Jurgen van Hal

j.r.van.hal@vu.nl

I am working as an ecological research technician at the department of Ecological science. My current tasks and skills are:

Entomology

Determination of invertebrates, incl. Collembola.

Breeding of various invertebrates

Teaching assistant 1st years course: field-entomology and lab-determination

Experimental work and field experiments

Setting up and maintaining diverse field, greenhouse and climate room experiments. These experiments include work with mesocosms, stable isotopes, plants, plant-litter, invertebrates, algae and micro-organisms.

Chemical and animal traits measurements

Diverse chemical analysis and animal-traits such as Nutrient analysis, fat-content, drought tolerance, inundation tolerance, upper thermal limit.

Molecular

DNA isolation, PCR, high-throughput sequencing and microbial community analysis.

Histology

Histology of small invertebrates

Additional skills and useful hobbies

Allround microscopy

Maintaining technical and analytical equipment.

Macro and invertebrate photography

freediving (and scubadiving)

Selected Publications

Keuper F, Dorrepaal E, van Bodegom PM, van Logtestijn R, Venhuizen G, van Hal J, Aerts R. (2017) Experimentally increased nutrient availability at the permafrost thaw front selectively enhances biomass production of deep-rooting subarctic peatland species. Globe Change Biol.2017;23:4257266. Doi10.1111/gcb.13804

Zuo, J., Berg, M. P., Klein, R., Nusselder, J., Neurink, G., Decker, O., Hefting, M. M., Sass-Klaassen, U., van Logtestijn, R. S. P., Goudzwaard, L., van Hal, J., Sterck, F. J., Poorter, L. and Cornelissen, J. H. C. (2016), Faunal community consequence of interspecific bark trait dissimilarity in early-stage decomposing logs. Funct Ecol, 30: 1957–1966. Doi:10.1111/1365-2435.12676

Krab, E.J., Aerts, R., Berg, M.P., Hal, J.R. van & Keuper, F. (2014). Northern peatland Collembola communities unaffected by three summers of simulated extreme precipitation. Applied Soil Ecology, 2014(79), 70-76. Doi:10.1016/j.apsoil.2014.03.007

Cornelissen, J.H.C., Sass-Klaassen, U., Poorter, L., Geffen, K. van, Logtestijn, R.S.P van, Hal, J.R. van, Goudzwaard, L., Sterck, J.H., Klaassen, R.K.W.M., Freschet, G.T., Wal, A. van der, Eshuis, H., Zuo, J., Boer, W., Lamers, T., Weemstra, M., Cretin, V., Martin, R., Ouden, J. den, Berg, M.P., Aerts, R., Mohren, G.M.J. & Hefting, M.M. (2012). Controls on coarse wood decay in temperate tree species: Birth of the LOGLIFE experiment. AMBIO: A Journal of the Human Environment, 41, 231-245. Doi:10.1007/s13280-012-0304-3

Heemsbergen, D.A., Berg, M.P., Loreau, M., Hal, J.R. van, Faber, J.H. & Verhoef, H.A. (2004). Biodiversity effects on soil processes explained by interspecific functional dissimilarity. Science, 306, 1019-1020. Doi:10.1126/science.1101865

Link to full publication list in PURE

https://research.vu.nl/en/persons/jurgen-van-hal

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