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Erik H. Poelman 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 Erik H. Poelman sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 149 publications — 52nd percentile

52% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Erik H. Poelman 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 Erik H. Poelman sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 48 D-Index — 51st percentile

51% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Erik H. Poelman is affiliated with Wageningen University & Research in the Netherlands. Their research primarily focuses on Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a strong emphasis on Insect Science, Plant Science, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Their scholarly work spans multiple dimensions of insect-plant interactions and ecological dynamics.

Poelman's recent publications include:

  • Predictability of Biotic Stress Structures Plant Defence Evolution, 2021, Trends in Ecology & Evolution
  • Plant defence to sequential attack is adapted to prevalent herbivores, 2021, Nature Plants
  • Insect egg-killing: a new front on the evolutionary arms-race between brassicaceous plants and pierid butterflies, 2020, New Phytologist
  • Effects of ozone stress on flowering phenology, plant-pollinator interactions and plant reproductive success, 2020, Environmental Pollution
  • The Ecology of Hyperparasitoids, 2021, Annual Review of Entomology

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Marcel Dicke
  • Mitchel E. Bourne
  • Maximilien A. C. Cuny
  • Daan Mertens
  • Luuk Croijmans

Poelman contributes regularly to several key scientific journals, including:

  • New Phytologist
  • Animal Behaviour
  • Ecological Entomology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Functional Ecology

Their research spans multiple topics oriented around ecological interactions and plant-insect relationships, including:

  • Insect-Plant Interactions and Control
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Plant Parasitism and Resistance
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Forest Insect Ecology and Management
  • Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences
  • Insect and Pesticide Research

Poelman's work integrates biological stress responses, plant defense mechanisms, and ecological dynamics with insect and environmental interactions. Their contributions reflect an interdisciplinary approach within both applied and theoretical frameworks of plant and insect ecology.

Best Publications

  • Plant Interactions with Multiple Insect Herbivores: From Community to Genes

    Jeltje M Stam;Anneke Kroes;Yehua Li;Rieta Gols

  • Intrinsic inter- and intraspecific competition in parasitoid wasps.

    Jeffrey A. Harvey;Erik H. Poelman;Toshiharu Tanaka

  • Early season herbivore differentially affects plant defence responses to subsequently colonizing herbivores and their abundance in the field

    Erik H. Poelman;Colette Broekgaarden;Joop J. A. Van Loon;Marcel Dicke

  • Herbivore-induced plant volatiles and tritrophic interactions across spatial scales.

    Yavanna Aartsma;Felix J. J. A. Bianchi;Wopke van der Werf;Erik H. Poelman

  • Consequences of variation in plant defense for biodiversity at higher trophic levels

    Erik H. Poelman;Joop J.A. van Loon;Marcel Dicke

  • Hyperparasitoids Use Herbivore-Induced Plant Volatiles to Locate Their Parasitoid Host

    Erik H. Poelman;Maaike Bruinsma;Feng Zhu;Berhane T. Weldegergis

  • A taxonomic revision of the Neotropical poison frog genus Ranitomeya (Amphibia: Dendrobatidae)

    Jason L. Brown;Evan Twomey;Adolfo Amézquita;Moisés Barbosa De Souza

  • Chemical diversity in Brassica oleracea affects biodiversity of insect herbivores.

    Erik H. Poelman;Nicole M. Van Dam;Joop J. A. Van Loon;Louise E. M. Vet

  • Consequences of constitutive and induced variation in plant nutritional quality for immune defence of a herbivore against parasitism

    Tibor Bukovinszky;Erik H. Poelman;Rieta Gols;Georgios Prekatsakis

  • Foraging behaviour by parasitoids in multiherbivore communities

    Marjolein de Rijk;Marcel Dicke;Erik H. Poelman

  • Tri‐trophic interactions: bridging species, communities and ecosystems

    Luis Abdala-Roberts;Adriana Puentes;Deborah L. Finke;Robert J. Marquis

  • Insect herbivore- associated organisms affect plant responses to herbivory

    Feng Zhu;Erik H. Poelman;Marcel Dicke

  • Performance of specialist and generalist herbivores feeding on cabbage cultivars is not explained by glucosinolate profiles

    Erik H. Poelman;Ron J. F. H. Galiart;Ciska E. Raaijmakers;Joop J. A. van Loon

  • Herbivore-induced plant responses in Brassica oleracea prevail over effects of constitutive resistance and result in enhanced herbivore attack.

    E. H. Poelman;J. J. A. van Loon;N. M. van Dam;L. E. M. Vet

  • The herbivore-induced plant volatile methyl salicylate negatively affects attraction of the parasitoid Diadegma semiclausum.

    Tjeerd A. L. Snoeren;Roland Mumm;Erik H. Poelman;Yue Yang;Yue Yang

  • Field parasitism rates of caterpillars on Brassica oleracea plants are reliably predicted by differential attraction of Cotesia parasitoids

    Erik H. Poelman;Ayub M. O. Oduor;Colette Broekgaarden;Cornelis A. Hordijk

  • Keystone Herbivores and the Evolution of Plant Defenses

    Erik H. Poelman;André Kessler

  • Drought stress affects plant metabolites and herbivore preference but not host location by its parasitoids

    Berhane T. Weldegergis;Feng Zhu;Erik H. Poelman;Marcel Dicke

  • Covariation and phenotypic integration in chemical communication displays: biosynthetic constraints and eco-evolutionary implications

    Robert R. Junker;Jonas Kuppler;Luisa Amo;James D. Blande

  • Offering offspring as food to cannibals: oviposition strategies of Amazonian poison frogs (Dendrobates ventrimaculatus)

    Erik H. Poelman;Marcel Dicke

  • Genotypic variation in genome-wide transcription profiles induced by insect feeding: Brassica oleracea--Pieris rapae interactions.

    Colette Broekgaarden;Erik H Poelman;Greet Steenhuis;Roeland E Voorrips

Frequent Co-Authors

Marcel Dicke
Marcel Dicke Wageningen University & Research
Jeffrey A. Harvey
Jeffrey A. Harvey Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Rieta Gols
Rieta Gols Wageningen University & Research
Joop J. A. van Loon
Joop J. A. van Loon Wageningen University & Research
Louise E. M. Vet
Louise E. M. Vet Wageningen University & Research
André Kessler
André Kessler Cornell University
Felix J.J.A. Bianchi
Felix J.J.A. Bianchi Wageningen University & Research
Nicole M. van Dam
Nicole M. van Dam Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Jochem B. Evers
Jochem B. Evers Wageningen University & Research
Heiko Vogel
Heiko Vogel Max Planck Society

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