Evolutionary Ecology Group - EVECO search menu search content BIODIV-AFREID: Biodiversity changes in African forests and Emerging Infectious Diseases: should we worry? Biodiversity in Afrotropical forests is declining dramatically due to deforestation and intensified bushmeat trade. At the same time…

Evolutionary Ecology Group - EVECO search menu search content BioRodDis: Managing biodiversity in forests and urban green spaces. Dilution and amplification effects of rodent microbiome and rodent-borne diseases Our project aims at elucidating the relationship between biodiversity and diseases by in…

Global Change Ecology search menu search content Scots pine management Transformation of Scots pine forests to native ecosystems does not affect the ecosystem carbon stock Scots pine forests, typical for many regions in Flanders, were planted in the past, mainly to supply the mining industry. Nowada…

Maria Esther Espinoza Celi predoc researcher FWO Research Maria Esther Espinoza Celi Research team Ecosphere Understanding and predicting the bio-geomorphological development of new mangrove forests in a tropical river delta. 01/11/2023 - 31/10/2025 Abstract The restoration of previously degrading m…

Catherine Windey onbezoldigd medewerker Over Catherine Windey Catherine Windey Contact Stadscampus Toon e-mailadres Lange Sint - Annastraat 7 2000 Antwerpen, BEL I am a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Development Policy (IOB) of the University of Antwerp where I recently completed my PhD…

Plants and Ecosystems search menu search content Climate change likely to accelerate Natural climate buffers feeling effects of higher temperatures, UAntwerp biologists find. Ecosystems like forests sequester large amounts of carbon dioxide and therefore help to slow down global warming. These ecosy…

Joke Van den Berge senior onderzoeker Publicaties Joke Van den Berge Regulation of nitrogen fixation from free-living organisms in soil and leaf litter of two tropical forests of the Guiana shield Bron Plant and soil - ISSN 0032-079X-450:1-2 (2020) p. 93-110 Auteur(s) Leandro Van Langenhove, Thomas …

BIODIV-AFREID search menu search content BIODIV-AFREID Biodiversity changes in African forests and emerging infectious diseases BIODIV-AFREID will investigate how biodiversity conditions (dis)favour transmissions of infectious agents from small mammals into human populations in African forests. It w…

Harvey Suello unpaid staff Research Harvey Suello Research team Ecosphere Quantifying and modelling soil carbon accumulation in mangrove forests in response to sea level rise. 01/11/2019 - 30/04/2024 Abstract Mangrove forests are coastal wetlands with highly valued functions, including climate regul…

Margaux Boeraeve unpaid guest prof. Research Margaux Boeraeve Research team Ecosphere The consequences of nitrogen-induced shifts in fungal and bacterial communities for carbon cycling in temperate forests. 01/11/2024 - 31/10/2027 Abstract Forests constitute a large and persistent carbon stock, whic…

Global Change Ecology search menu search content Carbon sequestration at risk Carbon sequestration at risk of destabilization in large regions of the world A study led by researchers of the University of Antwerp and the Catalan Ecological and Forestry Applications Research Centre (CREAF) shows that …

Catherine Windey unpaid staff Research Catherine Windey Research team Development processes, actors and policies Expertise My broad scholarly interest lies in environmental politics, in uneven landscapes’ structures and histories, and in changing human-nature entanglements and their spatial-tempor…

Ecoplan search menu search content Provisioning services Provisioning services Wood production Forests are the most important producers of the renewable resource wood. Hence, the relevant factor for wood production is the forest area in a region. However, also other factors will affect wood producti…

Tim De Meulder gespecialiseerd medewerker Publicaties Tim De Meulder The impact of thinning and clear cut on the ecosystem carbon Storage of Scots pine stands under maritime influence in Flanders, Belgium Bron Forests (19994907) - ISSN 1999-4907-13:10 (2022) p. 1-22 Auteur(s) Freke Van Damme, Hana M…

Lorène Marchand postdoc researcher FWO Research Lorène Marchand Research team Plant and Ecosystems (PLECO) - Ecology in a time of change Expertise I’m interested in plant physiology in relation to the environment at both the phenotypic and the molecular levels, as well as microbial community in …

Matteo Campioli associate research professor Research Matteo Campioli Research team Plant and Ecosystems (PLECO) - Ecology in a time of change Expertise My research aims to understand how terrestrial ecosystems function, especially to improve the ecosystem models used to simulate climate change. My …

Biodiversity Restoration Programme info Micro-credential: Biodiversity Restoration Programme info Micro-credential: Biodiversity Restoration Study load: 6 ECTS credits Language of instruction: English Location: Campus Drie Eiken Faculty: Faculty of Science Course content The first halve of the cours…

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 …

Kristof Titeca hoogleraar Publicaties Kristof Titeca Indigenous forest destroyers or guardians? The indigenous Batwa and their ancestral forests in Kahuzi-Biega National Park, DRC Bron World development - ISSN 0305-750X-186 (2025) p. 1-14 Auteur(s) Fergus Simpson, Kristof Titeca, Lorenzo Pellegrini,…

Mylena Cristine Rodrigues de Jesus doctoraatsbursaal Publicaties Mylena Cristine Rodrigues de Jesus FRONTIER D9.8 : impact assessment, lessons learned and policy recommendation Bron FRONTIER consortium, 2024,32 p. Auteur(s) Mylena Cristine de Jesus Rodrigues, Emma Ceulemans, Edwin van Hassel, Thierr…

Fergus Simpson senior onderzoeker Publicaties Fergus Simpson Indigenous forest destroyers or guardians? The indigenous Batwa and their ancestral forests in Kahuzi-Biega National Park, DRC Bron World development - ISSN 0305-750X-186 (2025) p. 1-14 Auteur(s) Fergus Simpson, Kristof Titeca, Lorenzo Pel…

Mats Van Gestel onderzoeker - onderwijsbegeleider Publicaties Mats Van Gestel Recreational hazard : vegetation and host habitat use correlate with changes in tick-borne disease hazard at infrastructure within forest stands Bron The science of the total environment - ISSN 0048-9697-919 (2024) p. 1-16…

Catherine Windey unpaid staff About Catherine Windey Catherine Windey Contact Stadscampus Show email address Lange Sint - Annastraat 7 2000 Antwerpen, BEL I am a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Development Policy (IOB) of the University of Antwerp where I recently completed my PhD in Dev…

Yongshuo Fu onbezoldigd medewerker Publicaties Yongshuo Fu Air and surface temperatures differently drive terrestrial carbon and water cycles in the high latitudes Bron Geophysical research letters - ISSN 0094-8276-51:19 (2024) p. 1-11 Auteur(s) Jing Tang, Shouzhi Chen, David Martin Belda, Riikka Ri…

Alder Contreras Hernández mandaatassistent Publicaties Alder Contreras Hernández The trace of the trees : a historically situated geospatial assessment of deforestation in Bosawas biosphere reserve Bron Forests, trees and livelihoods - ISSN 1472-8028- (2024) p. 1-22 Auteur(s) Alder Contreras HernÅ