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Ruben De Blaere

Biology
Wood biology
Publications
  • Van den Bulcke, J.,  Verschuren, L.,  De Blaere, R.,  Vansuyt, S.,  Dekegeleer, M.,  Kibleur, P.,  Pieters, O.,  De Mil, T.,  Hubau, W.,  Beeckman, H.,  Van Acker, J. & Wyffels, F. 2025. ‘Enabling high-throughput quantitive wood anatomy through a dedicated pipeline’. Plant Methods 21(1): 24. London, England : BMC. ISSN: eISSN 1746-4811. DOI: 10.1186/s13007-025-01330-7.  I.F. 1.25.
  • De Blaere, R.,  Liévens, K.,  Van Hassel, D.,  Deklerck, V.,  De Mil, T.,  Hubau, W.,  Van Acker, J.,  Bourland, N.,  Verwaeren, J.,  Van den Bulcke, J. & Beeckman, H. 2023. ‘SmartwoodID - an image collection of large end-grain surfaces to support wood identification systems’. Database - The journal of Biological Databases and Curation 2023: Art. n° baad034. DOI: 10.1093/database/baad034.  I.F. 4.462.
  • De Blaere, R.,  Van den Bulcke, J.,  Verwaeren, J.,  Hubau, W. & Beeckman, H. 2021. ‘SmartWoodID: Smart classification of Congolese timbers: deep learning techniques for enforcing forest conservation’. GAPSYM14: Africa and its ecologies: people and nature in the age of climate change. Book of abstracts. Ghent : Ghent University. (PR)
  • De Blaere, R.,  Van den Bulcke, J.,  Verwaeren, J.,  De Ridder, M.,  Monnoye, M.,  Hubau, W.,  De Mil, T.,  Lievens, K.,  Laurent, F.,  Angoboy Ilondea, B. & Beeckman, H. 2024. ‘Valorizing xylaria using computer vision-based wood identification: a case study on the INERA-Yangambi xylarium’. 26th IUFRO World Congress. Book of abstracts. Stockholm : IUFRO, 3536. DOI: https://iufro2024.com/book-of-abstracts/.
  • De Ridder, M.,  Deklerck, V.,  Liévens, K.,  De Blaere, R.,  Bourland, N.,  Rousseau, M.,  Monnoye, M.,  Janssens, S.,  Verstraete, B.,  Kitin, P. & Beeckman, H. 2024. ‘In search of species level identifications for African CITES timber species: potential of combined methods and importance for provenancing’. 5.16 IAWA-IUFRO Symposium: Advancing Methods and Applications of Wood Identification. Book of abstracts. IUFRO.
  • Monnoye, M.,  Wasukundi, M.,  Laurent, F.,  De Ridder, M.,  De Blaere, R.,  Liévens, K.,  Luamba, N.,  Bourland, N.,  Hubau, W.,  De Mil, T. & Beeckman, H. 2024. ‘The two-fold role of wood anatomy on a local Congolese timber market: a tool for species level identification and a direct link to the adjacent forest’. IAWA-IUFRO Symposium: Advancing Methods and Applications of Wood Identification. Book of abstracts. IUFRO.
  • De Ridder, M.,  Deklerck, V.,  Liévens, K.,  De Blaere, R.,  Bourland, N.,  Rousseau, M.,  Monnoye, M.,  Janssens, S.,  Verstraete, B.,  Kitin, P. & Beeckman, H. 2023. ‘In search of species level identifications for African CITES timber species: potential of combined methods and importance for provenancing’. 5.16 IAWA-IUFRO Symposium: Advancing Methods and Applications of Wood Identification. Book of abstracts. IUFRO.
  • De Blaere, R.,  Lievens, K.,  Van den Bulcke, J.,  Verwaeren, J.,  De Mil, T. & Beeckman, H. 2022. ‘Wood identification techniques for combatting illegal logging: Applications on macroscopic wood anatomical assessment using digital classification keys and AI’. Joint 6th Annual Meeting on Plant Ecology and Evolution & COBECORE meeting. Book of abstracts. Meise : AMPEE6&COBECORE.
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