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Terrestrial Ecology (TEREC)
- Hierarchy
- UGent - Ghent University
Faculty of Sciences
Department of Biology
Terrestrial Ecology (TEREC)
- Status
- current
- Date
- -
- Leader(s)
- Luc Lens
- Website
- http://www.ecology.ugent.be/terec/
- Expertise
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- Geographical
- Belgium, Common Meuse, East Africa, Eastern Arc Mountains, Gent, Kenya, North-Western Europe, Taita Hills, The Netherlands
- Habitat
- agricultural landscape, arable habitat, cloud forest, dunes, forest, fragmented woodland, grassland, rainforest, rangeland, riparian ecotone, riparian habitat, river bank, river systems
- Taxonomy
- araneae, arthropoda, arthropods, carabidae, Forest Mother-of-Pearl, House Sparrow, insecta, Neptis aurivillii, Olive Thrush, Oryctolagus cuniculus, Pararge aegeria, Passer domesticus, Placid Greenbul, rabbit, Salamis parhassus, Speckled Wood, Stripe-cheeked Greenbul, Taita Thrush, White-starred Robin
- Other
- bio-indicator, conservation, developmental instability, diet selection, dispersal, ecological genetics, ecologie, ecology, endozoochory, evolution, facilitation, feeding preference, fluctuating asymmetry, food quality, grazing ecology, herbivory, interactions, morphometrics, phenotypic marker, population structure, seed dispersal, wing shape
- Address
- Postcode
- 9000
- City
- Gent
- Longitude (decimal):
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Current staff (41)
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Lens, Luc |
leader
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Hoffmann, Maurice |
researcher
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Mertens, Johan |
researcher
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Beladjal, Lynda |
post-doc
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Bonte, Dries |
post-doc
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Bossuyt, Beatrijs |
post-doc
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Hendrickx, Frederik |
post-doc
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Ambalaparambil Vasu, Sudhikumar |
PhD student
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Baecke, Xavier |
PhD student
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D'hondt, Bram |
PhD student
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De Bakker, Domir |
PhD student
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Ebrahimi, Ataollah |
PhD student
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Eraly, Debbie |
PhD student
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Erbout, Nathalie |
PhD student
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Erfanzadeh, Reza |
PhD student
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Gaublomme, Eva |
PhD student
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Lambeets, Kevin |
PhD student
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Lehouck, Valérie |
PhD student
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Pellegroms, Boris |
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Provoost, Sam |
PhD student
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Somers, Nele |
PhD student
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Spanhove, Toon |
PhD student
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Tahmasebi Kohyani, Pejman |
PhD student
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Van Poucke, Els |
PhD student
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Vanacker, Danny |
PhD student
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Vandegehuchte, Martijn |
PhD student
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Vanderhaeghe, Floris |
PhD student
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Vangestel, Carl |
PhD student
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Wiersma, Liesbeth |
PhD student
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Dekoninck, Wouter |
collaborator
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Matheve, Hans |
technician
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October 2003 |
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Adriaensen, Frank |
unknown
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Bosmans, Robert |
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Cosyns, Eric |
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De Laet, Jenny |
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Gheysens, Tom |
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Kuijken, Eckhart |
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Maelfait, Jean-Pierre |
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Nuyens, Chris |
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Pollet, Marc |
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Shirley , Gurdebeke |
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Progressing projects (27)
Completed projects (18)
| Adaptive radiation via tolerance for toxicity: the genus Ceratitis (Diptera, Tephritidae) as ecological model system |
| Characterization of habitat types for the biotopes scrub, roughage, pioneer vegeation, mantle and borderline vegetation |
| Characterization of habitat types in Flanders for the biotopes coastal dunes, heathland, marshes, grasslands, mudflats and tidal marshes |
| Coordination of the realisation of a ground water measuring network in the Flemish Natuyre Reserves suitable for developing a signal map of desiccation. |
| Demographic study of two frugivore bird species in a recent fragmentated forest ecosystem in south-east Kenya. |
| Development of a 'mixed Evolutionary Stable Strategy'-model for the male dimorphism in Oedothorax gibbosus (Blackwall, 1841) (Erigoninae, Linyphiidae, Araneae) |
| Diet composition and preferences of the wild rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus L.) and its importance for facilitation by large herbivores |
| Ecology and genetics of different dispersal strategies of a forest bird in a fragmented Afrotropical cloud forest |
| Ecology of ground beetles (Coleoptera) in forests in Flanders (Belgium) |
| Evaluation of grazing management in Flemish coastal dunes. |
| Genetic and ecological effects of forest fragmentation on populations of the spieder Coelotes terrestris (Agelenidae, Araneae. |
| Monitoring of large-scale Nature Development in the Integral Coastal Nature Reserve the Ijzermonding. |
| Population dynamics and diversity of wolf spiders along a lowland gravel river: flood disturbance and spatial fragmentation. |
| Research of ecological and genetic effects of urbanization on invertebrates: runbeetles in the forests of Brabant |
| Research on the contemporary function and the evolutionary role of the complex structures on the cephalothorax of spiders of the genus Diplocephalus and closely related genera (Erigoninae, Linyphiidae, Araneae) |
| Research to population genetics and population-ecological effects of habitatfragmentation by Coelotes terrestris (Wider, 1834) (Agelenidae, Araneae) |
| The ecological niche of rare softwater shore plants in Western Europe |
| Transfer of heavy metals in terrestrial ecosystems: speciation, bio-accumulation and effects on population level |
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