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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
VODS 2023
- Environmental management
- Landscape ecology
- Ecology not elsewhere classified
- Plant ecology
Taxonomic List
- vascular plants (Tracheophyta)
Policy
- forest and agriculture policy
- woodland protection
- nature management
- spatial planning policy
Geographic List
- Flanders
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Nature Restoration Law
Van Den Berghe, J. (Project leader), Adriaens, T. (Cooperator), De Keersmaeker, L. (Cooperator), Jacobs, S. (Cooperator), Maes, D. (Cooperator), Melckebeke, J. (Cooperator), Spanhove, T. (Cooperator), Van de Meutter, F. (Cooperator), Vanden Borre, J. (Cooperator) & Wouters, J. (Cooperator)
1/01/25 → 31/12/50
Project: INBO
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PAS impact monitoring
Wuyts, K. (Project leader), Adriaens, D. (Cooperator), Carmen, R. (Cooperator), Cools, N. (Cooperator), De Becker, P. (Cooperator), De Keersmaeker, L. (Cooperator), Genouw, G. (Cooperator), Herr, C. (Cooperator), Leyssen, A. (Cooperator), Louette, G. (Cooperator), Mielke, F. (Cooperator), Neirynck, J. (Cooperator), Oosterlynck, P. (Cooperator), Packet, J. (Cooperator), Provoost, S. (Cooperator), Raman, M. (Cooperator), Van Calster, H. (Cooperator), Van Daele, T. (Cooperator), Vanden Borre, J. (Cooperator), Vanderhaeghe, F. (Cooperator), Verstraeten, A. (Cooperator), Wackenier, M. (Cooperator), Westra, T. (Cooperator) & Wouters, J. (Cooperator)
8/08/24 → 31/12/30
Project: EVINBO - Vlaamse overheid
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Recommendations on the position and management of forests in hydrological restoration, with a particular focus on priority habitat 91E0
De Keersmaeker, L. (Project leader) & De Vroey, M. (Cooperator)
1/01/24 → 31/12/25
Project: EVINBO - Vlaamse overheid
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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 → 31/12/29
Project: INBO
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Where did forests and wooded edges occur historically? (FOREDGEMAP) (EVINBO)
De Keersmaeker, L. (Project leader)
3/04/23 → 31/12/26
Project: EVINBO - Vlaamse overheid
Research output
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Advies over een ontwerp-MER voor waterbuffers te Voeren
Leyssen, A. (Main author), De Keersmaeker, L., Wouters, J. & Vriens, L., 20-Feb-2025, Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek. (Adviezen van het Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek; no. INBO.A.4952)Research output: Book/Report › Advices of the Research Institute for Nature and Forest
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Analyse van de monitoringsresultaten van een blauwgrasland en de omringende percelen in het Vrieselhof
De Keersmaeker, L. (Main author), Van Calster, H. & Adriaens, D., 14-Nov-2025, Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek. (Adviezen van het Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek; no. INBO.A.5158)Research output: Book/Report › Advices of the Research Institute for Nature and Forest
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Assessing 250 years of land use changes in Flanders through GeoAI
Poelmans, L., De Keersmaeker, L., Roggemans, P., Priem, F., Taillir, S., Petermans, T. & Van Valckenborgh, J., 9-Sept-2025, p. 136-137. 2 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper/Powerpoint/Abstract
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Bosreservatennieuws 18: September 2025
De Keersmaeker, L. (Editor), 2025, In: Bosreservatennieuws . 18, 39 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › INBO Bosreservatennieuws
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Broedvogels van naaldbos in de Withoefse Heide
De Keersmaeker, L., 2025, In: Bosreservatennieuws . 18Research output: Contribution to journal › Contribution to INBO Bosreservatennieuws
Open AccessFile58 Downloads (Pure)
Datasets
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Potentieel Natuurlijke Vegetatie, 2001
De Keersmaeker, L. (Creator), Rogiers, N. (Creator), Lauriks, R. (Creator) & De Vos, B. (Creator), Agentschap Digitaal Vlaanderen, 12-Dec-2002
https://metadata.vlaanderen.be/srv/dut/catalog.search#/metadata/7298E391-C45B-40BF-95F9-F1FDA879FD0D
Dataset
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Digitalisatie historisch landgebruik en landgebruiksveranderingen in Vlaanderen (1778-2022)
De Keersmaeker, L. (Creator), Roggemans, P. (Creator), Ghysels, T. (Creator), Poelmans, L. (Creator), Buskens, I. (Creator), Petermans, T. (Creator), Taillir, S. (Creator) & Van Valckenborgh, J. (Creator), Agentschap Digitaal Vlaanderen, 18-Sept-2024
https://metadata.vlaanderen.be/srv/dut/catalog.search#/metadata/0de23940-8af2-4014-aa9a-6a3d207d7038
Dataset
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Houtkanten topokaart_1969 (1952-1969)
De Vroey, M. (Creator), Roggemans, P. (Creator) & De Keersmaeker, L. (Creator), MercatorNet, 31-Oct-2024
https://metadata.vlaanderen.be/srv/dut/catalog.search#/metadata/bbc9c89e-acf6-59ad-b5a2-44883c2acda9
Dataset
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Open en gesloten landschappen evolutie (1778-1969)
De Vroey, M. (Creator), Roggemans, P. (Creator) & De Keersmaeker, L. (Creator), MercatorNet, 31-Oct-2024
https://metadata.vlaanderen.be/srv/dut/catalog.search#/metadata/04d7e6a8-77f0-5f0a-b636-ade9816dd833
Dataset
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Open en gesloten landschappen Ferraris (1771-1778)
De Vroey, M. (Creator), Roggemans, P. (Creator) & De Keersmaeker, L. (Creator), MercatorNet, 31-Oct-2024
https://metadata.vlaanderen.be/srv/dut/catalog.search#/metadata/06aed5dd-0e72-5513-9449-cbfc4dde61eb
Dataset
Activities
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Digitalisatie historisch landgebruik en landschappen met houtkanten en bomenrijen
De Keersmaeker, L. (Invited speaker)
26-Nov-2024Activity: Talk or presentation types › Lecture and oral contribution
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Westvlaamse natuurstudiedag
De Keersmaeker, L. (Speaker), Adriaens, T. (Speaker), Stienen, E. (Speaker), Gouwy, J. (Speaker) & Dochy, O. (Organiser)
2-Mar-2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conference, workshop, training, seminar, meeting
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Digitalisatie historisch landgebruik en analyse landgebruiksveranderingen
De Keersmaeker, L. (Invited speaker)
18-Apr-2024Activity: Talk or presentation types › Lecture and oral contribution
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Herstelstrategieën en gebiedsanalyses als basis voor stikstofsanering
De Keersmaeker, L. (Invited speaker), Herr, C. (Invited speaker) & Vanden Borre, J. (Invited speaker)
7-Mar-2023Activity: Talk or presentation types › Lecture and oral contribution
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Het woud der verwachtingen
De Keersmaeker, L. (Invited speaker)
12-Nov-2022Activity: Talk or presentation types › Lecture and oral contribution
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