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Katrien Piessens

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Publications

413

Citations

5

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2004

Active since

Affiliations

KU Leuven(Current)

Research Institute for Nature and Forest

Katrien Piessens is an author at KU Leuven specializing in engineering, biodiversity, and conservation biology.

Top concepts

EngineeringBiodiversityConservation BiologyGeographySocial SciencesEvolutionary BiologyBotanyForestryLand UseEntomology

Publications per year

2004–2008

5

Publications

5

The role of fragment area and isolation in the conservation of heathland species

Katrien Piessens, Olivier Honnay, Martin Hermy · Biological Conservation · 2004 · 116 citations

Biodiversity, Engineering, Heathland Species +6

Plant species richness and composition of heathland relics in north‐western Belgium: evidence for a rescue‐effect?

Katrien Piessens, Olivier Honnay, K. Nackaerts et al. · Journal of Biogeography · 2004 · 99 citations

Engineering, Botany, Agricultural Economics +16

Synergistic effects of an extreme weather event and habitat fragmentation on a specialised insect herbivore

Katrien Piessens, Dries Adriaens, Hans Jacquemyn et al. · Oecologia · 2008 · 79 citations

Specialised Insect Herbivore, Insect Conservation, Evolutionary Biology +5

Does the heathland flora in north-western Belgium show an extinction debt?

Katrien Piessens, Martin Hermy · Biological Conservation · 2006 · 76 citations

Biodiversity Loss, Biodiversity, Engineering +5

Biotic and abiotic edge effects in highly fragmented heathlands adjacent to cropland and forest

Katrien Piessens, Olivier Honnay, Rebecca Devlaeminck et al. · Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment · 2006 · 43 citations

Engineering, Rangeland Productivity, Geomorphology +8

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