Plant Ecology and Nature Conservation Group
The Plant Ecology and Nature Conservation Group (PEN) studies and teaches the processes and underlying mechanisms that link biodiversity, ecosystem functioning and service delivery and aims to implement these insights in the design of effective biodiversity conservation strategies.
Our Research
Research at the Plant Ecology and Nature Conservation Group examines the impact of land-use change and climate change on biodiversity and the links between biodiversity, ecosystem functioning and the delivery of ecosystem services and public goods.
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Recent PhD theses
Recent publications
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Simulating surface soil moisture on sandy beaches
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DNA methylation in clonal duckweed (Lemna minor L.) lineages reflects current and historical environmental exposures
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Polydomus karssenii gen. nov. sp. nov. is a dark septate endophyte with a bifunctional lifestyle parasitising eggs of plant parasitic cyst nematodes (Heterodera spp.)