Forest Ecology and - Management

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Projects per year 2011 2014 2015 2016 2017 2020 2021 2023 2050

• 2 Not started
• 25 Finished
• 38 Active

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  Where did forests and wooded edges occur historically? (FOREDGEMAP) (EVINBO)

  De Keersmaeker, L.

  3/04/23 → 31/12/23

  Project: Evinbo

• Basic material action plan for autochthonous and forestry planting stock

  De Clercq, W., De Ro, A., Goossens, S., Moreels, S., Vanden Broeck, A., Vander Mijnsbrugge, K., De Meyer, J. & Wilms, H.

  1/02/23 → 31/01/25

  Project: coöperation agreement

• FOURCAST - FOrest cold and URban heat island effects on Climate Adaptation of biodiversity at different Spatial and Temporal scales

  De Keersmaeker, L., De Vos, B., Esprit, M., Goessens, S., Thomaes, A., Van de Kerckhove, P., Vandekerkhove, K., Lambrechts, S. & Hendrickx, S.

  1/01/23 → 31/12/26

  Project: Evinbo

• INFORMA - science-based integrated forest mitigation management made operational for Europe

  De Keersmaeker, L., De Vos, B., Esprit, M., Goessens, S., Lettens, S., Leyman, A., Van de Kerckhove, P. & Vandekerkhove, K.

  1/06/22 → 1/06/26

  Project: Evinbo

• Scientific basis for the delineation process of protected and strictly protected nature - Pledge 2022

  De Becker, P., Decleer, K., De Saeger, S., Maes, D., Schneiders, A., Spanhove, T., Vandekerkhove, K., Vanden Borre, J., Van Landuyt, W., Vught, I., Wils, C., Wouters, J. & Pollet, M.

  1/02/22 → 31/12/23

  Project: coöperation agreement

• CoolTree: Large solitary trees in the face of climate change: contributions to biodiversity and ecosystem functions

  Thomaes, A. & Pollet, M.

  19/01/22 → 31/12/25

  Project: Evinbo

• Optimize climate-smart forest management to alleviate drought stress in temperate forest systems

  De Keersmaeker, L., Esprit, M., Goessens, S., Thomaes, A., Van de Kerckhove, P., Vandekerkhove, K. & Verdonck, S.

  1/11/21 → 31/10/25

  Project: fwo_doctoraat

• Setting up a genetic control system when trading native planting material with the 'Plant van Hier' quality label

  Cox, K., De Ro, A., Neyrinck, S., Van Breusegem, A., Vanden Broeck, A., Vander Mijnsbrugge, K. & Verschaeve, L.

  1/09/21 → 31/08/24

  Project: Evinbo

• Nature Report National Park Hoge Kempen (NPHK) 2022

  Adriaens, T., Casaer, J., Cools, N., De Knijf, G., Hoffmann, M., Maes, D., Oosterlynck, P., Pollet, M., Vandekerkhove, K., Van de Meutter, F., Van Den Berge, K., van Doorn, L., Van Thuyne, G. & Vermeersch, G.

  1/02/21 → 31/12/23

  Project: coöperation agreement

• DiSSCo Flanders

  De Cuyper, B., De Vos, B., De Wever, A., Vanden Broeck, A., Vander Mijnsbrugge, K., Veltjen, E., Pollet, M. & Huysentruyt, F.

  1/01/21 → 31/12/24

  Project: Evinbo

• Update of the Actual Relevant Potential Habitat (ARPL) for policy- and management-relevant species

  De Knijf, G., Devos, K., Maes, D., Packet, J., Speybroeck, J., Thomaes, A., Van Den Berge, K., Van Landuyt, W. & Vermeersch, G.

  1/01/21 → 31/12/23

  Project: coöperation agreement

• \tLIFE PROGNOSES- LIFE PRotection of Old Growth Forests in Europe: Natural heritage, Outline, Synthesis and Ecosystem Services \t(Strengthening primary and old growth forest protection in Europe by capitalising on World Heritage sites)

  Esprit, M., Goessens, S., Vandekerkhove, K. & Van de Kerckhove, P.

  1/01/21 → 31/12/24

  Project: Evinbo

• Fungal community analysis within and among Fagus woody debris and links to ectomycorrhizal tree regeneration

  De Keersmaeker, L., Esprit, M., Goessens, S., Leyman, A., Thomaes, A., Vandekerkhove, K., Van de Kerckhove, P. & Dierickx, G.

  1/11/20 → 30/06/24

  Project: fwo_doctoraat

• Research and knowledge sharing related to forest expansion in Flanders (working group & task force)

  De Vos, B., Hoffmann, M., De Keersmaeker, L., Vandekerkhove, K., Thomaes, A. & Vander Mijnsbrugge, K.

  1/01/20 → 31/12/24

  Project: Legally bound

• Advice on PAS (programmatic approach to nitrogen)

  Adriaens, D., Cools, N., De Becker, P., Decleer, K., De Dobbelaer, T., De Keersmaeker, L., Denys, L., De Wever, A., Herr, C., Hoffmann, M., Louette, G., Neirynck, J., Oosterlynck, P., Packet, J., Provoost, S., Raman, M., Van Daele, T., Vanden Borre, J., Vanderhaeghe, F., Verstraeten, A., Wouters, J., Onkelinx, T., Van Calster, H., Janssens, L., Vriens, L. & Smeekens, V.

  1/01/20 → 31/12/24

  Project: Legally bound

• KlimaEffect - Effects of climate change on biodiversity

  Vandekerkhove, K., Alaerts, K., Oosterlynck, P., Raman, M., Van der Aa, B., Stevens, M. & Vander Mijnsbrugge, K.

  1/01/20 → 21/01/25

  Project: own initiative (position paper)

• Open Science - Towards a high-quality and transparent research cycle

  Wils, C., Van Gossum, P., Casaer, J., Breine, J., Genouw, G., Brosens, D., Vanermen, N., Van Daele, T., Goossens, B., Pauwels, I., Janssens, L., Leyssen, A., Thoonen, M., Desmet, P., Turkelboom, F., Vanderhaeghe, F., Cox, K., Adriaens, T., Van Calster, H., Thomaes, A., Vanden Borre, J., Onkelinx, T., De Dobbelaer, T., Milotic, T., Oldoni, D., Wanner, S., Pollet, M., Piesschaert, F., Carmen, R. & De Wever, A.

  1/01/20 → 31/12/35

  Project: own initiative (position paper)

• Good managment practices for the conservation of protected saproxylic beetles

  Goessens, S. & Thomaes, A.

  1/01/20 → 31/12/24

  Project: own initiative (position paper)

• HabNorm 2.0 - Environmental standards for (European protected) vegetation types

  Raman, M., De Keersmaeker, L., Cools, N., De Vos, B., Herr, C., Wouters, J., Provoost, S., Vandevoorde, B., Van Calster, H. & Van Braeckel, A.

  1/01/20 → 1/01/28

  Project: Legally bound

• Conservation and landscape genetics

  Verschaeve, L., Cox, K., Mergeay, J., Thomaes, A., Vanden Broeck, A., Maes, D., Neyrinck, S., Van Breusegem, A. & Speybroeck, J.

  1/01/20 → 31/12/24

  Project: own initiative (position paper)

• List of recommended provenances and Flemish register of forest basic material

  Vander Mijnsbrugge, K., Schamp, K., Meiresonne, L., Steenackers, M., Haelterman, S., De Cuyper, B., De Clercq, W. & Vanden Broeck, A.

  1/01/18 → 31/12/24

  Project: Legally bound

• LTER-Belgium

  Van Ryckegem, G., Vandekerkhove, K., Cools, N., Provoost, S., Milbau, A., Neirynck, J., Verstraeten, A., De Blust, G., Raman, M., Herr, C., Roskams, P., De Becker, P., Van der Aa, B., Adriaens, D., Packet, J., Van Uytvanck, J., Decleer, K., De Dobbelaer, T. & Van den Bergh, E.

  21/12/17 → 31/12/27

  Project: Scientific support

• European Stag Beetle Monitoring Coordination (EVINBO)

  Thomaes, A.

  9/01/17 → 31/12/23

  Project: Evinbo

• Nature indicators - coordination, development of new indicators and trend analyses

  Casaer, J., Scheppers, T., Demolder, H., Jansen, I., Onkelinx, T., Adriaens, T., Vriens, L., Breine, J., Vermeersch, G., De Keersmaeker, L., De Beck, L., Boone, N., Stienen, E., Van Gossum, P., Van Ryckegem, G., Devos, K., Devisscher, S., Verschelde, P., Maes, D., De Knijf, G., Baeyens, R., Van Landuyt, W., Van der Aa, B., Geeraerts, C., Neirynck, J., De Smet, L., Thoonen, M., Sioen, G., Vercammen, J., Van den Bergh, E., Pollet, M. & Vandevoorde, B.

  1/01/17 → 31/12/24

  Project: Legally bound

• Synergy and integration forest research

  Van der Aa, B., Vandekerkhove, K., De Keersmaeker, L., De Cuyper, B., Michiels, B., De Blust, G., Sioen, G., Vander Mijnsbrugge, K., Meiresonne, L., Steenackers, M., Roskams, P., Louette, G., Van Waeyenberge, S., De Vos, B., Van Herzele, A., Simoens, I., Cools, N. & Lettens, S.

  4/01/16 → 31/12/24

  Project: Scientific support

• Adaptation potential of native trees and shrubs to changing climate (greenhouse trials)

  Van Schoors, A., De Maesschalck, G., Vanden Houten, J., Van De Pontseele, J., Vander Mijnsbrugge, K., Schamp, K., Meiresonne, L., Steenackers, M., Dannau, M., Goossens, S., Moreels, S., Haelterman, S., De Clercq, W., Neyrinck, S., Vernaillen, J., Vanden Broeck, A. & Cox, K.

  2/01/16 → 30/12/24

  Project: Legally bound

• Ash dieback in Flanders

  Van Schoors, A., De Cuyper, B., De Maesschalck, G., Vanden Houten, J., Van De Pontseele, J., Vander Mijnsbrugge, K., Schamp, K., Steenackers, M., Dannau, M., Goossens, S., Moreels, S., Haelterman, S., De Clercq, W., De Haeck, A., Sioen, G., De Geest, L., Roskams, P., Vernaillen, J. & Verschelde, P.

  1/01/16 → 31/12/24

  Project: Legally bound

• Valorization of collection and phase-out of clonal enhancement poplar and willow

  Meersman, A., Van Schoors, A., Michiels, B., Lommelen, E., De Maesschalck, G., Jansen, I., Vanden Houten, J., Van De Pontseele, J., Schamp, K., Meiresonne, L., Dannau, M., Goossens, S., Moreels, S., De Clercq, W., Steenackers, M., Haelterman, S. & Vernaillen, J.

  1/04/14 → 31/12/24

  Project: own initiative (position paper)

• Design and implementation of Flemish monitoring programmes for the natural environment of Natura 2000 habitat types

  Verstraeten, A., Paelinckx, D., Lommelen, E., Van Calster, H., Jansen, I., Hens, M., Oosterlynck, P., Quataert, P., Onkelinx, T., Van Daele, T., Van Braeckel, A., Leyssen, A., Vanden Broeck, A., Van Kerckvoorde, A., Thomaes, A., Vandevoorde, B., Herr, C., De Bie, E., Van de Meutter, F., De Blust, G., Demolder, H., Van Uytvanck, J., Wouters, J., Van Wichelen, J., Vandekerkhove, K., De Keersmaeker, L., Denys, L., Raman, M., De Becker, P., Gyselings, R., Brys, R., Guelinckx, R., Provoost, S., De Saeger, S., Mertens, W., Van den Bergh, E., Vanderhaeghe, F., De Vos, B., Neirynck, J., Cools, N., Adriaens, D., Lettens, S., Van Ryckegem, G. & De Dobbelaer, T.

  1/04/14 → 31/12/27

  Project: Legally bound

• Indigenous trees and shrubs

  Michiels, B., Moreels, S., Vander Mijnsbrugge, K. & Goossens, S.

  1/01/14 → 31/12/24

  Project: Legally bound

• Monitoring Habitats Directive species: coordination and substantive monitoring of implementation

  Leyssen, A., Anselin, A., Thomaes, A., Paelinckx, D., Bauwens, D., Maes, D., Stienen, E., Berlengee, F., Piesschaert, F., De Knijf, G., Louette, G., Vermeersch, G., Van Calster, H., Jansen, I., Gouwy, J., Stuyck, J., Speybroeck, J., Casaer, J., Packet, J., Devos, K., Van Den Berge, K., Baert, K., De Bruyn, L., Denys, L., Quataert, P., Gyselings, R., Onkelinx, T., Van den Neucker, T., Van Daele, T., Westra, T., Van Landuyt, W., Adriaens, T., Pollet, M., Cox, K., Pieters, S. & van Doorn, L.

  1/01/13 → 31/12/25

  Project: Legally bound

• Monitoring Natura2000 habitat quality (incl. substantive aspects of implementation)

  Leyssen, A., Thomaes, A., Paelinckx, D., Bauwens, D., Hennebel, D., Van den Bergh, E., Van Oost, F., Louette, G., Van Calster, H., Jacobs, I., Jansen, I., Packet, J., Scheers, K., Vandekerkhove, K., Denys, L., Oosterlynck, P., Quataert, P., Verschelde, P., Erens, R., Guelinckx, R., Provoost, S., De Saeger, S., Onkelinx, T., Van Daele, T., Westra, T., Smeekens, V., De Bie, E., Van Lierop, F., Vandevoorde, B., Vanden Borre, J. & De Knijf, G.

  1/01/13 → 31/12/24

  Project: Legally bound

• Local Conservation Status (LCS) - habitat types: update (version 3)

  Leyssen, A., Thomaes, A., Vandevoorde, B., Paelinckx, D., Van den Bergh, E., Louette, G., Van Calster, H., Wouters, J., Packet, J., Vandekerkhove, K., Denys, L., Van Hove, M., Raman, M., Oosterlynck, P., De Becker, P., Guelinckx, R., Provoost, S., De Saeger, S., De Bie, E. & Vanden Borre, J.

  1/01/13 → 31/12/24

  Project: Legally bound

• EU reporting: updating of the EU sites database (Standard Data Forms, SDF)

  Anselin, A., Thomaes, A., Belpaire, C., Paelinckx, D., Maes, D., Adriaens, D., Van den Bergh, E., De Knijf, G., Louette, G., Van Thuyne, G., Vermeersch, G., Van Ryckegem, G., Stuyck, J., Casaer, J., Packet, J., Devos, K., Van Den Berge, K., Pollet, M., Van Hove, M., Oosterlynck, P., Gyselings, R., De Saeger, S., Onkelinx, T., Mertens, W., Van Landuyt, W. & Vanden Borre, J.

  1/01/12 → 31/12/50

  Project: Legally bound

• EU report on the conservation status of Natura 2000 Habitats Directive species

  Leyssen, A., Anselin, A., Thomaes, A., Vandevoorde, B., Belpaire, C., Paelinckx, D., Bauwens, D., Maes, D., Adriaens, D., Van den Bergh, E., Louette, G., Van Thuyne, G., Vermeersch, G., Van Dam, G., Gouwy, J., Stuyck, J., Casaer, J., Packet, J., Devos, K., Van Den Berge, K., De Bruyn, L., Denys, L., Pollet, M., Van Hove, M., Verschelde, P., Gyselings, R., Devisscher, S., Onkelinx, T., De Knijf, G., Wils, C., Herr, C., Speybroeck, J. & Van Landuyt, W.

  1/01/12 → 31/12/24

  Project: Legally bound

• Monitoring of spontaneous developments in forest reserves

  Christiaens, B., Van der Aa, B., Vercruysse, E., De Blust, G., De Keersmaeker, L., Esprit, M., Van de Kerckhove, P., Goessens, S., Onkelinx, T., Van Landuyt, W., Vandekerkhove, K. & Thomaes, A.

  1/01/11 → 31/12/29

  Project: Legally bound

• EU reporting on the regional conservation status of Natura 2000 habitats

  Leyssen, A., Thomaes, A., Vandevoorde, B., Van den Bergh, E., De Knijf, G., Louette, G., Van Dam, G., Packet, J., Vandekerkhove, K., Denys, L., Van Hove, M., Oosterlynck, P., Provoost, S., De Saeger, S., Van Landuyt, W., Paelinckx, D., Mertens, W. & Vanden Borre, J.

  1/01/11 → 31/12/50

  Project: Legally bound

• Compilation of nature report (NARA)

  Van Kerckvoorde, A., De Braekeleer, A., Thomaes, A., Van der Aa, B., Paelinckx, D., Van den Bergh, E., Turkelboom, F., De Blust, G., De Knijf, G., Van Calster, H., Demolder, H., Simoens, I., Jansen, I., Casaer, J., Neirynck, J., Peymen, J., Vandekerkhove, K., Vriens, L., De Smet, L., Meiresonne, L., De Beck, L., De Bruyn, L., De Keersmaeker, L., Stevens, M., Esprit, M., Pollet, M., Thoonen, M., Cools, N., Quataert, P., Roskams, P., Provoost, S., Jacobs, S., Goessens, S., Lettens, S., Scheppers, T., Adriaens, T., Spanhove, T., Van Daele, T., Van Landuyt, W., Van Reeth, W., Boone, N., Anselin, A., Belpaire, C., Maes, D., Stienen, E., Sioen, G., Vermeersch, G., Van Ryckegem, G., Vught, I., Breine, J., Everaert, J., Devos, K., Vander Mijnsbrugge, K., Alaerts, K., Van Gossum, P., Michels, H., Geeraerts, C. & Schneiders, A.

  1/01/11 → 31/12/24

  Project: Legally bound

• Not started

  Investigating pine mortality management prescriptions in Flanders

  De Geest, L., De Haeck, A., Roskams, P., Sioen, G., Vandekerkhove, K., De Vos, B. & Heremans, S.

  1/09/23 → 30/09/25

  Project: coöperation agreement

• Frass-based detection of wood boring pests (QFRASS)

  De Haeck, A., Roskams, P., Sioen, G., Steenackers, M. & Thomaes, A.

  1/06/23 → 31/05/25

  Project: Evinbo

• Finished

  Machine learning digitization of historical land use

  De Keersmaeker, L., Onkelinx, T. & Wils, C.

  1/04/22 → 31/03/23

  Project: own initiative (position paper)

• Provincial Priority Species (EVINBO)

  Adriaens, T., De Knijf, G., Devos, K., Gyselings, R., Maes, D., Packet, J., Piesschaert, F., Speybroeck, J., Thomaes, A., Van Den Berge, K., Van Landuyt, W., Van Thuyne, G., Vermeersch, G. & Pollet, M.

  1/11/21 → 28/02/22

  Project: Evinbo

• Nature restoration and development of the former clay quarry in Rumst by landscape reconstruction after soil sanitation and landfill

  De Vos, B., De Keersmaeker, L., Denys, L. & Packet, J.

  1/02/20 → 29/02/20

  Project: Evinbo

• Climate resilient nature management (EVINBO)

  De Vos, B., Wouters, J., Smeekens, V., Roskams, P., Denys, L., Raman, M., Cools, N., De Blust, G., Van Calster, H., Van der Aa, B., De Smet, L., De Becker, P. & Thoonen, M.

  1/01/20 → 31/12/21

  Project: Evinbo

• Species Action Plan Stag Beetle (EVINBO)

  De Bruyn, L., Thomaes, A., Maes, D., Pollet, M. & Vandekerkhove, K.

  1/05/19 → 29/05/20

  Project: Evinbo

• NARA 2020 Support

  Schneiders, A., Vandekerkhove, K., Wils, C., Leyssen, A., Van Ryckegem, G., De Keersmaeker, L., Elsen, R., Van der Aa, B., Adriaens, T., Denys, L., Packet, J., De Knijf, G., Van den Bergh, E., Onkelinx, T. & Paelinckx, D.

  1/01/19 → 31/12/20

  Project: Legally bound

• Sale of forest seeds (EVINBO)

  De Cuyper, B., Haelterman, S., Van De Pontseele, J., Van Schoors, A., Goossens, S., De Clercq, W. & De Maesschalck, G.

  1/01/18 → 31/12/19

  Project: Evinbo

• Recommended provenances of indigenous poplar and willow

  Van Schoors, A., Michiels, B., De Maesschalck, G., Vanden Houten, J., Van De Pontseele, J., Schamp, K., Meiresonne, L., Dannau, M., Goossens, S., Moreels, S., De Clercq, W., Jansen, I., Van Breusegem, A., Vanden Broeck, A., Neyrinck, S., De Cuyper, B., Vernaillen, J. & Steenackers, M.

  1/01/18 → 31/12/19

  Project: Legally bound

• Exploration of whether a programmatic approach is also useful for environmental pressures other than nitrogen

  Vanderhaeghe, F., Van Reeth, W., De Smet, L., Van Daele, T., Herr, C., Wouters, J., Quataert, P., Raman, M., De Keersmaeker, L., Adriaens, D., Packet, J., Leyssen, A., Lettens, S., Verstraeten, A., Everaert, J., Denys, L., Vanoverbeke, J., Provoost, S., Van Ryckegem, G. & De Reu, J.

  21/12/17 → 5/07/19

  Project: Demand

• Genetic screening recognised autochthonous reproductive material

  Neyrinck, S., Van Breusegem, A., Vander Mijnsbrugge, K., Verschaeve, L., Cox, K. & Vanden Broeck, A.

  18/12/17 → 31/12/18

  Project: Demand