690 zoekresultaten voor “plant ecology” in de Publieke website
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Metabolomic characterization of plant exudates and their correlation with plant defense systems
Plant exudates appeared long time ago in the history line of life in the early Devonian. They are typical saps produced by specialized cells.
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Industrial Ecology
Het onderzoeksprogramma Industrial Ecology heeft als doel de ecologische transformatie naar duurzaamheid te ondersteunen van maatschappij en milieu. Het onderzoeksonderwerp is Industriële Ecologie in zijn breedste definitie, waaronder de analyse van milieusystemen en de integratie van de sociale en…
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Industrial Ecology (MSc)
De tweejarige masteropleiding Industrial Ecology is een samenwerking tussen de Universiteit Leiden en de Technische Universiteit Delft De opleiding biedt een gereedschapskist voor duurzame ontwikkeling in de vorm van een systematische aanpak van door de mens veroorzaakte problemen. Hierbij worden technische,…
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The Ecology and Evolution of Microbial Warfare in Streptomyces
The soil-dwelling, filamentous bacteria of the genus Streptomyces are renowned for their production of useful secondary metabolites including antibiotics. The work described in this thesis provides new insights on the role and regulation of antibiotic production and resistance in these bacteria.
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Parallel evolution in an invasive plant species: evolutionary changes in allocation to growth, defense, competitive ability and regrowth of invasive
Promotor: Prof.dr. P.G.L Klinkhamer, Co-promotor: K. Vrieling
- Ecology, Migration and Tolerance: Limits to Cooperation
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General plant strategies and functions in wetlands: Global trait-based analyses
Wetland plants are distinguished from plants of other terrestrial ecosystems by their adaptations to specific habitat stresses, including waterlogged and flooding and the subsequent abundance of phytotoxic compounds.
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Plant Sciences
De missie van het Plant Sciences onderzoeksprogramma is om bij te dragen aan de duurzame productie van gewassen van hoge kwaliteit, bloemen en hoogwaardige producten met een biologische basis. Dit wordt gerealiseerd door het opdoen van fundamentele kennis over biologische processen omtrent de ontwikkeling…
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Phylogenetic ecology of octocoral - gastropod associations
Promotor: E. Gittenberger, Co-promotores: L.P. van Ofwegen; B.W. Hoeksema
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The rebound effect through industrial ecology’s eyes : the case of transport eco-innovation
Promotor: Prof. dr. Arnold Tukker & Prof. dr. René Kemp (Maastricht University)
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Ecology and genomics of Actinobacteria and their specialised metabolism
Filamentous Actinobacteria, such as Streptomyces, produce a plethora of chemically diverse bioactive metabolites that have found applications across medicine, agriculture and biotechnology.
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Hoe overleven planten?
Voor groep 4/5 basisschool.
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Soil legacy effects on aboveground plant-insect interactions
In this thesis, the role of plant-mediated soil legacy effects in shaping aboveground plant-insect interactions was investigated.
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Effects of light at night on plants and their interactions with other species
What is the effect of light at night on plant phenology and physiology, and how does this affect plant interactions with other species?
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Satellite remote sensing of plant functional diversity
Biodiversity enables ecosystems to thrive through the synergy of functional differences among organisms. While human well-being strongly depends on biodiversity-driven ecosystem services, human actions are also at the root of current unprecedented biodiversity declines.
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A meta-analysis of wetland plant traits in relation to the strategies of wetland plants and the impacts on ecosystem functioning
What are trait-trait relationships in wetlands? To what extent the so-called leaf economics traits deviate from terrestrial ecosystems? How traits specific to wetland plant relate to plant strategies? What’s the relationship between wetland plant traits to the ecosystem functioning (e.g. productivity,…
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From the root of variation: A metabolomics perspective to plant soil-feedback
By growing in a soil plants change the biotic and abiotic properties of the soil in which they grow.
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Impact of plant hormones on growth and development of actinobacteria
Plants are colonized by an astounding number of microorganisms that can provide different life-support functions, including nutrient acquisition and protection against (a)biotic stresses like drought or pathogen attack.
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Beyond random and forbidden interactions : how optimizing energy gain results in morphological matching among subalpine Asteraceae and their
Plants and their pollinators form complex interaction networks. Within these networks, species differ widely in the number of species they interact with.
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Modulation of plant chemistry by rhizosphere bacteria
Plant-microbe interaction resulted in different physio/chemical responses by host plant and interacting rhizobacteria.
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The rhizomicrobiome of Sorghum ; impact on plant growth and stress tolerance
The overall objectives of my thesis are to investigate the dynamics of the sorghum root microbiome and to explore the beneficial effects of the root microbiome on sorghum growth and stress tolerance.
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Verspreiding van schimmels en zeldzame planten
Bepaalt de verspreiding van bodemschimmels zeldzaamheid van sommige planten?
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Plant occurrence in space and time: the importance of land use, habitat structure, and pollination mode
Plant diversity is essential for us and our planet as it sustains the stability of our ecosystems, provides vital materials and food to us and supports many ecosystem services.
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Assistant/Associate professor in Quantitative Ecology (0.8-1.0 fte)
Wiskunde en Natuurwetenschappen, Centrum voor Milieuwetenschappen Leiden (CML)
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Ecology and conservation of spotted hyena in human dominated landscapes in northern Ethiopia
Promotors: Prof.dr. G.R. de Snoo, Prof.dr. H. Leirs (Univ. Antwerpen)
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Green defense against thrips- Exploring natural products for early management of western flower thrips
As a contribution to the changing legislation and evolving societal attitudes concerning environmental issues, this project aims to enhance and manipulate the plants’ own natural defense mechanisms against western flower thrips (WFT).
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Plant-soil interactions determine ecosystem aboveground and belowground processes in primary dune ecosystems
Soil biodiversity is of great importance for the maintenance of multifunctionality in terrestrial ecosystems.
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Erasmus Mundus Industrial Ecology
Het eerste internationale masterprogramma in Industrial Ecology start in september 2011. Het gaat om een twee-jarig internationaal programma dat wordt georganiseerd door: University of Graz in Oostenrijk, Chalmers University of Technology in Göteborg, Zweden, de Universiteit Leiden en de Technische…
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The role of AGC3 kinases and calmodulins in plant growth responses to abiotic signals
Promotor: Prof.dr. P. Hooykaas, Co-promotor: R. Offringa
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Cheating belowground interactions
Mycoheterotrophy is a particular mode of life in which plants obtain carbohydrates from their associated fungal partners, instead of by using photosynthesis.
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Learning from nature: using plant-soil feedback principles to improve growth and health of a horticultural crop
Plants and soils from natural ecosystems harbor great diversity of soil microorganisms, which could potentially contribute to the sustainability of horticulture. The knowledge about using wild plant species and soil from natural ecosystem to improve the crop health will advance the application of ecological…
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Lions of West Africa : ecology of lion (Panthera leo Linnaeus 1975) populations and human-lion conflicts in Pendjari Biosphere Reserve, North
Promotores: G.R. de Snoo, B. Sinsin, Co-Promotor: H.H. de Iongh
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Calcium-dependent regulation of auxin transport in plant development
The plant hormone auxin regulates plant growth and development through polar cell-to-cell transport-generated maxima and minima. PIN FORMED (PIN) auxin efflux carriers determine the direction of this auxin flow through their asymmetric placement on the plasma membrane (PM).
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A monograph of the plant genus Trigonostemon Blume
Trigonostemon Blume is a plant genus in the family Euphorbiaceae comprising 59 species.
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Restoration of ditch bank plant diversity : the interaction between spatiotemporal patterns and agri-environmental management
Promotor: G.R. de Snoo, Co-promotor: C.J.M. Muster
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Impact of plant domestication on spermosphere and rhizosphere microbiome composition
Microbiome composition of the spermosphere and the rhizosphere of wild and modern bean accessions grown in an agricultural and a native soil from Colombia was characterized by metagenomics and cultivation-dependent approaches.
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Understanding the ecology of the Bornean Pygmy Elephant (Elephas maximus borneensis) in the Sebuku Forest, Nunukan District, North Kalimantan
What is movements and corridors of the Bornean pygmy elephant in Sebuku forest? What is the nature of human-elephant conflict in Nunukan District in time and space? What are the diets of the Bornean elephants related to crop raiding?
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Control of early plant development by light quality
This thesis describes how different colours of light affect various aspects of the growth and development of Arabidopsis and tomato plants.
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interactions in Jacobaea vulgaris: zooming in and zooming out from a plant-soil feedback perspective
In this thesis, I focused on studying the above- and belowground interactions of J. vulgaris from a plant-soil feedback (hereafter, PSF) perspective. I investigated the temporal variation of negative PSF and examined the effects of root-associated bacteria on plant performance and aboveground herbiv…
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Gezocht: bacteriën die planten doen floreren
Planten houden van gunstige microben zoals bacteriën en schimmels: ze groeien beter en worden er gezonder van. Hoogleraar Microbiële Ecologie Jos Raaijmakers speurt naar de juiste microben die gebruikt kunnen worden door de landbouw. Oratie 13 november.
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Exploring novel regulators and enzymes in salicylic acid-mediated plant defense
Salicylic acid (SA) is a plant hormone, which is involved in the defense responses to pathogens and to abiotic stress, and in the regulation of plant growth and development.
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Control of Western flower thrips through jasmonate-triggered plant immunity
We showed that constitutive and inducible chemical and morphological defenses against Western flower thrips differ between tomato and chrysanthemum plants.
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Ecology of the Ethiopian wolf in a changing landscape: Human carnivore interactions in Afroalpine ecosystems of Ethiopia
Do Ethiopian wolves change their diet and foraging strategy in the landscape under different land uses? How land use affect Afro-alpine rodent Communities? How important are Afro-alpine natural resources utilisation for local livelihoods? What is the human perception of conflict in the Afro-alpine a…
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Molecular engineering of plant development using Agrobacterium-mediated protein translocation
Supervisor: P.J.J. Hooykaas Co-Supervisor: R. Offringa
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Orchid mycorrhizal interactions: evolutionary trajectories and ecological variations
The mycorrhizal symbiosis is among the most widespread species interactions on Earth. This thesis focuses on orchid mycorrhiza, a unique mycorrhizal type that has caught scientists’ attention for centuries.
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membrane system : an ancestral model for plasma membrane transport in plant cells
Multicellular giant algae Chara species have been widely used in physiological studies for decades.
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Metagenomics for community ecology; a next generation of eDNA monitoring tool for biomass studies in freshwater environments
How can we quantify the density of species within a community through environmental DNA concentrations?
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Comparative ecology and genetics of sympatric wild cats in relation to human wildlife conflict in Bardia National Park, Nepal
What is the population size/structure and distribution of tiger and leopard inside the Bardia National Park (BNP) compared with the population outside? What is the movement and home range and conflict pattern in time and space of tigers and leopards inside the BNP compared with outside? What constitutes…
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The impact of sustainable forest management on plant and bird diversity in East Kalimantan, Indonesia
Promotor: G.R. de Snoo, Co-promotor: H.H. de Iongh, C.J.M. Musters
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Record aantal masterstudenten Industrial Ecology
De masteropleiding Industrial Ecology is in 2004 gestart met 12 studenten en is inmiddels uitgegroeid naar een opleiding met 90 studenten uit 20 verschillende landen.