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Frederik Hendrickx is affiliated with the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences in Belgium. Their research primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science, with a focus on subfields such as Insect Science, Genetics, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecology, and Microbiology.

The scientist's work covers multiple topics, including:

  • Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences
  • Entomopathogenic microorganisms in pest control
  • Insect and arachnid ecology and behavior
  • Reproductive tract infections research
  • Adolescent sexual and reproductive health
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Spider taxonomy and behavior studies

Frederik Hendrickx has contributed to various research publications, appearing in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Nature Ecology & Evolution, ISME Communications, and Microbial Genomics. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • ISME Communications
  • Microbial Genomics

Representative recent papers authored or co-authored by Frederik Hendrickx include:

  • A masculinizing supergene underlies an exaggerated male reproductive morph in a spider, 2021, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • A masculinizing supergene underlies an exaggerated male reproductive morph in a spider, 2021, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Frederik frequently collaborates with fellow researchers. Notable coauthors include:

  • Tamara Halter
  • Matthias Horn
  • Stephan Köstlbacher
  • Alejandro Manzano-Marín
  • Zoë De Corte

Best Publications

  • Indicators for biodiversity in agricultural landscapes: a pan‐European study

    R. Billeter;J. Liira;D. Bailey;R.J.F. Bugter

  • How landscape structure, land-use intensity and habitat diversity affect components of total arthropod diversity in agricultural landscapes

    Frederik Hendrickx;Jean-Pierre Maelfait;Walter Van Wingerden;Oliver Schweiger

  • Quantifying the impact of environmental factors on arthropod communities in agricultural landscapes across organizational levels and spatial scales

    O Schweiger;Jean-Pierre Maelfait;W Van Wingerden;Frederik Hendrickx

  • Urbanization drives cross-taxon declines in abundance and diversity at multiple spatial scales.

    Elena Piano;Elena Piano;Caroline Souffreau;Thomas Merckx;Thomas Merckx;Lisa F. Baardsen

  • Body-size shifts in aquatic and terrestrial urban communities.

    Thomas Merckx;Caroline Souffreau;Aurelien Kaiser;Lisa F Baardsen

  • Effects of landscape structure and land-use intensity on similarity of plant and animal communities

    Carsten F. Dormann;Oliver Schweiger;Isabel Augenstein;Debra Bailey

  • Urbanization drives community shifts towards thermophilic and dispersive species at local and landscape scales

    Elena Piano;Elena Piano;Katrien De Wolf;Katrien De Wolf;Francesca Bona;Dries Bonte

  • Adaptation of a polyphagous herbivore to a novel host plant extensively shapes the transcriptome of herbivore and host

    Nicky Wybouw;Vladimir Zhurov;Cartherine Martel;Kristie A Bruinsma

  • The effects of forest patch size and matrix type on changes in carabid beetle assemblages in an urbanized landscape

    Eva Gaublomme;Frederik Hendrickx;Hilde Dhuyvetter;Konjev Desender

  • Functional richness of local hoverfly communities (Diptera, Syrphidae) in response to land use across temperate Europe

    Oliver Schweiger;Martin Musche;Debra Bailey;Regula Billeter

  • patternize: An R package for quantifying colour pattern variation.

    Steven M. Van Belleghem;Steven M. Van Belleghem;Steven M. Van Belleghem;Riccardo Papa;Riccardo Papa;Humberto Ortiz-Zuazaga;Frederik Hendrickx;Frederik Hendrickx

  • Prediction uncertainty of environmental change effects on temperate European biodiversity.

    Carsten F. Dormann;Oliver Schweiger;P. Arens;I. Augenstein

  • Cross-realm assessment of climate change impacts on species’ abundance trends

    Diana E. Bowler;Christian Hof;Peter Haase;Peter Haase;Ingrid Kröncke

  • Pervasive effects of dispersal limitation on within- and among-community species richness in agricultural landscapes

    Frederik Hendrickx;Frederik Hendrickx;Jean-Pierre Maelfait;Konjev Desender;Stephanie Aviron

  • Heavy metal contents (Cd, Cu, Zn) in spiders (Pirata piraticus) living in intertidal sediments of the river Scheldt estuary (Belgium) as affected by substrate characteristics.

    Gijs Du Laing;Nicolas Bogaert;Filip M.G. Tack;Marc G. Verloo

  • Evolution at two time frames: Polymorphisms from an ancient singular divergence event fuel contemporary parallel evolution.

    Steven M. Van Belleghem;Carl Vangestel;Carl Vangestel;Katrien De Wolf;Katrien De Wolf;Zoë De Corte

  • Relationship between fluctuating asymmetry and fitness within and between stressed and unstressed populations of the wolf spider Pirata piraticus.

    Frederik Hendrickx;Jean-Pierre Maelfait;Luc Lens

  • Spiders as bio-indicators of anthropogenic stress in natural and semi-natural habitats in Flanders (Belgium): some recent developments

    Jean-Pierre Maelfait;Frederik Hendrickx;K. L. Ledeganckstraat

  • Assemblage structure and conservation value of spiders and carabid beetles from restored lowland river banks

    Kevin Lambeets;Frederik Hendrickx;Stijn Vanacker;Kris Van Looy

  • Adaptive reproductive variation along a pollution gradient in a wolf spider

    Frederik Hendrickx;Jean-Pierre Maelfait;Marjan Speelmans;Nico M. Van Straalen

  • Complementarity effects drive positive diversity effects on biomass production in experimental benthic diatom biofilms

    Bart Vanelslander;Aaike De Wever;Nicolas Van Oostende;Pattaratjit Kaewnuratchadasorn

Frequent Co-Authors

Jean-Pierre Maelfait
Jean-Pierre Maelfait Ghent University
Thierry Backeljau
Thierry Backeljau Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences
Luc Lens
Luc Lens Ghent University
Dries Bonte
Dries Bonte Ghent University
Filip Tack
Filip Tack Ghent University
Tim Diekötter
Tim Diekötter Kiel University
Luc De Meester
Luc De Meester Freie Universität Berlin
Oliver Schweiger
Oliver Schweiger Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Marc Verloo
Marc Verloo Ghent University
Jaan Liira
Jaan Liira University of Tartu

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