Projects
The evolutionary ecology of manipulative and deceptive signals in insect societies KU Leuven
Animal communication signals typically evolve because of a shared interest between the signaling and receiver individuals. In the present project, I will make the first systematic empirical and theoretical study of another class of signals, where the receiver instead is partly manipulated or “deceived”. To do so, I will use insect societies as my key model system, and study how four classes of manipulative signals that have been previously ...
Ecology from Farm to Fork Of microbial drug Resistance and Transmission Ghent University
EFFORT studies the complex epidemiology and ecology of antimicrobial resistance and the interactions between bacterial communities, commensets and pathogens in animals, the food chain and the environment. This will be conducted by a combination of epidemiological and ecological studies using newly developed molecular and bio-informatics technologies, EFFORT will include an exposure assessment of humans from animal/environmental sources.
Ecology and Evolution of Fishes of the Southern Ocean – A multidimensional molecular approach KU Leuven
The Antarctic and the surrounding Southern Ocean contain delicate and unique ecosystems, characterised by a cold climate, a seasonal photoperiod, remote location and a endemic fauna. Compared to other oceans, the Southern Ocean exhibits low species richness, but despite this, the Southern Ocean is still characterized as an evolutionary hotspot. The adaptive radiation of the notothenioids, the predominant clade of fishes in the Southern Ocean ...
Trajectories of newly emerging evolving metacommunities – an interdisciplinary research project in empirical ecology and biostatistics KU Leuven
Recent efforts to unravel the assembly of species communities have resulted in limited amounts of explained variation, suggesting that important processes are overlooked and that statistical methods to detect these processes are lacking. This project capitalizes on a unique opportunity provided by a nature restoration project, where several clusters of new ponds are being created. From their creation onwards, all ponds will be subjected to ...
A primer to the use of African ostracods in water quality assessment: taxonomy and ecology of non-marine Ostracoda (Crustacea) from Benin. Hasselt University
Prioritizing Lyme borreliosis risk areas for forest and nature management based on novel insights in tick ecology. University of Antwerp
The interplay of conditional movement and size specific ecology for eco-evolutionary dynamics of spatial populations Ghent University
The project aims to study how conditional movement and local demographics determine the eco-evolutionary dynamics of spatially structured populations. It will integrate advanced conditional movement ecology and state-of-the-art size structured population theory with spatial population ecology and life history trait evolution. The research program will combine individual level measurements, multi-generational population and selection ...