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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 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 Bonte D. & Maes D. (2008). Trampling affects the distribution of specialised coastal dune arthropods. Basic and Applied Ecology 9: 726-724.
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., 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., Lukác M. & Lens L. (2008). Starvation affects pre-dispersal behaviour of Erigone spiders. Basic and Applied Ecology 9: 308-315.
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 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 Couvreur M. Verheyen K., Vellend M. Lamoot I. Cosyns E., Hoffmann M. & Hermy M. (2008). Epizoochory by large herbivores: merging data with models. Basic and Applied Ecology 9: 204-212.
PDF D'hondt B., Bossuyt B., Bonte D. & Hoffmann M. (2008). Dung beetles as secondary seed dispersers in a temperate grassland. Basic and applied Ecology 9: 542-549.
PDF de la Peña E., Vandegehuchte M.L., Bonte D. & Moens M. (2008). Analysis of the specificity of three root-feeders towards grasses in coastal dunes. Plant and Soil 310: 113-120.
PDF Deblauwe I., Dibog L., Missoup A.-D., Dupain J., Van Elsacker L., Maelfait J.-P., Dekoninck W., Bonte D. & Hendrickx F. (2008). Spatial scales affecting termite diversity in tropical lowland rainforest in Southeast Cameroon and possible implications for conservation and sampling strategies. African Journal of Ecology 46: 5-18.
PDF Decraemer W., Radivojevic M. & de la Peña E. (2008). Trichodoridae (Nematoda: Triplonchida) from the Tara National Park, Serbia, and proposal of Trichodorus pseudobursatus n. sp. Nematology 10: Trichodoridae from the National park Tara in Serbi.
PDF Ebrahimi A., Bossuyt B. & Hoffmann M. (2008). Effects of species aggregation, habitat and season on the accuracy of double-sampling to measure herbage mass in a lowland grassland ecosystem. Grass and Forage Science 63: 79–85.
PDF Erbout N., De Meyer M. & Lens L. (2008). Hybridization between two polyphagous fruit-fly species (Diptera: Tephritidae) causes sex-biased reduction in developmental stability. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 93: 579-588.
PDF Gaublomme E., Hendrickx F., Dhuyvetter H. & Desender K. (2008). The effects of forest patch size and matrix type on changes in carabid beetle assemblages in an urbanized landscape. Biological Conservation 141: 2585-2596.
PDF Gellynck C., Verdonck P., Forsyth R., Almqvist K.F., Van Nimmen E., Gheysens T., Mertens J., Van Langenhove L., Kiekens P. & Verbruggen G. (2008). Biocompatibility and biodegradability of spider egg sac silk. Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine 19: 2963-2970.
PDF Gellynck C., Verdonck P.C.M., Van Nimmen E., Almqvist K.F., Gheysens T., Schoukens G., Van Langenhove L., Kiekens P., Mertens J. & Verbruggen G. (2008). Silkworm and spider silk scaffolds for chondrocyte support. Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine 19: 3399-3409.
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 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 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., 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 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 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 Somers N., D’haese B., Bossuyt B., Lens L. & Hoffmann M. (2008). Food quality affects diet preference of rabbits: experimental evidence. Belgian Journal of Zoology 138: 170-176.
PDF Speybroeck J., Bonte D., Courtens W., Gheskiere T., Grootaert P., Maelfait J.-P., Provoost S., Sabbe K., Stienen E.W.M., Van Lancker V., Van Landuyt W., Vincx M. & Degraer S. (2008). The Belgian sandy beach ecosystem – a review. Marine Ecology 29: 171-185.
PDF Tahmasebi Kohyani P., Bossuyt B., Hoffmann M. & Bonte D. (2008). The importance of grazing and soil acidity for plant community composition and community-wide trait characterisation in coastal dune grasslands. Applied Vegetation science 11: 179-186.
PDF Tahmasebi Kohyani P., Bossuyt B., Hoffmann M. & Bonte D. (2008). Grazing as a management tool to restore plant biodiversity in dune grasslands. Biological Conservation 141: 1687-1694.
PDF Talloen W., Lens L., Van Dongen S. & Matthysen E. (2008). Feather development under environmental stress: lead exposure effects on growth patterns in Great Tits Parus major. Bird Study 55: 108–117.
PDF Tombre I.M., Høgda K.A., Madsen J., Griffin L.R., Kuijken E., Shimmings P., Rees E. & Verscheure C. (2008). The onset of spring and timing of migration in two arctic nesting goose populations: the pink-footed goose Anser bachyrhynchus and the barnacle goose Branta leucopsis. Journal of Avian Biology 39: 691-703.
PDF Tuyttens F., Heyndrickx M., De Boeck M., Moreels A., Van Nuffel A., Van Poucke E., Van Coillie E., Van Dongen S. & Lens L. (2008). Broiler chicken health, welfare and fluctuating asymmetry in organic versus conventional production systems. Livestock Science 113: 123-132.
PDF Van Hoof T., Vangestel C., Forward M., Verhaeghe B., Van Thilborgh L., Plasschaert F., De Muynck M., Vanderstraeten G. & D'Herde K. (2008). The impact of muscular variation on the neurodynamic test for the median nerve in a healthy population with Langer's axillary arch. Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics 31: 475-483.
PDF Van Nimmen E., De Clerck K., Verschuren J., Gellynck C., Gheysens T., Mertens J. & Van Langenhove L. (2008). FT-IR spectroscopy of spider and silkworm silks. Part I: Different sampling techniques. Vibrational Spectroscopy 46: 63-68.
PDF Van Uytvanck J., Decleer K. & Hoffmann M. (2008). Establishment patterns of woody species in low intensity grazed pastures after the cessation of intensive agricultural use. Forest Ecology and Management 256: 106-113.
PDF Van Uytvanck J., Maes D., Vandenhaute D. & Hoffmann M. (2008). Restoration of woodpasture on former agricultural land: The importance of safe sites and time gaps before grazing for tree seedlings. Biological Conservation 141: 78-88.
PDF Wauters L.A., Githiru M., Bertolino S., Molinari A., Tosi G.& Lens L. (2008). Demography of alpine red squirrel populations in relation to fluctuations in seed crop size. Ecography 31: 104-114.
PDF Yakimov B.N., Bossuyt B., Iudin D.I. & Gelashvili D.B. (2008). Multifractal diversity-area relationships in dune slack plant communities. Oikos 117: 33-39.




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