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KU Leuven: Leuven, BE

2023-10-01 to present | Associate Professor (Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences)
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Koenraad Van Meerbeek

KU Leuven: Leuven, BE

2019-10-01 to present | Assistant Director (KU Leuven Plant Institute)
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Koenraad Van Meerbeek

KU Leuven: Leuven, BE

2018-10-01 to 2023-09-30 | Assistant Professor (Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences)
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Koenraad Van Meerbeek

Aarhus University: Aarhus, DK

2017-11-01 to 2018-08-31 | Postdoctoral researcher (Department of Bioscience)
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Koenraad Van Meerbeek

KU Leuven: Leuven, BE

2015-10-15 to 2017-09-30 | Postdoctoral researcher (Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences)
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Koenraad Van Meerbeek

KU Leuven: Leuven, BE

2011-03-01 to 2015-10-12 | PhD researcher (Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences)
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Koenraad Van Meerbeek

Education and qualifications (2)

KU Leuven: Leuven, BE

2011-03-01 to 2015-10-14 | PhD (Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences)
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Koenraad Van Meerbeek

KU Leuven: Leuven, BE

2007-09-23 to 2009-06-30 | MSc (Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences)
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Koenraad Van Meerbeek

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Incorporating Climatic Extremes Using the GEV Distribution Improves SDM Range Edge Performance

Journal of Biogeography
2025-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/jbi.15067
Contributors: Ward Fonteyn; Josep M. Serra‐Diaz; Bart Muys; Koenraad Van Meerbeek
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How repeated droughts impact the stability of the Amazon forest

2025-03-15 | Preprint
DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu25-16154
Contributors: Johanna Van Passel; Ben Somers; Koenraad Van Meerbeek; Wanda De Keersmaecker; Paulo Bernardino
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theRmalUAV: an R package to clean and correct thermal UAV data for accurate land surface temperatures

2025-02-28 | Preprint
DOI: 10.32942/X20345
Contributors: Christophe Metsu; Wouter Maes; Sam Ottoy; Koenraad Van Meerbeek
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Trait-environment interactions influence tree planting success in Peruvian tropical dry forests

2025-02-25 | Preprint
DOI: 10.1101/2025.02.21.639418
Contributors: W. Goossens; T. Fremout; B. Muys; J.C. Soto Quispe; K. Van Meerbeek; S.L. Maes
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Predictability of abrupt shifts in dryland ecosystem functioning

Nature Climate Change
2025-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41558-024-02201-0
Contributors: Paulo N. Bernardino; Wanda De Keersmaecker; Stéphanie Horion; Stefan Oehmcke; Fabian Gieseke; Rasmus Fensholt; Ruben Van De Kerchove; Stef Lhermitte; Christin Abel; Koenraad Van Meerbeek et al.
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Climate change, disturbance legacy and abrupt shifts in ecosystem functioning: what makes arid African savannas more resilient?

2025-01-20 | Preprint
DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu24-17222
Contributors: Liezl Mari Vermeulen; Bruno Verbist; Koenraad Van Meerbeek; Jasper Slingsby; Paulo Negri Bernardino; Ben Somers
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Fine-scale microclimate data improve species distribution models of forest plant species

2025-01-20 | Preprint
DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu24-4103
Contributors: Koenraad Van Meerbeek; Stef Haesen
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Embracing plant–plant interactions—Rethinking predictions of species range shifts

Journal of Ecology
2024-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.14415
Contributors: Pieter Sanczuk; Dries Landuyt; Emiel De Lombaerde; Jonathan Lenoir; Eline Lorer; Miska Luoto; Koenraad Van Meerbeek; Florian Zellweger; Pieter De Frenne
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Variation in insect herbivory across an urbanization gradient: The role of abiotic factors and leaf secondary metabolites

Plant Physiology and Biochemistry
2024-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2024.109056
Contributors: Xoaquín Moreira; Astrid Van den Bossche; Karlien Moeys; Koenraad Van Meerbeek; Arno Thomaes; Carla Vázquez-González; Luis Abdala-Roberts; Jörg Brunet; Sara A.O. Cousins; Emmanuel Defossez et al.
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Incorporating climatic extremes using the GEV distribution improves SDM range edge performance

2024-10-16 | Preprint
DOI: 10.1101/2024.10.14.618163
Contributors: Ward Fonteyn; Josep M. Serra-Diaz; Bart Muys; Koenraad Van Meerbeek
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Species distribution models: a genomic perspective without limits

2024-08-25 | Preprint
DOI: 10.22541/au.172462796.66134085/v1
Contributors: Hanne De Kort; Simon Blanchet; Jonathan Lenoir; Stephanie Manel; Koenraad Van Meerbeek
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Microclimate, an important part of ecology and biogeography

Global Ecology and Biogeography
2024-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/geb.13834
Contributors: Julia Kemppinen; Jonas J. Lembrechts; Koenraad Van Meerbeek; Jofre Carnicer; Nathalie Isabelle Chardon; Paul Kardol; Jonathan Lenoir; Daijun Liu; Ilya Maclean; Jan Pergl et al.
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Critical slowing down of the Amazon forest after increased drought occurrence

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2024-05-28 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2316924121
Part of ISSN: 0027-8424
Part of ISSN: 1091-6490
Contributors: Johanna Van Passel; Paulo N. Bernardino; Stef Lhermitte; Bianca Rius; Hirota, Marina; Timo Conradi; Wanda de Keersmaecker; Koenraad Van Meerbeek; Ben Somers
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Predicting the responses of European grassland communities to climate and land cover change

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
2024-05-27 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2023.0335
Contributors: Chang Liu; Koenraad Van Meerbeek
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Wetness severity increases abrupt shifts in ecosystem functioning in arid savannas

Global Change Biology
2024-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.17235
Contributors: L. M. Vermeulen; B. Verbist; K. Van Meerbeek; J. Slingsby; P. N. Bernardino; B. Somers
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Estimating vegetation water content from Sentinel-1 C-band SAR data over savanna and grassland ecosystems

Environmental Research Letters
2024-03-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/ad288f
Contributors: Paulo N Bernardino; Rafael S Oliveira; Koenraad Van Meerbeek; Marina Hirota; Mariana N Furtado; Isabela A Sanches; Ben Somers
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Microclimate reveals the true thermal niche of forest plant species

Ecology Letters
2023-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/ele.14312
Contributors: Stef Haesen; Jonathan Lenoir; Eva Gril; Pieter De Frenne; Jonas J. Lembrechts; Martin Kopecký; Martin Macek; Matěj Man; Jan Wild; Koenraad Van Meerbeek
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The essential role of biodiversity in the key axes of ecosystem function

Global Change Biology
2023-08 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.16666
Contributors: Pu Yan; Marcos Fernández‐Martínez; Koenraad Van Meerbeek; Guirui Yu; Mirco Migliavacca; Nianpeng He
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The drivers of dark diversity in the Scandinavian tundra are metric-dependent

2023-02-19 | Preprint
DOI: 10.1101/2023.02.17.528269
Contributors: Lore Hostens; Koenraad Van Meerbeek; Dymphna Wiegmans; Keith Larson; Jonathan Lenoir; Jan Clavel; Ronja Wedegärtner; Amber Pirée; Ivan Nijs; Lembrechts Jonas J.
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Ellenberg‐type indicator values for European vascular plant species

Journal of Vegetation Science
2023-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/jvs.13168
Contributors: Lubomír Tichý; Irena Axmanová; Jürgen Dengler; Riccardo Guarino; Florian Jansen; Gabriele Midolo; Michael P. Nobis; Koenraad Van Meerbeek; Svetlana Aćić; Fabio Attorre et al.
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Predicting ecosystem productivity based on plant community traits

Trends in Plant Science
2023-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2022.08.015
Contributors: Nianpeng He; Pu Yan; Congcong Liu; Li Xu; Mingxu Li; Koenraad Van Meerbeek; Guangsheng Zhou; Guoyi Zhou; Shirong Liu; Xuhui Zhou et al.
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Ecological Indicator Values for Europe (EIVE) 1.0

Vegetation Classification and Survey
2023-01-13 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3897/VCS.98324
Contributors: Jürgen Dengler; Florian Jansen; Olha Chusova; Elisabeth Hüllbusch; Michael P. Nobis; Koenraad Van Meerbeek; Irena Axmanová; Hans Henrik Bruun; Milan Chytrý; Riccardo Guarino et al.
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Climatic legacy effects on the drought response of the Amazon rainforest

Global Change Biology
2022-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.16336
Contributors: Johanna Van Passel; Wanda de Keersmaecker; Paulo N. Bernardino; Xin Jing; Nikolaus Umlauf; Koenraad Van Meerbeek; Ben Somers
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Competition mediates understorey species range shifts under climate change

Journal of Ecology
2022-08 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.13907
Contributors: Pieter Sanczuk; Emiel De Lombaerde; Stef Haesen; Koenraad Van Meerbeek; Miska Luoto; Bas Van der Veken; Eric Van Beek; Martin Hermy; Kris Verheyen; Pieter Vangansbeke et al.
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Maintaining forest cover to enhance temperature buffering under future climate change

Science of The Total Environment
2022-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.151338
Contributors: Emiel De Lombaerde; Pieter Vangansbeke; Jonathan Lenoir; Koenraad Van Meerbeek; Jonas Lembrechts; Francisco Rodríguez-Sánchez; Miska Luoto; Brett Scheffers; Stef Haesen; Juha Aalto et al.
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Species distribution models and a 60‐year‐old transplant experiment reveal inhibited forest plant range shifts under climate change

Journal of Biogeography
2022-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/jbi.14325
Contributors: Pieter Sanczuk; Emiel De Lombaerde; Stef Haesen; Koenraad Van Meerbeek; Bas Van der Veken; Martin Hermy; Kris Verheyen; Pieter Vangansbeke; Pieter De Frenne
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Foliar optical traits capture physiological and phenological leaf plasticity in Tilia×euchlora in the urban environment

Science of The Total Environment
2022-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.150219
Part of ISSN: 0048-9697
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Koenraad Van Meerbeek

Trick or treat? Pollinator attraction in Vanilla pompona (Orchidaceae)

Biotropica
2022-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/btp.13034
Contributors: Charlotte Watteyn; Daniela Scaccabarozzi; Bart Muys; Nele Van Der Schueren; Koenraad Van Meerbeek; Maria F. Guizar Amador; James D. Ackerman; Marco V. Cedeño Fonseca; Isler F. Chinchilla Alvarado; Bert Reubens et al.
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ForestTemp – Sub‐canopy microclimate temperatures of European forests

Global Change Biology
2021-10-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.15892
Part of ISSN: 1354-1013
Part of ISSN: 1365-2486
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Koenraad Van Meerbeek

Unifying the concepts of stability and resilience in ecology

Journal of Ecology
2021-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.13651
Contributors: Koenraad Van Meerbeek; Tommaso Jucker; Jens‐Christian Svenning
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Above‐ and below‐ground complementarity rather than selection drive tree diversity–productivity relationships in European forests

Functional Ecology
2021-08 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.13825
Part of ISSN: 0269-8463
Part of ISSN: 1365-2435
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Koenraad Van Meerbeek

On the measurement of microclimate

Methods in Ecology and Evolution
2021-08 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/2041-210X.13627
Contributors: Ilya M. D. Maclean; James P. Duffy; Stef Haesen; Sanne Govaert; Pieter De Frenne; Thomas Vanneste; Jonathan Lenoir; Jonas J. Lembrechts; Marcus W. Rhodes; Koenraad Van Meerbeek
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Trick or Treat? Pollinator attraction in Vanilla pompona (Orchidaceae)

2021-08-31 | Other
DOI: 10.1101/2021.08.30.458254
Contributors: Charlotte Watteyn; Daniela Scaccabarozzi; Bart Muys; Nele Van Der Schueren; Koenraad Van Meerbeek; Maria F. Guizar Amador; James D. Ackerman; Marco V. Cedeño Fonseca; Isler F. Chinchilla Alvarado; Bert Reubens et al.
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Benchmarking plant diversity of Palaearctic grasslands and other open habitats

Journal of Vegetation Science
2021-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/jvs.13050
Contributors: Idoia Biurrun; Remigiusz Pielech; Iwona Dembicz; François Gillet; Łukasz Kozub; Corrado Marcenò; Triin Reitalu; Koenraad Van Meerbeek; Riccardo Guarino; Milan Chytrý et al.
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Global patterns and drivers of rainfall partitioning by trees and shrubs

Global Change Biology
2021-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.15644
Contributors: Kai Yue; Pieter De Frenne; Dario A. Fornara; Koenraad Van Meerbeek; Wang Li; Xin Peng; Xiangyin Ni; Yan Peng; Fuzhong Wu; Yusheng Yang et al.
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Biological flora of Central Europe: Impatiens glandulifera Royle

Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics
2021-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.ppees.2021.125609
Part of ISSN: 1433-8319
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Koenraad Van Meerbeek

Scale dependence of species–area relationships is widespread but generally weak in Palaearctic grasslands

Journal of Vegetation Science
2021-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/jvs.13044
Contributors: Jinghui Zhang; François Gillet; Sándor Bartha; Juha Mikael Alatalo; Idoia Biurrun; Iwona Dembicz; John‐Arvid Grytnes; Renaud Jaunatre; Remigiusz Pielech; Koenraad Van Meerbeek et al.
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Drivers of carbon stocks in forest edges across Europe

Science of The Total Environment
2021-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.143497
Part of ISSN: 0048-9697
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Koenraad Van Meerbeek

ConservePlants: An integrated approach to conservation of threatened plants for the 21st Century

Research Ideas and Outcomes
2021-01-25 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3897/rio.7.e62810
Part of ISSN: 2367-7163
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Koenraad Van Meerbeek

Positive feedback loop between earthworms, humus form and soil pH reinforces earthworm abundance in European forests

Functional Ecology
2020-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.13668
Contributors: Ellen Desie; Koenraad Van Meerbeek; Hans De Wandeler; Helge Bruelheide; Timo Domisch; Bogdan Jaroszewicz; François‐Xavier Joly; Karen Vancampenhout; Lars Vesterdal; Bart Muys et al.
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Remotely sensed plant traits can provide insights into ecosystem impacts of plant invasions: a case study covering two functionally different invaders

Biological Invasions
2020-12-27 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-020-02338-x
Contributors: Elisa Van Cleemput; Koenraad Van Meerbeek; Kenny Helsen; Olivier Honnay; Ben Somers
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Mapping tree species vulnerability to multiple threats as a guide to restoration and conservation of tropical dry forests

Global Change Biology
2020-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.15028
Contributors: Tobias Fremout; Evert Thomas; Hannes Gaisberger; Koenraad Van Meerbeek; Jannes Muenchow; Siebe Briers; Claudia E. Gutierrez‐Miranda; José L. Marcelo‐Peña; Roeland Kindt; Rachel Atkinson et al.
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Biogeographic historical legacies in the net primary productivity of Northern Hemisphere forests

Ecology Letters
2020-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/ele.13481
Contributors: Timo Conradi; Koenraad Van Meerbeek; Alejandro Ordonez; Jens‐Christian Svenning; Josep Penuelas
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Litter quality and the law of the most limiting: Opportunities for restoring nutrient cycles in acidified forest soils

Science of The Total Environment
2020-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.134383
Contributors: Ellen Desie; Karen Vancampenhout; Bart Nyssen; Leon van den Berg; Maaike Weijters; Gert-Jan van Duinen; Jan den Ouden; Koenraad Van Meerbeek; Bart Muys
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Lignocellulosic biomass for bioenergy beyond intensive cropland and forests

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
2019 | Journal article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2018.12.009
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Koenraad Van Meerbeek

Reconciling Conflicting Paradigms of Biodiversity Conservation: Human Intervention and Rewilding

BioScience
2019-10-16 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biz106
Contributors: Koenraad Van Meerbeek; Bart Muys; Simon D Schowanek; Jens-Christian Svenning
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Disentangling how management affects biomass stock and productivity of tropical secondary forests fallows

Science of The Total Environment
2019-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.12.138
Contributors: Pieter C.J. Moonen; Bruno Verbist; Faustin Boyemba Bosela; Lindsey Norgrove; Stefaan Dondeyne; Koenraad Van Meerbeek; Elizabeth Kearsley; Hans Verbeeck; Pieter Vermeir; Pascal Boeckx et al.
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Causing confusion in the debate about the transition toward a more plant-based diet

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2018-02-20 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1720738115
Contributors: Koenraad Van Meerbeek; Jens-Christian Svenning
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Practical solutions for bottlenecks in ecosystem services mapping

One Ecosystem
2018-01-03 | Journal article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/oneeco.3.e20713
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Koenraad Van Meerbeek

Assessing top- and subsoil organic carbon stocks of Low-Input High-Diversity systems using soil and vegetation characteristics

Science of the Total Environment
2017 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.02.116
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Contributors: Ottoy, S.; Van Meerbeek, K.; Sindayihebura, A.; Hermy, M.; Van Orshoven, J.
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