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Kris Vandekerkhove is researcher on forest ecology and forest management at INBO. For over 20 years he has been coordinating the monitoring programme on strict forest reserves. He was also involved in many other research activities and advisory work on nature conservation in forests. He is and was active in a wide range of international projects in the framework of LIFE, COST, Interreg,... He is (co)author of a few dozen peer-reviewed journal papers (A1) and also collaborated in several reference works and handbooks on forest management and nature conservation and other publications both for as specific audience and broader public.
Education/Academic qualification
Forest and Nature Management, Doctor in Applied Biological Sciences
Award Date: 16-Sept-2019
Forestry engineering, Universiteit Gent
External positions
UGent, Vakgroep Bos- en Waterbeheer
1-Jan-1994 → 31-Aug-1995
Thematic List 2020
- Forest
Policy
- forest and agriculture policy
- conservation goals
- local conservation status
- Natura 2000
VODS 2023
- Forestry sciences not elsewhere classified
- Ecology not elsewhere classified
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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WILDCARD (EVINBO)
Vandekerkhove, K. (Project leader), Adriaenssens, V. (Cooperator), Cools, N. (Cooperator), De Vos, B. (Cooperator), De Win, Y. (Cooperator), Deroo, H. (Cooperator), Lambrechts, S. (Cooperator), Pieters, M. (Cooperator), Vervaet, K. (Cooperator), Willems, K. (Cooperator) & Willems, S. (Cooperator)
1/02/24 → 31/01/28
Project: Evinbo
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MigFoRest - assisted Migration to increase Forest Resilience (EVINBO)
Vanden Broeck, A. (Project leader), Adriaens, T. (Cooperator), D'hondt, B. (Cooperator), De Clercq, W. (Cooperator), De Maesschalck, G. (Cooperator), De Meyer, J. (Cooperator), De Pelseneer, N. (Cooperator), De Ro, A. (Cooperator), Goossens, S. (Cooperator), Maesschalck, K. (Cooperator), Van Nieuwenhove, R. (Cooperator), Van Schoors, A. (Cooperator), Vandekerkhove, K. (Cooperator), Vander Mijnsbrugge, K. (Cooperator), Vanhellemont, M. (Cooperator) & Wilms, H. (Cooperator)
1/01/24 → 30/06/28
Project: Evinbo
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Flanders Ecosystem Accounting (FLEA)
Van Reeth, W. (Project leader), Adriaens, T. (Cooperator), Alaerts, K. (Cooperator), Courtens, W. (Cooperator), D'hondt, B. (Cooperator), De Keersmaeker, L. (Cooperator), De Saeger, S. (Cooperator), De Vos, B. (Cooperator), Dochy, O. (Cooperator), Dumortier, M. (Cooperator), Heremans, S. (Cooperator), Jacobs, S. (Cooperator), Lettens, S. (Cooperator), Leyman, A. (Cooperator), Leyssen, A. (Cooperator), Maebe, K. (Cooperator), Michels, H. (Cooperator), Onkelinx, T. (Cooperator), Oosterlynck, P. (Cooperator), Packet, J. (Cooperator), Petersen, F. (Cooperator), Peymen, J. (Cooperator), Provoost, S. (Cooperator), Spanhove, T. (Cooperator), Stevens, M. (Cooperator), Thomaes, A. (Cooperator), Van Calster, H. (Cooperator), Van Gossum, P. (Cooperator), Van Landuyt, W. (Cooperator), Vandekerkhove, K. (Cooperator), Vanden Borre, J. (Cooperator), Vandevoorde, B. (Cooperator), Vanhellemont, M. (Cooperator), Vught, I. (Cooperator) & Wils, C. (Cooperator)
23/11/23 → 20/07/26
Project: own initiative (position paper)
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Investigating pine mortality management prescriptions in Flanders
De Haeck, A. (Project leader), De Geest, L. (Cooperator), De Vos, B. (Cooperator), Heremans, S. (Cooperator), Roskams, P. (Cooperator), Sioen, G. (Cooperator) & Vandekerkhove, K. (Cooperator)
1/09/23 → 30/09/25
Project: coöperation agreement
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BiodivERsA+ Subpilot soil biodiversity in near natural forests
De Vos, B. (Project leader), Esprit, M. (Cooperator), Hendrickx, S. (Cooperator), Lambrechts, S. (Cooperator), Van de Kerckhove, P. (Cooperator) & Vandekerkhove, K. (Cooperator)
1/03/23 → 31/12/25
Project: coöperation agreement
Research output
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Bijdrage tot de historische ecologie van neigembos en omgeving: Behoud en beheer door de baron van Wedergrate van de 18e tot de 20e eeuw
Tack, G., Barbé, J. & Vandekerkhove, K., 2025, Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek. (Rapporten van het Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek; no. 6)Research output: Book/Report › Reports of Research Institute for Nature and Forest
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LIFE+ PROGNOSES Data Management Plan: Version 1
Vanhellemont, M., Vandekerkhove, K., Vanhaecht, R., Hirschmugl, M. & Veltjen, E. (Editor), 2025, 20 p. Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek.Research output: Other contribution › Data Management Plans
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Life PROGNOSES – Action 1.25: WP1 - Compilation of final outputs : definition, mapping and evaluation of old-growth beech forests through field surveys and remote sensing
Moser-Sturm, H., Vandekerkhove, K., Hirschmugl, M., Kirchmeir, H. & Vanhaecht, R., 2025, Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek. 17 p. (Rapport niet door INBO uitgegeven)Research output: Book/Report › Report not published by INBO
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LIFE-PROGNOSES Action A.1.12. Compilation of existing mapping products: methodology and results
Posch, L., Kirchmeir, H., Fuchs, L. & Vandekerkhove, K., 2025, Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek. 11 p. (Rapport niet door INBO uitgegeven)Research output: Book/Report › Report not published by INBO
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Towards an effective in-situ biodiversity assessment in European forests
Burrascano, S., Chojnacki, L., Balducci, L., Chianucci, F., Haeler, E., Kepfer-Rojas, S., Paillet, Y., Andrade, R. B. D., Boch, S., Smedt, P. D., Fischer, M., Mijangos, I. G., Heilmann-Clausen, J., Hofmeister, J., Hošek, J., Kozák, D., Kutszegi, G., Lachat, T., Mikoláš, M. & Samu, F. & 9 others, , 5-Mar-2025, In: Basic and Applied Ecology. 84, p. 121-132 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review
Open Access
Datasets
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Spatially explicit database of tree related microhabitats (TreMs). Version 1.2. Integrate+ project. Version 1.6.
Kraus, D. (Creator), Larrieu, L. (Creator), Vandekerkhove, K. (Creator) & et al. (Creator), 2017
DOI: 10.15468/ocof3v
Dataset
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Spatially explicit database of tree related microhabitats (TreMs). Version 1.2. Integrate+ project
Kraus, D. (Creator), Schuck, A. (Creator), Bebi, P. (Creator), Blaschke, M. (Creator), Bütler, R. (Creator), Flade, M. (Creator), Heintz, W. (Creator), Krumm, F. (Creator), Lachat, T. (Creator), Larrieu, L. (Creator), Lehnerova, L. (Creator), Levin, M. (Creator), Mergner, U. (Creator), Pach, M. (Creator), Paillet, Y. (Creator), Pyttel, P. (Creator), Rydkvist, T. (Creator), Santopuoli, G. (Creator), Sever, K. (Creator), Sturm, K. (Creator), Vandekerkhove, K. (Creator), Winter, S. (Creator) & Witz, M. (Creator), 16-Jun-2017
DOI: 10.15468/ocof3v, https://www.gbif.org/dataset/2e102194-f384-4712-89a4-5db7a3fc409a#description
Dataset
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Plot level results of the monitoring programme on strict forest reserves in Flanders (Belgium) – vegetation
De Keersmaeker, L. (Creator), Esprit, M. (Creator), Goessens, S. (Creator), Leyman, A. (Creator), Thomaes, A. (Creator), Van de Kerckhove, P. (Creator) & Vandekerkhove, K. (Creator), Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek, 13-Jun-2023
Dataset
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Monitoring programme on strict forest reserves in Flanders (Belgium) - site level stand structure, regeneration and vegetation data
De Keersmaeker, L. (Creator), Esprit, M. (Creator), Goessens, S. (Creator), Leyman, A. (Creator), Thomaes, A. (Creator), Van de Kerckhove, P. (Creator) & Vandekerkhove, K. (Creator), Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek, 13-Jun-2023
Dataset
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Data to: Enjoying tranquility - Development of ground vegetation after cessation of management in forests on loamy soils in Flanders (Belgium)
Vandekerkhove, K. (Creator), Thomaes, A. (Creator), De Keersmaeker, L. (Creator), Van de Kerckhove, P. (Creator) & Onkelinx, T. (Creator), 10-Feb-2021
Dataset
Activities
- 1 Organisation and participation in conference, workshop, training, seminar, meeting
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Witboek Bosalliantie 2030
Louette, G. (Participant), Vandekerkhove, K. (Participant), De Haeck, A. (Participant) & Wilms, H. (Participant)
4-Dec-2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conference, workshop, training, seminar, meeting