Personal profile
Research expertise
In general, my research focusses on the driving pressures that influence the status and trends of (threatened) species and which conservation measures can be taken. At the moment, the main topics are 1) the conservation of bats: modelling and improving landscape connectivity, assessment and modifying hibernation site characteristics, 2) Management (e.g. farmland agreements) in agricultural areas to improve biodiversity (farmland birds and insects).
Education/Academic qualification
Zoology, Master, Universiteit Antwerpen
Zoology, PhD, Universiteit Antwerpen
Biostatistics, Master, Universiteit Hasselt
Thematic List 2020
- Protected nature
- Agriculture
VODS 2023
- Ecology not elsewhere classified
Taxonomic List
- bats (Chiroptera)
- farmland birds
- frit flies (Chloropidae)
- insects (Insecta)
- true flies (2-winged flies) (Diptera)
Technological
- experimental design
- statistics and modelling
- fieldwork (observations and sampling)
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Biodiversity Monitoring of Ponds
Lemmens, P. (Project leader), Brys, R. (Cooperator), Danneels, H. (Cooperator), De Bruyn, L. (Cooperator), Everts, T. (Cooperator), Halfmaerten, D. (Cooperator), Neyrinck, S. (Cooperator) & Van Driessche, C. (Cooperator)
5/01/26 → 3/01/28
Project: EVINBO - Europees
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TransAgroBat: Enhancing the presence of bats and their ecosystem services in agricultural landscapes
De Bruyn, L. (Project leader), Dekeukeleire, D. (Cooperator), Gyselings, R. (Cooperator) & Manzanares, L. (Cooperator)
1/01/26 → 31/03/29
Project: EVINBO - Europees
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METABUG: Monitoring insects with Malaise traps and DNA metabarcoding
De Bruyn, L. (Project leader), Lambrechts, S. (Cooperator), Maebe, K. (Cooperator) & Van de Meutter, F. (Cooperator)
1/01/26 → 31/12/28
Project: EVINBO - Europees
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Programme 'Coordination Monitoring and Research Infrastructure'
Cools, N. (Project leader), Adriaenssens, V. (Cooperator), Auwerx, J. (Cooperator), Brosens, D. (Cooperator), Bruneel, S. (Cooperator), Brys, R. (Cooperator), Christiaens, B. (Cooperator), Daelemans, R. (Cooperator), De Bruyn, L. (Cooperator), De Vos, B. (Cooperator), De Wever, A. (Cooperator), Desender, M. (Cooperator), Desmet, P. (Cooperator), Genouw, G. (Cooperator), Halfmaerten, D. (Cooperator), Heremans, S. (Cooperator), Langeraert, W. (Cooperator), Leyman, A. (Cooperator), Louette, G. (Cooperator), Maebe, K. (Cooperator), Mouton, C. (Cooperator), Oosterlynck, P. (Cooperator), Raman, M. (Cooperator), Teunen, L. (Cooperator), Van Driessche, C. (Cooperator), Van Gossum, P. (Cooperator), Van Onsem, S. (Cooperator), Van Ryckegem, G. (Cooperator), Vercruysse, L. (Cooperator), Wilms, H. (Cooperator) & Wuyts, K. (Cooperator)
1/01/25 → 31/12/29
Project: INBO
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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 Den Berghe, J. (Cooperator), Van Eenaeme, D. (Cooperator), Van Reeth, W. (Cooperator), Van Thuyne, G. (Cooperator), Vanden Borre, J. (Cooperator), Vandevoorde, B. (Cooperator), Wouters, J. (Cooperator) & van Doorn, L. (Cooperator)
1/12/24 → 31/12/29
Project: INBO
Research output
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ABMS: Automated monitoring of birds, bats and nocturnal insects through sound and image recognition
De Bruyn, L. & Manzanares, L., 2025. 1 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster
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Advies over de mogelijkheid om een statusupdate te geven van de vleermuizen in de Vlaamse Ardennen.
Dekeukeleire, D. (Main author), Manzanares, L., De Bruyn, L. & Gyselings, R., 1-Dec-2025, Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek. (Adviezen van het Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek; no. INBO.A.5028)Research output: Book/Report › Advices of the Research Institute for Nature and Forest
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Biodiversiteit meten met landbouwers: Een verkenning bij het Regionaal Landschap Zuid-Hageland
Lateir, M., Van Donink, S., Dumortier, M., Tys, I. & De Bruyn, L., 2025, Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek. 65 p. (Rapporten van het Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek; no. 52)Research output: Book/Report › Reports of Research Institute for Nature and Forest
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Geautomatiseerde monitoring van vogels, vleermuizen en nachtelijke insecten via geluids- en beeldherkenning
De Bruyn, L. & Manzanares, L., 2025. 1 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster
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The effect of climate change and management actions on the microclimate of hibernacula
Gyselings, R., De Bruyn, L., Apoznański, G., Rachwald, A. & Kokurewicz, T., 8-Aug-2025. 30 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper/Powerpoint/Abstract
1 Downloads (Pure)
Datasets
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MH_WATERLAND - Western marsh harriers (Circus aeruginosus, Accipitridae) breeding near the Belgium-Netherlands border
Anselin, A. (Creator), Desmet, P. (Creator), Milotic, T. (Creator), Janssens, K. (Creator), T'Jollyn, F. (Creator), De Bruyn, L. (Creator) & Bouten, W. (Creator), Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek (INBO), 12-Nov-2019
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3532940, https://www.movebank.org/cms/webapp?gwt_fragment=page=studies,path=study604806671 and one more link, https://www.gbif.org/dataset/66e0553e-75f6-49de-b614-22efd9fbf6e9 (show fewer)
Dataset
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Meetnetten.be - Bat winter roosts counts (per individual) Flanders, Belgium
Piesschaert, F. (Creator), De Bruyn, L. (Creator), Gyselings, R. (Creator), Dekeukeleire, D. (Creator), Cooleman, S. (Creator), Brosens, D. (Creator), Westra, T. (Creator), Desmet, P. (Creator), Ruyts, S. (Creator), Lefevre, A. (Creator), Vandendriessche, B. (Creator), Boers, K. (Creator), Vermeiren, H. (Creator), Palmans, G. (Creator), Roels, E. (Creator) & Pollet, M. (Creator), Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO), 7-Oct-2025
DOI: 10.15468/wgjua8
Dataset
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Meetnetten.be - Bat maternity roosts counts Flanders, Belgium
Piesschaert, F. (Creator), De Bruyn, L. (Creator), Gyselings, R. (Creator), Dekeukeleire, D. (Creator), Cooleman, S. (Creator), Brosens, D. (Creator), Westra, T. (Creator), Desmet, P. (Creator), Ruyts, S. (Creator), Roels, E. (Creator) & Pollet, M. (Creator), Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO), 7-Oct-2025
DOI: 10.15468/w87z7n
Dataset
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Meetnetten.be - Bat winter roosts counts (totals per room/section) Flanders, Belgium
Piesschaert, F. (Creator), De Bruyn, L. (Creator), Gyselings, R. (Creator), Dekeukeleire, D. (Creator), Cooleman, S. (Creator), Brosens, D. (Creator), Westra, T. (Creator), Desmet, P. (Creator), Ruyts, S. (Creator), Lefevre, A. (Creator), Vandendriessche, B. (Creator), Boers, K. (Creator), Vermeiren, H. (Creator), Palmans, G. (Creator), Roels, E. (Creator) & Pollet, M. (Creator), Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO), 7-Oct-2025
DOI: 10.15468/e7dy7s
Dataset
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Meetnetten.be - Bat winter roosts counts (totals per site) Flanders, Belgium
Piesschaert, F. (Creator), De Bruyn, L. (Creator), Gyselings, R. (Creator), Dekeukeleire, D. (Creator), Cooleman, S. (Creator), Brosens, D. (Creator), Westra, T. (Creator), Desmet, P. (Creator), Ruyts, S. (Creator), Lefevre, A. (Creator), Vandendriessche, B. (Creator), Boers, K. (Creator), Vermeiren, H. (Creator), Palmans, G. (Creator), Roels, E. (Creator) & Pollet, M. (Creator), Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO), 7-Oct-2025
DOI: 10.15468/5s3ctr
Dataset
Activities
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10th BWDS Symposium "Triggers of Zoonotic Pathogen Emergence"
Baert, K. (Organiser), Adriaens, T. (Organiser) & De Bruyn, L. (Participant)
18-Oct-2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conference, workshop, training, seminar, meeting
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International Corn Bunting workshop
Jansen, J. (Participant), De Bruyn, L. (Participant), Van Overmeeren, N. (Participant) & Polfliet, R. (Participant)
21-Mar-2023 → 24-Mar-2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conference, workshop, training, seminar, meeting
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Coronaviruses in bats in Flanders, Belgium
Gyzels, D. (Invited speaker), De Bruyn, L. (Invited speaker), Dekeukeleire, D. (Invited speaker), Boers, K. (Invited speaker), Bourret, V. (Invited speaker), Sgarabotto, E. (Invited speaker), Dutra, L. (Invited speaker), Leirs, H. (Invited speaker), Charbonnel, N. (Invited speaker), Sironen, T. (Invited speaker) & Gryseels, S. (Invited speaker)
15-Nov-2022 → 16-Nov-2022Activity: Talk or presentation types › Lecture and oral contribution
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Differences in hibernation strategy of bats in relation to the physical characteristics and availability of hibernacula
Gyselings, R. (Invited speaker), De Bruyn, L. (Invited speaker), Kokurewicz, T. (Invited speaker), Rachwald, A. (Invited speaker), Apoznański, G. (Invited speaker) & Kirkpatrick, L. (Invited speaker)
7-Aug-2022 → 12-Aug-2022Activity: Talk or presentation types › Lecture and oral contribution
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Temperatuur, vleermuizen en klimaatveranderingen
Gyselings, R. (Invited speaker) & De Bruyn, L. (Invited speaker)
7-Oct-2021Activity: Talk or presentation types › Lecture and oral contribution
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