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Research expertise
Bioengineer with a specialisation in soil science and biogeochemistry of semi-natural ecosystems. Cécile has been working at the Institute for Nature and Forest Research (INBO) since 2010 on the relationship between abiotics (hydrology, soil chemistry) and biodiversity:
- researching the ecological requirements of Natura 2000 habitat types and regionally important biotopes to contribute to efficient and realistic nature development and nature restoration projects;
- estimating the impact of environmental pressures on the European protected habitat types and regionally important biotopes;
- ecohydrological studies assessing the potential for conservation or development of target habitats depending on abiotic environmental variables (including the use of vegetation distribution models such as NICHE Flanders).
Thematic List 2020
- Soil & air
- Water
- Protected nature
VODS 2023
- Biogeochemistry
- Soil chemistry
- Conservation and biodiversity
- Environmental impact and risk assessment
- Environmental rehabilitation
- Chemical and physical ecology
- Terrestrial ecology
- Soil ecology
- Plant ecology
- Modelling and simulation
- Geospatial information systems
- Ecology not elsewhere classified
- Soil sciences, challenges and pollution not elsewhere classified
- Agrochemistry and fertilisers
Taxonomic List
- bats (Chiroptera)
Policy
- water policy
- Water Framework Directive
- Natura 2000
Technological
- fieldwork (observations and sampling)
- modelling
Free keywords
- soil
- soil chemistry
- biogeochemistry
- ecohydrology
- GIS
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Digitisation of BWK habitat keys
Wouters, J. (Project leader), De Saeger, S. (Cooperator), Herr, C. (Cooperator), Lommelen, E. (Cooperator), Oosterlynck, P. (Cooperator), Van Landuyt, W. (Cooperator), Vermeersch, S. (Cooperator) & Verschelde, P. (Cooperator)
1/04/25 → 1/04/27
Project: Samenwerkingsovereenkomst INBO-ANB
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Ecohydrological reference values for groundwater chemistry and dynamics
Herr, C. (Project leader), Adriaens, D. (Cooperator), Depaepe, W. (Cooperator), Gyselings, R. (Cooperator), Van Calster, H. (Cooperator), Vandevoorde, B. (Cooperator) & Wouters, J. (Cooperator)
1/02/25 → 31/01/27
Project: Samenwerkingsovereenkomst INBO-ANB
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‘Soil biodiversity’ programme
De Vos, B. (Project leader), Adriaenssens, V. (Cooperator), Cools, N. (Cooperator), De Bruyn, L. (Cooperator), De Win, Y. (Cooperator), Deflem, I. (Cooperator), Depaepe, W. (Cooperator), Deroo, H. (Cooperator), Eves Down, M.-R. (Cooperator), Halfmaerten, D. (Cooperator), Herr, C. (Cooperator), Lateir, M. (Cooperator), Lettens, S. (Cooperator), Louette, G. (Cooperator), Mertens, W. (Cooperator), Oosterlynck, P. (Cooperator), Soors, J. (Cooperator), Thomaes, A. (Cooperator), Vanden Borre, J. (Cooperator), Vermeersch, S. (Cooperator), Wouters, J. (Cooperator) & Wuyts, K. (Cooperator)
1/12/24 → 31/12/29
Project: INBO
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PAS impact monitoring
Wuyts, K. (Project leader), Adriaens, D. (Cooperator), Carmen, R. (Cooperator), Cools, N. (Cooperator), De Becker, P. (Cooperator), De Keersmaeker, L. (Cooperator), Genouw, G. (Cooperator), Herr, C. (Cooperator), Leyssen, A. (Cooperator), Louette, G. (Cooperator), Mielke, F. (Cooperator), Neirynck, J. (Cooperator), Oosterlynck, P. (Cooperator), Packet, J. (Cooperator), Provoost, S. (Cooperator), Raman, M. (Cooperator), Van Calster, H. (Cooperator), Van Daele, T. (Cooperator), Vanden Borre, J. (Cooperator), Vanderhaeghe, F. (Cooperator), Verstraeten, A. (Cooperator), Wackenier, M. (Cooperator), Westra, T. (Cooperator) & Wouters, J. (Cooperator)
8/08/24 → 31/12/30
Project: EVINBO - Vlaamse overheid
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Ecohydrological study Houthulst (EVINBO)
Adriaens, D. (Project leader), De Becker, P. (Cooperator), Depaepe, W. (Cooperator) & Herr, C. (Cooperator)
1/06/24 → 31/12/26
Project: EVINBO - Vlaamse overheid
Research output
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Referentiebereiken voor grondwaterstanden in vochtige duinvalleien. Een analyse voor de Vlaamse duingebieden, habitatsubtype 2190_mp, periode 2012-2019.
Adriaens, D., Provoost, S. & Herr, C., 2025, Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek. 50 p. (Rapporten van het Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek; no. 45)Research output: Book/Report › Reports of Research Institute for Nature and Forest
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Advies over grenswaarden, beschikbare en benodigde kennis voor de discipline biodiversiteit/verscherpte natuurtoets/passende beoordeling van het plan-MER van het MAP 7
Herr, C. (Main author), Vanden Borre, J., De Becker, P., Wuyts, K., Decleer, K. & Neirynck, J., 19-Apr-2024, Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek. (Adviezen van het Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek; no. INBO.A.4799)Research output: Book/Report › Advices of the Research Institute for Nature and Forest
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Ecohydrologische normen voor nutriënten in grondwater - Toepassing in het brongebied van de Zwarte Beek en Bolisserbeek
Herr, C., De Becker, P. & Van Daele, T., 2024, Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek. (Rapporten van het Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek; no. 41)Research output: Book/Report › Reports of Research Institute for Nature and Forest
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Hernieuwing grondwaterwinning De Watergroep in Korbeek-Dijle (Ormendaal, Noord en Zuid). Resultaten NICHE Vlaanderen
Herr, C., De Becker, P. & De Dobbelaer, T., 2024, Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek. ( Rapporten van het Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek; no. 5)Research output: Book/Report › Reports of Research Institute for Nature and Forest
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INBO-beslissingsboom: Archiveren van natuurwetenschappelijke specimens (of niet)? Versie 1.0
Veltjen, E., Brosens, D., Cools, N., De Cuyper, B., De Vos, B., D'hondt, B., Herr, C., Lambeens, I., Maebe, K., Lettens, S., Pollet, M., Soors, J., Teunen, L., Vanden Broeck, A., Van Driessche, C., Verstraeten, A. & De Wever, A., 2024, Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek. (Rapporten van het Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek; no. 45)Research output: Book/Report › Reports of Research Institute for Nature and Forest
Open AccessFile477 Downloads (Pure)
Datasets
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Organic soil surveys across Flanders
De Dobbelaer, T. (Creator), Herr, C. (Creator), De Becker, P. (Creator), Van Ballaert, S. (Creator), Wackenier, M. (Contributor), Van der Auwermeulen, B. (Contributor), Adriaens, D. (Contributor), Willems, K. (Contributor) & Pieters, M. (Contributor), Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO), 28-Jan-2022
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5913202, https://zenodo.org/records/5913202 and 2 more links, https://zenodo.org/records/5793624, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5793624 (show fewer)
Dataset
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Organic soil surveys across Flanders
De Dobbelaer, T. (Creator), Herr, C. (Creator), De Becker, P. (Creator), Van Ballaert, S. (Creator), Wackenier, M. (Contributor), Van der Auwermeulen, B. (Contributor), Adriaens, D. (Contributor), Willems, K. (Contributor), Pieters, M. (Contributor) & Depaepe, W. (Contributor), Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek (INBO), 11-Dec-2023
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10179987, https://zenodo.org/records/10179987
Dataset
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habitatmap_terr: the interpreted, terrestrial part of habitatmap_stdized
Wouters, J. (Creator), Vanderhaeghe, F. (Creator), De Saeger, S. (Creator), Westra, T. (Creator) & Herr, C. (Creator), Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek (INBO), 3-Oct-2024
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13886579, https://zenodo.org/records/13886579
Dataset
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Ecological soil map NICHE Flanders (version 1.1)
Callebaut, J. (Creator), De Bie, E. (Creator), De Becker, P. (Creator), Huybrechts, W. (Creator) & Herr, C. (Creator), Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek, 22-Dec-2006
Dataset
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R package n2khab: providing preprocessed reference data for Flemish Natura 2000 habitat analyses. Version 0.12.0
Vanderhaeghe, F. (Creator), Westra, T. (Creator), Herr, C. (Creator) & Van Calster, H. (Creator), zenodo, 10-Jan-2025
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.14630016, https://zenodo.org/records/14630016
Dataset: Software/Code
Activities
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Herstelstrategieën en gebiedsanalyses als basis voor stikstofsanering
De Keersmaeker, L. (Invited speaker), Herr, C. (Invited speaker) & Vanden Borre, J. (Invited speaker)
7-Mar-2023Activity: Talk or presentation types › Lecture and oral contribution
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The Habitats Directive as game changer for nature and law in the European Union: emerging trends and novel approaches
Herr, C. (Participant)
13-Dec-2022 → 14-Dec-2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conference, workshop, training, seminar, meeting