Congratulations to Liezl Vermeulen for the successful defense of her PhD thesis! 👏🎓 Liezl presented her research on “disentangling the impacts of climate change and local anthropogenic degradation on South African ecosystems using remote sensing.” 🛰️

Our soil scientists at the Edaphos and Restore research groups had the great opportunity to present and discuss their soil related scientific work at the Day of the Young Soil Scientists organized by the Belgian Soil Science Society! Congrats for the great contributions👏

Setting forests aside doesn’t stir up more trouble—in fact, it calms the chaos 🌳 Happy to see my first PhD chapter out! 📝 Setting aside forests for biodiversity conservation does NOT amplify disturbances in temperate forests of Central Europe. besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Ben jij benieuwd naar hoe publiek toegankelijk groen (zoals parken en bossen) jouw sociaal welzijn beïnvloedt? Wij ook! Draag als student in het hoger onderwijs bij aan ons onderzoek door deze enquête (15') in te vullen: survey.kuleuven.cloud/88?lang=nl Deel gerust! @kuleuvenplantinst.bsky.social

Are you an expert in deep learning and eager to push the boundaries of species distribution modeling? 🌍🔍 We’re looking for a motivated candidate to apply for a Marie Curie postdoctoral fellowship!

🚨 Researcher Highlight! 🚨 Each month, we shine a spotlight on one of our colleagues in FNL, sharing their interesting research topics! 🔍 Today, we present Stef Boogers' topic: Forest resources and environmental impact assessment of human activities in the Sagalassos territory of the past. 🍃

❓ Although promising, it is uncertain when to amend rock dusts, which type to select, and what the effects are on newly planted tree saplings. Robrecht Van Der Bauwhede and colleagues investigated these questions in this new paper: link.springer.com/article/10.1... Read more below! 🧵

🌍 How do climatic extremes impact species distributions? Our new paper in Journal of Biogeography led by Ward Fonteyn introduces a method to better capture the effects of extremee climatic events in species distribution models (SDMs). 🌳 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/jbi.... A 🧵 (1/6)