We rely for our research on important infrastructure to perform controlled experiments in the lab and outside, and provide several services to externals. Please contact us for enquiries and more information.
Infrastructure
A fully equipped soil ecology lab with extraction devices for pedofauna and inverse microscope
A drone with specialized cameras for collecting aerial images (in collaboration with the Geography dept.)
A battery of incubators for plant and arthropod breeding
Optical equipment and cameras for high resolution and automatised processing of samples and movement tracking
Tracking material, including GPS transmitters and receivers for vertebrates
A Molecular Platform from the faculty of Sciences in which we participate
Five temperature-controlled plant and animal breeding rooms
Breeding and experimental outdoor cages for ornithological research (at VOC Oostende)
A fully integrated animal respirometry system for O2, CO2 and H2O gas analysis
Services
Identifications of insects and arthropods by specialists
Connectivity assessment for spatial planning