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Overview

Eelke Jongejans is affiliated with Radboud University in the Netherlands. Their research centers on environmental science with a significant focus on agricultural and biological sciences. Within these fields, Jongejans has explored several interconnected subfields, including ecology, ecological modeling, global and planetary change, and nature and landscape conservation.

The primary topics of Jongejans's work cover diverse aspects of ecology and species behavior. These include:

  • Avian ecology and behavior
  • Species distribution and climate change
  • Wildlife ecology and conservation
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Animal behavior and reproduction
  • Diptera species taxonomy and behavior
  • Ecology and vegetation dynamics studies

Their publication record includes notable papers such as:

  • "Emerging technologies revolutionise insect ecology and monitoring," 2022, Trends in Ecology & Evolution
  • "Insect biomass decline scaled to species diversity: General patterns derived from a hoverfly community," 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Forest hoverfly community collapse: Abundance and species richness drop over four decades," 2022, Insect Conservation and Diversity
  • "Connecting foraging and roosting areas reveals how food stocks explain shorebird numbers," 2021, Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science
  • "Mortality limits used in wind energy impact assessment underestimate impacts of wind farms on bird populations," 2020, Ecology and Evolution

Jongejans has consistently collaborated with several frequent co-authors, which reflects a pattern of ongoing research partnerships. These co-authors include Hans de Kroon, Bruno J. Ens, Martijn van de Pol, Andrew M. Allen, and Magali Frauendorf.

The scientist's work has appeared frequently in a variety of academic venues, including:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Radboud Repository (Radboud University)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Ibis
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Best Publications

  • More than 75 percent decline over 27 years in total flying insect biomass in protected areas.

    Caspar A. Hallmann;Martin Sorg;Eelke Jongejans;Henk Siepel

  • Declines in insectivorous birds are associated with high neonicotinoid concentrations

    Caspar A. Hallmann;Ruud P. B. Foppen;Chris A. M. van Turnhout;Hans de Kroon

  • Fast-slow continuum and reproductive strategies structure plant life-history variation worldwide.

    Roberto Salguero-Gómez;Roberto Salguero-Gómez;Owen R. Jones;Eelke Jongejans;Simon P. Blomberg

  • Advancing population ecology with integral projection models: A practical guide

    Cory Merow;Cory Merow;Johan P. Dahlgren;Johan P. Dahlgren;C. Jessica E. Metcalf;C. Jessica E. Metcalf;Dylan Z. Childs

  • Loss of Plant Species Diversity Reduces Soil Erosion Resistance

    F. Berendse;J. van Ruijven;E. Jongejans;S.D. Keesstra

  • Emerging technologies revolutionise insect ecology and monitoring.

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  • Is the insect apocalypse upon us? How to find out

    Graham A. Montgomery;Graham A. Montgomery;Robert R. Dunn;Richard Fox;Eelke Jongejans

  • Root responses to nutrients and soil biota: drivers of species coexistence and ecosystem productivity

    Hans de Kroon;Marloes Hendriks;Jasper van Ruijven;Janneke Ravenek

  • Functional traits as predictors of vital rates across the life cycle of tropical trees

    Marco D. Visser;Marco D. Visser;Marjolein Bruijning;S. Joseph Wright;Helene C. Muller‐Landau

  • Habitat fragmentation reduces grassland connectivity for both short-distance and long-distance wind-dispersed forbs

    M. B. Soons;J. H. Messelink;E. Jongejans;G. W. Heil

  • Data gaps and opportunities for comparative and conservation biology

    Dalia A Conde;Johanna Staerk;Johanna Staerk;Fernando Colchero;Rita da Silva

  • Declining abundance of beetles, moths and caddisflies in the Netherlands

    Caspar A. Hallmann;Theo Zeegers;Roel van Klink;Rikjan Vermeulen

  • Dispersal, demography and spatial population models for conservation and control management

    Eelke Jongejans;Olav Skarpaas;Katriona Shea

  • Insect biomass decline scaled to species diversity: General patterns derived from a hoverfly community

    Caspar A Hallmann;Axel Ssymank;Martin Sorg;Hans de Kroon

  • Integral Projection Models for trees: a new parameterization method and a validation of model output

    Pieter A. Zuidema;Eelke Jongejans;Pham D. Chien;Heinjo J. During

  • Evolutionary changes in plant reproductive traits following habitat fragmentation and their consequences for population fitness

    Hans Jacquemyn;Luc De Meester;Eelke Jongejans;Olivier Honnay

  • Space versus time variation in the population dynamics of three co‐occurring perennial herbs

    Eelke Jongejans;Eelke Jongejans;Hans De Kroon

  • Size-dependent flowering and costs of reproduction affect population dynamics in a tuberous perennial woodland orchid.

    Hans Jacquemyn;Rein Brys;Eelke Jongejans

  • IPMpack: an R package for integral projection models

    C. Jessica E. Metcalf;Sean M. McMahon;Roberto Salguero‐Gómez;Eelke Jongejans

  • Plant populations track rather than buffer climate fluctuations

    Eelke Jongejans;Hans De Kroon;Shripad Tuljapurkar;Katriona Shea

  • Field experiments on seed dispersal by wind in ten umbelliferous species (Apiaceae)

    Eelke Jongejans;Anders Telenius

  • Data from: Functional traits as predictors of vital rates across the life cycle of tropical trees

    Visser;M. Bruijning;S.J. Wright;H.C. Muller-Landau

Frequent Co-Authors

Hans de Kroon
Hans de Kroon Radboud University
Katriona Shea
Katriona Shea Pennsylvania State University
Roberto Salguero-Gómez
Roberto Salguero-Gómez University of Oxford
Cory Merow
Cory Merow University of Connecticut
Helene C. Muller-Landau
Helene C. Muller-Landau Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Bruno J. Ens
Bruno J. Ens University of Groningen
C. Jessica E. Metcalf
C. Jessica E. Metcalf Princeton University
Liza S. Comita
Liza S. Comita Yale University
Sean M. McMahon
Sean M. McMahon Smithsonian Environmental Research Center

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