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Researcher
Ivan Nijs
- Research Expertise:Impact of climate change on plants and ecosystems, in particular the influence of climate extremes such as drought and heat. Role of biodiversity in ecosystems. Biological invasions by non-native plant species. Which ecosystems: grassland, tundra.
- Keywords:BIODIVERSITY, ECOSYSTEMS, BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS, CLIMATE WARMING, Biology
- Disciplines:Auto-ecology, Community ecology, Ecophysiology and ecomorphology, Invasion biology, Terrestrial ecology
- Research techniques:Experimental simulation of future climate. Techniques for determining the exchange of carbon dioxide, water and nutrients between plants and the environment.
- Users of research expertise:Other researchers. Policy makers. Press and media.
Affiliations
- Plant and Ecosystems (PLECO) - Ecology in a time of change (Research group)
Responsible
From1 Oct 2019 → Today - Plant and Ecosystems (PLECO) - Ecology in a time of change (Research group)
Member
From1 Oct 2003 → 30 Sep 2019
Infrastructure
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- Mesoscale Ecotrons (Consortium coordinator)
- AnaEE-Flanders: Integrated infrastructure for experimental ecosystem research (Consortium partner)
- PTR-TOF 8000 System (proton–transfer–reaction–mass spectrometer)
- Single CW-Quantum Cascade Laser Trace Gas Analysers voor N2O-CH4-H2O
- Proton-Transfer-Reaction-MS (PTR-MS hs)
- Antwerp FATI
Projects
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- The role of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in agricultural grasslands exposed to increasingly persistent weather patterns (AMFAGPW).From1 Feb 2025 → TodayFunding: HORIZON.1.2 - Marie Skłodowska-Curie-actions (MSCA)
- AnaEE-Flanders: Integrated infrastructure for experimental ecosystem research.From1 Jan 2025 → TodayFunding: FWO International research infrastructure (IRI)
- Integrated Research Infrastructure Services for Climate Change risks (IRISCC).From1 Apr 2024 → TodayFunding: HORIZON.1.3 - Research Infrastructures
- Mobilising, harmonising and incentivising forest biodiversity and environmental monitoring data through Web 3.0 technology (Forest-Web 3.0).From1 Mar 2024 → TodayFunding: FWO research project (including WEAVE projects)
- Global Ecosystem Functioning and Interactions with Global Change.From1 Jan 2023 → TodayFunding: BOF - Methusalem
- AnaEE-Flanders: Integrated infrastructure for experimental ecosystem research.From1 Jan 2023 → TodayFunding: FWO International research infrastructure (IRI)
- Real-time and spatially distributed monitoring of microclimate.From1 Nov 2022 → TodayFunding: FWO Strategic Basic Research Grant
- Integrated Services supporting a sustainable agroecological transition (AgroServ).From1 Sep 2022 → TodayFunding: HORIZON.1.3 - Research Infrastructures
- The Flanders Forest Living Lab: a semi-automated observatory for multi-scale forest ecological functioning.From1 Jun 2022 → TodayFunding: FWO Medium Size Research Infrastructure, Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- Real-time and spatially distributed monitoring of microclimate.From1 Nov 2021 → 31 Oct 2022Funding: BOF - doctoral mandates
Publications
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- Road disturbance shifts root fungal symbiont types and reduces the connectivity of plant-fungal co-occurrence networks in mountains(2025)Published in: Molecular ecologyISSN: 0962-1083Volume: 99
- More persistent precipitation regimes induce soil degradation(2025)Published in: Geoderma: an international journal of soil scienceISSN: 0016-7061Volume: 455Pages: 1 - 13
- Turning up the heat: more persistent precipitation regimes weaken the micro-climate buffering capacity of forage grasses during a hot summer(2025)Published in: Global change biologyISSN: 1354-1013Volume: 31Pages: 1 - 12
- Temporal effects of road disturbance on the spread of non-native plants and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in subarctic mountain ecosystems(2025)Published in: Oikos: a journal of ecologyISSN: 0030-1299Volume: 202Pages: 1 - 12
- Effects of fire on biodiversity and ecosystem multifunctionality: field observations and meta-analysis(2025)Number of pages: 138
- Roadside disturbance promotes plant communities with arbuscular mycorrhizal associations in mountain regions worldwide(2024)Published in: EcographyISSN: 0906-7590Volume: 202Pages: 1 - 14
- Proximal microclimate: moving beyond spatiotemporal resolution improves ecological predictions(2024)Published in: Global ecology and biogeographyISSN: 1466-822XVolume: 33Pages: 1 - 16
- Phenotypic plasticity as the main driver of alien plant trait variation in urban versus rural microclimate for the model species Veronica persica(2024)Published in: OecologiaISSN: 0029-8549Volume: 205Pages: 643 - 654
- Plant-mycorrhizal interactions and their role in plant invasions in mountains(2024)Number of pages: 182
- Direct and higher-order interactions in plant communities under increasing weather persistence(2024)Published in: Oikos: a journal of ecologyISSN: 0030-1299Volume: 202Pages: 1 - 12
Linked dataset
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- Data from: Road disturbance shifts root fungal symbiont types and reduces the connectivity of plant-fungal co-occurrence networks in mountains
- Data from: Turning up the heat: more persistent precipitation regimes weaken the micro-climate buffering capacity of forage grasses during hot summer
- Bioproject PRJEB80869
- Sequencing data associated with: More persistent weather causes a pronounced soil microbial legacy but does not impact subsequent plant communities
- Dataset: Roadside disturbance promotes plant communities with arbuscular mycorrhizal associations in mountain regions worldwide
- Data from: Can permanent grassland soils with elevated organic carbon buffer negative effects of more persistent precipitation regimes on forage grass performance?
- Dataset associated with: Increasing presence of non-native plants and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi during a 10-year survey along subarctic mountains roads
- Data from: Direct and higher-order interactions in plant communities under increasing weather persistence
- Data associated with Basalt addition improves the performance of young grassland monocultures under more persistent weather featuring longer dry and wet spells
- Sequencing data : Longer dry and wet spells alter the stochasticity of microbial community assembly in grassland soils