Projects per year
Personal profile
Research expertise
Luc De Keersmaeker is a forest ecologist, at work from 1995 to 1998 at Ghent University and since 1998 at the Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO) of the Flemish Government. He studied various aspects of forest ecosystems, with an emphasis on forest vegetation: nutrient cycling, forest restoration on farmland, the impact of land use history and forest management, and spontaneous development of unmanaged forest reserves.
Education/Academic qualification
Bioscience Engineering, PhD, Universiteit Gent - Faculteit Bio-ingenieurswetenschappen
Award Date: 28-Oct-2013
Taxonomic List
- vascular plants (Tracheophyta)
Policy
- forest and agriculture policy
- woodland protection
- nature management
- spatial planning policy
Disciplinecode List
- Environmental management
- Landscape ecology
Thematic List
- Management
- Forest management
- Oak- and beechwoods
- Woods and parks
- Valley- and marshwoods
- Eutrophication
- Acidification
- Fragmentation
Geographic List
- Flanders
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Where did forests and wooded edges occur historically? (FOREDGEMAP) (EVINBO)
3/04/23 → 31/12/23
Project: Evinbo
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FOURCAST - FOrest cold and URban heat island effects on Climate Adaptation of biodiversity at different Spatial and Temporal scales
De Keersmaeker, L., De Vos, B., Esprit, M., Goessens, S., Thomaes, A., Van de Kerckhove, P., Vandekerkhove, K., Lambrechts, S. & Hendrickx, S.
1/01/23 → 31/12/26
Project: Evinbo
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Optimize climate-smart forest management to alleviate drought stress in temperate forest systems
De Keersmaeker, L., Esprit, M., Goessens, S., Thomaes, A., Van de Kerckhove, P., Vandekerkhove, K. & Verdonck, S.
1/11/21 → 31/10/25
Project: fwo_doctoraat
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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. & Dierickx, G.
1/11/20 → 30/06/24
Project: fwo_doctoraat
Research output
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Bossen en hun groeiplaats. Deel : Over snelle en trage bossen.
De Schrijver, A., De Keersmaeker, L. & Mertens, J., 1-Mar-2023, (In preparation) In: Bomen - vakblad voor de boomverzorging. 62, p. 6 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › A3: Article in a journal without peer review
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Hoofdstuk 2. Stikstofsanering als onderdeel van de PAS: hoe (goed) werkt het?
Verstraeten, A., De Keersmaeker, L. & Hoffmann, M., May-2023, De stikstofcrisis in de Lage Landen nader ontleed: richtlijnen voor een duurzame transitie. Schoukens, H. (ed.). Die Keure, p. 75-95 22 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Contribution to book not published by INBO
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Vegetatieontwikkeling in onbeheerde bosreservaten na de intrede van essentaksterfte
Van den Bossche, A., De Keersmaeker, L. & Verheyen, K., 20-Feb-2023, In: Silva belgica : tijdschrift van de koninklijke belgische bosbouwmaatschappij = bulletin de la société royale forestière de belgique. 2, 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › A2: Article in a journal with peer review, not included in A1 › peer-review
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Vegetatieontwikkeling in onbeheerde bosreservaten na de intrede van essentaksterfte
Van den Bossche, A., De Keersmaeker, L. & Verheyen, K., 20-Feb-2023, In: Bosrevue. 104a, 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › A2: Article in a journal with peer review, not included in A1 › peer-review
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‘Blue deal of meer bos? Voor het klimaat is kiezen verliezen’
De Keersmaeker, L., Vandekerkhove, K., Verheyen, K. & Muys, B., 22-Feb-2023, 1 p.Research output: Other contribution › Online publication - Web publication
Datasets
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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
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8017674
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
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7870740
Dataset
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Plot level results of the monitoring programme on strict forest reserves in Flanders (Belgium) – dendrometry and regeneration
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, 31-Jan-2023
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7588680
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
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.k98sf7m42
Dataset
Activities
- 2 Lecture and oral contribution
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Herstelstrategieën en gebiedsanalyses als basis voor stikstofsanering
Luc De Keersmaeker (Invited speaker), Cécile Herr (Invited speaker) & Jeroen Vanden Borre (Invited speaker)
7-Mar-2023Activity: Talk or presentation types › Lecture and oral contribution
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Het woud der verwachtingen
Luc De Keersmaeker (Invited speaker)
12-Nov-2022Activity: Talk or presentation types › Lecture and oral contribution
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