Code
3F013708
Duration
01 October 2008 → 30 September 2012
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund, Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)
Promotor
Fellow
Research disciplines
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Natural sciences
- Animal biology
- Plant biology
- Soil sciences, challenges and pollution
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Agricultural and food sciences
- Agricultural plant production
- Agriculture, land and farm management
- Horticultural production
Keywords
populationdynamics
compost
morfology
fungivorous/bacterivorous ratio
succession
nematoda
temperature
ecology
Project description
Nematodes are often used as bioindicators and the nematode diversity and density in mature compost will be important to build a solid soilfoodweb. In this research 3 main sections will be investigated: 1) the biodiversity of the nematodes during the composting process, 2) the nematode population dynamics during this proces and 3) if and how the nematode composition reflects the condition of the compost process.