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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
Forestry engineering, Universiteit Gent
External positions
UGent, Vakgroep Bos- en Waterbeheer
1-Jan-1994 → 31-Aug-1995Thematic List 2020
- Forest
Policy
- forest and agriculture policy
- conservation goals
- local conservation status
- Natura 2000
disciplinecodelist
- Forestry sciences not elsewhere classified
EWI Biomedical sciences
- B003-ecology
- B430-sylviculture
Thematic list
- Forest management
- Nature management
- Woods and parks
- Oak- and beechwoods
- Naure and forest reserves
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\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
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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.
1/11/20 → 30/06/24
Project: fwo_doctoraat
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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
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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)
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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
Research output
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Advies over de afbakening van gebieden voor beheerovereenkomsten voor het bufferen van kwetsbare natuur
Dumortier, M., Van Gossum, P., De Keersmaeker, L., De Saeger, S., Spanhove, T., Vandekerkhove, K., Vanden Borre, J., Van Wichelen, J., Wils, C. & Wouters, J., 29-Apr-2021, Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek. (Adviezen van het Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek; no. INBO.A.4140)Research output: Book/Report › Advices of the Research Institute for Nature and Forest
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Advies over de afbakening van gebieden voor beheerovereenkomsten voor het verbinden van kwetsbare natuur
Dumortier, M., Van Gossum, P., De Keersmaeker, L., Huysentruyt, F., Spanhove, T. & Vandekerkhove, K., 29-Apr-2021, Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek. (Adviezen van het Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek; no. INBO.A.4141)Research output: Book/Report › Advices of the Research Institute for Nature and Forest
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Advies over de bodemzuurtegraad in het Coolhembos
De Keersmaeker, L., Van de Kerckhove, P., Vandekerkhove, K., De Becker, P. & Van Diggelen, R., 12-Jul-2021, Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek. (Adviezen van het Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek; no. INBO.A.4207)Research output: Book/Report › Advices of the Research Institute for Nature and Forest
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Advies over het vellen van populieren op de Blanckaertdijk en Koning Albertdijk te Hamme in functie van het behoud van bleek bosvogeltje.
Verstraeten, A., Van Landuyt, W., Brys, R., Vandekerkhove, K., De Keersmaeker, L. & De Haeck, A., 17-Jun-2021, Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek. (Adviezen van het Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek; no. INBO.A.4185)Research output: Book/Report › Advices of the Research Institute for Nature and Forest
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Early and High Medieval (c. 650 AD–1250 AD) Charcoal Production and Its Impact on Woodland Composition in the Northwest-European Lowland: A Study of Charcoal Pit Kilns from Sterrebeek (Central Belgium)
Deforce, K., Vanmontfort, B. & Vandekerkhove, K., 1-Mar-2021, In : Environmental Archaeology. 26, 2, p. 168-178 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article
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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: https://doi.org/10.15468/ocof3v
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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
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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
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.k98sf7m42
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