A5017509319- Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies
- Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
- Tree-ring climate responses
- Marine and coastal plant biology
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Flowering Plant Growth and Cultivation
- Horticultural and Viticultural Research
- Leaf Properties and Growth Measurement
- Urban Agriculture and Sustainability
- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
- Plant responses to elevated CO2
- Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
- Soil and Unsaturated Flow
- Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
Griffith University
2024
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
2023
University of the Philippines Visayas
2021-2022
Visayas State University
2014-2017
Global change increases the risk of extreme climatic events. The impact temperature may depend on tree species and also provenance. Ten provenances Fagus sylvatica L. were grown in a common garden environment Belgium subjected to different treatments. Half one year old seedlings submitted high thermal stress spring first year, all plants exposed late frost second year. high-temperature treated displayed reduced growth which was fully compensated (recovery with exact compensation) for radial...
Future predictions of forest ecosystem responses are a challenge, as global temperatures will further rise in the coming decades at an unprecedented rate. The effect elevated temperature on growth performance and phenology three Prunus spinosa L. provenances (originating from Belgium, Spain, Sweden) common garden environment was investigated. One-year-old seedlings were grown greenhouse conditions exposed to ambient spring (on average 5.6 °C difference) late summer/autumn 2018 1.9...
Understanding species-specific responses to climate change allows a better assessment of the possible impact global warming on forest growth. We studied shrub species Corylus avellana L., maxima Mill. and intermediate forms, together stated as taxa, Cornus sanguinea L. upon periodically elevated temperatures in spring and/or summer–autumn. Experiments were performed common garden, with Belgian Pyrenean provenances for sanguinea. In warmer resulted reduction height diameter Remarkably,...
Home gardens are subsistence crop production systems that significantly contribute to the socio-ecological resilience of peasant communities reducing vulnerability and ensuring food security. Because their small size, they neglected repositories biological diversity. This paper describes agrobiodiversity management home in about 79 households three marginal upland villages Inopacan, Leyte. Semi-structured interviews actual garden visits were done collect data. Results show studied had high...
Seagrasses are recognized for their fundamental and ecological functions in coastal environments. Movement ecology dispersal mechanism of organisms hypothesized to have profound significance on population ecosystem dynamics resilience. We tested this hypothesis by comparing the genetic diversity fine-scaled structure co-occurring seagrass populations Thalassia hemprichii Cymodocea serrulatawhich differ survival strategy movement ecology. Two hundred eighty-four two sixty-three individuals T....
Land use conversion affects soil ecosystem quality and balance, which can be reflected by microbial activities. This study was conducted to assess the effectiveness of respiration as indicator different land uses, reforestation site, agricultural grassland, in Cienda, Gabas, Baybay City, Leyte. The amount CO2 evolved after one, three seven days incubation used determine rate uses across relief. Relationship between on pH, organic matter, total nitrogen, moisture content at field capacity...