• Raf Aerts' profile

    I'm male and 33

    • What I do

      I am a postdoctoral researcher of the K.U.Leuven Research Fund at the Division Forest, Nature and Landscape of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium), interested in the ecology of dry forests, with an emphasis on forest restoration in semiarid areas. I lived as a project coordinator in Mekelle, Ethiopia, for four years and was affiliated to the Land Resources Management and Environmental Protection Department of Mekelle University.

      Blog:
      A(frican) Blog of Ecology

    • Affiliations

      Current

    • Interests

      () Structure and species composition of tropical (dry) forests (e.g. Northern-Thailand, Northern-Ethiopia, Southern-Kenya)
      (      ) Dispersal and recruitment of dryland tree species, in particular African wild olive (Olea europaea ssp. cuspidata)
      () Forest fragmentation and its effects on plant and bird species in fragments and matrix sites and its consequences for forest restoration
      (      ) University Development Cooperation

    • Projects

      () Bird communities as indicators of stand structural complexity in fragmented Afrotropical rainforests (2007-2008)
      (      ) Dispersal and recruitment of African wild olive (Olea europaea ssp. cuspidata (Wall. ex G. Don) Cif.) in the highlands of Central-Tigray, Northern-Ethiopia (2003-2005)
      () Towards integrated catchment management in tropical mountain areas: the problem of sediment management, Paute catchment, Ecuador (2001-2005)
      (      ) Forest Rehabilitation through Natural Regeneration in Tigray, Northern-Ethiopia (2000-2004)

    • Publications

      • AERTS R. In situ persistence of African wild olive and forest restoration in degraded semiarid savanna Journal of Arid Environments (2008) doi: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2007.11.009

      • Letters to the editor about the contents of past issues and comments on topics of current concern to Frontiers readers Front Ecol and Environ 5 (2) doi: 10.1890/1540-9295(2007)5[66a:C

      • Aerts R, Lerouge F, November E, Lens L, Hermy M, Muys B. Land rehabilitation and the conservation of birds in a degraded Afromontane landscape in northern Ethiopia Biodivers Conserv (Epub 15 Sep 2007) doi: 10.1007/s10531-007-9230-2

      • AERTS R, MAES W, NOVEMBER E, BEHAILU M, POESEN J, DECKERS J, HERMY M, MUYS B. Surface runoff and seed trapping efficiency of shrubs in a regenerating semiarid woodland in northern Ethiopia CATENA 65 (1) , 61 - 70 doi: 10.1016/j.catena.2005.09.004

      • AERTS R, MAES W, NOVEMBER E, NEGUSSIE A, HERMY M, MUYS B. Restoring dry Afromontane forest using bird and nurse plant effects: Direct sowing of Olea europaea ssp. cuspidata seeds Forest Ecology and Management 230 (1-3) , 23 - 31 doi: 10.1016/j.foreco.2006.04.001

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    • Contact

      email:
      MSN:
      raf.aerts@agr.kuleuven.ac.be
      Skype:
      rafaerts
      Yahoo:
      rafaerts@yahoo.com
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