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Department of Land Management and Economics

 

Details
 

Hierarchy
K.U.Leuven - Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
  Science, Engineering and Technology group
    Faculty of Bioscience Engineering (FBIW)
      Department of Land Management and Economics
Status
current
Date
-
Leader(s)
Roeland Merckx 
Website
http://www.biw.kuleuven.be/onderzoek/index.aspx#lbe 
Expertise
Equipment
 
 

Contact
 

Address
  • Kasteelpark Arenberg 20, bus 2459
Postcode
3001 
City
Heverlee 
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Telephone
  • +32 (0)16 321605
Fax
+32 (0)16 321997 
Email
 
 

Staff Export staff
 

Current staff (1)

Title Name Role Starting Ending
Prof. Dr Ir Merckx, Roeland leader

Subunits
 

Name Leader(s)
Division Forest, Nature and Landscape Research Hermy, Martin
Division Soil and Water Management Smolders, Erik

Projects Export projects
 

Completed projects (22)

Title
Biodiversity indicators and sustainable management in parks
Colonization of forest plants: relative importance of dispersal and habitat quality
Developement of a framework to evaluate forest expansion as a possibility to increase nature developement in alluvial ecosystems
Development of a decision support system to evaluate afforestation as a strategy for nature conservation in river valleys
Development of indicators and indices for forest plant species diversity and the consequences of fragmentation on forest plant species in Flemish forests (Belgium)
Development of indicators and instruments for sustainable forest management
Economic valuation of forest ecosystems: Case study Heverleebos- Meerdaalwoud
Effects of site history on plant species diversity in forests (in Belgium and northern France)
Experimental and comparative research on the effects of trampling on vegetation and soil in different plant communities
Impact of ammonia-deposition on plant communities in Flanders (Belgium)
Measurements of biodiversity in parks in Flanders (Belgium)
Nature gardens (Belgium)
Nature management in forest areas in Flanders (Belgium)
Plant species and soil dynamics across ancient-recent forest ecotones: consequences for ecological restoration
Points and lines in the landscape (Belgium)
Role of polluant driven motility of xenobiotic degrading bacteria in biodegradation of hydrophobic organic pollutants in contaminated soils.
Seed dispersal by mowing and grazing in Flemish nature reserves (Belgium)
Selection of noble hardwoods (Quercus, Prunus, Acer, Fraxinus) in Flanders (Belgium)
Spatial and temporal distribution of forest plant species in fragmented habitats in Flanders (Belgium)
Status of wild Primula populations (Primulaceae, Angiospermae) in Flanders (Belgium)
The Influence of regional processes at the mesoscale on forest plant community composition: a test for the existence of metacommunity dynamics
Vegetation mapping of the valley of the river Demer (Flanders, Belgium)
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