Ludwig Triest

Ludwig Triest

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Academic Career Length

38Years (1989-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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20 August 2020 in Tree Genetics & Genomes
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OAOscar D. Ahossou
Oscar D. Ahossou
KDKasso Dainou
Kasso Dainou
SJSteven B. Janssens
Steven B. Janssens
LTLudwig Triest
Ludwig Triest
OHOlivier J. Hardy
Olivier J. Hardy


8 February 2011 in Biological Invasions
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ISIris Stiers
Iris Stiers
NCNicolas Crohain
Nicolas Crohain
GJGuy Josens
Guy Josens
LTLudwig Triest
Ludwig Triest

29 March 2005 in Environmental Microbiology
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Jean-Paul PirnayJean-Paul Pirnay
Jean-Paul Pirnay
SMSandra Matthijs
Sandra Matthijs
HCHuri Colak
Huri Colak
PCPatrice Chablain
Patrice Chablain
FBFlorence Bilocq
Florence Bilocq
PCPierre Cornelis
Pierre Cornelis


11 December 2009 in Journal of Ecology
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AGAnja Van Geert
Anja Van Geert
FRFabienne Van Rossum
Fabienne Van Rossum
LTLudwig Triest
Ludwig Triest
Summary: 1. Habitat fragmentation in agricultural landscapes has reduced the population sizes of many plant species while increasing their spatial isolation. Restoration or maintenance of the connectivity by gene flow between the fragmented patches may be determinant to sustaining viable populations, especially for insect‐pollinated species. Functional biological corridors facilitating pollen flow between remnants in a human‐dominated matrix might achieve this. 2. Dye dispersal was investigated for the extremely fragmented insect‐pollinated herb Primula vulgaris, using fluorescent dye particles as pollen analogues, in a study site comprising 20 populations, of which 13 pairs were physically connected by a linear landscape elements (LLEs, ditches), and 11 pairs were not connected by an LLE. The dye deposition events were used to fit a model of pollen dispersal at the landscape level. We examined whether existing LLEs in the intensively used agricultural landscape act as functional corridors for pollen dispersal. The effects of LLE length and size and plant density of the recipient population on the dispersal patterns were tested. 3. Dye dispersal showed a leptokurtic decay distribution, with 80% of the dye transfers occurring at less than 85.1 m, and a maximal distance of 1010.8 m. The mean distance travelled by fluorescent dye particles based on the dye dispersal model was δ = 87 m. 4. Dye dispersal between populations was found to be significantly higher when populations were connected by an LLE, than when populations were unconnected. For the group of population pairs connected by an LLE, dye deposition significantly decreased with the distance to dye source, but was not related to recipient population size and plant density. 5. Synthesis. Our study is, to our knowledge, the first to demonstrate that existing LLEs in an intensively used farmland may act as functional biological corridors facilitating pollen dispersal through pollinator movements. The maintenance or restoration of a network of populations connected by LLEs, but also by other landscape structures (e.g. population relays in vegetation patches and networks of small elements allowing indirect connections) should be strongly encouraged.