Institute record of Laboratorium voor Plantenecologie

Information

Type

Organization

Type

https://marineinfo.org/ns/institutes/levelnames#Labo

Type

https://marineinfo.org/ns/institutes/types#Scientific

Name

Laboratorium voor Plantenecologie

Name

Lab of Plant Ecology@en

Acronym

KULeuven-Pleco

Parent institute

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven; Departement Biologie; Afdeling systematiek en ecologie van planten

Address

Kasteelpark Arenberg 31, 3001 Heverlee, Belgium

Contact numbers

Telephone

+32-(0)16-32 15 30

Email

jozef.vanasche@kuleuven.be

Location

latitude

50.8634957

longitude

4.6850640

Description @en

Research in our laboratory can be subdivided in three categories. One domain deals with the ecology of seed dormancy. In particular the effect of natural conditions (temperature, light etc.) on seed dormancy of hard seeded species and species occuring in forests is being studied. A second domain consists of an ecological study of phytoplankton in general and Desmidiaceae in particular. Phytoplankton ecology is being studied by monitoring, as well as by performing laboratory experiments. Plant conservation biology is the third category and deals with the biology of small and isolated plant populations in fragmented landscapes. The main aim of the research is to integrate population ecology and population genetics in a spatial context.

Description @nl

Het onderzoek in het labo is voornamelijk toegespitst op volgende onderwerpen: Fytoplankton onderzoek, de identificatie van mariene algen en ecologie ervan. Ecologie van de zaadkieming Reproductie van kruiden uit bossen en bosranden Ecologie van Sieralgen in Vlaamse vennen