Plants and Ecosystems search menu search content ERC grant LEAF-FALL LEAF-FALL What makes leaves fall in autumn? A new process description for the timing of leaf senescence in temperate and boreal trees (LEAF-FALL). Researcher: Matteo Campioli Leaf phenology is a key component in the functioning of …

Plants and Ecosystems search menu search content Underground wood Surprising finding: roots keep growing in winter International team of scientists challenge long-held assumption that roots stop growing in winter When temperatures drop, the trunk and woody roots of trees stop growing. That was what …

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 …

Lotte Van Thillo onbezoldigd medewerker Publicaties Lotte Van Thillo The (un)predictability of manual light-switching behaviour in residential buildings : towards interaction model RELICS Bron Journal of building performance simulation - ISSN 1940-1493- (2025) p. 1-28 Auteur(s) Lotte Van Thillo, Ama…

Omar Flores senior onderzoeker Publicaties Omar Flores Xylem growth cessation in stems and branches of European beech and silver birch : influences of temperature and drought Bron Frontiers in plant science - ISSN 1664-462X-16 (2025) p. 1-12 Auteur(s) Lorène Julia Marchand, Jozica Gricar, Peter Pri…

Paolo Zuccarini postdoc researcher FWO Research Paolo Zuccarini Research team Plant and Ecosystems (PLECO) - Ecology in a time of change Expertise I am an agronomist/ecologist whose research activities deal with the relations between climate change and terrestrial ecology. My main topics are soil ec…

Ruurd van Diggelen emeritus occasionele opdracht Publicaties Ruurd van Diggelen Effects of microarthropod density on soil fungal community composition in nutrient-poor ecosystems Bron Functional ecology - ISSN 0269-8463-39:2 (2025) p. 432-445 Auteur(s) Andres A. Salazar-Fillippo, Willem-Jan Emsens, …

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…

Lotte Van Thillo unpaid staff Publications Lotte Van Thillo The (un)predictability of manual light-switching behaviour in residential buildings : towards interaction model RELICS Source Journal of building performance simulation - ISSN 1940-1493- (2025) p. 1-28 Author(s) Lotte Van Thillo, Amaryllis …

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 …

Omar Flores senior researcher Publications Omar Flores Xylem growth cessation in stems and branches of European beech and silver birch : influences of temperature and drought Source Frontiers in plant science - ISSN 1664-462X-16 (2025) p. 1-12 Author(s) Lorène Julia Marchand, Jozica Gricar, Peter P…

Ruurd van Diggelen emeritus occasional assignment Publications Ruurd van Diggelen Effects of microarthropod density on soil fungal community composition in nutrient-poor ecosystems Source Functional ecology - ISSN 0269-8463-39:2 (2025) p. 432-445 Author(s) Andres A. Salazar-Fillippo, Willem-Jan Emse…

Plants and Ecosystems search menu search content Phenology Phenology studies the seasonal cycle of plants and describes it through key events such as flowering and bud-burst (in spring) and leaf coloration and fall (in autumn). These events are crucial for the annual growth of the plants, with impli…

Sophia Findeisen predoc mandaat FWO Publicaties Sophia Findeisen Silicate rock powder application : perspectives for the use as buffer restoration measure in acidified heathlands Bron Restoration ecology - ISSN 1061-2971- (2025) p. Auteur(s) Sophia Findeisen, Maaike Weijters, Roland Bobbink, Willem-…

Plants and Ecosystems search menu search content PhDs Completed PhDs since 1999 2025 Juan Zhou - Effects of fire on biodiversity and ecosystem multifunctionality: field observations and meta-analysis. Defended on 13.05.2025. Jet Rijnders - Assessing the role of enhanced weathering in sustainable agr…

Plants and Ecosystems search menu search content Master and individual projects 2025-2026 Prof. dr. Ivan Nijs and co-workers Newly emerging rainfall regimes Prof. dr. Erik Verbruggen and co-workers Soil food webs and soil health: What do we know and the way forward Prof. dr. Matteo Campioli and co-w…

Reinhart Ceulemans emeritus occasionele opdracht Publicaties Reinhart Ceulemans Elevated CO₂ concentration alleviates the negative effect of vapour pressure deficit and soil drought on juvenile poplar growth Bron Central European Forestry Journal - ISSN 2454-034X-70:2 (2024) p. 51-61 Auteur(s) Mat…

Han Asard hoofddocent Publicaties Han Asard More persistent precipitation regimes induce soil degradation Bron Geoderma: an international journal of soil science - ISSN 0016-7061-455 (2025) p. 1-13 Auteur(s) Olga Vinduskova, Gaby Deckmyn, Simon Reynaert, Karen Vancampenhout, Steffen Schluter, Jan Fr…

Niels Van Putte senior onderzoeker Publicaties Niels Van Putte Historical soil compaction impairs biogeochemical cycling in restored tidal marshes through reduced groundwater dynamics Bron The science of the total environment - ISSN 0048-9697-958 (2025) p. 13 Auteur(s) Niels Van Putte, Stijn Temmerm…

Goedele Verreydt gastprofessor externe fondsen Publicaties Goedele Verreydt Historical soil compaction impairs biogeochemical cycling in restored tidal marshes through reduced groundwater dynamics Bron The science of the total environment - ISSN 0048-9697-958 (2025) p. 13 Auteur(s) Niels Van Putte, …

Ivan Janssens gewoon hoogleraar Publicaties Ivan Janssens Physiological and molecular alterations in plants exposed to high [$CO_{2}$] under phosphorus stress Bron Biotechnology advances - ISSN 0734-9750-33:3-4 (2015) p. 303-316 Auteur(s) Renu Pandey, Gaurav Zinta, Hamada Abd Elgawad, Altaf Ahmad, V…

Paolo Zuccarini postdoc mandaat FWO Publicaties Paolo Zuccarini Strategies for salt stress reduction in horticultural crops Bron Tuscia, -, Auteur(s) Paolo Zuccarini, Alberto Graifenberg, Francesco Saccardo Citatielink Soil enzyme activities -plus soil biological, chemical and physical variables- in…

Matteo Campioli hoofddocent Publicaties Matteo Campioli Xylem growth cessation in stems and branches of European beech and silver birch : influences of temperature and drought Bron Frontiers in plant science - ISSN 1664-462X-16 (2025) p. 1-12 Auteur(s) Lorène Julia Marchand, Jozica Gricar, Peter Pr…

Manuela Balzarolo onbezoldigd medewerker Publicaties Manuela Balzarolo Autumn phenology of mountain birch at the sub-arctic treeline in comparison with silver birch in the cold and mild temperate zone Bron Trees: structure and function - ISSN 0931-1890-39:1 (2025) p. 1-13 Auteur(s) Paolo Zuccarini, …

Thilo Heinecke onbezoldigd medewerker Publicaties Thilo Heinecke No winter halt in below-ground wood growth of four angiosperm deciduous tree species Bron Nature Ecology & Evolution - ISSN 2397-334X-9:3 (2025) p. 386-394 Auteur(s) Lorène Julia Marchand, Jozica Gricar, Paolo Zuccarini, Inge Dox, Ber…