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Raf Aerts, PhD's Publications

Postdoctoral researcher, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
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
Book Section (3) | Conference Proceedings (2) | Journal Article (24)

Journal Article

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 (2008) Digital identifiers could keep up with authors' moves, 575; author reply 575. In Nature 454 (7204).
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Raf Aerts (2008) Digital identifiers work for articles, so why not authors?, 979. In Nature 453 (7198).
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Aklilu Negussie, Raf Aerts, Kindeya Gebrehiwot, Els Prinsen, Bart Muys (2008) Euphorbia abyssinica latex promotes rooting of Boswellia cuttings, 35-42. In New Forests 37 (1).
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Raf Aerts, Eva November, Wouter Maes, Ives Van Der Borght, Aklilu Negussie, Ermias Aynekulu, Martin Hermy, Bart Muys (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, Erik Mathijs, Virendra P Singh, Raf Aerts, Bart Muys (2008) Jatropha bio-diesel production and use, 1063-1084. In Biomass and Bioenergy 32 (12).
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Aklilu Negussie, Raf Aerts, Kindeya Gebrehiwot, Bart Muys (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).
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Maximilien Fontaine, Raf Aerts, Kürşad Özkan, Ahmet Mert, Serkan Gülsoy, Halil Süel, Marc Waelkens, Bart Muys (2007) Elevation and exposition rather than soil types determine communities and site suitability in Mediterranean mountain forests of southern Anatolia, Turkey, 18-25. In Forest Ecology and Management 247 (1-3).
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Wouter M J Achten, Erik Mathijs, Louis Verchot, Virendra P Singh, Raf Aerts, Bart Muys (2007) Jatropha biodiesel fueling sustainability?, 283-291. In Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining.
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Raf Aerts, Frederik Lerouge, Eva November, Luc Lens, Martin Hermy, Bart Muys (2007) Land rehabilitation and the conservation of birds in a degraded Afromontane landscape in northern Ethiopia, 53-69. In Biodiversity and Conservation 17 (1).
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Raf Aerts, Aklilu Negussie, Wouter Maes, Eva November, Martin Hermy, Bart Muys (2007) Restoration of dry afromontane forest using pioneer shrubs as nurse plants for Olea europaea ssp. cuspidata, 129-138. In Restoration Ecology.
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Raf Aerts, Eva November, Ives Van Der Borght, Mintesinot Behailu, Martin Hermy, Bart Muys (2006) Effects of pioneer shrubs on the recruitment of the fleshy-fruited tree, 117-126. In Applied Vegetation Science.
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Raf Aerts, Wouter Maes, Eva November, Aklilu Negussie, Martin Hermy, Bart Muys (2006) Restoring dry Afromontane forest using bird and nurse plant effects: Direct sowing of Olea europaea ssp. cuspidata seeds, 23-31. In Forest Ecology and Management 230 (1-3).
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Raf Aerts, Koen Van Overtveld, Mitiku Haile, Martin Hermy, Jozef Deckers, Bart Muys (2006) Species composition and diversity of small Afromontane forest fragments in northern Ethiopia, 127-142. In Plant Ecology 187 (1).
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Raf Aerts, Wouter Maes, Eva November, Mintesinot Behailu, Jean Poesen, Jozef Deckers, Martin Hermy, Bart Muys (2006) Surface runoff and seed trapping efficiency of shrubs in a regenerating semiarid woodland in northern Ethiopia, 61-70. In Catena 65 (1).
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Raf Aerts, Aklilu Negussie, Wouter Maes, Eva November, Martin Hermy, Bart Muys (2006) Survival of planted African wild olive seedlings in northern Ethiopian exclosures depends on planting season and shrub cover, 64-71. In Journal of the Drylands 1 (1).
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Gerrit Van Wyk, Dave Pepler, Kindeya Gebrehiwot, Raf Aerts, Bart Muys (2006) The potential and risks of using exotics for the rehabilitation of Ethiopian dryland forests, 148-157. In Journal of the Drylands 1 (2).
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Raf Aerts, Tim Wagendorp, Eva November, Mintesinot Behailu, Jozef Deckers, Bart Muys (2004) Ecosystem thermal buffer capacity as an indicator of the restoration status of protected areas in the northern Ethiopian highlands, 586-596. In Restoration Ecology.
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Raf Aerts, Eva November, Mintesinot Behailu, Jozef Deckers, Martin Hermy, Bart Muys (2002) Forest rehabilitation: one approach to water conservation in central tigray, 34-37. In Ethiopian Journal of Water Science and Technology.
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Raf Aerts, Haile Mitiku, Bart Muys, Jozef Deckers, Martin Hermy, Jan Moeyersons (2001) Forest rehabilitation and water conservation in the Tigray highlands, northern Ethiopia, 29-31. In European Tropical Forest Research Network Newsletter.
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Raf Aerts, Rony Swennen, Bart Muys (2001) Standplaatsclassificatie en indicatoren van de bladverliezende bossen in Noord-Thailand, 1-19. In Groene Band.
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