Researcher
Rob Moerkens
- Keywords:Biology
- Disciplines:Animal biology, Bioinformatics and computational biology, Ecology, Evolutionary biology, General biology, Genetics, Microbiology, Molecular and cell biology, Plant biology, Systems biology, Other biological sciences, Other natural sciences
Affiliations
- Evolutionary ecology group (EVECO) (Research group)
Member
From16 Mar 2011 → Today - Evolutionary ecology group (EVECO) (Research group)
Member
From1 Oct 2006 → 15 Mar 2011
Projects
1 - 1 of 1
- Population dynamics -and simulation of earwings in orchards: density dependence in a population of generalist predators.From1 Jan 2009 → 31 Dec 2010Funding: IWT personal funding - specialisation scholarships
Publications
1 - 10 of 12
- Employing **Macrolophus pygmaeus** as natural enemy against sweet pepper key pests in practice(2020)
Authors: Nathalie Brenard, Herwig Leirs, Rob Moerkens, Vincent Sluydts
Number of pages: 174 - Simplified modelling enhances biocontrol decision making in tomato greenhouses for three important pest species(2020)
Authors: Rob Moerkens, D. Janssen, Nathalie Brenard, Eva Reybroeck, Maria del Mar Tellez, Estefania Rodríguez, L. Bosmans, Herwig Leirs, Vincent Sluydts
Pages: 1 - 11 - Protocol for semi-automatic identification of whiteflies Bemisia tabaci and Trialeurodes vaporariorum on yellow sticky traps(2019)
Authors: Rob Moerkens, Nathalie Brenard, Lien Bosmans, Eva Reybroeck, Dirk Janssen, Jochen Hemming, Vincent Sluydts
Pages: 652 - 658 - Food supplementation to optimize inoculative release of the predatory bug **Macrolophus pygmaeus** in sweet pepper(2018)
Authors: Nathalie Brenard, Vincent Sluydts, Luc De Bruyn, Herwig Leirs, Rob Moerkens
Pages: 574 - 582 - Inoculative release strategies of **Macrolophus pygmaeus** Rambur (Hemiptera: Miridae) in tomato crops(2017)
Authors: Rob Moerkens, Els Berckmoes, Veerle Van Damme, Lieve Wittemans, Luc Tirry, Hans Casteels, Patrick De Clercq, Raf De Vis
Pages: 295 - 303 - High population densities of Macrolophus pygmaeus on tomato plants can cause economic fruit damage(2016)
Authors: Rob Moerkens, Els Berckmoes, Veerle Van Damme, Nelia Ortega-Parra, Inge Hanssen, Martine Wuytack, Lieve Wittemans, Hans Casteels, Luc Tirry, Patrick De Clercq, et al.
Pages: 1350 - 1358 - Phenology and interspecific association of **Forficula auricularia** and **Forficula pubescens** in apple orchards(2015)
Authors: Jaume Lordan, Simo Alegre, Rob Moerkens, Maria-Jose Sarasua, Georgina Alins
- Natural and human causes of earwig mortality during winter(2012)
Authors: Rob Moerkens, Herwig Leirs, G. Peusens, T. Beliën, B. Gobin
Pages: 490 - 500 - Optimizing biocontrol using phenological day degree models(2011)
Authors: Rob Moerkens, Bruno Gobin, Gertie Peusens, Herman Helsen, Richard Hilton, Hazem Dib, David Max Suckling, Herwig Leirs
Pages: 301 - 312 - Dispersal of single- and double-brood populations of the European earwig, **Forficula auricularia**: a mark-recapture experiment(2010)
Authors: Rob Moerkens, Herwig Leirs, G. Peusens, B. Gobin
Pages: 19 - 27