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Toon Westra is part of the team Biometry, Methodology and Quality Assurance (BMK). He is involved in monitoring Natura 2000 habitat types and European and Flemish priority species. This includes the design and implementation of monitoring schemes, quality assurance and data analysis. These different tasks are performed acoording to the principles of Open Science as much as possible, by making use of Rmarkdown and Github.
Thematic List
- Natura 2000 monitoring
- Fish reference network
Policy
- local conservation status
- Natura 2000
Technological
- biometry
- statistics and modelling
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Quality management of field and lab work and drawing up of protocols
Genouw, G. (Project leader), Quataert, P. (Project leader), Cools, N. (Cooperator), De Bie, E. (Cooperator), De Vos, B. (Cooperator), Denys, L. (Cooperator), Herr, C. (Cooperator), Jansen, I. (Cooperator), Lettens, S. (Cooperator), Leyssen, A. (Cooperator), Lommelen, E. (Cooperator), Mergeay, J. (Cooperator), Mertens, W. (Cooperator), Onkelinx, T. (Cooperator), Oosterlynck, P. (Cooperator), Packet, J. (Cooperator), Pollet, M. (Cooperator), Van Calster, H. (Cooperator), Van Daele, T. (Cooperator), Van den Bergh, E. (Cooperator), Vanderhaeghe, F. (Cooperator), Vermeersch, S. (Cooperator), Verschelde, P. (Cooperator) & Westra, T. (Cooperator)
1/10/15 → 31/12/24
Project: Scientific support
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Monitoring invasive species in connection with the EU IAS Regulation: Coordination, preparation, implementation and follow-up
Adriaens, T. (Project leader), Belpaire, C. (Cooperator), Bezdenjesnji, O. (Cooperator), Bombaerts, D. (Cooperator), Breine, J. (Cooperator), Casaer, J. (Cooperator), Croonen, J.-P. (Cooperator), D'hondt, B. (Cooperator), De Beukelaer, J. (Cooperator), De Boeck, T. (Cooperator), De Bruyn, A. (Cooperator), De Bruyn, L. (Cooperator), De Groof, N. (Cooperator), De Regge, N. (Cooperator), Delva, S. (Cooperator), Dens, F. (Cooperator), Devisscher, S. (Cooperator), Dewit, M. (Cooperator), Froidmont, M. (Cooperator), Galle, L. (Cooperator), Hennebel, D. (Cooperator), Hessel, K. (Cooperator), Hillaert, J. (Cooperator), Huysentruyt, F. (Cooperator), Lambeens, I. (Cooperator), Lommelen, E. (Cooperator), Maes, Y. (Cooperator), Mergeay, J. (Cooperator), Neukermans, A. (Cooperator), Pauwels, I. (Cooperator), Soors, J. (Cooperator), Speybroeck, J. (Cooperator), Strubbe, D. (Cooperator), Stuyck, J. (Cooperator), T'Jollyn, F. (Cooperator), Terrie, T. (Cooperator), Van Ballaert, S. (Cooperator), Van Calster, H. (Cooperator), Van Daele, T. (Cooperator), Van Den Berge, K. (Cooperator), Van Lierop, F. (Cooperator), Van Thuyne, G. (Cooperator), Vanden Houten, J. (Cooperator), Vercammen, J. (Cooperator), Verhaegen, Y. (Cooperator), Vernaillen, J. (Cooperator), Verreycken, H. (Cooperator), Verzelen, Y. (Cooperator), Westra, T. (Cooperator) & van Doorn, L. (Cooperator)
1/01/15 → 31/12/24
Project: Legally bound
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Meetnetten Natura 2000: permanente kwaliteitszorg
Quataert, P. (Project leader), Westra, T. (Project leader), Adriaens, T. (Cooperator), Jansen, I. (Cooperator), Lommelen, E. (Cooperator), Maes, D. (Cooperator), Onkelinx, T. (Cooperator), Van Calster, H. (Cooperator), Van Daele, T. (Cooperator), Vanderhaeghe, F. (Cooperator) & Verschelde, P. (Cooperator)
10/03/14 → 31/12/24
Project: Legally bound
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Monitoring Habitats Directive species: coordination and substantive monitoring of implementation
De Knijf, G. (Project leader), Pollet, M. (Project leader), Adriaens, T. (Cooperator), Anselin, A. (Cooperator), Baert, K. (Cooperator), Bauwens, D. (Cooperator), Berlengee, F. (Cooperator), Casaer, J. (Cooperator), Cox, K. (Cooperator), De Bruyn, L. (Cooperator), Denys, L. (Cooperator), Devos, K. (Cooperator), Gouwy, J. (Cooperator), Gyselings, R. (Cooperator), Jansen, I. (Cooperator), Leyssen, A. (Cooperator), Louette, G. (Cooperator), Maes, D. (Cooperator), Onkelinx, T. (Cooperator), Packet, J. (Cooperator), Paelinckx, D. (Cooperator), Piesschaert, F. (Cooperator), Pieters, S. (Cooperator), Quataert, P. (Cooperator), Speybroeck, J. (Cooperator), Stienen, E. (Cooperator), Stuyck, J. (Cooperator), Thomaes, A. (Cooperator), Van Calster, H. (Cooperator), Van Daele, T. (Cooperator), Van Den Berge, K. (Cooperator), Van Landuyt, W. (Cooperator), Van den Neucker, T. (Cooperator), Vermeersch, G. (Cooperator), Westra, T. (Cooperator) & van Doorn, L. (Cooperator)
1/01/13 → 31/12/25
Project: Legally bound
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Monitoring Natura2000 habitat quality (incl. substantive aspects of implementation)
Oosterlynck, P. (Project leader), Bauwens, D. (Cooperator), De Bie, E. (Cooperator), De Knijf, G. (Cooperator), De Saeger, S. (Cooperator), Denys, L. (Cooperator), Erens, R. (Cooperator), Guelinckx, R. (Cooperator), Hennebel, D. (Cooperator), Jacobs, I. (Cooperator), Jansen, I. (Cooperator), Leyssen, A. (Cooperator), Louette, G. (Cooperator), Onkelinx, T. (Cooperator), Packet, J. (Cooperator), Paelinckx, D. (Cooperator), Provoost, S. (Cooperator), Quataert, P. (Cooperator), Scheers, K. (Cooperator), Smeekens, V. (Cooperator), Thomaes, A. (Cooperator), Van Calster, H. (Cooperator), Van Daele, T. (Cooperator), Van Hecke, F. (Cooperator), Van Lierop, F. (Cooperator), Van Oost, F. (Cooperator), Van den Bergh, E. (Cooperator), Vandekerkhove, K. (Cooperator), Vanden Borre, J. (Cooperator), Vandevoorde, B. (Cooperator), Verschelde, P. (Cooperator) & Westra, T. (Cooperator)
1/01/13 → 31/12/24
Project: Legally bound
Research output
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Advies over de Rode-Lijststatus van de lentevuurspin (Eresus sandaliatus) in Vlaanderen
Maes, D. (Main author) & Westra, T., 4-Jul-2024, Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek. (Adviezen van het Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek; no. INBO.A.4873)Research output: Book/Report › Advices of the Research Institute for Nature and Forest
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Alien plants on the not so distant horizon: a risk screening of potentially invasive plant species in european-atlantic coastal dunes
Adriaens, T., D'hondt, B., Hillaert, J., Carael, S., Deconinck, D., Devisscher, S., Jacobs, I., Jansen, J., Oosterlynck, P., Strubbe, R., Van Gompel, W., Van Landuyt, W., Vercruysse, E., Paredis, R., Westra, T. & Provoost, S., 4-Sept-2024. 19 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper/Powerpoint/Abstract
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Advies over een betrouwbaarheidsinterval voor de berekening van de koolstofvoorraad in de biomassa van Vlaamse bossen
Westra, T. (Main author) & Van Calster, H., 12-May-2023, Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek. (Adviezen van het Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek; no. INBO.A.4584)Research output: Book/Report › Advices of the Research Institute for Nature and Forest
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A risk screening of potentially invasive plant species in European-Atlantic coastal dune habitats
D'hondt, B., Adriaens, T., Hillaert, J., Carael, S., Deconinck, D., Devisscher, S., Jacobs, I., Jansen, J., Oosterlynck, P., Strubbe, R., Van Gompel, W., Van Landuyt, W., Vercruysse, E., Paredis, R., Westra, T. & Provoost, S., 2023, EMAPI 2023 Book of Abstracts: 16TH International Conference on Ecology and Management of Alien Plant Invasions - Promoting diversity in the science and management of biological invasions. 1 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Abstract
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A risk screening of potentially invasive plant species in European-Atlantic coastal dune habitats
D'hondt, B., Adriaens, T., Hillaert, J., Carael, S., Deconinck, D., Devisscher, S., Jacobs, I., Jansen, J., Oosterlynck, P., Strubbe, R., Van Gompel, W., Van Landuyt, W., Vercruysse, E., Paredis, R., Westra, T. & Provoost, S., 2023. 16 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper/Powerpoint/Abstract
Open AccessFile476 Downloads (Pure)
Datasets
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ABV - Common breeding birds in Flanders, Belgium (post 2016)
Piesschaert, F. (Creator), Vermeersch, G. (Creator), Brosens, D. (Creator), Westra, T. (Creator), Desmet, P. (Creator), Van De Poel, S. (Creator), Feys, S. (Creator) & Pollet, M. (Creator), 7-Oct-2021
DOI: 10.15468/pj2v6h
Dataset
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habitatmap_terr: the interpreted, terrestrial part of habitatmap_stdized
Wouters, J. (Creator), Vanderhaeghe, F. (Creator), De Saeger, S. (Creator) & Westra, T. (Creator), Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek, 13-Nov-2019
Dataset
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Meetnetten.be - Sightings for Ephippiger ephippiger in Flanders, Belgium
Piesschaert, F. (Creator), De Knijf, G. (Creator), Brosens, D. (Creator), Van De Poel, S. (Creator), Westra, T. (Creator), Desmet, P. (Creator) & Pollet, M. (Creator), 24-Aug-2021
DOI: 10.15468/ptdpyx, https://www.gbif.org/dataset/8704a765-ec45-45fa-a133-36fec7dd4346#description
Dataset
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Assessment of current and future invasive plants in protected dune habitats of the Atlantic coastal region for the LIFE DUNIAS project (LIFE20 NAT/BE/001442)
Adriaens, T. (Creator), D'hondt, B. (Creator), Carael, S. (Creator), Deconinck, D. (Creator), Devisscher, S. (Creator), Hillaert, J. (Creator), Jacobs, I. (Creator), Janssen, J. (Creator), Paredis, R. (Creator), Oosterlynck, P. (Creator), Strubbe, R. (Creator), Van Gompel, W. (Creator), Van Landuyt, W. (Creator), Vercruysse, E. (Creator), Westra, T. (Creator) & Provoost, S. (Creator), Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek, 3-Apr-2023
Dataset
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Map of standing water habitat types and regionally important biotopes in Flanders
Westra, T. (Creator) & Vanderhaeghe, F. (Creator), Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek, 13-Nov-2019
Dataset