Researcher
Jan Mertens
- Disciplines:Plant biology, Soil ecology, Environmental science and management, Ecology, Conservation and biodiversity, Terrestrial ecology, Chemical and physical ecology
Affiliations
- Department of Environment (Department)
Member
From1 Jan 2018 → Today - Department of Applied biosciences (Department)
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From1 Oct 2013 → 31 Dec 2017 - Department of Plant production (Department)
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From16 Jul 2007 → 30 Nov 2012 - Department of Forest and water management (Department)
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From1 Oct 1997 → 15 Jul 2007
Projects
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- Ghent University science in Rodeland in the spotlightFrom1 Jun 2023 → TodayFunding: BOF - various
- Temperate food forests: quantifying ecosystem services delivered by this emerging multifunctional land use to evaluate its potential in an agricultural contextFrom1 Oct 2021 → TodayFunding: BOF - doctoral mandates
- Agroforestry in Flanders: an economic viable answer to the demand for agro-ecological productionFrom1 Sep 2014 → 31 Aug 2019Funding: IWT / VLAIO - Agricultural research
- Novel transporters and synthetic peptides as tools for production of bioactive plant terpenoidsFrom1 Oct 2013 → 30 Sep 2017Funding: FWO fellowships, BOF - Other initiatives
Publications
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- Phosphorus puts a mortgage on restoration of species-rich grasslands on former agricultural land(2022)
Authors: E. P. Goossens, Stephanie Schelfhout, Margot Vanhellemont, Jan Mertens
- Dringend nood aan herstel van laaggelegen schraal hooiland(2022)
Authors: An De Schrijver, Margot Vanhellemont, Elise Van Broeckhoven, Hans Van Calster, Stephanie Schelfhout, Jan Mertens, Pieter Vangansbeke
Pages: 118 - 124 - Bloemrijke graslanden ontwikkelen na ontharding(2021)
Authors: Ellen De Vrieze, Pablo De Weerdt, Stephanie Schelfhout, Eva DeCock, Lander Baeten, Jan Mertens
Pages: 129 - 131 - Effects of bioavailable phosphorus and soil biota on typical Nardus grassland species in competition with fast-growing plant species(2021)
Authors: Stephanie Schelfhout, Safaa Wasof, Jan Mertens, Margot Vanhellemont, Andreas Demey, Annelies Haegeman, Eva DeCock, Iris Moeneclaey, Pieter Vangansbeke, Nicole Viaene, et al.
- Advies uitmijnen in Landschap De Liereman(2021)
Authors: Stephanie Schelfhout, Margot Vanhellemont, An De Schrijver, Kris Verheyen, Jan Mertens
- Win some, lose some : mesocosm communities maintain community productivity despite lower phosphorus availability because of increased species diversity(2021)
Authors: Eva DeCock, An De Schrijver, Stephanie Schelfhout, Safaa Wasof, Margot Vanhellemont, Iris Moeneclaey, Jan Mertens, Kris Verheyen, Lander Baeten
- Vertical stratification of moth communities in a deciduous forest in Belgium(2019)
Authors: Pallieter De Smedt, Pieter Vangansbeke, Warre Schauwvliege, Luc Willems, Jan Mertens
Pages: 121 - 130 - Phytomining to re-establish phosphorus-poor soil conditions for nature restoration on former agricultural land(2019)
Authors: Stephanie Schelfhout, Margot Vanhellemont, Pieter Vangansbeke, Safaa Wasof, Michael Perring, Jan Mertens
Pages: 233 - 246 - Gradients in abundance and diversity of ground dwelling arthropods as a function of distance to tree rows in temperate arable agroforestry systems(2019)
Authors: Paul Pardon, Jan Mertens, Bert Reubens, Pieter De Frenne, Pallieter De Smedt, Willem Proesmans, Laura Van Vooren
Pages: 114 - 128 - Advies: Herstel van dotterbloemgrasland in het natuurpark Overmeers(2019)
Authors: Stephanie Schelfhout, Lander Neuskens, Margot Schotte, Jan Mertens