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Research expertise
Karen started out as a forest engineer, but gradually became more and more interested in population and conservation genetics. Initially, the focus of my genetic research was on tree species, such as black alder and elm trees, with adaptation and hybridisation as main topics. Later on, populations of animal species, mostly amphibians and mammals, were the subject of her studies. Karen's current work focuses primarily on the evaluation of the genetic status of populations and on how the surroundings and landscape influence the genetic composition of these populations. The goal is to translate acquired insights into management measures to help maintain current and future populations.
Education/Academic qualification
Master of bioscience engineering: forest and land management, KU Leuven
Thematic List 2020
- Forest
- Protected nature
- Flora & fauna
VODS 2023
- Population, ecological and evolutionary genetics
- Ecology not elsewhere classified
Taxonomic List
- amphibians (Amphibia)
- wild boar (Sus scrofa)
- frogs and toads (Anura)
- Epidalea calamita
- natterjack toad
- Pelophylax lessonae
- Pelophylax kl. esculentus
- edible frog
- pool frog
- Rana arvalis
- marsh frog
- weasel family (Mustelidae)
- Martes foina
- Martes martes
- Lutra lutra
- elm family (Ulmaceae)
- true salamanders and newts (Salamandridae)
- Salamandra salamandra
- fire salamander
- Triturus cristatus
- great crested newt
- Ichthyosaura alpestris
- alpine newt
- Lissotriton vulgaris
- smooth newt
- alder (Alnus glutinosa)
- rodents (Rodentia)
- Castor fiber
- Eurasian beaver
- stag beetles (Lucanidae)
- Lucanus cervus
- beech family (Fagaceae)
- Quercus robur
- pedunculate oak
- aquatic plants (Hydrophyta)
- Lobelia dortmanna
- water lobelia
Technological
- genetic technologies
- genomics
- landscape genetics
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Nature restoration of fen habitat type 3110 under persistent nitrogen and phosphorus pressure and a changing climate (EVINBO)
Packet, J. (Project leader), Cox, K. (Cooperator), Leyssen, A. (Cooperator) & Vermeylen, M. (Cooperator)
1/01/26 → 31/12/28
Project: EVINBO - Vlaamse overheid
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Study of the tree frog metapopulation
Cox, K. (Project leader), Raepsaet, A. (Cooperator), Speybroeck, J. (Cooperator), Van Breusegem, A. (Cooperator), Van Eenaeme, D. (Cooperator) & van Doorn, L. (Cooperator)
1/04/25 → 1/05/27
Project: Samenwerkingsovereenkomst INBO-ANB
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DNA source populations great crested newt
Cox, K. (Project leader), Raepsaet, A. (Cooperator), Speybroeck, J. (Cooperator), Van Breusegem, A. (Cooperator), Van Eenaeme, D. (Cooperator) & van Doorn, L. (Cooperator)
1/03/25 → 28/02/30
Project: Samenwerkingsovereenkomst INBO-ANB
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Drives of soil fauna invasions in North America: from colonial times to contemporary global change
Vanden Broeck, A. (Project leader) & Cox, K. (Cooperator)
1/01/25 → 31/12/28
Project: EVINBO - Vlaamse overheid
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‘Nature networks’ programme
Spanhove, T. (Project leader), Adriaens, T. (Cooperator), Adriaenssens, V. (Cooperator), Buysse, D. (Cooperator), Cox, K. (Cooperator), De Beck, L. (Cooperator), De Bruyn, L. (Cooperator), Decleer, K. (Cooperator), Everaert, J. (Cooperator), Lo Bue, L. (Cooperator), Maes, D. (Cooperator), Oosterlynck, P. (Cooperator), Pauwels, I. (Cooperator), Peymen, J. (Cooperator), Sannen, K. (Cooperator), Stevens, M. (Cooperator), Turkelboom, F. (Cooperator), Van Damme, S. (Cooperator), Van Kerckvoorde, A. (Cooperator), Vanden Borre, J. (Cooperator), Vanderhaeghe, F. (Cooperator), Vanermen, N. (Cooperator), Wils, C. (Cooperator) & Wuyts, K. (Cooperator)
1/12/24 → 31/12/29
Project: INBO
Research output
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Amphibian Translocations in Northern Belgium
van Doorn, L., Van Eenaeme, D., Speybroeck, J., Auwerx, J., Cox, K., Deflem, I., Mouton, C. & Mergeay, J., 12-Feb-2026. 33 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper/Powerpoint/Abstract
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De Maas brengt bevers samen
Cox, K. & Huysentruyt, F., 2026, In: INBO Nieuwsbrief. maart 2026Research output: Contribution to journal › Contribution to INBO Nieuwsbrief
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Roofdiernieuws 37
Gouwy, J., Mergeay, J., Neyrinck, S., Van Breusegem, A., Berlengee, F. & Cox, K., 28-Jul-2026, In: Roofdiernieuws. 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › INBO Roofdiernieuws
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With a little help from the natives: a first report on a novel ecological interaction between yellow-legged hornet Vespa velutina Lepeletier, 1836 (Hymenoptera, Vespidae) and bumblebee wax moth Aphomia sociella L. (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae)
Van Ransbeeck, H., Hillaert, J., Cox, K., Vrancken, T., Strubbe, D., Burbui, G., Cini, A., Bordoni, A., de Graaf, D., Bonte, D. & Adriaens, T., 16-Feb-2026, In: BIOINVASIONS RECORDS. 15, 2, p. 311–324 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review
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Amphibian translocations in Northern Belgium
van Doorn, L., Speybroeck, J., Auwerx, J., Cox, K., Deflem, I., Mouton, C. & Mergeay, J., 22-Sept-2025. 56 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper/Powerpoint/Abstract
Open AccessFile17 Downloads (Pure)
Datasets
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Data from: Dealing with assumptions and sampling bias in the estimation of effective population size: A case study in an amphibian population
Cox, K. (Creator), Neyrinck, S. (Creator) & Mergeay, J. (Project Member), Research Institute for Nature Management, Sept-2024
Dataset
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Data from: Reintroduced native Populus nigra in restored floodplain reduces spread of exotic poplar species.
Vanden Broeck, A. (Creator), Cox, K. (Creator), Van Braeckel, A. (Creator), Neyrinck, S. (Creator), De Regge, N. (Creator) & Van Looy, K. (Creator), Dryad Digital Repository, 2020
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.n2z34tmvn, https://datadryad.org/stash/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.n2z34tmvn
Dataset
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Genome-wide methylome stability and parental effects in the worldwide distributed Lombardy poplar
Vanden Broeck, A. (Project Manager), Meese, T. (Data Manager), Verschelde, P. (Data Manager), Cox, K. (Data Manager), Heinze, B. (Project Member), Deforce, D. (Project Member), De Meester, E. (Creator) & Van Nieuwerburgh, F. (Project Leader), NCBI - Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO), 20-Feb-2023
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/geo/query/acc.cgi?acc=GSE225596 and one more link, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/PRJNA936584 (show fewer)
Dataset
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Data from: Temperature-related natural selection in a wind-pollinated tree across regional and continental scales
Cox, K. (Creator), Vanden Broeck, A. (Contributor), Van Calster, H. (Contributor) & Mergeay, J. (Contributor), Dryad Digital Repository, 7-Apr-2011
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.9067
Dataset
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Data from : ‘Stability of genome-wide methylation patterns and parental environmental effects in the widespread, long-lived Lombardy poplar’.
Vanden Broeck, A. (Project Leader), Meese, T. (Producer), Verschelde, P. (Creator), Cox, K. (Creator), Heinze, B. (Creator), Deforce, D. (Creator), De Meester, E. (Creator) & Van Nieuwerburgh, F. (Creator), INBO, 5-Dec-2022
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7400978, https://zenodo.org/records/10400952
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