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Dries P. J. Kuijper

Dries P. J. Kuijper

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
35
Citations
4146
World Ranking
7433
National Ranking
26

Overview

Dries P. J. Kuijper is affiliated with the Mammal Research Institute in Poland and works primarily in the field of Environmental Science. Their research emphasizes various aspects of ecology, wildlife behavior, and conservation biology.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

  • Environmental Science

They explore numerous subfields, most notably:

  • Ecology
  • Small Animals
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Key research topics addressed in their publications encompass:

  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
  • Ecology and biodiversity studies
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Human-Animal Interaction Studies
  • Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • Marcin Churski
  • Joris P. G. M. Cromsigt
  • Jakub W. Bubnicki
  • Tom A. Diserens
  • Marco Heurich

Dries P. J. Kuijper has contributed to a variety of academic journals, with multiple publications in these venues:

  • Global Ecology and Conservation
  • Journal of Applied Ecology
  • Scientific Reports
  • Biological Conservation
  • Forest Ecology and Management

Notable recent papers include:

  • Disease-Induced Mortality Outweighs Hunting in Causing Wild Boar Population Crash After African Swine Fever Outbreak, 2020, Frontiers in Veterinary Science
  • Fossoriality in a risky landscape: badger sett use varies with perceived wolf risk, 2020, Journal of Zoology
  • Ecology versus society: Impacts of bark beetle infestations on biodiversity and restorativeness in protected areas of Central Europe, 2021, Biological Conservation
  • Playbacks of predator vocalizations reduce crop damage by ungulates, 2022, Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment
  • Olfactory cues of large carnivores modify red deer behavior and browsing intensity, 2021, Behavioral Ecology

Best Publications

  • Paws without claws? Ecological effects of large carnivores in anthropogenic landscapes

    D. P. J. Kuijper;E. Sahlén;Bodil Elmhagen;S. Chamaillé-Jammes

  • Hunting for fear: innovating management of human–wildlife conflicts

    Joris P.G.M. Cromsigt;Joris P.G.M. Cromsigt;Joris P.G.M. Cromsigt;Dries P.J. Kuijper;Marius Adam;Robert L. Beschta

  • Landscape of fear in Europe: wolves affect spatial patterns of ungulate browsing in Białowieża Primeval Forest, Poland.

    D.P.J. Kuijper;C. de Kleine;M. Churski;W.F. van Hooft

  • Do ungulates preferentially feed in forest gaps in European temperate forest

    D.P.J. Kuijper;J.P.G.M. Cromsigt;M. Churski;B. Adam

  • Bottom-up versus top-down control of tree regeneration in the Bialowieza Primeval Forest, Poland

    Dries P. J. Kuijper;Joris P. G. M. Cromsigt;Joris P. G. M. Cromsigt;Bogumiła Jędrzejewska;Stanisław Miścicki

  • What cues do ungulates use to assess predation risk in dense temperate forests

    Dries P. J. Kuijper;Mart Verwijmeren;Marcin Churski;Adam Zbyryt

  • Fluctuating ungulate density shapes tree recruitment in natural stands of the BiałOwieża Primeval Forest, Poland.

    Dries P.J. Kuijper;Bogumiła Jędrzejewska;Bogdan Brzeziecki;Marcin Churski

  • Do wild ungulates experience higher stress with humans than with large carnivores

    Adam Zbyryt;Jakub W Bubnicki;Dries P J Kuijper;Martin Dehnhard

  • Context dependence of risk effects: wolves and tree logs create patches of fear in an old-growth forest

    Dries P.J. Kuijper;Jakub W. Bubnicki;Marcin Churski;Bjorn Mols;Bjorn Mols

  • Spring feeding by pink-footed geese reduces carbon stocks and sink strength in tundra ecosystems

    Rene Van Der Wal;Sofie Sjogersten;Sarah Jane Woodin;Elisabeth J. Cooper

  • Decline and potential recovery of the European grey partridge (Perdix perdix) population—a review

    Dries Pieter Jan Kuijper;Ernst Oosterveld;Eddy Wymenga

  • Behavioural responses of ungulates to indirect cues of an ambush predator

    Camilla Wikenros;Camilla Wikenros;Dries P.J. Kuijper;Robert Behnke;Krzysztof Schmidt

  • Lack of natural control mechanisms increases wildlife-forestry conflict in managed temperate European forest systems

    D. P. J. Kuijper

  • Revisiting the browsing lawn concept: Evolutionary Interactions or pruning herbivores?

    Joris P.G.M. Cromsigt;Dries P.J. Kuijper

  • A “death trap” in the landscape of fear

    Krzysztof Schmidt;Dries P. J. Kuijper

  • Keep the wolf from the door : How to conserve wolves in Europe's human-dominated landscapes?

    D.P.J. Kuijper;M. Churski;Arie Trouwborst;M. Heurich

  • TOP-DOWN CONTROL OF SMALL HERBIVORES ON SALT-MARSH VEGETATION ALONG A PRODUCTIVITY GRADIENT

    D. P J. Kuijper;J. P. Bakker

  • Is the impact of loggings in the last primeval lowland forest in Europe underestimated? The conservation issues of Białowieża Forest

    Grzegorz Mikusiński;Jakub Witold Bubnicki;Marcin Churski;Dorota Czeszczewik

  • Brown world forests: increased ungulate browsing keeps temperate trees in recruitment bottlenecks in resource hotspots

    Marcin Churski;Jakub W. Bubnicki;Bogumiła Jędrzejewska;Dries P. J. Kuijper

  • trapper: an open source web-based application to manage camera trapping projects

    Jakub W. Bubnicki;Marcin Churski;Dries P. J. Kuijper

  • Herbivory and competition slow down invasion of a tall grass along a productivity gradient

    D. P. J. Kuijper;D. J. Nijhoff;J. P. Bakker

Frequent Co-Authors

Joris P. G. M. Cromsigt
Joris P. G. M. Cromsigt Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Bogumiła Jędrzejewska
Bogumiła Jędrzejewska Mammal Research Institute
Krzysztof Schmidt
Krzysztof Schmidt Polish Academy of Sciences
Marco Heurich
Marco Heurich University of Freiburg
Jan P. Bakker
Jan P. Bakker University of Groningen
Sofie Sjögersten
Sofie Sjögersten University of Nottingham
Sarah J. Woodin
Sarah J. Woodin University of Aberdeen
Graham I. H. Kerley
Graham I. H. Kerley Nelson Mandela University
Jan Bakker
Jan Bakker New York University
Włodzimierz Jędrzejewski
Włodzimierz Jędrzejewski Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas

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