Projects
RIver flow regulation, fish BEhaviour and Status - MSCA-RIBES Ghent University
In 2016 serious concerns on the achievement of the EU Biodiversity Strategy 2020 targets, due to the continuing loss of biodiversity and degradation of aquatic habitats, led to the urgent adoption of a new Resolution for implementing ecosystem restoration measures. Moreover, on December 2018 the EU raised to 32% the binding renewable energy target for 2030, bringing further input to hydropower development. Meeting these targets sets ...
Determinants of vegetation patterns and land cover dynamics in Nech Sar National Park, southern Ethiopian Rift Valley KU Leuven
DETERMINANTS OF LAND COVER DYNAMICS IN NECHISAR NATIONAL PARK SOUTH ETHIOPIA RIFT VALLEY
Ethiopia with its broad latitudinal rangeand great altitudinal variation encompasses a variety of habitats that harbor a unique collection of fauna and flora with a high level of endemism. To safeguard the losses of biodiversity protectedareas were established in different part of the country. Most of these protected areas including the ...
Projet Grands Singes, Cameroon: Community based conservation of great apes in non-protected areas of Cameroon Royal Zoological Society of Antwerp
Climate change impacts on the distribution of key tree species used by endemic lion tamarins in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest: applications to conservation Royal Zoological Society of Antwerp
LIFE Herbages - Priority Actions for grasslands and meadows in Lorraine and the southern Ardenne - LIFE11NAT/BE/001060 Meise Botanic Garden
Ecology and mobility of golden-headed lion tamarins (Leontopithecus chrysomelas) in and between small degraded fragments in South Bahia Royal Zoological Society of Antwerp
Monitoring of wet habitats and carbon stocks in two nature reserves (Asbroek and De Teut) in Limburg University of Antwerp
Shifts in the brown food web along forest edge-to-interior gradients and their consequences for carbon sequestration and nutrient cycling Ghent University
Forests around the world are severely fragmented due to conversion to other land-use types.
Small and isolated forest fragments contain large proportions of forest edge, which store more
carbon and have a faster nutrient cycling than forest interiors. Hence, if forest edges are ignored in
carbon models, total carbon stocks are underestimated. A large part of all aboveground plant
material enters the soil as litter, ...
The contribution of small forest remnants in agricultural landscapes to pollination services Ghent University
Western European forest landscapes are highly fragmented. These fragments can, however, deliver important ecosystem services. Pollination is among the most important, as 35% of the global crop production depends on it. Wild pollinators, however, have declined the past years because of the disappearance of semi-natural habitat. This research attempts to assess the immportance of these forest fragments for wild pollinators.