A5005137086- Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
- Bioenergy crop production and management
- Forest Biomass Utilization and Management
- Plant responses to elevated CO2
- Biofuel production and bioconversion
- Tree-ring climate responses
- Forest Management and Policy
- Forest ecology and management
- Greenhouse Technology and Climate Control
- Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes
- Air Quality and Health Impacts
- Soil erosion and sediment transport
- Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact
- Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
- Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
- Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology
- Ecosystem dynamics and resilience
- Environmental Impact and Sustainability
- Thermoregulation and physiological responses
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
University of Antwerp
2011-2018
Flemish Institute for Technological Research
2013-2018
Planta
2015
Spatial self‐organisation of ecosystems is the process by which large‐scale ordered spatial patterns emerge from disordered initial conditions through local feedbacks between organisms and their environment. Such considered important for ecosystem functioning, providing increased productivity, resistance resilience against environmental change. Although has been found an increasing number ecosystems, it never shown so far aquatic river vegetation. Here we explore existence freshwater...
One of the strategies to ensure energy security and mitigate climate change in European Union (EU) is establishment use short rotation woody crops (SRWCs) for production renewable energy. SRWCs are cultivated EU under different management systems. Addressing problems through requires systems that maximize net yield per unit land area. We assembled evaluated on-farm data from within EU, (i) understand relationship between SRWC yields spatial distribution precipitation, as well planting...
Abstract. Since 70 % of global forests are managed and impact the carbon cycle energy exchange with overlying atmosphere, forest management has potential to mitigate climate change. Yet, none land-surface models used in Earth system models, therefore today's predictions future climate, accounts for interactions between management. We addressed this gap modelling capability by developing parametrising a version ORCHIDEE model simulate biogeochemical biophysical effects The most significant...
• Climate manipulation experiments are of key importance in identifying possible responses plant communities and ecosystems to climate change. Experiments for warming the air under sunlit conditions carried out (partial) enclosures. These inevitably alter energy balance inside, potentially altering tissue temperatures which affect metabolism growth. Using an empirically validated model, we investigate effects two widely used methods, climate-controlled glasshouses passively warmed open-top...
To evaluate the potential of woody bioenergy crops as an alternative energy source, there is need for a more comprehensive understanding their carbon cycling and allocation patterns throughout lifespan. We therefore quantified net ecosystem production (NEP) poplar (Populus) short rotation coppice (SRC) culture in Flanders during its second growing season. Eddy covariance (EC) techniques were applied to obtain annual exchange (NEE) plantation. Further, by applying component-flux-based...
Short-rotation woody crops (SRWCs) are a promising means to enhance the EU renewable energy sources while mitigating greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. However, there concerns that GHG mitigation potential of bioelectricity may be nullified due emissions from direct land use changes (dLUCs). In order evaluate quantitatively SRWC we managed an operational plantation (18.4 ha) for production on former agricultural without supplemental irrigation or fertilization. We traced back primary level all...
Tropospheric O3 is a strong oxidant that may affect vegetation and human health. Here we report on the fluxes from poplar plantation in Belgium during one year. Surprisingly, winter autumn were of similar magnitude to ones observed most peak development. Largest uptakes recorded at beginning growing season correspondence minimum stomatal uptake. Wind speed was important control explained 44% variability nighttime fluxes, suggesting turbulent mixing mechanical destruction played substantial...
Abstract. Climate models project an important increase in the frequency and intensity of heat waves. In gauging impact on plant responses, much focus has been air temperatures, while a critical analysis leaf temperatures during extremes not conducted. Nevertheless, direct physiological consequences from depend primarily rather than temperatures. We discuss how interplay between various environmental variables plants' stomatal response affects potential for stress by making use both energy...
Abstract. Since 70% of global forests are managed and impact the carbon cycle energy exchange with overlying atmosphere, forest management has potential to mitigate climate change. Yet, none land surface models used in Earth system models, therefore today's predictions future climate, account for interactions between management. We addressed this gap modelling capability by developing parametrizing a version model ORCHIDEE simulate biogeochemical biophysical effects The most significant...
Abstract. Modelling biomass production and the environmental impact of short rotation coppice (SRC) plantations is necessary for planning their deployment, as they are becoming increasingly important global energy production. This paper describes modification widely used land surface model ORCHIDEE stand-scale simulations SRC plantations. The uses weather data, soil texture species-specific parameters to predict aboveground (harvestable) production, well carbon fluxes an plantation....
Abstract In recent years, it has become increasingly clear that two‐way interactions between organisms and landscape‐forming processes play a key role in the evolution of many aquatic ecosystems. To be able to compare sedimentation among different environments, standardized method is generally applicable necessary. Current methods are usually designed for one environment only or unreliable presence vegetation. This paper presents functionality plate sediment trap with lid combination filter...
Abstract. Climate change models project an important increase in the frequency and intensity of heat waves. In gauging impact on plant responses, much focus has been air temperatures while a critical analysis leaf during extremes not made. Nevertheless, direct physiological consequences from depend primarily rather than temperatures. We discuss how interplay between various environmental variables plants' stomatal response affects potential for stress by making use both energy balance model...
Abstract. Modelling biomass production and the environmental impact of short rotation coppice (SRC) plantations is necessary for planning their deployment, as they are becoming increasingly important global energy production. This paper describes modification widely used land surface model ORCHIDEE stand scale simulations SRC plantations. The uses weather data, soil texture species-specific parameters to predict aboveground (harvestable) production, well carbon fluxes an plantation....
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