Publications

Yazdanian, Kankaanpää, Merckx, Huikkonen, Itämies, Jokimäki, Leinonen, Lehikoinen, Pöyry, Sihvonen, Suuronen, Valimaki & Kivelä (2024) Evidence for clear bottom-up effects of moth abundance on forest birds in the north-boreal zone alone. Ecology Letters, in press.

Bossuyt, F. (2024). Reviving our Planet by Transforming the Food System in ‘Land of Hope: Embracing the Change’, Macharis, C. (ed.): p. 41—47.

Schulte Ostermann T, Heuner M, Fuchs E, Temmerman S, Schoutens K, Bouma TJ, Minden V (2024) Identifying key plant traits and ecosystem properties affecting wave attenuation and carbon sequestration potential of tidal marshes. Estuaries and Coasts 47:144–161. 

Večeřa M, Axmanová I, Chytrý M, Divíšek J, Ndiribe C, Čeplová N, Aćić S, Bahn M, Bergamini A, Boenisch G, Biurrun I, Bruun H H, Byun C, Catford J, Cerabolini B, Cornelissen H J, Dengler J, Jansen F, Jansen S, Kattge J, Kozub Ł, Kuzemko A, Minden V, Mitchell R, Moeslund J, Mori A, Niinemets Ü, Ruprecht E, Rūsiņa S, Šilc U, Soudzilovskaia N, van Bodegom P, Vassilev K, Weiher E, Wright I, Lososová Z (2023) Decoupled phylogenetic and functional diversity in European grasslands. Preslia 95:413-445. 

Vogels, J.J., D. van de Waal, M. Wallis de Vries, A. van den Burg, M. Nijssen, R. Bobbink, M. Berg, H. Olde Venterink & H. Siepel (2023). Towards a mechanistic understanding of the impacts of nitrogen deposition on producer-consumer interactions. Biological Reviews 98: 1712-1731. 

Twomey, E., Melo-Sampaio, P., Schulte, L. M., Bossuyt, F., Brown, J. L. & Castroviejo-Fisher, S.,  (2023). Multiple Routes to Color Convergence in a Radiation of Neotropical Poison Frogs. Systematic Biology  72, 6, p. 1247-1261.

Minden V, Verhoeven K, Olde Venterink H (2023) Adaptive plasticity and fitness costs of endangered, non-endangered and invasive plants in response to variation in nitrogen and phosphorus availability. Ecology and Evolution 13: e10075. 

Goossens, E., V. Minden, F. Van Poucke & H. Olde Venterink (2023). Negative plant-soil feedbacks disproportionally affect dominant plants, facilitating coexistence in plant communities. Nature Portfolio Journal (NPJ) Biodiversity 2:27. 

Guo W-Y, Serra-Diaz JM, Schrodt F, Eiserhardt WL, Maitner BS, Merow C, Violle C, Blach-Overgaard A, Zhang J, Anand M, Belluau M, Bruun  HH, Byun C, Catford JA, Cerabolini BEL, Chacón-Madrigal E, Ciccarelli D, Cornelissen JHC, Dang-Le AT, de Frutos A, Dias AS, Giroldo AB, Gutiérrez AG, Hattingh W, He T, Hietz P, Hough-Snee N, Jansen S, Kattge J, Klein T, Komac B, Kraft N, Kramer K, Lavorel S, Lusk CH, Martin AR, Mencuccini M, Michaletz ST, Minden V, Mori AS, Niinemets Ü, Onoda Y, Onstein RE, Peñuelas J, Pillar VD, Pisek J, Pound MJ, Robroek BJM, Schamp B, Slot M, Sosinski Ê, Soudzilovskaia NA, Thiffault N, van Bodegom P, van der Plas F, Wright IJ, Zheng J, Enquist BJ, Svenning J-C (2022) Half of the world’s tree biodiversity is unprotected and is increasingly threatened by human activities.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 119: e2026733119. 

Price, J., J. Sitters, T. Ohlert, P. Tognetti, C.S. Brown, E.W. Seabloom, E.T. Borer, S. Prober, E.S. Bakker, A.S. MacDougall, L. Yahdjian, D.S. Gruner, H. Olde Venterink, I.C. Barrio, P. Graff, S. Bagchi, C.A. Arnillas, J.D. Bakker, D.M. Blumenthal, E.H. Boughton, L.A. Brudvig, M.N. Bugalho, M.W. Cadotte, M.C. Caldeira, C.R. Dickman, I. Donohue, S. Grégory, Y. Hautier, I.S. Jónsdóttir, L.S. Lannes, R.L. McCulley, J.L. Moore, S.A. Power, A.C. Risch, M. Schütz, R. Standish, C.J. Stevens, G.F. Veen, R. Virtanen, G.M. Wardle (2022). Evolutionary history of grazing and resources determine herbivore exclusion effects on plant diversity. Nature Ecology and Evolution 6: 1290–1298. 

Rancilhac, L., Irisarri, I., Angelini, C., Arntzen, J. W., Babik, W., Bossuyt, F., Künzel, S., Lüddecke, T., Pasmans, F., Sanchez, E., Weisrock, D., Veith, M., Wielstra, B., Steinfartz, S., Hofreiter, M., Philippe, H. & Vences, M. (2021). Phylotranscriptomic evidence for pervasive ancient hybridization among Old World salamanders. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 155, 14 p., 106967.

Merckx, Nielsen, Heliölä, Kuussaari, Pettersson, Pöyry, Tiainen, Gotthard & Kivelä (2021) Urbanization extends flight phenology and leads to local adaptation of seasonal plasticity in Lepidoptera. PNAS USA 118: e2106006118 

Sitters, J., Kimuyu, T. Young, P. Claeys & H. Olde Venterink (2020). Negative effects of cattle on soil carbon and nutrient pools reversed by megaherbivores. Nature Sustainability 3: 360-366. 

Piano, Souffreau, Merckx, Baardsen, Backeljau, Bonte, Brans, Cours, Dahirel, debortoli, Decaestecker, de Wolf, Engelen, Fontaneto, Gianuca, Govaert, Hanashiro, Higuti, Lens, Martens, Matheve, Matthysen, Pinseel, Sablon, Schön, Stoks, Van Doninck, Van Dyck, Vanormelingen, Van Wichelen, Vyverman, de Meester & Hendrickx (2020) Urbanization drives cross-taxon declines in abundance and diversity at multiple spatial scales. Global Change Biology 26: 1196-1211 

Merckx, Souffreau, Kaiser, Baardsen, Backeljau, Bonte, Brans, Cours, Dahirel, Debortoli, De Wolf, Engelen, Fontaneto, Gianuca, Govaert, Hendrickx, Higuti, Lens, Martens, Matheve, Matthysen, Piano, Sablon, Schön, Van Doninck, De Meester & Van Dyck (2018) Body-size shifts in aquatic and terrestrial urban communities. Nature 558: 113-116 

Maex, M., Treer, D., De Greve, H., Proost, P., Van Bocxlaer, I. & Bossuyt, F. (2018). Exaptation as a Mechanism for Functional Reinforcement of an Animal Pheromone System. Current Biology 28, 18, p. 2955-2960.

Minden V, Deloy A, Volkert AM, Leonhardt SD, Pufal G (2017) Antibiotics impact plant traits, even at small concentrations. Annals of Botany Plants 9:1-19. 

Stegen, G., Pasmans, F., Schmidt, B. R., Rouffaer, L., Van Praet, S., Schaub, M., Canessa, S., Laudelout, A., Kinet, T., Adriaensen, C., Haesebrouck, F., Bert, W., Bossuyt, F. & Martel, A. (2017). Drivers of salamander extirpation mediated by Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans. Nature 544, 7650, p. 353–356.

Merckx (2015) Rewilding: Pitfalls and Opportunities for Moths and Butterflies. In: Rewilding European Landscapes (Eds. Pereira & Navarro) pp. 107-125, Springer.

Fujita, Y., H. Olde Venterink, P.M. van Bodegom, J.C. Douma, G.W. Heil, N. Hölzel, E. Jabłońska, W. Kotowski, T. Okruszko, P. Pawlikowski, P.C. de Ruiter & M.J. Wassen (2014). Low investment in sexual reproduction threatens plants adapted to phosphorus limitation. Nature 505: 82-86.