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Project

The influence of forest structural complexity on avian condition and stress-mediated pathogen dynamics

Outputs and Outcomes

Code

01CD08524

Duration

01 December 2024 → 31 May 2025

Funding

Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund

Promotor

Luc Lens

Fellow

Bram Catfolis

Research disciplines

Natural sciences
- Ecophysiology and ecomorphology
- Environmental management
Medical and health sciences
- Parasitology

Keywords

tick biology forest ecology host-pathogen dynamics Avian ecology

Project description

This project aims to advance our understanding of how forest structural complexity affect stress-mediated host-pathogen dynamics in birds. We therefore combine field observations in selected forests across Belgium with lab experiments on animal and zoonotic diseases and state-of-the-art statistical and mechanistic modelling to generalize the obtained results.

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