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Bram D'hondt is an ecologist of the Wildlife Management and Invasive Species team. He works at the interface of invasive species research, policy and management. Brams main research interests are the risk assessment, ecology and surveillance (including citizen science) of invasive plants and animals, with the ultimate goal of informed and effective species control. To this end, he likes to work closely with other knowledge institutions, as well as field managers.
Bram holds a Ph.D. in plant ecology from Ghent University. He previously worked as the policy advisor on invasive species at the government of Flanders.
Thematic List 2020
- Invasive species
- Protected nature
- Wildlife management
- Flora & fauna
VODS 2023
- Terrestrial ecology
- Invasion biology
- Plant ecology
- Conservation and biodiversity
- Environmental impact and risk assessment
- Landscape ecology
- Wildlife and habitat management
Taxonomic List
- plants (Plantae)
- mosses (Bryophyta)
- deer (Cervidae)
Policy
- biodiversity policy
- invasive alien species regulation (EU)
- fauna management
- nature management
- species directed nature management
- protected Flemish nature
- wildlife damage policy
- woodland protection
Geographic List
- Flanders
- Europe
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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PrIUS-II: een geactualiseerde prioritering van invasieve soorten voor het beleid
D'hondt, B. (Project leader), Adriaens, T. (Cooperator), Delva, S. (Cooperator), Devisscher, S. (Cooperator), Maex, B. (Cooperator), Petersen, F. (Cooperator) & Strubbe, D. (Cooperator)
1/08/25 → 31/12/26
Project: Samenwerkingsovereenkomst INBO-ANB
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Guarding European Waters from IAS (GuardIAS)
Adriaens, T. (Project leader), Brys, R. (Cooperator), D'hondt, B. (Cooperator), Everts, T. (Cooperator), Maex, B. (Cooperator), Oldoni, D. (Cooperator), Petersen, F. (Cooperator), Strubbe, D. (Cooperator) & Vermeylen, M. (Cooperator)
1/01/25 → 31/12/27
Project: EVINBO - Europees
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Invasiveness of non-native woody species
Vanhellemont, M. (Project leader), Adriaens, T. (Cooperator), D'hondt, B. (Cooperator) & Vandekerkhove, K. (Cooperator)
1/01/25 → 31/12/26
Project: EVINBO - Vlaamse overheid
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‘Nature management and restoration’ programme
Provoost, S. (Project leader), Adriaenssens, V. (Cooperator), Auwerx, J. (Cooperator), Cool, R. (Cooperator), D'hondt, B. (Cooperator), De Bruyn, L. (Cooperator), De Charleroy, D. (Cooperator), De Saeger, S. (Cooperator), De Schrijver, J. (Cooperator), Decleer, K. (Cooperator), Dumortier, M. (Cooperator), Eves-Down, M.-R. (Cooperator), Gyselings, R. (Cooperator), Lo Bue, L. (Cooperator), Maebe, K. (Cooperator), Mertens, W. (Cooperator), Oosterlynck, P. (Cooperator), Packet, J. (Cooperator), Spanhove, T. (Cooperator), Spanoghe, G. (Cooperator), Speybroeck, J. (Cooperator), Van Braeckel, A. (Cooperator), Van Damme, S. (Cooperator), Van Eenaeme, D. (Cooperator), Van Reeth, W. (Cooperator), Van Thuyne, G. (Cooperator), Van den Berghe, J. (Cooperator), Vanden Borre, J. (Cooperator), Vandevoorde, B. (Cooperator), Wouters, J. (Cooperator) & van Doorn, L. (Cooperator)
1/12/24 → 31/12/29
Project: INBO
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‘Fauna management’ programme
Huysentruyt, F. (Project leader), Adriaens, T. (Cooperator), Adriaenssens, V. (Cooperator), Boone, N. (Cooperator), Casaer, J. (Cooperator), D'hondt, B. (Cooperator), Deflem, I. (Cooperator), Heremans, S. (Cooperator), Jansen, J. (Cooperator), Mouton, C. (Cooperator), Petersen, F. (Cooperator), Rutten, A. (Cooperator), Scheppers, T. (Cooperator), Van Donink, S. (Cooperator) & Vught, I. (Cooperator)
1/12/24 → 31/12/29
Project: INBO
Research output
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Advies over voorzorgsmaatregelen tegen verspreiding van Afrikaanse klauwkikker
Segal, M. (Main author), Brys, R., D'hondt, B., Everts, T., Speybroeck, J., van Doorn, L. & Adriaens, T., 20-Mar-2026, Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek. (Adviezen van het Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek; no. INBO.A.5131)Research output: Book/Report › Advices of the Research Institute for Nature and Forest
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Assessing Invasiveness Risk in Assisted Migration Strategies
D'hondt, B., Vanhellemont, M. & Vanden Broeck, A., 14-Apr-2026. 15 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper/Powerpoint/Abstract
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Chinese wolhandkrab aan de vistrap op de Zwalm: veldonderzoek 2025
D'hondt, B., Neukermans, A., Gelaude, E., Dermout, W., Terrie, T. & Verreycken, H., 20-Jan-2026.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper/Powerpoint/Abstract
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Een kader voor de aanpak van invasieve uitheemse soorten in Vlaanderen: Een update van de soortenfiches (PrIUS-II)
D'hondt, B., Delva, S., Maex, B., Devisscher, S. & Adriaens, T., 2026, Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek. 183 p. (Rapporten van het Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek; no. 22)Research output: Book/Report › Reports of Research Institute for Nature and Forest
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Een overzicht van invasieve soorten in Vlaanderen
D'hondt, B., Delva, S. & Adriaens, T., 2026, In: INBO Nieuwsbrief. juli 2026Research output: Contribution to journal › Contribution to INBO Nieuwsbrief
Open Access
Datasets
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DVW - priority species list of the Flemish Waterways Authority
Adriaens, T. (Creator), D'hondt, B. (Creator), Denys, L. (Creator), Scheers, K. (Creator), Packet, J. (Creator), Oldoni, D. (Creator) & Steen, F. (Creator), Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek (INBO), 20-Dec-2023
DOI: 10.15468/52b8h9, https://www.gbif.org/dataset/23e95da2-6095-4778-b893-9af18a310cb6#description
Dataset
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Data from: A preliminary field trial to compare control techniques for invasive Berberis aquifolium in Belgian coastal dunes
Adriaens, T. (Creator), Verschelde, P. (Creator), Cartuyvels, E. (Creator), D'hondt, B. (Creator), Vercruysse, E. (Creator), Van Gompel, W. (Creator), Dewulf, E. (Creator) & Provoost, S. (Creator), Dryad Digital Repository, 11-Nov-2019
Dataset
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Invasieve uitheemse soorten in Vlaamse natuurterreinen : online dashboard (RadIUS)
Petersen, F. (Creator), Devisscher, S. (Creator), Adriaens, T. (Creator) & D'hondt, B. (Creator), INBO, 2024
https://radius-project.shinyapps.io/dashboard/
Dataset: Software/Code
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RIPARIAS target species list
Branquart, E. (Contributor), Adriaens, T. (Contributor), Desmet, P. (Contributor), Devisscher, S. (Contributor), D'hondt, B. (Contributor), Denys, L. (Contributor), Dumortier, A. (Contributor), Latli, A. (Contributor), Oldoni, D. (Contributor), Packet, J. (Contributor), Scheers, K. (Contributor), Vanderhoeven, S. (Contributor), Vermeersch, X. (Contributor) & Willeput, R. (Contributor), Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO), 29-Apr-2022
DOI: 10.15468/p4ugqr, https://www.gbif.org/dataset/fd004d9a-2ea4-4244-bb60-0df508d20a15
Dataset
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Supplementary files to: Invasive Alien Species Horizon Scanning in support of implementation of Regulation 1143/2014
Nunes, A. L. (Creator), Venter, T. (Creator), Adriaens, T. (Creator), Bond, G. (Creator), Costello, K. (Creator), Delva, S. (Creator), Gospodinov, K. (Creator), Novoa, A. (Creator), Peyton, J. (Creator), Pyšek, P. (Creator), Rabitsch, W. (Creator), Roy, H. E. (Creator), Scalera, R. (Creator), Smith, K. (Creator), Tricarico, E. (Creator), Aldridge, D. (Creator), Altamirano Jeschke, M. (Creator), Bellotto, V. (Creator), Bertolino, S. (Creator), Brundu, G. (Creator), Cardoso, A. C. (Creator), Cavadino-Phillips, I. (Creator), Dawson, W. (Creator), Demetriou, J. (Creator), Devisscher, S. (Creator), D'hondt, B. (Creator), Essl, F. (Creator), Evans, T. (Creator), Everts, T. (Creator), Gallardo, B. (Creator), García-Berthou, E. (Creator), Groom, Q. (Creator), Hillaert, J. (Creator), Jacobs, A. (Creator), Katsanevakis, S. (Creator), Marchante, E. (Creator), Marchini, A. (Creator), Oficialdegui, F. J. (Creator), Olenin, S. (Creator), O'Riordan, R. (Creator), Pattison, Z. (Creator), Petersen, F. (Creator), Preda, C. (Creator), Rebelo, R. (Creator), Reniers, J. (Creator), Scheers, K. (Creator), Skuhrovec, J. (Creator), Solarz, W. (Creator), Steen, F. (Creator), Strubbe, D. (Creator), Van Landuyt, W. (Creator), van Valkenburg, J. (Creator), Verëll, V. (Creator), Verhelst, P. (Creator) & Verreycken, H. (Creator), zenodo, 19-Jul-2025
Dataset
Prizes
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2023 Ebbe Nielsen Challenge
Noé, N. (Recipient), Desmet, P. (Recipient), Adriaens, T. (Recipient), D'hondt, B. (Recipient), Reyserhove, L. (Recipient) & Oldoni, D. (Recipient), 18-Oct-2023
Prize: Distinctions
Activities
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Coordination Group meeting Life RIPARIAS
D'hondt, B. (Participant), Reyserhove, L. (Participant) & Adriaens, T. (Participant)
10-Mar-2026Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conference, workshop, training, seminar, meeting
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GuardIAS Workshop on Invasive Freshwater Plant Management
Petersen, F. (Organiser), Strubbe, D. (Organiser), Adriaens, T. (Organiser), D'hondt, B. (Participant) & Hillaert, J. (Participant)
18-May-2026 → 19-May-2026Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conference, workshop, training, seminar, meeting
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Increasing forest resilience in North-West Europe through assisted migration: risks and opportunities
Wilms, H. (Organiser), De Ro, A. (Organiser), Vanden Broeck, A. (Organiser), D'hondt, B. (Speaker) & Louette, G. (Speaker)
14-Apr-2026Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conference, workshop, training, seminar, meeting
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Nationale praktijkdag Beheer van invasieve uitheemse soorten
Adriaens, T. (Organiser), D'hondt, B. (Speaker), Hillaert, J. (Participant), Neukermans, A. (Participant), Segal, M. (Participant), Maex, B. (Participant), Vermeylen, M. (Participant) & Van Ransbeeck, H. (Participant)
3-Feb-2026Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conference, workshop, training, seminar, meeting
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Mitten crabs in Europe – What do we know so far?
D'hondt, B. (Invited speaker)
27-Oct-2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conference, workshop, training, seminar, meeting