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Ayco J. M. Tack

Ayco J. M. Tack

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
36
Citations
4199
World Ranking
7207
National Ranking
182

Ayco J. M. Tack publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ayco J. M. Tack sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 141 publications — 47th percentile

47% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Ayco J. M. Tack D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ayco J. M. Tack sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 36 D-Index — 17th percentile

17% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Overview

Ayco J. M. Tack is affiliated with Stockholm University in Sweden. Their research focuses primarily on the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science. Within these domains, their work addresses subfields including Plant Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Ecological Modeling.

Their research engages with several main topics, emphasizing Plant and Animal Studies, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Plant Parasitism and Resistance, Cocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy, Forest Insect Ecology and Management, and Coffee Research and Impacts.

Ayco J. M. Tack has published research in frequent collaboration with co-authors including Tomas Roslin, Kristoffer Hylander, Laura J. A. van Dijk, Maria Faticov, and Biruk Ayalew.

Their recent papers include the following:

  • Experimental evidence of microbial inheritance in plants and transmission routes from seed to phyllosphere and root, 2021, Environmental Microbiology
  • Global gene flow releases invasive plants from environmental constraints on genetic diversity, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • From seed to seed: the role of microbial inheritance in the assembly of the plant microbiome, 2022, Trends in Microbiology
  • Evidence for host-microbiome co-evolution in apple, 2021, New Phytologist
  • Climate warming dominates over plant genotype in shaping the seasonal trajectory of foliar fungal communities on oak, 2021, New Phytologist

Their research outputs have appeared in several publication venues with notable frequency. These venues include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), New Phytologist, Basic and Applied Ecology, Ecology and Evolution, and Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment.

Best Publications

  • Experimental evidence of microbial inheritance in plants and transmission routes from seed to phyllosphere and root

    Ahmed Abdelfattah;Ahmed Abdelfattah;Michael Wisniewski;Michael Wisniewski;Leonardo Schena;Ayco J. M. Tack

  • Ecological and evolutionary effects of fragmentation on infectious disease dynamics

    Jussi Jousimo;Ayco Jerome Michel Tack;Otso Ovaskainen;Tommi Mononen

  • Global gene flow releases invasive plants from environmental constraints on genetic diversity

    Annabel L. Smith;Annabel L. Smith;Trevor R. Hodkinson;Jesus Villellas;Jane A. Catford

  • Plant pathogens structure arthropod communities across multiple spatial and temporal scales

    Ayco J. M. Tack;Ayco J. M. Tack;Marcel Dicke;Marcel Dicke

  • Variation in infectivity and aggressiveness in space and time in wild host–pathogen systems: causes and consequences

    Ayco Jm Tack;Peter H Thrall;Luke G Barrett;Jeremy J Burdon

  • Latitudinal variation in plant chemical defences drives latitudinal patterns of leaf herbivory

    Xoaquín Moreira;Bastien Castagneyrol;Luis Abdala‐Roberts;Jorge C. Berny‐Mier y Teran

  • Evolutionary adaptation in three-way interactions between plants, microbes and arthropods

    Arjen Biere;Ayco J. M. Tack

  • Spatial location dominates over host plant genotype in structuring an herbivore community.

    Ayco J. M. Tack;Otso Ovaskainen;Pertti Pulkkinen;Tomas Roslin

  • Sizing up community genetics: it's a matter of scale

    Ayco J. M. Tack;Marc T. J. Johnson;Tomas Roslin

  • Evidence for host-microbiome co-evolution in apple.

    Ahmed Abdelfattah;Ahmed Abdelfattah;Ayco J. M. Tack;Birgit Wasserman;Jia Liu

  • The impact of elevated temperature and drought on the ecology and evolution of plant-soil microbe interactions

    Pil U. Rasmussen;Alison E. Bennett;Ayco J. M. Tack

  • Cross-kingdom interactions matter: fungal-mediated interactions structure an insect community on oak.

    Ayco J. M. Tack;Sofia Gripenberg;Sofia Gripenberg;Tomas Roslin

  • Can we predict indirect interactions from quantitative food webs? – an experimental approach

    Ayco J. M. Tack;Sofia Gripenberg;Tomas Roslin

  • Fungi reduce preference and performance of insect herbivores on challenged plants

    Pilar Fernandez-Conradi;Hervé Jactel;Cécile Robin;Ayco J. M. Tack

  • Climate warming dominates over plant genotype in shaping the seasonal trajectory of foliar fungal communities on oak.

    Maria Faticov;Ahmed Abdelfattah;Tomas Roslin;Corinne Vacher

  • Impacts of urbanization on insect herbivory and plant defences in oak trees

    Xoaquín Moreira;Luis Abdala-Roberts;Jorge C. Berny Mier y Teran;Felisa Covelo

  • Accounting for environmental variation in co-occurrence modelling reveals the importance of positive interactions in root-associated fungal communities.

    Nerea Abrego;Tomas Roslin;Tomas Roslin;Tea Huotari;Ayco J. M. Tack

  • The relative importance of host-plant genetic diversity in structuring the associated herbivore community

    Ayco J. M. Tack;Tomas Roslin

  • SNP design from 454 sequencing of Podosphaera plantaginis transcriptome reveals a genetically diverse pathogen metapopulation with high levels of mixed-genotype infection.

    Charlotte Marie Julie Tollenaere;Hanna Susi;Jussi Pekka Nokso-Koivisto;Patrik Koskinen

  • Multiscale patterns and drivers of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities in the roots and root-associated soil of a wild perennial herb.

    Pil U. Rasmussen;Luisa W. Hugerth;Luisa W. Hugerth;F. Guillaume Blanchet;Anders F. Andersson

  • Ecological and evolutionary implications of spatial heterogeneity during the off-season for a wild plant pathogen

    Ayco J. M. Tack;Anna‐Liisa Laine

  • Increasing frequency of low summer precipitation synchronizes dynamics and compromises metapopulation stability in the Glanville fritillary butterfly

    Ayco Jerome Michel Tack;Tommi Jouni Mikael Mononen;Ilkka Aulis Hanski

  • PLANT-MICROBE-INSECT INTERACTIONS Evolutionary adaptation in three-way interactions between plants, microbes and arthropods

    Arjen Biere;Ayco J. M. Tack

Frequent Co-Authors

Tomas Roslin
Tomas Roslin Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Anna-Liisa Laine
Anna-Liisa Laine University of Helsinki
Johan Ehrlén
Johan Ehrlén Stockholm University
Bastien Castagneyrol
Bastien Castagneyrol University of Bordeaux
Otso Ovaskainen
Otso Ovaskainen University of Jyväskylä
Xoaquín Moreira
Xoaquín Moreira Spanish National Research Council
Roberto Salguero-Gómez
Roberto Salguero-Gómez University of Oxford
Julia Koricheva
Julia Koricheva Royal Holloway University of London
Kristoffer Hylander
Kristoffer Hylander Stockholm University
Yvonne M. Buckley
Yvonne M. Buckley Trinity College Dublin

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