> Scientific workshop (09.03.2006 )
The aim of the scientific workshop is to present a synthesis of ongoing scientific research on biological invasions in Belgium, with a focus on the results gathered during the INPLANBEL research project.
The workshop will be organised in sessions that parallel the different approaches adopted in the INPLANBEL project: implementing check lists of invading species, understanding the dispersal and spread at the landscape scale, predicting invasion from species and ecosystems traits, assessing the impacts of IAS on ecosystems and biodiversity. Workshop official language is English.
The workshop will be organised in the auditorium of the Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences, Brussels.
> Programme
Introduction
| 09:00 | Welcome and general introduction (EN) Ivan Nijs, INPLANBEL / UA |
| 09:15 | The need for a pan-European perspective on biological invasions : approaches and opportunities (EN) Phil Hulme, DAISIE / CEH (UK) |
Session 1 – Survey and monitoring of invasive species in Belgium
| 09:30 | Black lists, a tool for biological invasion control (EN) Etienne Branquart, Belgian Biodiversity Platform |
| 09:45 | A check list of exotic plants (EN) Filip Verloove, INPLANBEL / NBG |
| 10:00 | Exotic invasive animals in terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems (EN) Luc De Bruyn, INBO, & Etienne Branquart, Belgian Biodiversity Platform |
| 10:20 | Exotic invasive species in the marine ecosystem : the situation in Belgian marine waters (EN) Francis Kerckhof, UGMM / KBIN |
| 10:35 | General discussion |
11:05-11:30 COFFEE BREAK
Session 2 – Prediction of invasion success
| 11:30 | Can we predict invasion? (EN) Mark H. Williamson, University of York (UK) |
| 11:45 | A joint analysis of plant invaders and ecosystem traits to explain invasion success (EN) Evi Rossi, INPLANBEL / UA |
| 10:35 | General discussion |
12:30-13:30 LUNCH
Session 3 – Dispersal at landscape level
| 13:30 | The evolution of dispersal during the invasion process (EN) Grégory Mahy, INPLANBEL / FUSAGx |
| 13:45 | Effect of landscape structure on population dynamics of invasive plants species in Belgium (EN) Nora Pieret, INPLANBEL / FUSAGx |
| 14:00 | Dispersal mediated invasion patterns of Prunus serotina at different spatial scales (EN) Kris Verheyen, University Ghent |
| 14:15 | Modelling the dispersal of the invasive forest tree species : how microsatellites can help? (EN) Marie Pairon, INPLANBEL / UCL |
| 14:30 | Modelling the spread of invading organisms: accounting for long-distance dispersal and landscape heterogeneity (EN) Marius Gilbert, ULB |
| 14:45 | General discussion |
15:15-15:45 COFFEE BREAK
Session 4 – Impacts of invasive species on ecosystems and biodiversity
| 15:45 | Alien invasive species : impacts on ecosystems (EN) Pierre Meerts, INPLANBEL / ULB |
| 16:00 | Impact of invasive plants on soil properties, nutrient fluxes and primary productivity (EN) Sonia Vanderhoeven & Nicolas Dassonville, INPLANBEL / ULB |
| 16:15 | Intraguild predation by Harmonia axyridis (EN) Louis Hautier, CRAGx |
| 16:30 | General discussion |
