Raf Aerts, PhD
Leuven, Belgium
Research field: Environmental Sciences - Ecology
Forest ecology; Forest restoration; Tropical forest; Forest fragmentation; Genetic diversity; Wild coffee; Birds; Afromontane forest; Ethiopia; Dry forest; Rainforest; Facilitation
Publications
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Journal Article (24)
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Raf Aerts, Jan Nyssen, Mitiku Haile (2009) On the difference between “exclosures” and “enclosures” in ecology and the environment, 762-763. In Journal of Arid Environments 73 (8).
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Raf Aerts (2009) Open-access publishing can survive recession, 967. In Nature 458 (7241).Download PDF (307.27 KB)
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Raf Aerts (2008) Digital identifiers could keep up with authors' moves, 575; author reply 575. In Nature 454 (7204).Download PDF (55.04 KB)
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Raf Aerts (2008) Digital identifiers work for articles, so why not authors?, 979. In Nature 453 (7198).Download PDF (51.87 KB)
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Aklilu Negussie, Raf Aerts, Kindeya Gebrehiwot et al. (2008) Euphorbia abyssinica latex promotes rooting of Boswellia cuttings, 35-42. In New Forests 37 (1).Download PDF (229.86 KB)
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Raf Aerts, Eva November, Wouter Maes et al. (2008) In situ persistence of African wild olive and forest restoration in degraded semiarid savanna, 1131-1136. In Journal of Arid Environments 72 (6).
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Wouter M J Achten, Louis Verchot, Y Franken et al. (2008) Jatropha bio-diesel production and use, 1063-1084. In Biomass and Bioenergy 32 (12).
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Raf Aerts, Els Prinsen, Bart Muys (2008) Potential pathways of indole acetic acid (IAA) biosynthesis in Euphorbia abyssinica, 1-3. In Nature Precedings.Download PDF (127.05 KB)
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Aklilu Negussie, Raf Aerts, Kindeya Gebrehiwot et al. (2008) Seedling mortality causes recruitment limitation of Boswellia papyrifera in northern Ethiopia, 378-383. In Journal of Arid Environments 72 (4).
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Raf Aerts (2007) Church forests in Ethiopia, 66. In Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 5 (2).Download PDF (80.85 KB)
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Book Section (3)
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Raf Aerts (2008) Afrocarpus falcatus (Thunb.) C.N. Page, 36-39. In Plant Resources of Tropical Africa 7(1). Timbers 1.
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Raf Aerts (2008) Erythrina abyssinica Lam ex DC, 249-252. In Plant Resources of Tropical Africa 7(1). Timbers 1.
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Raf Aerts, Ives Van Der Borght, Eva November et al. (2005) The importance of early successional shrubs for recruitment of african wild olive (Olea europaea ssp. cuspidata) in Central Tigray, Ethiopia, 167-176. In Taxonomy and ecology of African plants, their conservation and sustainable use.Download PDF (121.64 KB)
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Conference Proceedings (2)
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Raf Aerts, Eva November, Martin Hermy et al. (2008) Assisting natural forest regeneration in Northern Ethiopia: one measure is not enough. In Sustainable Forest Management in Africa, African Solutions to African Problems in Natural Forest Management.Download PDF (1.09 MB)
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Raf Aerts, Richard Pankhurst, Koen Van Overtveld et al. (2008) Historical deforestation patterns and the conservation value of church forests in the …. In Mountain Forests in a Changing World. Advances in Research on Sustainable Management and the Role of Academic Education.
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Awards and Grants
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Oct 2008Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO Vlaanderen) Postdoc grant View website
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Oct 2007K.U.Leuven Research Fund PDM Postdoc grant View website
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Oct 2006K.U.Leuven Research Fund PDM Postdoc grant View website
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Oct 2003VLIR VLADOC PhD Scholarship View website
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Professional Experience
2006 - Present
Postdoctoral researcher at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
Classes taught:
Advanced Ecology
Forestry
Leuven, Belgium
Classes taught:
Advanced Ecology
Forestry
Jan 2001 - Sep 2003
Project coordinator at Mekelle University
Mekʿelē, Ethiopia
Classes taught:
Dryland forest and woodland management
Mekʿelē, Ethiopia
Classes taught:
Dryland forest and woodland management
Education
Oct 2003 - Apr 2006
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
in Leuven, Belgium
PhD Bioscience engineering
PhD Bioscience engineering
Sep 1992 - Jun 1999
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
in Leuven, Belgium
MSc Bioscience engineering
MSc Bioscience engineering
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