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Researcher

Mats Van Gestel

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Awards & Distinctions

6 Results

2025

Spatial variation in detachment rates of larval Ixodes ricinus from a common host (Apodemus sylvaticus) : an experiment

Mats Van GestelErik MatthysenGerardo FracassoKris VerheyenDieter Heylen

A1 Journal Article in EXPERIMENTAL AND APPLIED ACAROLOGY

2024

Ecological factors driving micro-geographic variation in tick-borne disease risk

Mats Van GestelErik MatthysenKris VerheyenDieter Heylen

Recreational hazard : vegetation and host habitat use correlate with changes in tick-borne disease hazard at infrastructure within forest stands

Mats Van GestelDieter HeylenKris VerheyenManoj FonvilleHein SprongErik Matthysen

A1 Journal Article in SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

The effect of forest structural complexity on tick-borne pathogens in questing ticks and small mammals

Tosca VanroyAn MartelLander BaetenManoj FonvilleLuc LensFrank PasmansHein SprongDiederik StrubbeMats Van GestelKris Verheyen

A1 Journal Article in FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

2022

Survival in the understorey : testing direct and indirect effects of microclimatological changes on Ixodes ricinus

Mats Van GestelErik MatthysenDieter HeylenKris Verheyen

A1 Journal Article in TICKS AND TICK-BORNE DISEASES

2021

Danger on the track? Tick densities near recreation infrastructures in forests

Mats Van GestelKris VerheyenErik MatthysenDieter Heylen

A1 Journal Article in URBAN FORESTRY & URBAN GREENING