species and epiphyte taxa determine the "metabolomic niche" of canopy suspended soils in a species-rich lowland tropical rainforest(2021)
Authors: Albert Gargallo-Garriga, Jordi Sardans, Abdulwahed Fahad Alrefaei, Karel Klem, Lucia Fuchslueger, Irene Ramirez Rojas, Julian Donald, Celine Leroy, Leandro Van Langenhove, Erik Verbruggen, et al.
- Shifts in the abundances of saprotrophic and ectomycorrhizal fungi with altered leaf litter inputs(2021)
Authors: Sara Maranon-Jimenez, Erik Verbruggen, Oriol Grau, Matthias Cuntz, Josep Penuelas, Andreas Richter, Marion Schrumpf, Corinna Rebmann
- Toxin variation among salamander populations(2021)
Authors: Gilles De Meester, Emina Sunje, Erik Verbruggen, Raoul Van Damme
Pages: 336 - 353 - Editorial(2021)
Authors: Catherine Preece, Alberto Canarini, Erik Verbruggen, Lucia Fuchslueger