Projects per year
Personal profile
Research expertise
Pieter Vangansbeke is researcher in forest ecology and management at INBO since 2025. His work focusses on forests under climate change and he currently investigates (1) the effects of climate change on forest biodiversity and functioning, (2) how forest management can alleviate climate change effects, and (3) how forests contribute to climate change mitigation by storing carbon.
His previous research at Ghent University (Forest & Nature Lab) dealt with multifunctional forest managent in pine forests on sandy soil, on the ecological restoration of grasslands after agricultural land use and on the importance of forest microclimates and the effects on biodiversity.
An up to date literature overview can be found on google scholar.
Education/Academic qualification
PhD Applied biological sciences: forest and nature management, Smart land management for bio‐based economies: simultaneous optimization of biomass production and other ecosystem services in forests, Universiteit Gent
Award Date: 19-May-2016
Thematic List 2020
- Forest
- Climate
Policy
- management assessment
- management monitoring
- forest and agriculture policy
- Climate policy (inc. Biomass energy with carbon capture and storage)
- nature management
Geographic List
- Europe
VODS 2023
- Terrestrial ecology
- Forestry management and modelling
- Silviculture and agroforestry
- Wood and forest biomass processing
- Biogeochemical cycli
Projects
- 4 Active
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FOURCAST - FOrest cold and URban heat island effects on Climate Adaptation of biodiversity at different Spatial and Temporal scales
De Vos, B. (Project leader), De Keersmaeker, L. (Cooperator), Esprit, M. (Cooperator), Goessens, S. (Cooperator), Hendrickx, S. (Cooperator), Lambrechts, S. (Cooperator), Thomaes, A. (Cooperator), Van de Kerckhove, P. (Cooperator), Vandekerkhove, K. (Cooperator) & Vangansbeke, P. (Cooperator)
1/01/23 → 31/12/26
Project: Evinbo
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Research and knowledge sharing related to forest expansion in Flanders
De Keersmaeker, L. (Project leader), De Vos, B. (Cooperator), Hoffmann, M. (Cooperator), Thomaes, A. (Cooperator), Vandekerkhove, K. (Cooperator), Vander Mijnsbrugge, K. (Cooperator), Vangansbeke, P. (Cooperator) & Vanhellemont, M. (Cooperator)
1/01/20 → 31/12/30
Project: Legally bound
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Theme Climate change and forest management
Vangansbeke, P. (Project leader), De Keersmaeker, L. (Cooperator) & Vandekerkhove, K. (Cooperator)
9/01/17 → 1/01/30
Project: Scientific support
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Monitoring of spontaneous developments in forest reserves
Vandekerkhove, K. (Project leader), Christiaens, B. (Cooperator), De Blust, G. (Cooperator), De Keersmaeker, L. (Cooperator), Esprit, M. (Cooperator), Goessens, S. (Cooperator), Leyman, A. (Cooperator), Onkelinx, T. (Cooperator), Thomaes, A. (Cooperator), Van Landuyt, W. (Cooperator), Van de Kerckhove, P. (Cooperator), Van der Aa, B. (Cooperator), Vangansbeke, P. (Cooperator) & Vercruysse, E. (Cooperator)
1/01/11 → 31/12/29
Project: Legally bound
Research output
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Bosmicroklimaat & Bosstructuur
Vangansbeke, P. & De Frenne, P., 13-Feb-2025. 33 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper/Powerpoint/Abstract
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Cool topoclimates promote cold-adapted plant diversity in temperate mountain forests
Borderieux, J., De Lombaerde, E., De Pauw, K., Sanczuk, P., Vangansbeke, P., Vanneste, T., De Frenne, P., Gégout, J.-C. & Serra-Diaz, J., 28-Jan-2025, In: Peer Community Journal. 5Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review
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Negative effects of forest edges and canopy opening on moth communities
Vangansbeke, P., De Smedt, P., Mestdagh, C., Govaert, S., Meeussen, C., Vanneste, T., Bonte, D., Calders, K., Lenoir, J., Spicher, F., Ponette, Q., Blondeel, H., DeCock, E., De Pauw, K., De Schuyter, W., Dhiedt, E., Perring, M. P., Sanczuk, P., Van Den Berge, S. & De Frenne, P., 2025, In: Forest Ecology and Management. 585Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review
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Sensitiviteitsanalyse van de indicator bosverbondenheid
De Keersmaeker, L. (Main author), De Lombaerde, E., Vangansbeke, P., Spanhove, T. & Van Damme, S., 8-May-2025, Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek. (Adviezen van het Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek; no. INBO.A.5047)Research output: Book/Report › Advices of the Research Institute for Nature and Forest
Open AccessFile35 Downloads (Pure)