Personal profile
Research expertise
Thomas Scheppers is a researcher in the Wildlife Management and Coexistence team, where he conducts research on the sustainable management of game species, with a current focus on small game species. Research topics include analyzing culling rates, modeling population dynamics, evaluating management measures, and monitoring within the framework of sustainable hunting. Based on this expertise, he provides advice on the policy and management of game species in Flanders.
Thematic List 2020
- Protected nature
- Wildlife management
VODS 2023
- Animal ecology
- Wildlife and habitat management
Taxonomic List
- wild boar (Sus scrofa)
- pheasants and partridges (Phasianidae)
- rabbits and hares (Leporidae)
- deer (Cervidae)
- wildlife
Policy
- management monitoring
- fauna management
- hunting
- wildlife damage policy
- management assessment
- species directed nature management
Geographic List
- Flanders
Technological
- GPS
- genetic technologies
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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‘Genetic Diversity’ programme
Brys, R. (Project leader), Adriaenssens, V. (Cooperator), Auwerx, J. (Cooperator), Cox, K. (Cooperator), De Bruyn, L. (Cooperator), De Ro, A. (Cooperator), Deflem, I. (Cooperator), Everts, T. (Cooperator), Eves Down, M.-R. (Cooperator), Halfmaerten, D. (Cooperator), Lateir, M. (Cooperator), Louette, G. (Cooperator), Maebe, K. (Cooperator), Maes, D. (Cooperator), Michels, H. (Cooperator), Mouton, C. (Cooperator), Sannen, K. (Cooperator), Scheppers, T. (Cooperator), Soors, J. (Cooperator), Speybroeck, J. (Cooperator), Steen, F. (Cooperator), Van Driessche, C. (Cooperator), Van Uytvanck, J. (Cooperator), Van Wichelen, J. (Cooperator), Van de Meutter, F. (Cooperator), Vandamme, L. (Cooperator), Vanden Broeck, A. (Cooperator), Wuyts, K. (Cooperator) & van Doorn, L. (Cooperator)
1/12/24 → 31/12/29
Project: INBO
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‘Fauna management’ programme
Huysentruyt, F. (Project leader), Adriaens, T. (Cooperator), Adriaenssens, V. (Cooperator), Boone, N. (Cooperator), Casaer, J. (Cooperator), D'hondt, B. (Cooperator), Deflem, I. (Cooperator), Heremans, S. (Cooperator), Jansen, J. (Cooperator), Mouton, C. (Cooperator), Petersen, F. (Cooperator), Rutten, A. (Cooperator), Scheppers, T. (Cooperator), Van Donink, S. (Cooperator) & Vught, I. (Cooperator)
1/12/24 → 31/12/29
Project: INBO
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‘Agriculture and Biodiversity’ programme
Dumortier, M. (Project leader), Adriaenssens, V. (Cooperator), Cartuyvels, E. (Cooperator), Cool, R. (Cooperator), Daelemans, R. (Cooperator), De Bruyn, L. (Cooperator), De Saeger, S. (Cooperator), De Schrijver, J. (Cooperator), De Vos, B. (Cooperator), Decleer, K. (Cooperator), Desair, J. (Cooperator), Devos, K. (Cooperator), Erens, R. (Cooperator), Eves Down, M.-R. (Cooperator), Jansen, J. (Cooperator), Langeraert, W. (Cooperator), Lateir, M. (Cooperator), Lemmens, P. (Cooperator), Maebe, K. (Cooperator), Mortelmans, D. (Cooperator), Packet, J. (Cooperator), Pollet, M. (Cooperator), Puttemans, K. (Cooperator), Sannen, K. (Cooperator), Scheppers, T. (Cooperator), Sonneville, A. (Cooperator), Spanhove, T. (Cooperator), Spanoghe, G. (Cooperator), Van Calster, H. (Cooperator), Van Damme, S. (Cooperator), Van Den Berghe, J. (Cooperator), Van Donink, S. (Cooperator), Van Gossum, P. (Cooperator), Van Ryckegem, G. (Cooperator), Vanden Borre, J. (Cooperator), Vander Mijnsbrugge, K. (Cooperator), Vandevoorde, B. (Cooperator), Vercruysse, L. (Cooperator), Vriens, L. (Cooperator) & Wouters, J. (Cooperator)
4/09/18 → 31/12/29
Project: INBO
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Nature indicators - coordination, development of new indicators and trend analyses
Vriens, L. (Project leader), Adriaens, T. (Cooperator), Alaerts, K. (Cooperator), Baeyens, R. (Cooperator), Boone, N. (Cooperator), Breine, J. (Cooperator), Casaer, J. (Cooperator), De Beck, L. (Cooperator), De Keersmaeker, L. (Cooperator), De Knijf, G. (Cooperator), De Lombaerde, E. (Cooperator), De Smet, L. (Cooperator), Demolder, H. (Cooperator), Devisscher, S. (Cooperator), Devos, K. (Cooperator), Dochy, O. (Cooperator), Geeraerts, C. (Cooperator), Jansen, I. (Cooperator), Lettens, S. (Cooperator), Maes, D. (Cooperator), Michels, H. (Cooperator), Neirynck, J. (Cooperator), Onkelinx, T. (Cooperator), Plaetinck, S. (Cooperator), Pollet, M. (Cooperator), Scheppers, T. (Cooperator), Sioen, G. (Cooperator), Stevens, M. (Cooperator), Stienen, E. (Cooperator), Thoonen, M. (Cooperator), Tuerlings, T. (Cooperator), Van Gossum, P. (Cooperator), Van Landuyt, W. (Cooperator), Van Muylem, K. (Cooperator), Van Reeth, W. (Cooperator), Van Ryckegem, G. (Cooperator), Van Thuyne, G. (Cooperator), Van den Bergh, E. (Cooperator), Van der Aa, B. (Cooperator), Vandevoorde, B. (Cooperator), Vercammen, J. (Cooperator), Vermeersch, G. (Cooperator) & Verschelde, P. (Cooperator)
1/01/17 → 31/12/29
Project: INBO
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PARTRIDGE (INTERREG-project) (EVINBO)
De Bruyn, L. (Project leader), Adriaens, T. (Cooperator), Casaer, J. (Cooperator), Devisscher, S. (Cooperator), Huysentruyt, F. (Cooperator), Neukermans, A. (Cooperator), Petersen, F. (Cooperator), Pollet, M. (Cooperator), Schamp, K. (Cooperator), Scheppers, T. (Cooperator), T'Jollyn, F. (Cooperator), Van De Walle, M. (Cooperator), Vercammen, J. (Cooperator), Vernaillen, J. (Cooperator), Verstraete, H. (Cooperator), Verzelen, Y. (Cooperator) & Wackenier, M. (Cooperator)
28/09/16 → 31/12/29
Project: EVINBO - Europees
Research output
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De warmtebeeldcamera als hulpmiddel voor het tellen van patrijzen
Scheppers, T., Dockx, R., Carmen, R., Petersen, F., Neukermans, A., Vercammen, J., Gelaude, E. & Devisscher, S., 2026, Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek. 58 p. (Rapporten van het Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek; no. 19)Research output: Book/Report › Reports of Research Institute for Nature and Forest › peer-review
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Populatiedynamiek van de patrijs in Vlaanderen
Scheppers, T., Dockx, R., Carmen, R., Petersen, F., Van Daele, T., Neukermans, A., Vercammen, J., Gelaude, E. & Devisscher, S., 2026, Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek. 88 p. (Rapporten van het Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek; no. 9)Research output: Book/Report › Reports of Research Institute for Nature and Forest
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Spatio-temporal patterns and risk factors of wild boar–pig farm contact across Europe
Morelle, K., Wielgus, E., Brogi, R., Bhardwaj, M., Chamaillé-Jammes, S., Baubet, E., Saïd, S., Licoppe, A., De Waele, V., Casaer, J., Scheppers, T., Jezek, M., Kjellander, P., Brivio, F., Nahlik, A., Tari, T., Klamm, A., Apollonio, M., Arnold, J. & Henrich, M. & 5 others, , 21-Feb-2026, In: JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY. 63, 2, p. e70314Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review
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Aantal patrijzenkoppels per wildbeheereenheid op basis van gestandaardiseerde tellingen: Resultaten voor 2025
Carmen, R., Onkelinx, T. & Scheppers, T., 2025, Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek. 19 p. (Rapporten van het Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek; no. 44)Research output: Book/Report › Reports of Research Institute for Nature and Forest
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Advies over de bejaagbaarheid van patrijs in 2025
Scheppers, T. (Main author), Onkelinx, T. & Carmen, R., 11-Aug-2025, Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek. (Adviezen van het Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek; no. INBO.A.5122)Research output: Book/Report › Advices of the Research Institute for Nature and Forest
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Datasets
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Open space for monitoring partridges in Flanders
Onkelinx, T. (Creator), Carmen, R. (Creator) & Scheppers, T. (Creator), Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO), 1-Dec-2025
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Hexagonal grid in Flanders, Belgium
Onkelinx, T. (Creator), Carmen, R. (Creator) & Scheppers, T. (Creator), Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek, 24-Oct-2022
Dataset
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Data and code from: Anthropization impacts the selection of resting sites and their centrality in movement networks: wild boar across Europe as an example.
Fradin, G. (Creator), Alexandrov, T. (Creator), Apollonio, M. (Creator), Arnold, J. (Creator), Baś, G. (Creator), Baubet, E. (Creator), Brivio, F. (Creator), Brogi, R. (Creator), Casaer, J. (Creator), Farkas, A. (Creator), Fischer, C. (Creator), Fodor, J.-T. (Creator), Grignolio, S. (Creator), Güldenpfennig, J. (Creator), Heurich, M. (Creator), Jerina, K. (Creator), Ježek, M. (Creator), Keuling, O. (Creator), Kjellander, P. (Creator), Klamm, A. (Creator), Kramer-Schadt, S. (Creator), Licoppe, A. (Creator), Morelle, K. (Creator), Náhlik, A. (Creator), Podgórski, T. (Creator), Roy, J. (Creator), Saïd, S. (Creator), Scheppers, T. (Creator), Suter, S. (Creator), Tari, T. (Creator), Vicente, J. (Creator) & Chamaillé-Jammes, S. (Creator), zenodo, 2-Jul-2025
Dataset
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Telblokken voor de monitoring van patrijs in Vlaanderen. Versie 2025.05
Onkelinx, T. (Creator), Carmen, R. (Creator) & Scheppers, T. (Creator), Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek (INBO), 20-Jan-2025
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.14708021, https://zenodo.org/records/14708021
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Telblokken voor de monitoring van patrijs in Vlaanderen. Versie 2023.02
Onkelinx, T. (Creator), Carmen, R. (Creator) & Scheppers, T. (Creator), Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek (INBO), 27-Jun-2023
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.8084356, https://zenodo.org/record/8084356
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