Lisa Van Linden predoc researcher FWO Research Lisa Van Linden Research team Functional Morphology Poor but prosperous: how island biota survive genetic impoverishment. 01/11/2022 - 31/10/2026 Abstract Although often genetically impoverished due to founder effects, inbreeding, genetic drift, and seq…

Functional Morphology search menu search content Whole-animal performance of island vs mainland lizards - the next generation Promoter: Raoul Van Damme Supervision: Lisa Van Linden When populations colonize islands, they often undergo a reduction in genetic diversity due to founder effects and inbre…

Functional Morphology search menu search content Island chilling Is selection on wall lizards relaxed on islands? Promoter: Raoul Van Damme Supervisor: Lisa Van Linden Island populations often experience a significant reduction in genetic diversity due to founder effects and inbreeding, resulting in…

Ioanna Gavriilidi predoc mandaat FWO Publicaties Ioanna Gavriilidi Inbreeding and cognition in wild populations : a relationship that remains unnoticed Bron Oikos: a journal of ecology - ISSN 0030-1299-2024:9 (2024) p. 1-12 Auteur(s) Ioanna Gavriilidi, Lisa Van Linden Citatielink Seasonal variation …

Lisa Van Linden predoc mandaat FWO Publicaties Lisa Van Linden Inbreeding and cognition in wild populations : a relationship that remains unnoticed Bron Oikos: a journal of ecology - ISSN 0030-1299-2024:9 (2024) p. 1-12 Auteur(s) Ioanna Gavriilidi, Lisa Van Linden Citatielink Sagittal crest morpholo…

Peter Galbusera onbezoldigd medewerker Publicaties Peter Galbusera Genetic structure of captive and free-ranging okapi (**Okapia johnstoni**) with implications for management Bron Conservation genetics - ISSN 1566-0621-16:5 (2015) p. 1115-1126 Auteur(s) David W. G. Stanton, Philippe Helsen, Jill She…

Peter Bols full professor - dean Research Peter Bols Research team Veterinary physiology and biochemistry Expertise The research Group Veterinary Physiology and Biochemistry offers veterinary expertise in planning and executing surgical interventions on animals (eg within the framework of scientific…

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…

Peter Galbusera unpaid staff Publications Peter Galbusera Genetic structure of captive and free-ranging okapi (**Okapia johnstoni**) with implications for management Source Conservation genetics - ISSN 1566-0621-16:5 (2015) p. 1115-1126 Author(s) David W. G. Stanton, Philippe Helsen, Jill Shephard, …

Hannes Svardal associate research professor Research Hannes Svardal Research team Evolutionary ecology group (EVECO) Expertise My main expertise is evolutionary genomic analysis of whole-genome sequencing data. I have been working on a variety of organisms including plants, monkeys and fishes. We al…

Stefan Van Dongen associate professor Research Stefan Van Dongen Research team Evolutionary ecology group (EVECO) Expertise My research focuses on evolutionary psychology, which entails the study of human behavior in an evolutionary context. On the basis of 3D shape analyses, questionnaires and gene…

Functional Morphology search menu search content Publications Datatset : Viviparity is associated with larger female size and higher sexual size dimorphism in a reproductively bimodal lizard Source -, Dryad, 2025, Author(s) Evgeny S. Roitberg, Hans Recknagel, Kathryn R. Elmer, Florentino Brana, Tani…

Wendt Müller associate research professor Family Ecology Unit Wendt Müller Current members As a team we aspire to achieve excellence in our research by fostering a supportive and inclusive research environment. PhD students Tim Andries (PhD) Sources of individual variation (in the mechanics) of fe…

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…

Stefan Van Dongen hoofddocent Onderzoek Stefan Van Dongen Onderzoeksgroep Evolutionaire ecologie (EVECO) Expertise Mijn onderzoek richt zich op evolutionaire psychologie, met name de studie van menselijk gedrag in een evolutionaire context. Dit onderzoek wordt gebaseerd op 3D vorm analyses, enquête…

Tobias Ceulemans tenure track asst. professor Research Tobias Ceulemans Research team Ecosphere Expertise The main focus of my research expertise is the conservation and restoration of threatened populations. My work focuses mostly on plants, but also insects and funghi. In order to maintain a good …

Raoul Van Damme full professor Research Raoul Van Damme Research team Functional Morphology Expertise The study of adaptation of 'complex' systems in animals, specifically reptiles and amphibians. 'Complex' should be read as: consisting of several bodily parts, employed to perform several tasks, and…

EnviroStress search menu search content PhD defenses PhD defenses 2020 Promovendus: Iván Laoiza Alamo, Promotors: Marleen De Troch & Gudrun De Boeck. Title: Marine species associated to Peruvian scallop Argopecten purpuratus culture: trophic interactions and contaminant exposure. 28 February 2020. …

Wendt Müller associate research professor seminars Wendt Müller Seminars in Ecology and Evolution 2022-23 The next seminar is on Thursday 17th of November (12h15 in D 0.39): Jana Tesikova (EVECO) Virus hunting: the diversity of selected rodent-borne viruses. Valentina Burskaya (EVECO) Does hybridi…

Functional Morphology search menu search content Research Projects Ongoing projects "The 'land-to-water' transition by herbivorous mammals: exploring locomotor functional morphology and performance. 01/11/2024 - 31/10/2027 Abstract Almost all terrestrial mammals have an innate ability to swim, yet o…

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. Individual variation in phenotypic plasticy in relation to intrinsic …

Evolutionary Ecology Group - EVECO search menu search content Research Projects in the UAntwerp database Ongoing projects Into the wild: the role of virus exchange as a driver of adaptive genetic introgression between the European wildcat, Felis silvestris, and the domestic cat, Felis catus. 01/11/2…

Herwig Leirs full professor - rector Research Herwig Leirs Research team Evolutionary ecology group (EVECO) Expertise - Morfological and molecular identification of small mammals (particularly rodents), molluscs and insects. - Consultancy on the management of rodent-related problems in agriculture a…

Herwig Leirs gewoon hoogleraar - rector Onderzoek Herwig Leirs Onderzoeksgroep Evolutionaire ecologie (EVECO) Expertise - Morfologische en moleculaire identificatie van kleine zoogdieren (vnl. knaagdieren), mollusken en insecten. - Advies m.b.t. het beheer van door knaagdieren veroorzaakte problemen…

Evolutionaire Ecologie - EVECO zoeken menu zoek inhoud Projecten Lopende projecten In het wild: De rol van virusuitwisseling als aandrijver van adaptieve genetische introgressie tussen de Europese wilde kat, Felis silvestris, en de huiskat, Felis catus. 01/11/2024 - 31/10/2025 Abstract Hybridisatie …