Université Libre de Bruxelles

Herpigny B., Dassonville N., Ghysels P., Mahy G., Meerts P. (2011). Variation of growth and functional traits of invasive knotweeds (Fallopia spp.) in Belgium. Plant Ecology (in press). pdf (1818 Ko)

Dassonville N., Guillaumaud N., Piola F., Meerts P., Poly F. (2011). Niche construction by the invasive Asian knotweeds (species complex Fallopia): impact on activity, abundance and community structure of denitrifiers and nitrifiers. Biological Invasions 13: 1115-1133. pdf (418 Ko)

Dechamps C., Elvinger N., Meerts P., Lefèbvre C., Escarré J., Colling G., Noret N. (2010). Life history traits of the pseudometallophyte Thlaspi caerulescens in natural populations from Northern Europe. Plant Biology 13(suppl.1)125-135. pdf (492 Ko)

Escarré J., Lefèbvre C., Raboyeau S., Dossantos A., Gruber W., Cleyet Marel J.-C., Frérot H., Noret N., Mahieu S., Collin C., Van Oort F. (2011). Heavy Metal Concentration Survey in Soils and Plants of the Les Malines Mining District (Southern France): Implications for Soil Restoration. Water, Air, and Soil Pollution 216: 485-504. pdf (549 Ko)

Meerts P. (2011). Chlorophytum burundiense (Asparagaceae), a new species from Burundi and Tanzania. Plant Ecology and Evolution 144: 233-236. pdf (1225 Ko)

Saad L., Parmentier I., Colinet G., Malaisse F., Faucon M.-P., Meerts P. and Mahy G. (2011). Investigating the vegetation-soil relationships on the copper-cobalt rock outcrops of Katanga (D. R. Congo), an essential step in a biodiversity conservation plan. Restoration Ecology. pdf (815 Ko)

Wango S.P., Josens G. (2011). Comparison of Nest Shapes and Densities of Two Sympatric Species of Cubitermes (Isoptera: Termitidae: Termitinae) as Clues for the Study of their Population Dynamics. African Zoology 46(1):156-168. pdf (1382 Ko)

Bangirinama F., Bigendako M.-J., Lejoly J., Noret N., De Cannière C., Bobaert J. (2010). The indicators of the post-cultural dynamics in fallow vegetation in the savannahs of the Kigwena natural forest reserve (Burundi). Plant Ecology and Evolution 143(2): 138-147. pdf (675 Ko)

Chipeng F.K., Hermans C., Colinet G., Faucon M.-P., Ngongo Luhembwe M., Meerts P., Verbruggen N. (2010). Copper tolerance in the cuprophyte Haumaniastrum katangense (S. Moore) P.A. Duvign. Plancke. Plant and Soil 328: 235-244. pdf (253 Ko)

Dahdouh-Guebas F., Barbier N., Bobaert J., Hardy O., Koedam N., Mahy G., Parmentier I., Schmitz N., Stevart T., Triest L., Meerts P. (Eds.) (2009). Proceedings of the Symposium on African Botany in Brussels. Université Libre de Bruxelles-ULB/Vrije Universiteit Brussel-VUB, Brussels, Belgium. 120 p. + 10 p. pdf (2754 Ko)

Dahdouh-Guebas F., Meerts P. (2009). Botanique africaine à Bruxelles: historique et perspectives. In : Dahdouh-Guebas F., Barbier N., Bobaert J., Hardy O., Koedam N., Mahy G., Parmentier I., Schmitz N., Stevart T., Triest L., Meerts P. (Eds.) (2009). Proceedings of the Symposium on African Botany in Brussels. Université Libre de Bruxelles-ULB/Vrije Universiteit Brussel-VUB, Brussels, Belgium. pp. 15-24.

Dassonville N., Domken S., Herpigny B., Poly F., Meerts P. (2010). Impact of Fallopia spp. on ecosystem functioning: Nitrogen and organic matter cycling and implicated soil biota. In: Segers, H and E. Branquart (Eds). Science Facing Aliens. Proceedings of a scientific meeting on Invasive Alien Species, Brussels, May 11th 2009. Belgian Biodiversity Platform, 2010. pp. 19-22. pdf (163 Ko)

Faucon M.-P., Meersseman A., Ngoy Shutcha M., Mahy G., Ngongo Luhembwe M., Malaisse F., Meerts P. (2010). Copper endemism in the Congolese flora: a database of copper affinity and conservational value of cuprophytes. Plant Ecology and Evolution 143(1): 5-18. pdf (530 Ko)

Herpigny B., Mahy G., Meerts P. (2010). Comparing Fallopia japonica, F. sachalinensis and their hybrid F. xbohemica in Belgium: population ecology, functional traits and invasiveness In: Segers, H and E. Branquart (Eds). Science Facing Aliens. Proceedings of a scientific meeting on Invasive Alien Species, Brussels, May 11th 2009. Belgian Biodiversity Platform, 2010. pp. 35-38. pdf (159 Ko)

Kindomihou V., Meerts P., Kjelgren R., Sinsin B. (2010). Effect of moisture stress on leaf silicification of three tropical fodder grass species (Pennisteum purpureum, Panicum maximum cv. C1 and P. maximum Jacq.) in Republic of Benin (West Africa). American-Eurasian J. Agric. and Environ. Sci. 8(5): 530-537.

Ngoy Shutcha M., Mpundu Mubemba M., Faucon M.-P., Ngongo Luhembwe M., Visser M., Colinet G., Meerts P. (2010). Phytostabilisation of copper-contaminated soil in Katanga: an experiment with three native grasses and two amendments. International Journal of Phytoremediation 12: 616-632. pdf (252 Ko)

Vanparys V., Meerts P., Josens G., Jacquemart A.-L. (2010). Soil arthropods associated to the invasive Senecio inaequidens compared to the native S. jacobaea (Asteraceae) In: Segers, H and E. Branquart (Eds). Science Facing Aliens. Proceedings of a scientific meeting on Invasive Alien Species, Brussels, May 11th 2009. Belgian Biodiversity Platform, 2010. pp. 65-69. pdf (259 Ko)

Josens G., Soki K. (2010). Relation between termite numbers and the size of their mounds. Insectes Sociaux 57(3): 303-316. pdf (701 Ko)

Faucon M.-P., Colinet G., Mahy G., Ngongo Luhembwe M., Verbruggen N., Meerts P. (2009). Soil influence on Cu and Co uptake and plant size in the cuprophytes Crepidorhopalon perennis and C. tenuis (Scrophulariaceae) in SC Africa. Plant and Soil 317: 201-212. pdf (355 Ko)

Faucon M.-P., Parmentier I., Colinet G., Mahy G., Ngongo Luhembwe M., Meerts P. (2011). May rare metallophytes benefit from disturbed soils following mining activity? The case of the Crepidorhopalon tenuis in Katanga (DR Congo). Restoration Ecology. pdf (630 Ko)

Lefevre I., Marchal G., Meerts P., Correal E., Lutts S. (2009). Chloride salinity reduces cadmium accumulation by the Mediterranean halophyte species Atriplex halimus L. Environmental and Experimental Botany 65: 142-152.

Monty A., Lebeau J., Meerts P., Mahy G. (2009). An explicit test for the contribution of environmental maternal effects to rapid clinal differentiation in an invasive plant. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22: 917-926. pdf (389 Ko)

Dassonville N., Vanderhoeven S., Vanparys V., Hayez M., Gruber W., Meerts P. (2008). Impacts of alien invasive plants on soil nutrients are correlated with initial site conditions in NW Europe. Oecologia 157: 131–140. pdf (358 Ko)

Dechamps C., Noret N., Mozek R., Escarré J., Lefèbvre C., Gruber W., Meerts P. (2008). Adaptation cost to metalliferous environment for Thlaspi caerulescens: a field reciprocal transplantation approach. New Phytologist 177: 167-177. pdf (451 Ko)

Dechamps C., Noret N., Mozek R., Draye X., Meerts P. (2008). Root allocation in metal-rich patch by Thlaspi caerulescens from normal and metalliferous soil—new insights into the rhizobox approach. Plant and Soil 310: 211-224. pdf (437 Ko)

Drouet T., Herbauts J. (2008). Evaluation of the mobility and discrimination of Ca, Sr and Ba in forest ecosystems: consequence on the use of alkaline-earth element ratios as tracers of Ca. Plant and Soil 302: 105-124. pdf (390 Ko)

Faucon M.-P. (2008) Conservation du patrimoine biologique du Katanga : Initiation d’un programme de conservation de la biodiversité des affleurements naturels de cuivre. EchoSud 18: 6-7.

Koutika L.-S., Dassonville N., Vanderhoeven S., Chapuis-Lardy L., Meerts P. (2008). Relationships between C respiration and fine particulate organic matter (250-50 µm) weight. European Journal of Soil Biology 44: 18-21. pdf (159 Ko)

Vanparys V., Meerts P., Jacquemart A.-L. (2008). Plant–pollinator interactions: comparison between an invasive and a native congeneric species. Acta Oecologica 34: 361-369.

Dassonville N., Vanderhoeven S., Gruber W., Meerts P. (2007). Invasion by Fallopia japonica increases topsoil mineral nutrient concentration. Ecoscience 14: 230-240.

Dechamps C., Lefèbvre C., Noret N., Meerts P. (2007). Reaction norms of life history traits in response to Zn in Thlaspi caerulescens from metalliferous and non-metalliferous sites. New Phytologist 173: 191-198. pdf (373 Ko)

Drouet T., Herbauts J., Demaiffe D. (2007). Change of the Origin of Calcium in Forest Ecosystems in the Twentieth Century Highlighted by Natural Sr Isotopes. Pages 323-333 in: Dawson T., Siegwolf R. (Eds.) Stable Isotopes as Indicators of Ecological Change. Terrestrial Ecology Series. Elsevier, London. pdf (357 Ko)

Drouet T. (2007). Etude de l'origine du calcium dans les écosystèmes forestiers : Utilisation des isotopes naturels du strontium. Actualité Chimique 305: 21-24.

Drouet T., Herbauts J., Gruber W., Demaiffe D. (2007). Natural strontium isotope composition as a tracer of weathering patterns and of exchangeable calcium sources in acid leached soils developed on loess of Central Belgium. European Journal of Soil Science 58(1): 302-319. pdf (354 Ko)

Faucon M.-P., Ngoy Shutcha M., Meerts P. (2007). Revisiting copper and cobalt concentrations in supposed hyperaccumulators from SC Africa: influence of washing and metal concentrations. Plant and Soil 301: 29-36

Herr C., Chapuis-Lardy L., Dassonville N., Vanderhoeven S., Meerts P. (2007). Effect of the exotic plant Solidago gigantea on seasonal variation in soil pH and phosphorus. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science 170: 729-738.

Koutika L.-S., Vanderhoeven S., Chapuis-Lardy L., Dassonville N., Meerts P. (2007). Assessment of changes in soil organic matter after invasion by exotic plant species. Biol. Fertil. Soils 44: 331-341.

Noret N., Josens G., Escarré J., Lefèbvre C., Panichelli S., Meerts P. (2007.) Development of Issoria lathonia (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) on zinc accumulating and non-accumulating Viola species (Violaceae). Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 26: 565-571.

Noret N., Meerts P., Vanhaelen M., Dos Santos A., Escarré J. (2007). Do metal-rich plants deter herbivores? A field test of the defence hypothesis. Oecologia 152(1): 92-100.

Chapuis-Lardy L., Vanderhoeven S., Dassonville N., Koutika L.-S., Meerts P. (2006). Effect of the exotic invasive plant Solidago gigantea on soil phosphorus status. Biology and Fertility of Soils 42: 481-489.

Frérot H., Lefèbvre C., Gruber W., Collin C., Dos Santos A., Escarré J. (2006). Specific interactions between local metallicolous plants improve the phytostabilization of mine soils. Plant and Soil 282(1-2): 53-65.

Kindomihou V., Sinsin B., Meerts P. (2006). Effect of defoliation on silica accumulation in five tropical fodder grass species in Benin. Belgian Journal of Botany 139: 87-102.

Meerts P., Dassonville N., Vanderhoeven S., Chapuis-Lardy L., Koutika L.-S., Jacquemart A.-L. (2006). Les plantes exotiques envahissantes et leurs impacts. In : Biodiversité. Etat, enjeux et perspectives. Chaire Tractebel-Environnement 2004. Ed. De Boeck, Bruxelles, pp. 109-120.

Vanderhoeven S., Dassonville N., Chapuis-Lardy L., Hayer M., Meerts P. (2006). Impact of the alien invasive plant Solidago gigantea on primary productivity and soil mineral nutrient concentrations. Plant and Soil 286: 259-268.

Dechamps C., Roosens N.H., Hotte C., Meerts P. (2005). Growth and mineral element composition in two ecotypes of Thlaspi caerulescens on Cd contaminated soil. Plant and Soil 273: 327-335.

Drouet T., Herbauts J., Demaiffe D. (2005). Long-term records of strontium isotopic composition in tree-rings suggest changes in forest calcium sources in the early 20th century. Global Change Biology 11: 1926-1940.

Drouet T., Herbauts J., Gruber W., Demaiffe D. (2005). Strontium isotope composition as a tracer of calcium sources in two forest ecosystems in Belgium. Geoderma 126: 203-223.

Molitor M., Dechamps C., Gruber W., Meerts P. (2005). Thlaspi caerulescens on non metalliferous soil in Luxembourg : ecological niche and genetic variation in mineral element composition. The New Phytologist 165: 503-512.

Noret N., Meerts P., Tolra R., Poschenrieder C., Barcelo J., Escarré J. (2005). Palatability of Thlaspi caerulescens for snails: influence of zinc and glucosinolates. The New Phytologist 165(3): 763-772.

Tauleigne C., Lefèbvre C. (2005). Natural hybridisation between two coastal endemic species of Armeriea (Plumbaginaceae) from Portugal. 1. Populational in situ investigations. Plant Syst. Evol. 250: 215-230.

Vanderhoeven S., Dassonville N., Meerts P. (2005). Increased topsoil mineral nutrient concentrations under exotic invasive plants in Belgium. Plant and Soil 275: 169-179.

Bizoux J.-P., Brevers F., Meerts P., Graitson E., Mahy G. (2004). Ecology and conservation of Belgian populations of Viola calaminaria, a metallophyte with restricted geographic distribution. Belgian Journal of Botany 137: 91-104.

Frérot H., Lefèbvre C., Petit C., Collin C., Dos Santos A., Escarré J. (2004). Zinc tolerance and hyperaccumulation in F1 and F2 offspring from intra and interecotype crosses of Thlaspi caerulescens. The New Phytologist 165(1): 111- 119.

Hardy O.J., Gonzalez-Martinez S.C., Colas B., Fréville H., Mignot A., Olivieri I. (2004). Fine-scale genetic structure and gene dispersal in Centaurea corymbosa (Asteraceae) II. Correlated paternity within and among sibships. Genetics 168: 1601-1614.

Hardy O.J., Sonké B. (2004). Spatial pattern analysis of tree species distribution in a tropical rainforest in Cameroon: assessing the role of limited dispersal and niche differentiation. Forest Ecology and Management 197: 191-202. pdf (224 Ko)

Hardy O.J., Gonzalez-Martinez S.C., Fréville H., Boquien G., Mignot A., Colas B., Olivieri I. (2004). Fine-scale genetic structure and gene dispersal in Centaurea corymbosa (Asteraceae) I. Pattern of pollen dispersal. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 17: 795-806. pdf (580 Ko)

RohandK., Al Kalb A., Herbauts J., Verbrugge J.-C. (2004). Changes in some mechanical properties of a loamy soil under the influence of mechanized forest exploitation in a beech forest of Central Belgium. Journal of Terramechanics 40: 235-253.

Vekemans X., Hardy O.J. (2004). New insights from fine-scale spatial genetic structure analyses in plant populations. Molecular Ecology 13: 921-935. pdf (267 Ko)

Bert V., Meerts P., Saumitou-Laprade P., Salis P., Gruber W., Verbruggen N. (2003). Genetic basis of Cd tolerance and hyperaccumulation in Arabidopsis halleri. Plant and Soil 249: 9-18. pdf (592 Ko)

Dubois S., Cheptou P.-O., Petit C., Meerts P., Poncelot M., Vekemans X., Lefèbvre C., Escarré J. (2003). Genetic structure and mating systems of metallicolous and non-metallicolous populations of Thlaspi caerulescens in South-France, Belgium and Luxembourg . New Phytologist 157: 633-641. pdf (382 Ko)

Fenster C.B., Vekemans X., Hardy O.J. (2003). Quantifying gene flow from spatial genetic structure data in a metapopulation of Chamaecrista fasciculata (Leguminosae). Evolution 57: 995-1007. pdf (207 Ko)

Frérot H., Petit C., Lefèbvre C., Gruber W., Collin C., Escarré J. (2003). Zinc and Cadmium accumulation in experimental hybrids between metallicolous and non-metallicolous Thlaspi caerulescens (Brassicaceae). New Phytologist 157: 643–648. pdf (331 Ko)

Hardy O.J., Charbonnel N., Freville H., Heuertz M.(2003). Microsatellite allele sizes : a simple test to assess their significance on genetic differentiation. Genetics 163: 1467-1482. pdf (194 Ko)

Hardy O.J. (2003). Estimation of pairwise relatedness between individuals and characterisation of isolation by distance processes using dominant genetic markers. Molecular Ecology 12: 1577-1588. pdf (397 Ko)

Heuertz M., Vekemans X., Hausman J.F., Palada M., Hardy O.J. (2003). Estimating seed vs. pollen dispersal from spatial genetic structure in the common ash. Molecular Ecology 12: 2483-2495. pdf (281 Ko)

Meerts P., Duchene Ph., Gruber W., Lefèbvre C. (2003). Metal accumulation and competitive ability in metallicolous and non-metallicolous Thlaspi caerulescens fed with different Zn salts. Plant and Soil 249: 1-8. pdf (331 Ko)

Roosens N., Verbruggen N., Meerts P., Ximenez de Embun P., Smith J.A. (2003). Natural variation in cadmium tolerance and its relationship to metal hyperaccumulation for seven populations of Thlaspi caerulescens from western Europe. Plant, Cell and Environment 26: 1657-1672. pdf (613 Ko)

Van Rossum F., Vekemans X., Gratia E. and Meerts P. (2003). A comparative study of allozyme variation of peripheral and central populations of Silene nutans L. (Caryophyllaceae) from Western Europe: implications for conservation. Plant Systematics and Evolution 242: 49-61.

Hardy O.J., Vekemans X. (2002). SPAGeDi : a versatile computer program to analyse spatial genetic structure at the individual or population levels. Molecular Ecology Notes 2: 618-620. pdf (145 Ko)

Herbauts J., Penninckx V., Gruber W., Meerts P. (2002). Radial variations in cation exchange capacity and base saturation rate in pedunculate oak and European beech wood. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 32: 1829-1837.

Meerts P. (2002). Nutrient concentrations in heartwood and sapwood: a literature review. Annals of Forest Science 598: 713-722.

Vanderhoeven S., Hardy O.J., Vekemans X., Lefèbvre C., De Loose M., Lambinon J., Meerts P. (2002). A morphometric study of populations of the Centaurea jacea complex in Belgium. Plant Biology 4: 403-412. pdf (181 Ko)

Vekemans X., Beauwens T., Lemaire M. and Roldan-Ruiz I. (2002). Data from amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) markers show indication of size homoplasy and of a relationship between degree of homoplasy and fragment size. Molecular Ecology 11: 139-151.

Hardy O.J., De Loose M., Vekemans X., Meerts P. (2001). Allozyme segregation and inter-cytotype reproductive barriers in the polyploid complex Centaurea jacea. Heredity 87: 136-145.

Hardy O.J. and Vekemans X. (2001). Patterns of allozyme variation in diploid and tetraploid Centaurea jacea at different spatial scales. Evolution 55: 943-954. pdf (219 Ko)

Heuertz M., Hausman J.-F., Tsvetkov I., Frascaria-Lacoste N., Vekemans X. (2001). Assessment of genetic structure within and among Bulgarian populations of the common ash (Fraxinus excelsior L.). Molecular Ecology 10: 1615-1623.

Meerts P., Grommesch C. (2001). Soil seed banks in the heavy-metal polluted grasslands of Prayon (Belgium). Plant Ecology 155: 35-45.

Penninckx V., Glineur S., Gruber W., Herbauts J. and Meerts P. (2001). Radial variations in wood mineral element concentrations: a comparison of beech and pedunculate oak from the Belgian Ardennes. Annals of Forest Sciences 58: 253-260.

Ater M., Lefèbvre C., Gruber W. and Meerts P. (2000). A phytogeochemical survey of the flora of ultramafic and adjacent normal soils in North Morocco. Plant and Soil 218: 127-135.

Dje Y., Heuertz M., Lefèbvre C., Vekemans X. (2000). Assessment of genetic diversity within and among germplasm accessions in cultivated sorghum using microsatellite markers. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 100: 918-925.

Escarré J., Lefèbvre C., Gruber W., Leblanc M., Lepart J., Rivière Y., Delay B. (2000). Zinc and cadmium hyperaccumulation by Thlaspi caerulescens from metalliferous and nonmetalliferous sites in the Mediterranean area : implications for phytoremediation. New Phytologist 145: 429-437.

Hardy O.J., Vanderhoeven S., Meerts P., Vekemans X. (2000). Spatial autocorrelation of allozyme and quantitative markers within a natural population of Centaurea jacea (Asteraceae). Journal of Evolutionary Biology 13: 656-667. pdf (147 Ko)

Hardy O.J., Vanderhoeven S., De Loose M., Meerts P. (2000). Ecological, morphological and allozymic differentiation between diploid and tetraploid knapweeds (Centaurea jacea) from a contact zone in the Belgian Ardennes. New Phytologist 146: 281-290.

Rohand K., Van Molle M., Herbauts J., Verbrugge J.-C. (2000). Effets du débardage sur les propriétés physiques et mécaniques d’un sol lessivé sur loess en Forêt de Soignes. Biotechnol. Agron. Soc. Environ. 4(3): 181-189.

Tiedemann R., Hardy O.J., Vekemans X., Milinkovitch M.C. (2000). Higher impact of female than male migration on population structure in large mammals. Mol. Ecol. 9: 1159-1163.

Hardy O.J., Vekemans X. (1999). Isolation by distance in a continuous population: reconciliation between spatial autocorrelation analysis and population genetics models. Heredity 83: 145-154. pdf (363 Ko)

Maes E., Iserentant A., Herbauts J., Delvaux B. (1999). Influence of the nature of clay minerals on the fixation of radiocaesium traces in an acid brown earth-podzol soil weathering sequence. European Journal of Soil Science 50: 117-125.

Meerts P. (1999). The evolution of spore size in Agarics: do big mushrooms have big spores? J. Evol. Biol. 12: 161-165.

Penninckx V., Meerts P., Herbauts J., Gruber W. (1999). Ring width and element concentrations in beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) from a periurban forest in central Belgium. Forest Ecology and Management 113: 23-33.

Van Rossum F., Meerts P., Gratia E., Tanghe M. (1999). Ecological amplitude in relation to allozyme variation in Silene nutans at the western margin of its distribution. Journal of Vegetation Science 10: 253-260.

Dje Y., Ater M., Lefèbvre C., Vekemans X. (1998). Patterns of morphological and allozyme variation in sorghum landraces of Northwestern Morocco. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution 45: 541-548.

Herbauts J., El Bayad J., and Gruber W. (1998). L'impact de l'exploitation forestière mécanisée sur la dégradation physique des sols: le cas des sols limoneux acides de la forêt de Soignes (Belgique). Revue Forestière Française L-2 : 124-137.

Meerts P., Baya T., Lefèbvre C. (1998). Allozyme variation in the annual weed species complex Polygonum aviculare in relation to ploidy level and habitat disturbance. Plant Systmatics and Evolution 211: 239-256.

Vekemans X., Schierup M.H., Christiansen F.B. (1998). Mate availability and fecundity selection in multiallelic self-incompatibility systems in plants. Evolution 52: 19-29.

Meerts P., Van Isacker N. (1997). Heavy metal tolerance and accumulation in metallicolous and non-metallicolous populations of Thlaspi caerulescens from continental Europe. Plant Ecology 133: 221-231.

Vekemans X., Lefèbvre C. (1997). On the evolution of heavy-metal tolerant populations in Armeria maritima: evidence from allozyme variation and reproductive barriers. J. Evol. Biol. 10: 175-191.

FAUCON, Michel-Pierre (2009), "Ecologie et biologie de la conservation des métallophytes - Le cas de Crepidorhopalon perennis et C. tenuis (Scrophulariaceae) des sols cupro-cobaltifères du Katanga.", Dir. Pierre Meerts.

DECHAMPS, Caroline (2008), "Biologie des populations de Thlaspi caerulescens- Etendue et structuration de la variation génétique et de la plasticité phénotypique de populations métallicoles et non métallicoles.", Dir. Pierre Meerts.

DASSONVILLE, Nicolas (2008), "Impact des plantes exotiques envahissantes sur le fonctionnement des écosystèmes en Belgique.", Dir. Pierre Meerts.

NORET, Nausicaa (2007), "L'hyperaccumulation des métaux lourds par les plantes calaminaires : une défense contre les herbivores ? Test de l'hypothèse avec Thlaspi caerulescens et Viola calaminaria.", Dir. P. Meerts et J. Escarré.

DROUET, Thomas (2005), "Etude de l'origine du calcium dans les écosystèmes forestiers par les méthodes de géochimie et de dendrochimie isotopiques du strontium.", Dir. J. Herbauts et D. Demaiffe.

TAULEIGNE CHAGAS GOMES, Ana-Cristina (2005), "Différenciation et hybridation chez trois espèces endémiques d'Armeria (Plumbaginaceae) du littoral portugais.", Dir. C. Lefèbvre.

KINDOMIHOU, Missiako Valentin (2005), "Silicification des graminées tropicales : variation entre espèces, influence des conditions de croissance et relations avec la structure foliaire.", Dir. P. Meerts.

HEUERTZ, Myriam (2003), "Population genetic structure in common ash: a focus on southeastern European genetic resources.", Dir. X. Vekemans

VANDERHOEVEN, Sonia (2002), "Etude biosystématique du complexe polyploïde Centaurea subg. jacea (Asteraceae) en Belgique et dans les régions voisines: variation génétique et différenciation écologique de populations di- et tétraploïdes.", Dir. P. Meerts and X. Vekemans

PENNINCKX, Valérie (2001), "Utilisation du hêtre (Fagus sylvatica L.) et du chêne pédonculé (Quercus robur L.) en tant que bioindicateurs de l'évolution de l'environnement forestier. Approche dendroécologique et dendrochimique.", Dir. J. Herbauts and P. Meerts

HARDY, Olivier (2000), "Structure spatiale de la variation génétique et relations entre cytotypes dans des populations d'un complexe polyploïde : Centaurea jacea L. s.l.", Dir. P. Meerts and X. Vekemans.

DJE, Yao (2000), "Conservation des ressources génétiques des races locales de sorgho en Afrique du Nord Occidentale", Dir. C. Lefèbvre and X. Vekemans.

VAN ROSSUM, Fabienne (1996), "Ecologie, génétique et biologie des populations de Silene nutans L., une espèce rare en Belgique", Dir. P. Meerts.

BAYA, T. (1996), "Structure génétique et adaptation d'une mauvaise herbe des cultures : Polygonum aviculare L.", Dir. P. Meerts.

EL BAYAD, Jamal (1995), "Dégradation hydromorphe des sols limoneux acides sous monoculture de hêtre en Forêt de Soignes", Dir. J. Herbauts.

ATER, Mohammed (1993), "Biologie et génétique évolutive de populations du complexe spécifique Agrostis capillaris - Agrostis stolonifera L. (Poaceae)", Dir. C. Lefèbvre and P. Meerts.

VEKEMANS, Xavier (1992), "Evolution of Plant Breeding Systems Armeria maritima (Mill.) Willd. as a study case", Dir. C. Lefèbvre.