Rein Brys

Research Institute for Nature and Forest — Belgium

Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Life Sciences

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Research Topics

Plant and animal studies(99), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies(91), Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies(47), Plant Parasitism and Resistance(46), Identification and Quantification in Food(30)

Publications230 total

Limited role of aquatic habitat complexity in mitigating the ecological impact of invasive bullfrogs on native amphibians
Global Ecology and Conservation·2025Open Access
Mapping the northernmost transnational non-native population of Xenopus laevis using pooled eDNA sampling
NeoBiota·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Interactions outside local patches contribute to the compound topology of plant–pollinator networks in fragmented dune slacks
Oikos·2025
Is exposure to chytrid fungus and ranavirus higher in ponds invaded by American bullfrogs?
Biological Invasions·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
From anarchy to clarity, data pre‐processing and statistical choices influence quantitative environmental <scp>DNA</scp> ( <scp>eDNA</scp> ) analyses
Methods in Ecology and Evolution·2025· 4 citedOpen Access
Multiple source locations and long-distance dispersal explain the rapid spread of a recent amphibian invasion
Heredity·2025· 4 citedOpen Access
Author response for "From anarchy to clarity, data pre-processing and statistical choices influence quantitative environmental DNA (eDNA) analyses"
2025
Drivers of amphibian species richness in European ponds
Ecography·2025· 8 citedOpen Access
First record of black bullhead (Ameiurus melas Lesueur, 1819) and the occurrence of hybridization with brown bullhead (A. nebulosus Rafinesque, 1820) in Belgium
BioInvasions Records·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
Author response for "From anarchy to clarity, data pre-processing and statistical choices influence quantitative environmental DNA (eDNA) analyses"
2024
Author response for "Drivers of amphibian species richness in European ponds"
2024
Reduced sampling intensity through key sampling site selection for optimal characterization of riverine fish communities by eDNA metabarcoding
Ecological Indicators·2024· 2 citedOpen Access
Author response for "Drivers of amphibian species richness in European ponds"
2024
Phenological mismatches mitigate the ecological impact of a biological invader on amphibian communities
Ecological Applications·2024· 17 citedOpen Access
The impact of extraction method and pollen concentration on community composition for pollen metabarcoding
Applications in Plant Sciences·2024· 4 citedOpen Access
Environmental DNA for monitoring the impact of offshore wind farms on fish and invertebrate community structures
Environmental DNA·2024· 10 citedOpen Access
Environmental DNA metabarcoding reflects spatiotemporal fish community shifts in the Scheldt estuary
The Science of The Total Environment·2024· 10 citedOpen Access
Differential response of plant and insect pollinator communities to fragmentation in coastal dune slacks
Insect Conservation and Diversity·2024· 2 citedOpen Access
GuardIAS – Guarding European Waters from Invasive Alien Species
Management of Biological Invasions·2024· 13 citedOpen Access
Optimal detection protocol of <i>Tetracapsuloides bryosalmonae</i> by environmental <scp>DNA</scp>: A comparison of <scp>qPCR</scp> and <scp>ddPCR</scp> approaches
Environmental DNA·2023· 9 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Hans Jacquemyn(41), Martin Hermy(15), Olivier Honnay(12), Bart Lievens(12), Isabel Roldán-Ruíz(7), Michael Waud(7), Patrick Endels(6), Geert De Blust(6), Vincent S. F. T. Merckx(4), Thorsten Wiegand(4), Sabrina Neyrinck(4), David Halfmaerten(3), Bruno P.A. Cammue(3), Katrien Vandepitte(3), Eelke Jongejans(3), Quentin Mauvisseau(3), Michael Sweet(3), Kat Bruce(2), Elvira Mächler(2), Bernd Hänfling(2)