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Condition-dependent mate choice and its implications for population differentiation in the wolf spider Pirata piraticus Ghent University
Habitat disturbance reduces seed dispersal of a forest interior tree in a fragmented African cloud forest Ghent University
Habitat fragmentation and disturbance are known to impact animals and plants in different ways, depending on species' characteristics and the type and scale of habitat modification involved. In contrast, direct or indirect ramifications on mutualistic relationships between plants and animals are less clear, possibly because general patterns are confounded by the diffuse nature of many of these interactions. Here, we examine how fragment size ...
Does landscape structure affect resource tracking by avian frugivores in a fragmented Afrotropical forest? Ghent University
Response of snails and slugs to fragmentation of lowland forests in NW Germany Ghent University University of Antwerp
Repeatability of dispersal behavior in a common dwarf spider: evidence for different mechanisms behind short and long distance dispersal Ghent University
Host plant toxicity affects developmental rates in a polyphagous fruit fly - experimental evidence. Ghent University
Spatial and temporal effects on recruitment of an Afromontane forest tree in a threatened fragmented ecosystem. Ghent University
Tropical forest fragmentation affects animal and plant populations in different ways. For plants, early stages (seed to seedling) are more sensitive to habitat alteration than adults, and can shape their future spatial patterns. Therefore, studying how seed germination and seedling growth and survival vary at different spatiotemporal scales enhances our understanding about plant recruitment in fragmented ecosystems. in this study we examine if, ...
Measuring thirst in broiler chickens Ghent University
Freedom from thirst has been long considered of paramount importance for animal welfare, however a feasible and sensitive animal-based indicator to assess thirst on-farm or at-slaughter, is not available. In this study, voluntary water consumption over time was investigated and validated as a non-invasive behavioural parameter for assessing thirst in broiler chickens. Thirty-two groups of four broilers were used in this study and the effect of ...