Evolutionary Ecology Group - EVECO search menu search content Dispersal and personality in great tits This project combines our long-term population studies on great and blue tits with two of the main research interests of the group: mechanisms underlying spatial population processes (with special e…

Evolutionary Ecology Group - EVECO search menu search content Spatial Ecology This research line focuses on processes, patterns and consequences of dispersal in natural populations. We study behavioural aspects of movement (home-range behaviour, responses to landscape structure), sources of individu…

Tom Vandecasteele praktijkassistent Publicaties Tom Vandecasteele Family movements before independence influence natal dispersal in a territorial songbird Bron Oecologia - ISSN 0029-8549-162:3 (2010) p. 591-597 Auteur(s) Erik Matthysen, Thijs van Overveld, Tom van de Casteele, Frank Adriaensen Citat…

Jitse Creemers unpaid staff Research Jitse Creemers Research team Behavioural Ecology & Ecophysiology Investigating the role of skyglow on the natal dispersal of crepuscular-nocturnal birds. 01/11/2024 - 31/10/2025 Abstract Natal dispersal contributes to the viability of populations in rapidly chang…

Evolutionary Ecology Group - EVECO search menu search content Effects of tropical forest fragmentation on bird populations - Evolutionary Ecology Since 1996 we are studying populations of 9 understorey forest birds in a series of cloud forest remnants in the Taita Hills, Kenya. These hills are dense…

Master of Biology: Global Change Biology Programme info Programme info 120 ECTS-credits Programme taught in English Faculty of Science Campus Drie Eiken What does the programme entail? The Master programme in Biology comprises of 120 credits, to be acquired over a two-year period. Each year you regi…

Erik Matthysen full professor Research Erik Matthysen Research team Evolutionary ecology group (EVECO) Expertise - Evaluation of landscape connectivity. - Population viability analysisand genetic analysis of (natural) populations. Evolutionary potential of phenological and morphological responses to…

Job Aben unpaid staff Research Job Aben Research team Evolutionary ecology group (EVECO) Dispersal, connectivity and population viability of birds in a fragmental afrotropical rainforest. 01/10/2008 - 30/09/2012 Abstract This project aims to model viability of threatened bird populations in highly f…

Tom Vandecasteele teaching assistant Publications Tom Vandecasteele Family movements before independence influence natal dispersal in a territorial songbird Source Oecologia - ISSN 0029-8549-162:3 (2010) p. 591-597 Author(s) Erik Matthysen, Thijs van Overveld, Tom van de Casteele, Frank Adriaensen C…

Joannes Rammeloo emeritus occasional assignment Research Joannes Rammeloo Research team Ecology of Laboulbeniales (Ascomycetes) on Carabidae (Coleoptera). 01/01/1994 - 31/12/1995 Abstract Study on the ecology, nutrition and pathogenity from Laboulbeniales based on quantitative analysis. Infectionfre…

Evolutionary Ecology Group - EVECO search menu search content Job Opportunities Vacancies Call for pre- and postdoctoral applicants We will welcome and support excellent young researchers with an application for pre- or postdoctoral fellowships, in particular for the EU-MSCA calls (postdocs: deadlin…

Master of Biology: Biodiversity, Conservation and Restoration Programme info Programme info 120 ECTS-credits Programme taught in English Faculty of Science Campus Drie Eiken What does the program entail? The Master programme in Biology comprises of 120 credits (or study points, sp), to be acquired o…

Frank Adriaensen onbezoldigd medewerker Publicaties Frank Adriaensen Biological corridors and connectivity Bron Key topics in conservation biology / MacDonald, David W. [edit.]; et al. Auteur(s) Samuel A. Cushman, Brad McRae, Frank Adriaensen, Paul Beier, Mark Shirley, Kathy Zeller Citatielink Multi…

Philip Ley onderzoeker Publicaties Philip Ley A novel cable bacteria species with a distinct morphology and genomic potential Bron Applied and environmental microbiology - ISSN 0099-2240-91:5 (2025) p. 1-24 Auteur(s) Anwar Hiralal, Philip Ley, Jesper van Dijk, Cheng Li, Dmitry Pankratov, Jiji Alinga…

Evolutionary Ecology Group - EVECO search menu search content PhD Theses 2020 Nathalie, Brenard, Employing Macrolophus pygmaeus as natural enemy against sweet pepper key pests in practice (Promotors: Herwig Leirs, Vincent Sluydts, Rob Moerkens) Myrthe Pareyn, Transmission dynamics, distribution and …

Miguel Portillo Estrada expert - gespecialiseerd med.- expert Publicaties Miguel Portillo Estrada Soil biodiversity and ecosystem functions in grasslands: Is more always better? Bron Zenodo, 2025, Auteur(s) Dajana Radujković, Miguel Portillo-Estrada, Björn Hendrickx, Giandiego Campetella, Willem-J…

Rob Moerkens onbezoldigd medewerker Publicaties Rob Moerkens Employing **Macrolophus pygmaeus** as natural enemy against sweet pepper key pests in practice Bron Antwerpen, Universiteit Antwerpen, Faculteit Wetenschappen, Departement Biologie, 2020,174 p. Auteur(s) Nathalie Brenard, Herwig Leirs, Rob…

Wenke Smets senior onderzoeker Publicaties Wenke Smets Agricultural practices and pollinators modulate the anthosphere microbiome Bron ISME communications - ISSN 2730-6151-5:1 (2025) p. 1-12 Auteur(s) Jari Temmermans, Marie Legein, Ilaria Checchia, Giovanna E. Felis, Wenke Smets, Reet Karise, Sarah …

Silvia Hidalgo Martinez gespecialiseerd med.- expert Publicaties Silvia Hidalgo Martinez A hierarchical nickel organic framework confers high conductivity over long distances in cable bacteria Bron - (2025) p. 1-68 Auteur(s) Filip Meysman, Bent Smets, Silvia Hidalgo Martinez, Nathalie Claes, Bob C. …

Christopher Delgado Ratto doctor assistent - docent - senior onderzoeker Mijn website Christopher Delgado Ratto Publications in peer-reviewed journals Baraka V1, Delgado-Ratto, C1, et al. (2017). Different origin and dispersal of sulfadoxine-resistant Plasmodium falciparum haplotypes between Eastern…

Hugo Robles Díez onbezoldigd medewerker Publicaties Hugo Robles Díez Phenotypic and environmental correlates of natal dispersal movements in fragmented landscapes Bron Landscape ecology - ISSN 0921-2973-37:11 (2022) p. 2819-2833 Auteur(s) Hugo Robles Díez, Carlos Ciudad, Zeno Porro, Julien Fatteb…

Bart Van de Vijver associate professor Research Bart Van de Vijver Research team Ecosphere Expertise Diatoms, unicellular autrotrophic algae, are on of the most abundant and diverse algal groups in the worlds. As primary producers, they are at the base of all food chains and as such of prime importa…

Evolutionary Ecology Group - EVECO search menu search content Main ongoing projects Some of our main research projects are: Dispersal and personality in great tits Host-parasite interactions in birds Ticks and tick-borne diseases Long-term population study in great and blue tits Effects of tropical …

Frank Adriaensen unpaid staff Publications Frank Adriaensen Biological corridors and connectivity Source Key topics in conservation biology / MacDonald, David W. [edit.]; et al. Author(s) Samuel A. Cushman, Brad McRae, Frank Adriaensen, Paul Beier, Mark Shirley, Kathy Zeller Citation link Multiple r…

Evolutionary Ecology Group - EVECO search menu search content EVECO Evolutionary and ecological processes in natural populations, particularly in animals The Evolutionary Ecology Group (EVECO) is one of the research groups in the Department of Biology and currently has three full professors. Our res…