Projects
Fungal community analysis within and among Fagus woody debris and links to ectomycorrhizal tree regeneration Ghent University
The Sonian forest reserve in Belgium is a rare example of Atlantic beech forest, as is evident from its status as a UNESCO world heritage site. In such a natural forest, high amounts of dead wood are an essential component and key to the survival of many organisms. Fungal communities on dead wood are highly diverse and play important roles in the forest ecosystem. In 2001, decaying beech logs were surveyed in the Sonian forest as part of the ...
Inventory and monitoring techniques for black vine weevil and related weevil species in tree nurseries Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
In Flemish ornamental horticulture, in ordinary gardens, in public green areas, and on strawberry and small fruit companies, more and more damage is being suffered because of the weevil Otiorhynchus sulcatus (family Curculionidae) and related weevil species. To date, there is still no optimal control method available. That is why problems with this beetle and other snout beetles have been ...
Fungal community analysis within and among Fagus woody debris and links to ectomycorrhizal tree regeneration Research Institute for Nature and Forest
In 2001, decaying beech logs were surveyed in the Sonian forest as ...
Paradi2s: PARAsitic DIversity, vectors, host and transfers in Early Cretaceous DInosaur-aSsociated vertebrates Ghent University
Over geological times, biological crises and diversification events have fashioned the evolutionary history of plants and animals. Palaeontologists usually interpret the evolutionary success of a lineage and its demise in direct relation to environmental variations, including its food web and climate changes. The impact of interspecific associations, like parasitism, is usually completely neglected by palaeontologists, although parasitism and ...
Analysis of genetic and phenotypic diversity of Tamarind (Tamarindus indica L.) in Mali and their ecophysiological response to drought and salinity stress. University of Antwerp
Effects of tropical rainforest disturbance on gene flow, genomic diversity and introgression in understory trees: the case of Coffea canephora in the Congo basin. Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
The research project FWO-Canephora focuses on the diversity of coffee in the Congo basin. The researchers want to study the disturbance of the tropical rainforest, namely how large and what effects this disturbance has on the exchange of genetic material, genomic diversity and introgression in trees in the understory, specifically on Coffea canephora (Robusta coffee). The goal is to map the population ...
Effects of tropical rainforest disturbance on gene flow, genomic diversity and introgression in understory trees: the case of Coffea canephora in the Congo basin. KU Leuven
Tropical rainforests cover only 7% of the earth’s surface, but they are by far the richest biomes in terms of vascular plant diversity. To ensure the resilience and long-term stability of tropical rainforests, fostering the regeneration of the occurring woody plant species is critical. Yet, crucial aspects of gene flow, including pollination and seed dispersal, have become strongly jeopardized through ongoing large-scale anthropogenic ...
Impact of neighbourhood diversity on the growth of oak and pine Ghent University
We will study the relation between a tree’s local neighbourhood diversity, its crown shape (tLiDAR), diameter growth and response to drought stress (X-ray tomography) in permanent monitoring plots in unmanaged forest reserves: complex stands with large age and size differences between trees that thus offer a broad range of tree diversity levels within a single site.
Effects of tropical rainforest disturbance on gene flow, genomic diversity and introgression in understory trees: the case of Coffea canephora in the Congo basin. Meise Botanic Garden
through ongoing large-scale anthropogenic ...