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Overview

Elisabeth S. Bakker is affiliated with Wageningen University & Research in the Netherlands. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science, with a significant emphasis on Ecology. Subfields of their work include Nature and Landscape Conservation, Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change, and Environmental Chemistry.

The scientist's work spans several main topics within environmental and ecological research, highlighting:

  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services
  • Environmental Philosophy and Ethics
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Elisabeth S. Bakker has coauthored extensively with several frequent collaborators, including Casper H. A. van Leeuwen, G. F. Veen, Hui Jin, Marjolijn J. A. Christianen, and Ralph J. M. Temmink.

Their recent papers cover a range of ecological and environmental topics and have been published in prominent venues:

  • "Trophic rewilding can expand natural climate solutions," 2023, Nature Climate Change
  • "Nutrient availability controls the impact of mammalian herbivores on soil carbon and nitrogen pools in grasslands," 2020, Global Change Biology
  • "Interactive Effects of Rising Temperature and Nutrient Enrichment on Aquatic Plant Growth, Stoichiometry, and Palatability," 2020, Frontiers in Plant Science
  • "Evolutionary history of grazing and resources determine herbivore exclusion effects on plant diversity," 2022, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • "Ectothermic omnivores increase herbivory in response to rising temperature," 2020, Oikos

Their work frequently appears in journals such as Oikos, Journal of Ecology, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Global Change Biology, and The Science of The Total Environment.

Best Publications

  • Herbivore impact on grassland plant diversity depends on habitat productivity and herbivore size.

    Elisabeth S. Bakker;Mark E. Ritchie;Han Olff;Daniel G. Milchunas

  • Global nutrient transport in a world of giants.

    Christopher E. Doughty;Joe Roman;Joe Roman;Søren Faurby;Adam Wolf

  • Combining paleo-data and modern exclosure experiments to assess the impact of megafauna extinctions on woody vegetation

    Elisabeth S. Bakker;Jacquelyn L. Gill;Christopher N. Johnson;Frans W M Vera

  • Management and control methods of invasive alien freshwater aquatic plants: a review

    Andreas Hussner;I. Stiers;M.J.J.M. Verhofstad;E.S. Bakker

  • Shifting mosaics in grazed woodlands driven by the alternation of plant facilitation and competition

    H. Olff;F.W.M. Vera;J. Bokdam;E.S. Bakker

  • Herbivory on freshwater and marine macrophytes: A review and perspective

    Elisabeth S. Bakker;Kevin A. Wood;Jordi F. Pages;G. F. (Ciska) Veen

  • Impact of herbivores on nitrogen cycling: contrasting effects of small and large species

    ES Bakker;ES Bakker;Han Olff;M Boekhoff;JM Gleichman

  • Change in dominance determines herbivore effects on plant biodiversity

    Sally E. Koerner;Melinda D. Smith;Deron E. Burkepile;Niall P. Hanan

  • Soil seed bank composition along a gradient from dry alvar grassland to Juniperus shrubland

    Jan P. Bakker;E.S. Bakker;E. Rosen;G.L. Verweij

  • Restoring macrophyte diversity in shallow temperate lakes: biotic versus abiotic constraints

    Elisabeth S. Bakker;Judith M. Sarneel;Ramesh D. Gulati;Zhengwen Liu;Zhengwen Liu

  • Ecological anachronisms in the recruitment of temperate light‐demanding tree species in wooded pastures

    E. S. Bakker;H. Olff;H. Olff;C. Vandenberghe;C. Vandenberghe;K. De Maeyer;K. De Maeyer

  • Trophic rewilding can expand natural climate solutions

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  • Impact of different-sized herbivores on recruitment opportunities for subordinate herbs in grasslands

    Elisabeth S. Bakker;Han Olff

  • Assessing the role of large herbivores in the structuring and functioning of freshwater and marine angiosperm ecosystems

    Elisabeth S. Bakker;Jordi F. Pagès;Jordi F. Pagès;Rohan Arthur;Rohan Arthur;Teresa Alcoverro;Teresa Alcoverro

  • Response of submerged macrophyte communities to external and internal restoration measures in north temperate shallow lakes.

    Sabine Hilt;Marta M. Alirangues Nuñez;Elisabeth S. Bakker;Irmgard Blindow

  • Plants in aquatic ecosystems: current trends and future directions

    Matthew T. O’Hare;Francisca C. Aguiar;Takashi Asaeda;Elisabeth S. Bakker

  • Effect of macrophyte community composition and nutrient enrichment on plant biomass and algal blooms

    E.S. Bakker;E. Van Donk;S.A.J. Declerck;N.R. Helmsing

  • Experimental manipulation of predation risk and food quality: effect on grazing behaviour in a central-place foraging herbivore

    E.S. Bakker;R.C. Reiffers;H. Olff;H. Olff;J.M. Gleichman

  • Impact of water-level fluctuations on cyanobacterial blooms: options for management

    Elisabeth S. Bakker;Sabine Hilt

  • An integrated perspective to explain nitrogen mineralization in grazed ecosystems

    Maarten Schrama;G. F. (Ciska) Veen;E. S. (Liesbeth) Bakker;Jasper L. Ruifrok

  • Trophic rewilding: impact on ecosystems under global change

    Elisabeth S. Bakker;Jens-Christian Svenning

Frequent Co-Authors

Han Olff
Han Olff University of Groningen
Ellen Van Donk
Ellen Van Donk Utrecht University
Sabine Hilt
Sabine Hilt Leibniz Association
Bart A. Nolet
Bart A. Nolet University of Amsterdam
Leon P. M. Lamers
Leon P. M. Lamers Radboud University
Wilco C. E. P. Verberk
Wilco C. E. P. Verberk Radboud University
Bjorn J. M. Robroek
Bjorn J. M. Robroek Radboud University Medical Center
Johannes M. H. Knops
Johannes M. H. Knops Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University
Jens-Christian Svenning
Jens-Christian Svenning Aarhus University

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