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Overview

Hans Van Dyck is affiliated with Université Catholique de Louvain in Belgium. Their research primarily focuses on environmental and biological sciences, with a strong emphasis on various aspects of ecology and evolution.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Within these, Van Dyck's work covers several subfields such as:

  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Ecological Modeling
  • Ecology
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Genetics

Their research topics broadly address:

  • Plant and animal studies
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Impact of Light on Environment and Health

Van Dyck has contributed numerous papers published in notable venues. Recent publications include:

  • "Scientists' warning on climate change and insects," 2022, Ecological Monographs
  • "The decline of butterflies in Europe: Problems, significance, and possible solutions," 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Comment on "Meta-analysis reveals declines in terrestrial but increases in freshwater insect abundances"," 2020, Science
  • "Evolutionary change in flight-to-light response in urban moths comes with changes in wing morphology," 2024, Biology Letters
  • "Occasional long-distance dispersal may not prevent inbreeding in a threatened butterfly," 2021, BMC Ecology and Evolution

They have frequently published in venues such as:

  • Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
  • Ecosphere
  • Ecological Monographs
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Science

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Van Dyck include:

  • Dirk Maes
  • Evert Van de Schoot
  • Thomas Merckx
  • Renate A. Wesselingh
  • Simon Braem

Overall, Hans Van Dyck's research involves a multidisciplinary approach to environmental science. Their studies integrate ecological modeling, species behavior, and the effects of environmental factors such as light and climate change on insects and other wildlife.

Best Publications

  • Costs of dispersal

    Dries Bonte;Hans Van Dyck;James M Bullock;Aurélie Coulon

  • Landscape connectivity and animal behavior: functional grain as a key determinant for dispersal

    Michel Baguette;Hans Van Dyck

  • Scientists' warning on climate change and insects

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  • Towards a functional resource-based concept for habitat: a butterfly biology viewpoint

    Roger L.H. Dennis;Tim G. Shreeve;Hans Van Dyck

  • Dispersal behaviour in fragmented landscapes: Routine or special movements?

    Hans Van Dyck;Hans Van Dyck;Michel Baguette

  • Butterfly diversity loss in Flanders (north Belgium): Europe's worst case scenario?

    Dirk Maes;Hans Van Dyck

  • The decline of butterflies in Europe: Problems, significance, and possible solutions.

    Martin S. Warren;Dirk Maes;Chris A. M. van Swaay;Philippe Goffart

  • Declines in common, widespread butterflies in a landscape under intense human use.

    Hans Van Dyck;Arco J. Van Strien;Dirk Maes;Dirk Maes;Chris A. M. Van Swaay

  • Urbanization drives cross-taxon declines in abundance and diversity at multiple spatial scales.

    Elena Piano;Elena Piano;Caroline Souffreau;Thomas Merckx;Thomas Merckx;Lisa F. Baardsen

  • Body-size shifts in aquatic and terrestrial urban communities.

    Thomas Merckx;Caroline Souffreau;Aurelien Kaiser;Lisa F Baardsen

  • Habitats and Resources: The Need for a Resource-based Definition to Conserve Butterflies

    Roger L. H. Dennis;Tim G. Shreeve;Hans Van Dyck

  • The lost generation hypothesis: could climate change drive ectotherms into a developmental trap ?

    Hans Van Dyck;Dries Bonte;Rik Puls;Karl Gotthard

  • Modelling dispersal: an eco-evolutionary framework incorporating emigration, movement, settlement behaviour and the multiple costs involved

    Justin M. J. Travis;Karen Mustin;Kamil A. Bartoń;Tim G. Benton

  • How is dispersal integrated in life histories: a quantitative analysis using butterflies

    Virginie M. Stevens;Virginie M. Stevens;Audrey Trochet;Hans Van Dyck;Jean Clobert

  • Ecology of Butterflies in Europe

    Josef Settele;Tim Shreeve;Martin Konvicka;Hans Van Dyck

  • Quantitative analysis of changes in movement behaviour within and outside habitat in a specialist butterfly

    Nicolas Schtickzelle;Augustin Joiris;Hans Van Dyck;Michel Baguette;Michel Baguette

  • Seasonal butterfly design: morphological plasticity among three developmental pathways relative to sex, flight and thermoregulation

    H. Van Dyck;C. Wiklund

  • Habitat quality and biodiversity indicator performances of a threatened butterfly versus a multispecies group for wet heathlands in Belgium

    Dirk Maes;Hans Van Dyck

  • Habitat fragmentation and insect flight: a changing 'design' in a changing landscape?

    Hans Van Dyck;Erik Matthysen

  • Transferability of species distribution models: a functional habitat approach for two regionally threatened butterflies.

    Wouter Vanreusel;Wouter Vanreusel;Dirk Maes;Hans Van Dyck

  • The evolution of movements and behaviour at boundaries in different landscapes: a common arena experiment with butterflies

    Thomas Merckx;Hans Van Dyck;Bengt Karlsson;Olof Leimar

Frequent Co-Authors

Dirk Maes
Dirk Maes Research Institute for Nature and Forest
Thomas Merckx
Thomas Merckx Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Nicolas Schtickzelle
Nicolas Schtickzelle Université Catholique de Louvain
Michel Baguette
Michel Baguette Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Erik Matthysen
Erik Matthysen University of Antwerp
Dries Bonte
Dries Bonte Ghent University
Frederik Hendrickx
Frederik Hendrickx Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences
Josef Settele
Josef Settele Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Rosemary S. Hails
Rosemary S. Hails Mansfield University
Tim G. Shreeve
Tim G. Shreeve Oxford Brookes University

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