Staff directory

Hans Beeckman

Biology
Wood biology
Publications
  • Djiofack, B.Y.Beeckman, H.Bourland, N.,  Belanganayi, B.L.,  Laurent, F.,  Ilondea, B.A.,  Nsenga, L.,  Huart, A.,  Longwwango, M.M.,  Deklerck, V.,  Lejeune, G.,  Verbiest, W.W.M,  Van den Bulcke, J.,  Van Acker, J.,  De Mil, T. & Hubau, W. 2024. ‘Protecting an artificial savanna as a nature-based solution to restore carbon and biodiversity in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’. Global Change Biology 30(1). Hoboken, USA : Wiley. ISSN: 1354-1013. DOI: 10.1111/gcb.17154.  I.F. 10.8.
  • Angbonda, D.M.A,  Ilunga-Mulala, C.M.,  Bourland, N.Beeckman, H.,  Boyemba, F. & Hatakiwe, H. 2024. ‘Inbreeding depression affects the growth of seedlings of an African timber species with a mixed mating reproductive system, Pericopsis elata (Harms) Meeuwen’. Heredity 11. London, England : Springer Nature. ISSN: 0018-067X. DOI: 10.1038/s41437-024-00709-x.  I.F. 3.1.
  • Yakusu, E.K.,  Van Acker, J.,  van de Vyver, H.,  Bourland, N.,  Ndiapo, J.M.,  Likwela, T.B.,  Kipifo, M.L.W,  Kankolongo, A.M.,  van den Bulcke, J.,  Beeckman, H.,  Bauters, M.,  Boeckx, P.,  Verbeeck, H.,  Jacobsen, K.,  Demaree, G.,  Gellens-Meulenberghs, F. & Hubau, W. 2023. ‘Ground-based climate data show evidence of warming and intensification of the seasonal rainfall cycle during the 1960-2020 period in Yangambi, central Congo Basin’. Climatic Change 176(10): Art.n° 142. DOI: 10.1007/s10584-023-03606-0.  I.F. 5.3.
  • Mascarello, M.,  Lachenaud, O.,  Amalfi, M.,  Smets, E.,  Hardy, O.J.,  Beeckman, H. & Janssens, S.B. 2023. ‘Genetic characterization of a group of commercial African timber species: from genomics to barcoding’. Plos One 18(4). DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0284732-e0284732.  I.F. 3.8.
  • Kafuti, C.,  Lehnebach, R.,  Bourland, N.Beeckman, H.,  Van Acker, J.,  Luambua, N.K. & Van den Bulcke, J. 2023. ‘Earlier onset and slower heartwood investment in faster-growing trees of African tropical species’. Annals of Botany XX: 1-12. DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcad079.  I.F. 3.89.
  • Vanden Abeele, S.,  Matvijev, K.,  Hardy, O.J.,  Assumani, D.M.,  Angoboy Ilondea, B.Beeckman, H.,  Bouka, G.U.D,  Bonpoya, C.A.,  Deklerck, V.,  Flot, J.-F.,  Gillet, J.-F.,  Kamdem, N.G.,  Lisingo, J.,  Monthe, F.,  Sonke, B. & Janssens, S.B. 2023. ‘Genetic breaks caused by ancient forest fragmantation: phylogeography of Staudtia kamerunensis (Myristicaceae) reveals distinct clusters in the Congo Basin’. Tree Genetics & Genomes 19(3): Art n° 27. DOI: 10.1007/s11295-023-01601-1.  I.F. 2.398.
  • 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 Micco, V. & Beeckman, H. 2023. ‘Vital rates of forest dynamics by traits and performance of trees’. Frontiers in Forests & Global Change 5 pp. ISSN: eISSN 2624-893X. DOI: 10.3389/ffgc.2022.1090078.  I.F. 4.336.
  • Cufar, K.,  Beeckman, H.,  Frelih, M.,  Krze, L.,  Hubau, W. & Merela, M. 2022. ‘Wood identification in objects of the Bambuti people from the Congo in the collection of the Slovene ethnographic museum’. LES/WOOD 71(2): 5-24. ISSN: 0024-1067. DOI: 10.26614/les-wood.2022.v71n02a04.  (PR).
  • Loubota Panzou, G.J.,  Loumeto, J.-J.,  Chantrain, A.,  Gourlet-Fleury, S.,  Doucet, J.-L.,  Forni, E.,  Beeckman, H.Angoboy Ilondea, B. & Fayolle, A. 2022. ‘Intensity, determinants and impacts of liana load on tropical trees in Central Africa’. Ecosphere 13: 12. Hoboken (U.S.A.) : Wiley. DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.4322.  I.F. 3.34.