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Personal profile
Research expertise
Since early 2019 Marc Pollet makes part of the Management Team of INBO. Previously, he acted both as Head of the Information and Data Centre (IDC) (2009-2013) and as Research Team Leader and Coordinator of the team Species Diversity resp., within the same organization. As Research Manager, Marc is responsible for the coaching and supervision of four INBO research teams: Biometry, Methodology and Quality Control (BMK); Game Management and Invasive Alien Species (FIS); Open Science for Biodiversity (OSCIBIO); and Species Diversity. Besides that, he presides two INBO committees, the Committee for Scientific Integrity (CWI) and the Ethical Committee for Animal Welfare (ECD), and is responsible for the framework agreement between the Flanders Environment Agency (VMM) and INBO. On policy level he participates as member of INBO to the Working Group Research Coordination of the Environmental Department. He also represents INBO in the Federal NEHAP Working Group Exotic Mosquitoes and Other Vectors (EMAV). As president of the steering committee he currently also supervises the long term Species Monitoring Networks project (INBO-ANB). Between 2017 and 2020, he executed the same mandate in the Monitoring of Exotic Mosquitoes (MEMO) project. Finally, Marc is also member of the Working Group of the Agency for Nature and Forest (ANB) around Species Protection Programs.
Biodiversity research is at the heart of Marc’ s interests. His taxonomic expertise is situated in entomology, though. During his Master’s and PhD projects he investigated the ecology and feeding habits of grassland inhabiting ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae). Since the mid 80’ies his personal research focuses on long-legged flies (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) of the Palaearctic realm and the Neotropics. He often conducts or takes part in scientific expeditions, mostly in Central and South American regions. Between 1983 and 2020 Marc published about 265 scientific contributions. At present, also the global decline of invertebrate populations and drivers of this process (e.g., agriculture) draw his special attention, also within the frame of INBO research.
Thematic list
- Species and biotopes
- Insects
Policy
- special areas of conservation
- Habitats Directive
- local conservation status
- Natura 2000
Geographic list
- Belgium
- Flanders
- Europe
- Palearctic
- Neotropic
EWI Biomedical sciences
- B280-animal-ecology
- B330-phylogeny
- B320-taxonomy
- B320-systematic-zoology
- B320-zoogeography
Technological
- identification
- fieldwork (observations and sampling)
Taxonomic list
- long-legged flies (Dolichopodidae)
- horseflies (Tabanidae)
- dung beetles and chafers (Scaraboidea)
Free keywords
- site assessment
- biodiversity studies
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Projects
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Development of indicators for insect biodiversity
1/01/20 → 31/12/24
Project: own initiative (position paper)
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Open Science - Towards a high-quality and transparent research cycle
Wils, C., Van Gossum, P., Casaer, J., Breine, J., Genouw, G., Brosens, D., Vanermen, N., Van Daele, T., Goossens, B., Pauwels, I., Janssens, L., Leyssen, A., Thoonen, M., Desmet, P., Turkelboom, F., Vanderhaeghe, F., Cox, K., Adriaens, T., Van Calster, H., Thomaes, A., Vanden Borre, J., Onkelinx, T., De Dobbelaer, T., De Wever, A., Milotic, T., Oldoni, D., Wanner, S. & Pollet, M.
1/01/20 → 31/12/35
Project: own initiative (position paper)
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PARTRIDGE (INTERREG-project) (EVINBO)
Casaer, J., Pollet, M., T'Jollyn, F., Vercammen, J., Neukermans, A., Verstraete, H., Van De Walle, M., Verzelen, Y., De Bruyn, L., Vernaillen, J., Scheppers, T., Devisscher, S., Schamp, K., Huysentruyt, F. & Adriaens, T.
28/09/16 → 31/12/23
Project: Evinbo
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EU report on the conservation status of Natura 2000 Birds Directive species
Anselin, A., Devos, K., Pollet, M., T'Jollyn, F. & Vermeersch, G.
1/01/16 → 31/12/21
Project: Legally bound
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Quality management of field research and drawing up field protocols
Lommelen, E., Vanderhaeghe, F., Van Calster, H., Jansen, I., Quataert, P., Verschelde, P., Onkelinx, T., Van Daele, T., Westra, T., Leyssen, A., De Vos, B., De Bie, E., Van den Bergh, E., Mergeay, J., Denys, L., Pollet, M., Cools, N., Oosterlynck, P., Vermeersch, S., Mertens, W., Genouw, G. & Packet, J.
1/10/15 → 31/12/21
Project: Scientific support
Research output
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The leaf-miner flies (Diptera: Agromyzidae) of Mitaraka, French Guiana
Boucher, S. & Pollet, M., 2-Mar-2021, In : Zoosystema. 43, 6, p. 113-125Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article
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Advies over data(sets) inzake natuurlijk milieu, vegetaties en soorten
Piesschaert, F., Vriens, L., Pollet, M. & Maes, D., 18-Apr-2020, Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek. (Adviezen van het Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek; no. INBO.A.3867)Research output: Book/Report › Advices of the Research Institute for Nature and Forest
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Checklist of the Dolichopodidae (Diptera, Empidoidea) of the Balkan Peninsula, with first records for Bulgaria, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and for the European part of Turkey
Kechev, M., Naglis, S., Tonguç, A. & Pollet, M., 24-Jul-2020, In : ZOOTAXA. 4819, 3, p. 436-472Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article
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Completing Linnaeus’s inventory of the Swedish insect fauna: Only 5,000 species left?
Ronquist, F., Forshage, M., Häggqvist, S., Karlsson, D., Hovmöller, R., Bergsten, J., Holston, K., Britton, T., Abenius, J., Andersson, B., Buhl, P. N., Coulianos, C-C., Fjellberg, A., Gertsson, C-A., Hellqvist, S., Jaschhof, M., Kjærandsen, J., Klopfstein, S., Kobro, S., Liston, A. & 12 others, , 4-Mar-2020, In : PLoS ONE. 15, 3, p. e0228561Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article
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Criteria voor de beoordeling van de lokale staat van instandhouding van de Habitatrichtlijnsoorten in Vlaanderen: Versie 2.0
Lommaert, L. (ed.), Adriaens, D. (ed.) & Pollet, M. (ed.), 2020, Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek. 275 p. (Rapporten van het Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek; no. 28)Research output: Book/Report › Reports of Research Institute for Nature and Forest
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Datasets
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Meetnetten.be - Egg counts for butterflies in Flanders, Belgium
Piesschaert, F. (Creator), Maes, D. (Creator), Brosens, D. (Creator), Westra, T. (Creator), Desmet, P. (Creator), Ledegen, H. (Creator), Verachtert, W. (Creator), Pollet, M. (Creator), 6-Jun-2020
DOI: 10.15468/hsfq2u
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Dolichopodidae of Portugal - dataset 2009-2018
Pollet, M. (Creator), Brosens, D. (Creator), Van Calster, H. (Creator), De Braekeleer, A. (Creator), 15-Jun-2019
DOI: 10.15468/latzp3, https://www.gbif.org/dataset/ab0b5afd-bef2-4313-ade5-2df7b7844271
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Meetnetten.be - Transects for dragonflies in Flanders, Belgium
Piesschaert, F. (Creator), De Knijf, G. (Creator), Brosens, D. (Creator), Westra, T. (Creator), Desmet, P. (Creator), Ledegen, H. (Creator), Pollet, M. (Creator), 15-Jun-2020
DOI: 10.15468/y8u6e9
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Meetnetten - Transects for butterflies in Flanders, Belgium
Piesschaert, F. (Creator), Maes, D. (Creator), Brosens, D. (Creator), Westra, T. (Creator), Desmet, P. (Creator), 23-Dec-2019
DOI: 10.15468/kfhvy4
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Meetnetten.be - Site counts for butterflies in Flanders, Belgium
Piesschaert, F. (Creator), Maes, D. (Creator), Brosens, D. (Creator), Westra, T. (Creator), Desmet, P. (Creator), Ledegen, H. (Creator), Verachtert, W. (Creator), Pollet, M. (Creator), 6-Jun-2020
DOI: 10.15468/hvgkh4
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