A5012575516- Forest ecology and management
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
- Seedling growth and survival studies
- Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
- Forest Insect Ecology and Management
- Dermatologic Treatments and Research
- Forest Management and Policy
- Soil and Unsaturated Flow
- Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
- Hair Growth and Disorders
- Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
- Skin Diseases and Diabetes
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Lichen and fungal ecology
- Soil erosion and sediment transport
- Soil and Land Suitability Analysis
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
2023-2024
Ghent University
2019-2024
Eurogentec (Belgium)
2020
Abstract As of 2020, the world has an estimated 290 million ha planted forests and this number is continuously increasing. Of these, 131 are monospecific under intensive management. Although important in providing timber, they harbor less biodiversity potentially more susceptible to disturbances than natural or diverse forests. Here, we point out increasing scientific evidence for increased resilience ecosystem service provision functionally species (hereafter referred as forests) compared...
Soil porosity and its reciprocal bulk density are important environmental state variables that enable modelers to represent hydraulic function carbon storage. Biotic effects their 'dynamic' influence on such remain largely unknown for larger scales may result in important, yet poorly quantified feedbacks. Existing representation of is often invariant change be poor some systems, particularly non-arable soils. Here we assess predictors total across two comprehensive national topsoil (0-15 cm)...
Abstract Trees have a strong and species‐specific influence on biotic abiotic properties of the soil. Even after vegetation is removed, effect can persist to form so‐called soil legacies. We investigated effects legacies tree species richness emergence growth seedlings, how these legacy modulate seedling responses irrigation frequency. used 9‐year‐old plantation former agricultural land in Belgium, which part biodiversity‐ecosystem functioning experiment (FORBIO). Soil originating from...
Abstract Trees affect the biotic and abiotic properties of soil in which they grow. Tree species-specific effects can persist for a long time, even after trees have been removed. We investigated to what extent such legacies different tree species may impact seedlings their emergence growth. performed plant–soil feedback experiment, using that was conditioned plots vary composition Białowieża Forest, Poland. Soil taken from varying proportion birch, hornbeam, pine, oak. In each soil, seeds...
Abstract Trees impact the chemical properties of soil in which they grow. When planting forests, choice tree species and combinations is thus expected to partly determine spatial variation properties, even early stages forest development. We made use a biodiversity‐ecosystem functioning experiment Belgium, FORBIO (FORest BIOdiversity Ecosystem Functioning). The studied site situated on former agricultural land loamy sandy replicates richness (1–4 species) composition. Soil samples (0–10 cm)...