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PDF Adriaens E., Voorspoels J., Mertens J. & Remon J.-P. (1997). Effect of absorption enhancers on ciliated epithelium: a novel in vivo toxicity screening method using Rotifers. Pharmaceutical Research 14: 541-545.
PDF Adriaensen F., Dhondt A.A., Van Dongen S., Lens L. & Matthysen E. (1998). Stabilising selection on Blue Tit fledging mass in the presence of sparrowhawks. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences 265: 1011-1016.
PDF Adriaensen F., Githiru M., Matthysen E. & Lens L. (2006). Modelling forest connectivity for critically-endangered bird species: A case study in the Taita Hills, Kenya. Journal of Ornithology 147: 125-125.
Adriaenssens S., Hansen K., Staelens J., Wuyts K., De Schrijver A., Baeten L., Boeckx P., Samson R. & Verheyen K. (in press). Throughfall deposition and canopy exchange processes along a vertical gradient within the canopy of beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) and Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst). Science of the Total Environment.
PDF Aerts R., Lerouge F., November E., Lens L., Hermy M. & Muys B. (2008). Land rehabilitation and the conservation of birds in a degraded Afromontane landscape in northern Ethiopia. Biodiversity and Conservation 17: 53-69.
PDF Aerts R., Thijs K.W., Lehouck V., Beentje H., Benny Bytebier B., Matthysen E., Gulinck H., Lens L. & Muys B. (2010). Woody plant communities of isolated Afromontane cloud forests in Taita Hills, Kenya. Plant Ecology.
PDF Aguirre L.F., Lens L. & Matthysen E. (2003). Patterns of roost use by bats in a neotropical savanna: implications for conservation. Biological Conservation 111: 435-443.
PDF Aguirre L.F., Lens L., Van Damme R. & Matthysen E. (2003). Consistency and variation in the bat assemblages inhabiting two forest islands within a neotropical savanna in Bolivia. Journal of Tropical Ecology 19: 367-374.
PDF Anthierens T., Ragaert P., Verbrugghe S., Ouchchen A., De Geest B.G., Noseda B., Mertens J., Beladjal L., De Cuyper D., Dierickx W., Du Prez F. & Devlieghere F. (2011). Use of endospore-forming bacteria as an active oxygen scavenger in plastic packaging materials. Innovative Food Science and Emerging Technologies 12: 594-599.
PDF Arens P., Wernke-Lenting, J.H., Diekötter T., Rothenbühler C., Speelmans M., Hendrickx F. & Smulders M.J.M. (2005). Isolation and characterization of microsatellite loci in the dark bush cricket, Pholidoptera griseoaptera (Tettigoniidae). Molecular Ecology Notes 5: 413-415.
Baeten L., Bauwens B., De Schrijver A., De Keersmaeker L., Van Calster H., Vandekerkhove K., Roelandt B., Beeckman H. & Verheyen K. (2009). Herb layer changes (1954-2000) related to the conversion of coppice-with-standards forest and soil acidification. Applied Vegetation Science 12: 187-197.
Baeten L., De Frenne P., Verheyen K., Graae B.J. & Hermy M. (2010). Forest herbs in the face of global change: a single-species-multiple-threats approach for Anemone nemorosa. Plant Ecology & Evolution 143: 19-30.
Baeten L., Hermy M. & Verheyen K. (2009). Environmental limitation contributes to the differential colonization capacity of two forest herbs. Journal of Vegetation Science 20: 209-223.
Baeten L., Hermy M., Van Daele S. & Verheyen K. (2010). Unexpected understorey community development after 30 years in ancient and post-agricultural forests. Journal of Ecology 98: 1447-1453.
Baeten L., Jacquemyn H., Van Calster H., Van Beek E., Devlaeminck R., Verheyen K. & Hermy M. (2009). Low recruitment across life stages partly accounts for the slow colonization of forest herbs. Journal of Ecology 97: 109-117.
Baeten L., Vangansbeke P., Hermy M., Peterken G., Vanhuyse K. & Verheyen K. (in press). Distinguishing between turnover and nestedness in the quantification of biotic homogenization. Biodiversity and Conservation.
Baeten L., Vanhellemont M., De Frenne P., De Schrijver A., Hermy M. & Verheyen K. (2010). Plasticity in response to phosphorus and light availability in four forest herbs with different colonization capacities. Oecologia 163: 1021–1032.
Baeten L., Vanhellemont M., De Frenne P., Hermy M. & Verheyen K. (2010). The phosphorus legacy of former agricultural land use can affect the production of germinable seeds in forest herbs. Ecoscience 17: 365-371.
Baeten L., Velghe D., Vanhellemont M., De Frenne P., Hermy M. & Verheyen K. (2010). Early trajectories of spontaneous vegetation development after intensive agricultural land use. Restoration Ecology 18: 379-386.
Baeten L., Verstraeten G., De Frenne P., Vanhellemont M., Wuyts K., Hermy M. & Verheyen K. (2011). Former land use affects the nitrogen and phosphorus concentrations and biomass of forest herbs. Plant Ecology 212: 901-909.
PDF Bakker E.S., Olff H., Vandenberghe C., De Maeyer K., Smit R., Gleichman J.M. & Vera F.W.M. (2004). Ecological anachronisms in the recruitment of temperate light-demanding tree species in wooded pastures. Journal of Applied Ecology 41: 571-582.
PDF Beladjal L. & Mertens J. (2003). Interstitial remains for fauna reconstruction of desertpools using fairy shrimps as example (Anostraca, Crustacea). Journal of Crustacean Biology 23: 60-68.
PDF Beladjal L. & Mertens J. (1999). Direct preservation in alcohol causes deformation of taxonomic key-characters in Anostraca (Crustacea). International Review of Hydrobiology 84: 17-22.
PDF Beladjal L. & Mertens J. (1997). Chirocephalus ponticus n.sp. (Crustacea: Anostraca) and its affinities to the other Turkish species of the genus. Hydrobiologia 359: 101-111.
PDF Beladjal L. & Mertens J. (2009). Diaspora dispersal of Anostraca by flying insects. Journal of Crustacean Biology 29: 666-668.
PDF Beladjal L., De Vriendt B., Vander Haeghen D. & Mertens J. (1995). A preliminary analysis of the cercopod setation pattern of Algerian Anostraca (Crustacea) species. Belgian Journal of Zoology 125: 383-393.
PDF Beladjal L., Dierckens K. & Mertens J. (2007). Pheromones inhibit the hatching of diapausing Anostraca (Crustacea: Branchiopoda). Animal Biology 57: 1-9.
PDF Beladjal L., Dierckens K. & Mertens J. (2007). Dispersal of fairy shrimp Chirocephalus diaphanus (Branchiopoda: Anostraca) by the trout (Salmo trutta). Journal of Crustacean Biology 27: 71–73.
PDF Beladjal L., Khattabi E.M. & Mertens J. (2003). Life history of Tanymastigites perrieri (Anostraca) in relation to temperature. Crustaceana 76: 135-147.
PDF Beladjal L., Mertens J. & Clegg J.S. (2008). Biochemical and biophysical aspects of the tolerance of anhydrobiotic crustacean embryos to very high temperatures. Journal of Thermal Biology 33: 117–127.
PDF Beladjal L., Mertens J. & Dumont H.J. (1996). Streptocephalus caljoni n. sp. (Crustacea: Anostraca) from Burundi and analysis of its limb structure. Hydrobiologia 319: 149-157.
PDF Beladjal L., Mertens J. & Dumont H.J. (1995). An analysis of the setation pattern of the limbs in Anostraca (Crustacea), using the Algerian species as an example. Hydrobiologia 298: 183-201.
PDF Beladjal L., Peiren N., Dierckens K.R. & Mertens J. (1997). Feeding strategy of two sympatric anostracan species (Crustacea). Hydrobiologia 359: 207-212.
PDF Beladjal L., Peiren N., Vandekerckhove T. & Mertens J. (2003). Different life histories of the co-occuring fairy shrimps Branchipus schaefferi and Streptocephalus torvicornis (Anostraca; Crustacea). Journal of Crustacean Biology 23: 300-307.
PDF Beladjal L., Vandekerckhove T.M.M., Muyssen B., Heyrman J., De Caesemaeker J. & Mertens J. (2002). B-chromosomes and male-biased sex ratio with paternal inheritance in the fairy shrimp Branchipus schaefferi (Crustacea, Anostraca). Heredity 88: 356-360.
PDF Beladjal L., Weekers P.H.H. & Mertens J. (2007). Life cycle and genetic differences of two Branchipus schaefferi populations from Morocco (Anostraca: Crustacea). Animal Biology 57: 409-421.
PDF Bernasconi M.V., Pollet M. & Ward P.I. (2007). Molecular systematics of Dolichopodidae (Diptera) inferred from COI and 12S rDNA gene sequences based on European exemplars. Invertebrate Systematics 21: 453–470.
PDF Bernasconi M.V., Pollet M., Varini-Ooijen M. & Ward P.I. (2007). Phylogeny of European Dolichopus and Gymnopternus (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) and the significance of morphological characters inferred from molecular data. European Journal of Entomology 104: 601–617.
PDF Bitume E., Bonte D., Magalhaes S., San Martin G., Van Dongen S., Bach F., Anderson J.M., Olivieri I. & Nieberding C.M. (2011). Heritability and artificial selection on ambulatory dispersal distance in Tetranychus urticae. PLoS One 6: e26927.
PDF Blancquaert J.-P. & Mertens J. (1977). Mating behaviour in Sphaeridia pumilis (Collembola). Pedobiologia 17: 343-349.
PDF Blancquaert J.-P., Coessens R. & Mertens J. (1981). Life history of some Symphypleona (Collembola) under experimental condtions. II - Postembryonal development and reproduction. Revue d'Ecologie et de Biologie du Sol 18: 373-390.
PDF Blancquaert J.-P., Coessens R. & Mertens J. (1981). Life history of some Symphypleona (Collembola) under experimental condtions. I- Embryonal development and diapause. Revue d'Ecologie et de Biologie du Sol 18: 115-126.
PDF Blancquaert J.-P., Mertens J. & Coessens R. (1982). Annual cycle of populations of Sphaeridia pumilis (Collembola). Revue d'Ecologie et de Biologie du Sol 19: 605-611.
PDF Bonte D. (2005). Anthropogenic induced changes in nesting densities of the dune-specialised digger wasp Bembix rostrata. European Journal of Entomology 102: 809-812.
PDF Bonte D. (2009). Inbreeding depresses short and long distance dispersal modes in three congeneric spiders. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22: 1429-1434.
PDF Bonte D. & de la Peña E. (2009). Evolution of body condition-dependent dispersal in metapopulations. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22: 1242–1251.
PDF Bonte D. & Lens L. (2007). Heritability of spider ballooning motivation under different wind velocities. Evolutionary Ecology Research 9: 817-827.
PDF Bonte D. & Maelfait J.-P. (2004). Colour variation and crypsis in relation to habitat selection in males of the crab spider Xysticus sabulosus (Hahn, 1832) (Araneae: Thomisidae). Belgian Journal of Zoology 134: 3-7.
PDF Bonte D. & Maelfait J.-P. (2001). Life history, habitat use and dispersal of a dune wolf spider (Pardosa monticola [Clerck, 1757] Lycosidae, Araneae) in the Flemish coastal dunes (Belgium). Belgian Journal of Zoology 131: 141-153.
PDF Bonte D. & Maelfait J.-P. (2005). Spatial association between a spider wasp and its host in fragmented dune habitats. The Journal of Arachnology 33: 222-229.
PDF Bonte D. & Maes D. (2008). Trampling affects the distribution of specialised coastal dune arthropods. Basic and Applied Ecology 9: 726-724.
PDF Bonte D. & Mertens J. (2003). The temporal and spatial relation between stenotopic dwarf spiders (Erigoninae: Araneae) and their prey (Isotomidae: Collembola) in coastal grey dunes: a numerical aggregative response or common microhabitat preference? Netherlands Journal of Zoology 52: 243-253.
PDF Bonte D. & Van Dyck H. (2009). Mate-locating behaviour, habitat-use, and flight morphology relative to rainforest disturbance in an Afrotropical butterfly. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 96: 830-839.
PDF Bonte D., Baert L. & Maelfait J.-P. (2002). Spider assemblage structure and stability in a heterogeneous coastal dune system (Belgium). Journal of Arachnology 30: 331-343.
PDF Bonte D., Baert L., Lens L. & Maelfait J.-P. (2004). Effects of aerial dispersal, habitat specialisation, and landscape structure on spider distribution across fragmented grey dunes. Ecography 27: 343-349.
PDF Bonte D., Bossuyt B. & Lens L. (2007). Aerial dispersal plasticity under different wind velocities in a salt marsh wolf spider. Behavioral Ecology 18: 438-443.
Bonte D., Breyne P., Brys R., de la Peña E., D'hondt B., Ghyselen C., Vandegehuchte M.L. & Hoffmann M. (in press). Landscape dynamics determine the small-scale genetic structure of an endangered dune slack plant species. Journal of Coastal Research.
PDF Bonte D., Criel P., Baert L. & De Bakker D. (2002). The invasive occurence of the Mediterranean dwarfspider Diplocepahlus graecus (O.-P. Cambridge, 1872) in Belgium (Araneae: Linyphiidae): another southern invertebrate expanding to the north? Belgian Journal of Zoology 132: 131-133.
PDF Bonte D., Criel P., Van Thournout I. & Maelfait J.-P. (2003). Regional and local variation of spider assemblages (Araneae) from coastal grey dunes along the North Sea. Journal of Biogeography 30: 901-911.
PDF Bonte D., Criel P., Vanhoutte L., Van Thournout I. & Maelfait J.-P. (2004). The importance of habitat productivity, stability and heterogeneity for spider species richness in coastal grey dunes along the North Sea and its implications for conservation. Biodiversity and Conservation 13: 2119-2134.
PDF Bonte D., De Blauwe I. & Maelfait J.-P. (2003). Environmental and genetic background of tiptoe-initiating behaviour in the dwarfspider Erigone atra. Animal Behaviour 66: 169-179.
PDF Bonte D., De Meester N. & Matthysen E. (2011). Selective integration advantages when transience is costly: immigration behaviour in an agrobiont spider. Animal Behaviour 81: 837-841.
PDF Bonte D., de Roissart A., Vandegehuchte M.L., Ballhorn D.J., Van Leeuwen T. & de la Peña E. (2010). Local adaptation of aboveground herbivores towards plant phenotypes induced by soil biota. PLoS ONE 5: e11174.
PDF Bonte D., Dekoninck W., Provoost S., Cosyns E. & Hoffmann M. (2003). Microgeographical distribution of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in coastal dune grassland and their relation to the soil structure and mesophytic plant species. Animal Biology 53: 367-377.
PDF Bonte D., Hoffmann M. & Maelfait J.-P. (2000). Seasonal and diurnal migration patterns of the spider fauna of coastal grey dunes. Ekologia-Bratislava 19: 5-16.
PDF Bonte D., Hovestadt T. & Poethke H.-J. (2008). Male-killing endosymbionts: influence of environmental conditions on persistence of host metapopulation. BMC Evolutionary Biology 8: 243.
PDF Bonte D., Hovestadt T. & Poethke H.-J. (2009). Sex-specific dispersal and evolutionary rescue in host populations infected by male killing endosymbionts. BMC Evolutionary Ecology 9: 16.
PDF Bonte D., Hovestadt T. & Poethke H.-J. (2010). Evolution of dispersal polymorphism and local adaptation of dispersal distance in spatially structured landscapes. Oikos 119: 560-566.
PDF Bonte D., Lanckacker K., Wiersma E. & Lens L. (2008). Web building flexibility of an orb-web spider in a heterogeneous agricultural landscape. Ecography 31: 646-653.
PDF Bonte D., Lens L. & Maelfait J.-P. (2004). Lack of homeward orientation and increased mobility result in high emigration rates from low-quality fragments in a dune wolf spider. Journal of Animal Ecology 73: 643-650.
PDF Bonte D., Lens L. & Maelfait J.-P. (2006). Sand dynamics in coastal dune landscapes constrain diversity and life-history characteristics of spiders. Journal of Applied Ecology 43: 735–747.
PDF Bonte D., Lens L., Maelfait J.-P., Hoffmann M. & Kuijken E. (2003). Patch quality and connectivity influence spatial dynamics in a dune wolfspider. Oecologia 135: 227-233.
PDF Bonte D., Lukác M. & Lens L. (2008). Starvation affects pre-dispersal behaviour of Erigone spiders. Basic and Applied Ecology 9: 308-315.
PDF Bonte D., Provoost S. & Hoffmann M. (2001). Habitat and territory segregation within Sylviine warblers of the Flemish coastal dunes. Belgian Journal of Zoology 131: 49-59.
PDF Bonte D., Swertvaeger I., De Clercq N. & Lens L. (2009). Repeatability of dispersal behavior in a common dwarf spider: evidence for different mechanisms behind short and long distance dispersal. Ecological Entomology 34: 271-276.
PDF Bonte D., Travis J., Swertvaeger I., De Clercq N. & Lens L. (2008). Thermal conditions during juvenile development affect adult dispersal in a spider. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 105: 17000-17005.
PDF Bonte D., Van Belle S. & Maelfait J.-P. (2007). Maternal-care and reproductive-state dependent mobility determine initial natal dispersal in a wolf spider. Animal Behaviour 74: 63-69.
PDF Bonte D., Van Dyck H., Bullock J.M., Coulon A., Delgado M., Gibbs M., Lehouck V., Matthysen E., Mustin K., Saastamoinen M., Schtickzelle N., Stevens V.M., Vandewoestijne S., Baguette M., Barton K., Benton T.G., Chaput-Bardy A., Clobert J., Dytham C., Hovestadt T., Meier C.M., Palmer S., Turlure C. & Travis J. (2011). Costs of dispersal Biological Reviews.
PDF Bonte D., Vanden Borre J., Lens L. & Maelfait J.-P. (2006). Geographic variation in wolfspider dispersal behaviour is related to landscape structure. Animal Behaviour 72: 655-662.
PDF Bonte D., Vandenbroecke N., Lens L. & Maelfait J.-P. (2003). Low propensity for aerial dispersal in specialist spiders from fragmented landscapes. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences 270: 1601-&607.
PDF Bosman D., Vercruijsse H.J.P., Stienen E.W.M., Vincx M., De Neve L. & Lens L. (in press). Effects of body size on sex-related migration vary between two closely related gull species with similar size dimorphism. Ibis.
Bosmans R. (1996). The genera Araeoncus Simon, Delorripis Simon and Diplocephalus Bertkau in northern Africa (Araneae: Linyphiidae: Erigoninae). Studies on North African Linyphiidae VII. Belgian Journal of Zoology 126: 123-151.
PDF Bosmans R. (2006). Contribution to the knowledge of the Linyphiidae of the Maghreb. Part X. New data on Lepthyphantes Menge (sensu lato) species (Araneae, Linyphiidae). Belgian Journal of Zoology 136: 173-191.
Bosmans R. & Van Keer J. (1999). The genus Enoplognatha Pavesi, 1880 in the Mediterranean region (Araneae: Theridiidae). Bulletin of the British arachnological Society 11: 209-241.
PDF Bossuyt B. (2007). Genetic rescue in an isolated metapopulation of a naturally fragmented plant species, Parnassia palustris. Conservation Biology 21: 832-841.
PDF Bossuyt B. & Hermy M. (2004). Seed bank follows vegetation succession in dune slacks. Journal of Vegetation Science 15: 449-456.
PDF Bossuyt B. & Hermy M. (2004). Species turnover at small scales in dune slack plant communities. Basic and Applied Ecology 5: 321-329.
PDF Bossuyt B. & Hermy M. (2003). The potential of soil seedbanks in the ecological restoration of grassland and heathland communitities - a review. Belgian Journal of Botany 136: 23-34.
PDF Bossuyt B. & Hermy M. (2001). Influence of land use history on seed banks in European temperate forest ecosystems : a review. Ecography 24: 225-238.
PDF Bossuyt B. & Hermy M. (2000). Restoration of the understorey layer of recent forest bordering ancient forest. Applied Vegetation Science 3: 43-50.
PDF Bossuyt B. & Honnay O. (2006). Interactions between plant life span, speed dispersal capacity and fecundity determine metapopulation viability by a dynamic landscape. Landscape Ecology 21: 1195-1206.
PDF Bossuyt B. & Honnay O. (2008). Can the seed bank be used for ecological restoration? An overview of seed bank characteristics in European communities. Journal of Vegetation Science 19: 875-884.
PDF Bossuyt B., Butaye J. & Honnay O. (2006). Seed bank composition of open and overgrown calcareous grassland soils - a case study from Southern Belgium. Journal of Environmental Management 79: 364-371.
PDF Bossuyt B., Cosyns E. & Hoffmann M. (2007). The role of soil seed banks in the restoration of dry acidic dune grassland after the burning of Ulex europaeus scrub vegetation. Applied Vegetation Science 10: 131-138.
PDF Bossuyt B., De Fré B. & Hoffmann M. (2005). Abundance and flowering success patterns in a short-term grazed grassland: early evidence of facilitation. Journal of Ecology 93: 1104-1114.
PDF Bossuyt B., Deckers J. & Hermy M. (1999). A field methodology for assessing man-made disturbance in forest soils developed in loess. Soil Use and Management 15: 14-20.
PDF Bossuyt B., Hermy M. & Deckers J. (1999). Migration of herbaceous plant species across ancient-recent forest ecotones in central Belgium. Journal of Ecology 87: 628-638.
PDF Bossuyt B., Heyn M. & Hermy M. (2002). Seed bank and vegetation composition of forest stands of varying age in central Belgium: consequences for ecological regeneration of ancient forest vegetation. Plant Ecology 162: 33-48.
PDF Bossuyt B., Heyn M. & Hermy M. (2000). Concentrating samples estimates a larger seed bank density of a forest soil. Functional Ecology 14: 766-768.
PDF Bossuyt B., Honnay O. & Hermy M. (2005). Evidence for community assembly constraints during succession in dune slack plant communities. Plant Ecology 178: 201-209.
PDF Bossuyt B., Honnay O. & Hermy M. (2004). Scale dependent frequency distribution patterns of plant species in dune slacks: dispersal and niche limitation. Journal of Vegetation Science 15: 323-330.
PDF Bossuyt B., Honnay O. & Hermy M. (2003). An island biogeographical view of succession in a chronosequence of wet dune slacks. Journal of Vegetation Science 14: 781-788.
PDF Bossuyt B., Honnay O., Van Stichelen K., Hermy M. & Van Assche J. (2001). The effect of a complex land use history on the restoration possibilities of heathland in central Belgium. Belgian Journal of Botany 134: 29-40.
PDF Bossuyt B., Van Wichelen J. & Hoffmann M. (2007). Random soil seed bank sampling allows predicting seedling density but not species richness in situ – a case study of a drained lake bottom. Journal of Vegetation Science 18: 443-450.
PDF Bowie R.C.K., Voelker G., Fjeldsa J., Lens L., Hackett S.J. & Crowe T.M. (2005). Systematics of the olive thrush Turdus olivaceus species complex with reference to the taxonomic status of the endangered Taita thrush T. helleri. Journal of Avian Biology 36: 391-404.
PDF Brodin A., Lahti K., Lens L. & Suhonen J. (1996). A northern population of Willow Tits, Parus montanus, did not store more food than southern ones. Ornis Fennica 73: 114-118.
PDF Brodin A., Lens L. & Suhonen J. (1994). Do Crested Tits, Parus cristatus, store more food at northern latitudes? Animal Behaviour 48: 990-993.
PDF Brys R. & Jacquemyn H. (2010). Floral display size and spatial distribution of potential mates affects pollen deposition and female reproductive success in distylous Pulmonaria officinalis (Boraginaceae). Plant Biology 12: 597–603.
PDF Brys R. & Jacquemyn H. (2009). Biological flora of the British Isles: Primula veris L. Journal of Ecology 97: 581–600.
PDF Brys R. & Jacquemyn H. (2011). Variation in the functioning of autonomous self-pollination, pollinator services and floral traits in three Centaurium species. Annals of Botany 107: 917-925.
Brys R. & Jacquemyn H. (in press). Effects of human-mediated pollinator impoverishment on floral traits and mating patterns in a short-lived herb: an experimental approach. Fucntional Ecology.
PDF Brys R., De Crop E., Hoffmann M. & Jacquemyn H. (2011). Importance of autonomous selfing is inversely related to population size and pollinator availability in a monocarpic plant. American Journal of Botany 98: 1834–1840.
PDF Brys R., Jacquemyn H. & De Blust G. (2005). Fire increases aboveground biomass, seed production and recruitment success of Molinia caerulea in dry heathland. Acta Oecologica 28: 299-305.
PDF Brys R., Jacquemyn H. & Hermy M. (2008). Pollination efficiency and reproductive patterns in relation to local plant density, population size and floral display in the rewarding Listera ovata (Orchidaceae). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 157: 713-721.
PDF Brys R., Jacquemyn H. & Hermy M. (2007). Impact of mate availability, population size, and spatial aggregation of morphs on sexual reproduction in a distylous, aquatic plant. American Journal of Botany 94: 119-127.
PDF Brys R., Jacquemyn H., De Bruyn L. & Hermy M. (2007). Pollination success and reproductive output in experimental populations of the self-incompatible Primula vulgaris. International Journal of Plant Science 168: 571-578.
PDF Brys R., Jacquemyn H., Endels P., De Blust G. & Hermy M. (2005). Effect of habitat deterioration on population dynamics and extinction risks in a previously common perennial. Conservation Biology 19: 1633-1643.
PDF Brys R., Jacquemyn H., Endels P., De Blust G. & Hermy M. (2004). The effects of grassland management on plant performance and demography in the perennial herb Primula veris. Journal of Applied Ecology 41: 1080-1091.
PDF Brys R., Jacquemyn H., Endels P., Hermy M. & De Blust G. (2003). The relationship between reproduction and demographic structure in remnant populations of Primula veris. Acta Oecologica 24: 247-253.
PDF Brys R., Jacquemyn H., Endels P., Van Rossum F., Hermy M., Triest L., De Bruyn L. & De Blust G. (2004). Reduced reproductive success in small populations of the self-incompatible Primula vulgaris. Journal of Ecology 92: 5-14.
PDF Brys R., Jacquemyn H., Hermy M. & Beeckman T. (2008). Morph-ratio variation, population size and female reproductive success in distylous Pulmonaria officinalis (Boraginaceae). Journal of Evolutionary Biology 21: 1281-1289.
PDF Brys R., Jacquemyn H., Hermy M. & Beeckman T. (2008). Pollen deposition rates and the functioning of distyly in the perennial Pulmonaria officinalis (Boraginaceae). Plant Systematic and Evolution 273: 1-12.
PDF Brys R., Shefferson R.P. & Jacquemyn H. (2011). Impact of herbivory on flowering behaviour and life history trade-offs in a polycarpic herb: a ten-year experiment. Oecologia 166: 293-303.
PDF Buijs S., Keeling L.J., Vangestel C., Baert J. & Tuyttens F.A.M. (2011). Neighbourhood analysis as an indicator of spatial requirements of broiler chickens. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 129: 111-120.
PDF Buijs S., Keeling L.J., Vangestel C., Baert J., Van Geyte J. & Tuyttens F.A.M. (2010). Resting or hiding? Why broiler chickens stay near walls and how density affects this. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 124: 97-103.
Buijs S., Keeling L.J., Vangestel C., Baert J., Van Geyte J. & Tuyttens F.A.M. (in press). Assessing attraction or avoidance between rabbits: a comparison of distance based methods to analyse spatial distribution. Animal Behaviour.
PDF Callens T., Galbusera P., Matthysen E., Durand E.Y., Githiru M., Huyghe J.R. & Lens L. (2011). Genetic signature of population fragmentation varies with mobility in seven bird species of a fragmented Kenyan cloud forest. Molecular Ecology 20: 1829–1844.
PDF Cammaerts E. & Mertens J. (1999). A new genus and two new species of Chydoridae (Branchiopoda: Anomopoda), from Korup National Park, Cameroon. Belgian Journal of Zoology 129: 327-337.
PDF Cosyns E. & Hoffmann M. (2005). Horse dung germinable seed content in relation to plant species abundance and seed characteristics. Basic and Applied Ecology 6: 11-24.
PDF Cosyns E., Bossuyt B., Hoffmann M., Vervaet H. & Lens L. (2006). Seedling establishment after edozoochorous seed dispersal. Basic and Applied Ecology 7: 360-369.
PDF Cosyns E., Claerbout S., Lamoot I. & Hoffmann M. (2005). Endozoochorous seed dispersal by cattle and horse in a spatially heterogeneous landscape. Plant Ecology 178: 149-162.
PDF Cosyns E., Degezelle T., Demeulenaere E. & Hoffmann M. (2001). Feeding ecology of Konik horses and donkeys in Belgian coastal dunes and its implication for nature management. Belgian Journal of Zoology 131: 111-118.
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PDF Githiru M., Lens L. & Cresswell W. (2005). Nest predation in a fragmented Afrotropical forest: evidence from natural and artificial nests. Biological Conservation 123: 189-196.
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PDF Githiru M., Lens L., Bennun L.A. & Ogol C.P. (2002). Effects of site and fruit size on the composition of avian frugivore assemblages in a fragmented Afrotropical forest. Oikos 96: 320-330.
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PDF Gurdebeke S., De Bakker D., Vanlanduyt N. & Maelfait J.-P. (2003). Plans for a large regional forest in Eastern Flanders (Belgium): assessment of spider diversity and community structure in the current forest remnants. Biodiversity and Conservation 12: 1883-1900.
PDF Gurdebeke S., Maelfait J.-P. & Backeljau T. (2003). Contrasting allozyme and RAPD variation in spider populations from patchy forest habitats. Genetica 119: 27-34.
PDF Gurdebeke S., Neirynck B. & Maelfait J.-P. (2000). Population genetic effects of forest fragmentation in Flanders (Belgium) on Coelotes terrestris (Araneae: Agelenidae) as revealed by allozymes and RAPD. Ekologia-Bratislava 19: 87-96.
Habel J.C., Augenstein B., Rödder D., Schmitt T. & Lens L. (in press). Biogeographical dynamics of the Spanish Marbled White Melanargia ines (Lepidoptera: Satyridae) in the Western Mediterranean: Does the Atlanto-Mediterranean refuge exist? Biological Journal of the Linnean Society.
PDF Habel J.C., Lens L., Rödder D. & Schmitt T. (2011). From Africa to Europe and back: refugia and range shifts cause high genetic differentiation in the Marbled White butterfly Melanargia galathea. BMC Evolutionary Biology 11: 215.
PDF Heidinger I., Hein S. & Bonte D. (2010). Patch connectivity and sand dynamics affect dispersal-related morphology of the blue-winged grasshopper Oedipoda caerulescens in coastal grey dunes. Insect Conservation and Diversity 3: 205–212.
PDF Heidinger I., Poethke A., Bonte D. & Hein S. (2009). The effect of translocation on movement behaviour of Orthoptera – a test of the assumptions of behavioural studies. Behavioral Processes 82: 12-17.
PDF Hendrickx F. & Maelfait J.-P. (2003). Life cycle, reproductive patterns and their year-to-year variation in a field population of the wolf spider Pirata piraticus (Araneae, Lycosidae). Journal of Arachnology 31: 13-20.
PDF Hendrickx F., De Cock K., De Bakker D. & Maelfait J.-P. (2001). Differences in distribution and habitat of some cryptic species in the Pardosa lugubris group (Lycosidae, Araneae) in Belgium. Belgian Journal of Zoology 131: 79-84.
PDF Hendrickx F., Maelfait J.-P. & Langenbick F. (2003). Absence of cadmium excretion and high assimilation result in cadmium biomagnification in a wolf spider. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 55: 287-292.
PDF Hendrickx F., Maelfait J.-P. & Lens L. (2003). Relationship between fluctuating asymmetry and fitness within and between stressed and unstressed populations of the wolf spider Pirata piraticus. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 16: 1270-1279.
PDF Hendrickx F., Maelfait J.-P. & Lens L. (2007). Effect of metal stress on life history divergence and quantitative genetic architecture in a wolf spider. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 21: 183 -193.
PDF Hendrickx F., Maelfait J.-P., Bogaert N., Tojal C., Du Laing G., Tack F.M.G. & Verloo M.G. (2004). The importance of biological factors affecting trace metal concentration as revealed from accumulation patterns in co-occurring terrestrial invertebrates. Environmental Pollution 127: 335-341.
PDF Hendrickx F., Maelfait J.-P., De Mayer A., Tack F.M.G. & Verloo M.G. (2003). Storage mediums affect metal concentration in woodlice (Isopoda). Environmental Pollution 121: 87-93.
PDF Hendrickx F., Maelfait J.-P., Desender K., Aviron S., Bailey D., Diekotter T., Lens L., Liira J., Schweiger O., Speelmans M., Vandomme V. & Bugter R. (2009). Pervasive effects of dispersal limitation on within- and among-community species richness in agricultural landscapes Global Ecology and Biogeography 18: 607–616.
PDF Hendrickx F., Maelfait J.-P., Speelmans M. & Van Straalen N.M. (2003). Adaptive reproductive variation along a pollution gradient in a wolf spider. Oecologia 134: 189-194.
PDF Hendrickx F., Maelfait J.-P., Van Wingerden W., Schweiger O., Speelmans M., Aviron S., Augenstein I., Billeter R., Bailey D., Bukacek R., Burel F., Diekötter T., Dirksen J., Herzog F., Liira J., Roubalova M., Vandomme V. & Bugter R. (2007). How landscape structure, land-use intensity and habitat diversity affect components of total arthropod diversity in agricultural landscapes. Journal of Applied Ecology 44: 340 - 351.
PDF Hoffmann M. & Van Landuyt W. (1997). Lichenized Caliciales with stalked apothecia in Flanders (Belgium): rare or poorly known? Belgian Journal of Botany 130: 25-37.
PDF Hol W.H., de la Peña E., Moens M. & Cook R. (2007). Interaction between a fungal endophyte and root herbivores of Ammophila arenaria. Basic and Applied Ecology 8: 500-509.
PDF Honnay O. & Bossuyt B. (2005). Forum: Prolonged clonal growth: escape route or route to extinction? Oikos 108: 427-432.
PDF Honnay O., Bossuyt B., Butaye J., Jacquemyn H., Verheyen K. & Hermy M. (2002). Ecological perspectives for the restoration of plant communities in European temperate forests. Biodiversity and Conservation 11: 213-242.
PDF Honnay O., Bossuyt B., Jacquemyn H. & Shimono A. (2008). Can a seed bank maintain genetic variation in the above ground plant population. Oikos 117: 1-5.
PDF Honnay O., Jacquemyn H., Bossuyt B. & Hermy M. (2005). Tansley review. Forest fragmentation effects on patch occupancy and population viability of herbaceous plant species. New Phytologist 166: 723-736.
PDF Honnay O., Verheyen K., Butaye J., Jacquemyn H., Bossuyt B. & Hermy M. (2002). Possible effects of habitat fragmentation and climate change on the range of forest plant species. Ecology Letters 5: 525-530.
PDF Jacquemyn H. & Brys R. (2008). Density-dependent matinf and reproductive assurance in the temperate forest herb Paris quadrifolia (Trillaceae). American Journal of Botany 95: 294–298.
PDF Jacquemyn H. & Brys R. (2010). Temporal and spatial variation in flower and fruit production in a food-deceptive orchid: a five-year study. Plant Biology 12: 145–153.
PDF Jacquemyn H. & Brys R. (2008). Effects of stand age on the demography of a temperate forest herb in post-agricultural forests. Ecology 89: 3480-3489.
PDF Jacquemyn H., Brys R. & Hermy M. (2003). Short term effects of different management regimes on the response of calcareous grassland vegetation to increased nitrogen. Biological Conservation 111: 137-147.
PDF Jacquemyn H., Brys R. & Hermy M. (2002). Patch occupancy, population size and reproductive success of a forest herb (Primula elatior) in a fragmented landscape. Oecologia 130: 617-625.
PDF Jacquemyn H., Brys R. & Hermy M. (2001). Within and between plant variation in seed number, seed mass, and germinability of Primula elatior: effect of population size. Plant Biology 3: 561-568.
PDF Jacquemyn H., Brys R. & Honnay O. (2009). Large population sizes mitigate negative effects of variable weather conditions on fruit set in two spring woodland orchids. Biology Letters 5: 495-498.
PDF Jacquemyn H., Brys R. & Huchings M. (2008). Biological flora of the British Isles: Paris quadrifolia L. Journal of Ecology 96: 833-844.
Jacquemyn H., Brys R. & Hutchings M.J. (in press). Biological Flora of the British Isles: Orchis anthropophora (L.) All. (Aceras anthropophorum (L.) W.T. Aiton). Journal of Ecology.
PDF Jacquemyn H., Brys R. & Jongejans E. (2010). Seed limitation restricts population growth in shaded populations of a perennial woodland orchid. Ecology 91: 119–129.
PDF Jacquemyn H., Brys R. & Neubert M.G. (2005). Fire increases invasive spread of Molinia caerulea mainly through changes in demographic parameters. Ecological Applications 15: 2097–2108.
PDF Jacquemyn H., Brys R., & Jongejans E. (2010). Size-dependent flowering and costs of reproduction affect population dynamics in a tuberous perennial woodland orchid. Journal of Ecology 98: 1204-1215.
PDF Jacquemyn H., Brys R., Adriaens D., Honnay O. & Roldán-Ruiz I. (2009). Effects of population size and forest management on genetic diversity and structure of the tuberous orchid Orchis mascula. Conservation Genetics 10: 161-168.
PDF Jacquemyn H., Brys R., Cammue B.P.A., Honnay O. & Lievens B. (2011). Mycorrhizal associations and reproductive isolation in three closely related Orchis species. Annals of Botany 107: 347-356.
Jacquemyn H., Brys R., Davison R., Tuljapurkar S. & Jongejans E. (in press). Stochastic LTRE analysis of the effects of herbivory on the population dynamics of a perennial grassland herb. Oikos.
PDF Jacquemyn H., Brys R., Hermy M. & Willelms J.H. (2007). Long-term dynamics and population viability in one of the last populations of the endangered Spiranthes spiralis (Orchidaceae) in the Netherlands. Biological Conservation 134: 14-21.
PDF Jacquemyn H., Brys R., Hermy M. & Willems J.H. (2005). Does nectar reward affect rarity and extinction probabilities of orchid species? An assessment using historical records from Belgium and the Netherlands. Biological Conservation 121: 257-263.
PDF Jacquemyn H., Brys R., Honnay O. & Hermy M. (2008). Effects of coppicing on demographic structure, fruit and seed set in Orchis mascula. Basic and Applied Ecology 9: 392-400.
PDF Jacquemyn H., Brys R., Honnay O., Hermy M. & Roldán-Ruiz I. (2006). Sexual reproduction, clonal diversity and genetic differentiation in patchily distributed populations of the temperate forest herb Paris quadrifolia (Trilliaceae). Oecologia 147: 434-444.
PDF Jacquemyn H., Brys R., Honnay O., Hermy M. & Roldán-Ruiz I. (2005). Local forest environment largely affects below-ground growth, clonal diversity and fine scale spatial genetic structure in the temperate deciduous forest herb Paris quadrifolia. Molecular Ecology 14: 4479-4488.
PDF Jacquemyn H., Brys R., Vandepitte K., Honnay O. & Roldán-Ruiz I. (2007). A spatially-explicit analysis of seedling recruitment in the terrestrial orchid Orchis purpurea. New Phytologist 176: 448–459.
PDF Jacquemyn H., Brys R., Vandepitte K., Honnay O. & Roldán-Ruiz I. (2006). Fine-scale genetic structure of life history stages in the food-deceptive orchid Orchis purpurea. Molecular Ecology 15: 2801-2808.
PDF Jacquemyn H., Endels P., Brys R., Hermy M. & Woodell S.R.J. (2009). Biological flora of the British Isles: Primula vulgaris Huds. (P. acaulis (L.) Hill). Journal of Ecology 97: 812-833.
PDF Jacquemyn H., Honnay O., Cammue B.P.A., Brys R. & Lievens B. (2010). Low specificity and nested subset structure characterize mycorrhizal associations in five closely related species of the genus Orchis. Molecular Ecology 19: 4086-4095.
Jacquemyn H., Merckx V., Brys R., Tyteca D., Cammue B.P.A., Honnay O. & Lievens B. (in press). Analysis of network architecture reveals phylogenetic constrains on mycorrhizal specificity in the genus Orchis (Orchidaceae). New Phytologist.
PDF Jacquemyn H., Van Mechelen C., Brys R. & Honnay O. (2010). Management effects on the vegetation and soil seed bank of calcareous grasslands: results from an 11-year experiment. Biological Conservation 144: 416-422.
PDF Jacquemyn H., Van Rossum F., Brys R., Endels P., Hermy M., Triest L. & De Blust G. (2003). Effects of agricultural land use and fragmentation on genetics, demography and population persistence of the rare Primula vulgaris, and implications for conservation. Belgian Journal of Botany 136: 5-22.
PDF Jacquemyn H., Vandepitte K., Brys R., Honnay O. & Roldán-Ruiz I. (2007). Fitness variation and genetic diversity in small, remnant populations of the food deceptive orchid Orchis purpurea. Biological Conservation 139: 203–210.
PDF Jacquemyn H., Wiegand T., Vandepitte K., Brys R., Roldán-Ruiz I. & Honnay O. (2009). Multigenerational analysis of spatial structure in the terrestrial, food-deceptive orchid Orchis mascula. Journal of Ecology 97: 206-216.
PDF Jaquemyn H., Brys R., Honnay O. & Huchings M.J. (2009). Biological flora of the British Isles: Orchis mascula (L.). Journal of Ecology 97: 360-377.
PDF Kappes H, Jordaens K., Van Houtte N., Hendrickx F., Maelfait J-P., Lens L. & Backeljau T. (2009). A land snail's view on a fragmented landscape. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 98: 839-850.
PDF Kappes H., Jordaens K., Hendrickx F., Maelfait J.-P., Lens L. & Backeljau T. (2009). Response of snails and slugs to fragmentation of lowland forests in NW Germany. Landscape Ecology 24: 685 -697.
PDF Kark S., Lens L., Van Dongen S. & Schmidt E. (2004). Asymmetry patterns across the distribution range: does the species matter? Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 81: 313-324.
PDF Kotze D.J., Brandmayr P., Casale A., Dauff y-Richard E., Dekoninck W., Koivula M., Lövei G.L., Mossakowski D., Noordijk J., Paarmann W., Pizzolotto R., Saska P., Schwerk A., Serrano J., Szyszko J., Taboada A., Turin H., Venn S., Vermeulen R. & Zetto T. (2011). Forty years of carabid beetle research in Europe – from taxonomy, biology, ecology and population studies to bioindication, habitat assessment and conservation. ZooKeys 100: 55-148.
PDF Kuijken E. & Verscheure C. (2008). Greater White-fronted Geese Anser albifrons and Pink-footed Geese A. brachyrhynchus wintering in Belgium: observations on interspecific relations. Vogelwelt 129: 185-190.
PDF Laffaille P., Pétillon J., Parlier E., Valéry L., Aubert C., Ysnel F., Radureau A., Feunteun E., Lefeuvre J.-C. (2005). Does the invasive plant Elymus athericus modify fish diet in tidal salt marshes? Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 65: 739-746.
PDF Lambeets K. & Bonte D. (2009). Between-population variation in homeward orientation behaviour in two riparian wolf spiders. Behavioural Processes 82: 62-66.
PDF Lambeets K., Breyne P. & Bonte D. (2010). Spatial genetic variation of a riparian wolf spider Pardosa agricola (Thorell, 1856) on lowland river banks: the importance of functional connectivity in linear spatial systems. Biological Conservation 143: 660-668.
PDF Lambeets K., Hendrickx F., Vanacker S., Van Looy K., Maelfait J.-P. & Bonte D. (2008). Assemblage structure and conservation value of spiders and carabid beetles from restored lowland river banks. Biodiversity and Conservation 17: 3133-3148.
PDF Lambeets K., Maelfait J.-P. & Bonte D. (2008). Plasticity in flood-avoiding behaviour in two congeneric riparian wolf spiders. Animal Biology 58: 389–400.
PDF Lambeets K., Van Ranst J. & Bonte D. (2010). Is movement behaviour of riparian wolf spiders guided by external or internal information? Journal of Arachnology 38: 313–318.
PDF Lambeets K., Vandegehuchte M.L., Maelfait J.-P. & Bonte D. (2008). Understanding the impact of flooding on trait-displacements and shifts in assemblage structure of predatory arthropods on river banks. Journal of Animal Ecology 77: 1162–1174.
PDF Lambeets K., Vandegehuchte M.L., Maelfait J.-P. & Bonte D. (2009). Integrating environmental conditions and functional life-history traits for riparian arthropod conservation planning. Biological Conservation 142: 625-637.
PDF Lamoot I. & Hoffmann M. (2004). Do season and habitat influence the behaviour of Haflinger mares in a coastal dune area? Belgian Journal of Zoology 134: 97-103.
PDF Lamoot I., Callebaut J., Degezelle T., Demeulenaere E., Laquicre J., Vandenberghe C. & Hoffmann M. (2004). Eliminative behaviour of free-ranging horses: do they show latrine behaviour or do they defecate where they graze? Applied Animal Behaviour Science 86: 105-121.
PDF Lamoot I., Callebaut J., Demeulenaere E., Vandenberghe C. & Hoffmann M. (2005). Foraging behaviour of donkeys grazing in a coastal dune area in temperate climate conditions. Applied Animal Bahaviour 92: 93-112.
PDF Lamoot I., Meert C. & Hoffmann M. (2004). Habitat use of ponies and cattle foraging together in a coastal dune area. Biological Conservation 122: 523-536.
PDF Lamoot I., Vandeberghe C., Bauwens D. & Hoffmann M. (2004). Grazing behaviour of free-ranging Donkeys and Shetland ponies in different reproductive states. Journal of Ethology 23: 19-27.
PDF Lehouck V. Spanhove T., Gonsamo A., Cordeiro N. & Lens L. (2009). Spatial and temporal effects on recruitment of an Afromontane forest tree in a threatened fragmented ecosystem. Biological Conservation 142: 518 -528.
PDF Lehouck V., Bonte D., Dekoninck W. & Maelfait J.-P. (2004). The distribution of ant nests (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in coastal grey dunes of Flanders (Belgium) and their relationship to myrmecochorous plants. Belgian Journal of Zoology 134: 89-96.
PDF Lehouck V., Bonte D., Dekoninck W. & Maelfait J.-P. (2004). Trophobiotic relationships between ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and Tettigometridae (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha) in the grey dunes of Belgium. European Journal of Entomology 101: 547-553.
PDF Lehouck V., Spanhove T. & Lens L. (2011). Avian fruit ingestion differentially facilitates seed germination of four fleshy-fruited plant species of an Afrotropical forest. Plant Ecology and Evolution 144: 96-100.
PDF Lehouck V., Spanhove T., Colson L., Adringa-Davis A., Cordeiro N.J. & Lens L. (2009). Habitat disturbance reduces seed dispersal of a forest interior tree in a fragmented African cloud forest. Oikos 118: 1023-1034.
PDF Lehouck V., Spanhove T., Demeter S., Groot N.E., & Lens L. (2009). Complementary seed dispersal by three avian frugivores in a fragmented Afromontane forest. Journal of Vegetation Science 20: 1110-1120.
PDF Lehouck V., Spanhove T., Vangestel C., Cordeiro N. J. & Lens L. (2009). Does landscape structure affect resource tracking by avian frugivores in a fragmented Afrotropical forest? Ecography 32: 1-11.
PDF Lens L. (1996). Wind stress affects foraging site competition between Crested Tits and Willow Tits. Journal of Avian Biology 27: 41-46.
PDF Lens L. (1995). Storms affecting Crested Tit, Parus cristatus, social organisation. Journal für Ornithologie 136: 291-294.
PDF Lens L. (2006). New unconventional methods of estimating habitat quality: strengths and weaknesses. Journal of Ornithology 147: 24-24.
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PDF Lens L. & Dhondt A. (1993). Individual variation in mate care by alpha males in crested tit winter flocks. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 33: 79-85.
PDF Lens L. & Dhondt A.A. (1994). Effects of habitat fragmentation on the timing of Crested Tit, Parus cristatus, natal dispersal. Ibis 136: 147-152.
PDF Lens L. & Eggermont H. (2008). Fluctuating asymmetry as a putative marker of human-induced stress in avian conservation. Bird Conservation International 18: 125-143.
PDF Lens L. & Van Dongen S. (2002). Fluctuating asymmetry as a bio-indicator in isolated populations of the Taita Thrush: a Bayesian perspective. Journal of Biogeography 29: 809-819.
PDF Lens L. & Van Dongen S. (2001). Fluctuating asymmetry as an indicator of stress: paradigm or conservation tool? Ostrich 15: 44-47.
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PDF Lens L. & Van Dongen S. (1999). Evidence for organism-wide asymmetry in five bird species of a fragmented afrotropical forest. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences 266: 1055-1060.
PDF Lens L. & Wauters L.A. (1996). Effects of population growth on Crested Tit, Parus cristatus, post-fledging settlement. Ibis 138: 545-551.
PDF Lens L., Adriaensen F. & Dhondt A.A. (1994). Age-related hoarding strategies in the Crested Tit, Parus cristatus: should the cost of subordination be re-assessed? Journal of Animal Ecology 63: 749-755.
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PDF Lens L., Galbusera P., Brooks T., Waiyaki E. & Schenck T. (1998). Highly skewed sex ratios in the critically endangered Taita Thrush as revealed by CHD genes. Biodiversity and Conservation 7: 869-873.
PDF Lens L., Muchai M., Bennun L.A. & Duchateau J. (2000). Conservation planning in an agricultural landscape: the case of Sharpe's Longclaw. Ostrich 71: 300-303.
PDF Lens L., Nasirwa O., Nemeth E. & Bennun L.A. (1996). Response to simulated intrusions by territorial Yellow-whiskered Greenbuls, Andropadus latirostris. Ibis 138: 561-563.
PDF Lens L., Van Dongen S. & Matthysen E. (2002). Fluctuating asymmetry as an early warning system in the critically endangered Taita Thrush. Conservation Biology 13: 479-487.
PDF Lens L., Van Dongen S., Galbusera P., Schenck T., Matthysen E. & Van de Casteele T. (2000). Developmental instability and inbreeding in natural bird populations exposed to different levels of habitat disturbance. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 13: 889-896.
PDF Lens L., Van Dongen S., Kark S. & Matthysen E. (2002). Fluctuating asymmetry as an indicator of fitness: can we bridge the gap between studies? Biological Reviews 77: 27-38.
PDF Lens L., Van Dongen S., Norris K., Githiru M. & Matthysen E. (2002). Avian persistence in fragmented rainforest. Science 298: 1236-1238.
PDF Lens L., Van Dongen S., Van den Broeck M., Van Broeckhoven C. & Dhondt A.A. (1997). Why female Crested Tits copulate repeatedly with the same partner: evidence for the mate assessment hypothesis. Behavioral Ecology 8: 87-91.
PDF Lens L., Van Dongen S., Wilder C.M., Brooks T.M. & Matthysen E. (1999). Fluctuating asymmetry increases with habitat disturbance in seven bird species of a fragmented afrotropical forest. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences 266: 1241-1246.
PDF Lens L., Wauters L.A. & Dhondt A.A. (1994). Nest-building by Crested Tit, Parus cristatus, males: an analysis of costs and benefits. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 35: 431-436.
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PDF Mertens J., Beladjal L., Alcantara A., Fougnies L., Van Der Straeten D. & Clegg J.S. (2008). Survival of dried eukaryotes (anhydrobiotes) after exposure to very high temperatures. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 93: 15–22.
PDF Mertens J., Beladjal L., Janssens F. & Matthys P. (2007). Pitfall trapping in flooding habitats: a new technique reveals Archisotoma pulchella (Collembola: Isotomidae) as new to the Belgian fauna. Belgian Journal of Zoology 37: 177-181.
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PDF Meulebrouck K., Ameloot E., Tanghe T., Brys R., Verheyen K. & Hermy M. (2009). Hidden in the host – Unexpected vegetative hibernation of the holoparasite Cuscuta epithymum and its implications for population persistence. Flora 204: 306-315.
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PDF Meulebrouck K., Verheyen K., Brys R. & Hermy, M. (2009). Metapopulation viability of an endangered holoparasitic plant in a dynamic landscape. Ecography 32: 1040-1050.
PDF Milotic T., Erfanzadeh R., Pétillon J., Maelfait J.-P. & Hoffmann M. (2010). Short-term impact of grazing by sheep on vegetation dynamics in a newly created salt-marsh site. Grass & Forage Science 65: 121-132.
Muchai M., Bennun L.A., Lens L., Rayment M. & Pisano G. (2002). Land-use and the conservation of Sharpe's Longclaw Macronyx sharpei in central Kenya. Bird Conservation International 12: 107-121.
PDF Muchai M., Lens L. & Bennun L.A. (2002). Habitat selection and conservation of Sharpe's Longclaw (Macronyx sharpei), a threatened Kenyan grassland endemic. Biological Conservation 105: 271-277.
PDF Mulwa R.K., Bennun L.A., Ogol C.K.P.O. & Lens L. (2007). Population status and distribution of Taita White-eye Zosterops silvanus in the fragmented forests of Taita Hills and Mount Kasigau, Kenya. Bird Conservation International 17: 141-150.
PDF Múnera-Uribe G.E., Bert W., Vierstraete A.R., de la Peña E., Moens M. & Decraemer W. (2010). Burrowing nematodes from Colombia and their relationship with Radopholus similis populations, R. arabocoffeae, R. duriophilus. Nematology 12: 619-629.
PDF Njoroge P., Lens L., Sutton J. & Bennun L.A. (1997). The validity of open seasons for sandgrouse shooting: analysis of an 11-year data set from Kenya. African Journal of Ecology 35: 186-193.
PDF Pellegroms B., Van Dongen S., Van Dyck H. & Lens L. (2009). Larval food stress differentially affects flight morphology in male and female speckled woods (Pararge aegeria). Ecological Entomology 34: 387-393.
PDF Pellikka P., Lanne M. & Lens L. (2009). Airborne remote sensing of spatiotemporal change (1955-2004) in indigenous and exotic forest cover in the Taita Hills, Kenya. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation 11: 221-232.
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PDF Vanderveken B., Bossuyt B. & Hermy M. (2004). The effect of climate on forest plant species distribution in France, Belgium and the Netherlands - implications of climate warming. Belgian Journal of Botany 137: 55-69.
PDF Vangestel C. & Lens L. (2006). Fluctuating asymmetry and ptilochronology as phenotypic markers of food stress in the House Sparrow. Journal of Ornithology 147: 20-20.
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