Luc De Keersmaeker

Institution: Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO) E-Mail: luc.dekeersmaeker@inbo.be Role in the Action: WG4 Member Phonenumber:+32-477-560613

Research interests related to EuroCoppice

• Forest ecology
• Forest dynamics
• Forest vegetation
• Landscape ecology
• Forest nutrient cycling

Publications related to EuroCoppice

• Baeten L, Bauwens B, De Schrijver A, De Keersmaeker L, Van Calster H, Vandekerkhove K, Roelandt B, Beeckman H, Verheyen K (2009) Compositional changes (1954-2000) in the forest herb layer following the cessation of coppice-with-standards management and soil acidification. Applied Vegetation Science. 12: 187–197.
• De Keersmaeker L, Vandekerkhove K, Verstraeten A, Baeten L, Verschelde P, Thomaes A, Hermy M, Verheyen K (2011) Clear-felling effects on colonization rates of shadetolerant forest herbs into a post-agricultural forest adjacent to ancient forest. Appl Veg Sci 14:75-83
• Van Calster H, Baeten L, De Schrijver A, De Keersmaeker L, Rogister J E, Verheyen K, Hermy M (2007) Management driven changes (1967 - 2005) in soil acidity and the understory plant community following conversion of a coppice-with-standards forest. Forest Ecology and Management 241, 258-271
• Van Calster H, Baeten L, Verheyen K , De Keersmaeker L, Dekeyser S, Rogister JE, Hermy M (2008) Diverging effects of different overstorey conversion scenarios on the understorey vegetation in a former coppice-with-standards forest. Forest Ecology and Management 256, 519-528