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Harry Olde Venterink

Harry Olde Venterink

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
41
Citations
5482
World Ranking
7828
National Ranking
105

Harry Olde Venterink publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Harry Olde Venterink sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 83 publications — 6th percentile

6% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Harry Olde Venterink D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Harry Olde Venterink sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 41 D-Index — 22nd percentile

22% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

Harry Olde Venterink is affiliated with the Vrije Universiteit Brussel in Belgium. Their research primarily centers on environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences, with significant contributions to nature and landscape conservation, plant science, ecology, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, and soil science.

The main research topics covered by their work include ecology and vegetation dynamics studies, plant and animal studies, rangeland management and livestock ecology, wildlife ecology and conservation, soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics, mycorrhizal fungi and plant interactions, and legume nitrogen fixing symbiosis.

Harry Olde Venterink has authored or co-authored multiple papers in prominent journals. Notable recent publications include:

  • Negative effects of cattle on soil carbon and nutrient pools reversed by megaherbivores (2020, Nature Sustainability)
  • Nutrients cause grassland biomass to outpace herbivory (2020, Nature Communications)
  • Plants increase silicon content as a response to nitrogen or phosphorus limitation: a case study with Holcus lanatus (2020, Plant and Soil)
  • Soil properties as key predictors of global grassland production: Have we overlooked micronutrients? (2021, Ecology Letters)
  • Evolutionary history of grazing and resources determine herbivore exclusion effects on plant diversity (2022, Nature Ecology & Evolution)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Harry Olde Venterink are:

  • Elizabeth T. Borer
  • Risto Virtanen
  • Eric W. Seabloom
  • Ian Donohue
  • Anu Eskelinen

The most common venues for their publications include:

  • Nature Communications
  • Plant and Soil
  • Ecology and Evolution
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Oikos

Best Publications

  • Endangered plants persist under phosphorus limitation

    Martin J. Wassen;Harry Olde Venterink;Elena D. Lapshina;Franziska Tanneberger

  • Impact of drying and re-wetting on N, P and K dynamics in a wetland soil

    Harry Olde Venterink;Torbjörn E. Davidsson;Kathrin Kiehl;Lars Leonardson

  • Nutrient concentrations in mire vegetation as a measure of nutrient limitation in mire ecosystems

    Martin J. Wassen;Harry G.M. Olde Venterink;Evalyne O.A.M. de Swart

  • Chemical and Biological Gradients along the Damma Glacier Soil Chronosequence, Switzerland

    Stefano M. Bernasconi;Andreas Bauder;Bernard Bourdon;Ivano Brunner

  • Low investment in sexual reproduction threatens plants adapted to phosphorus limitation

    Yuki Fujita;Harry Olde Venterink;Peter M. Van Bodegom;Jacob C. Douma

  • Patterns in vegetation, hydrology, and nutrient availability in an undisturbed river floodplain in Poland

    Martin J. Wassen;Wilma H.M. Peeters;Harry Olde Venterink

  • Importance of sediment deposition and denitrification for nutrient retention in floodplain wetlands

    Harry Olde Venterink;Harry Olde Venterink;Jan E. Vermaat;Jan E. Vermaat;Mario Pronk;Mario Pronk;Frank Wiegman

  • Plant species from mesotrophic wetlands cause relatively high methane emissions from peat soil

    Albert Koelbener;Lena Ström;Peter J. Edwards;Harry Olde Venterink

  • Competitive interactions between two meadow grasses under nitrogen and phosphorus limitation

    Harry Olde Venterink;Sabine Güsewell

  • Woody encroachment reduces nutrient limitation and promotes soil carbon sequestration.

    Wilma J. Blaser;Griffin K. Shanungu;Peter J. Edwards;Harry Olde Venterink

  • Invasion of Solidago gigantea in contrasting experimental plant communities: effects on soil microbes, nutrients and plant–soil feedbacks

    Deborah Scharfy;Sabine Güsewell;Mark O. Gessner;Mark O. Gessner;Harry Olde Venterink

  • Legumes have a higher root phosphatase activity than other forbs, particularly under low inorganic P and N supply

    Harry Olde Venterink

  • Soil bacterial growth and nutrient limitation along a chronosequence from a glacier forefield

    Hans Göransson;Hans Göransson;Harry Olde Venterink;Erland Bååth

  • Does phosphorus limitation promote species-rich plant communities?

    Harry Olde Venterink

  • Methane transport and emissions from soil as affected by water table and vascular plants.

    Gurbir S Bhullar;Gurbir S Bhullar;Majid Iravani;Peter J Edwards;Harry Olde Venterink;Harry Olde Venterink

  • Variation in the plant-mediated methane transport and its importance for methane emission from intact wetland peat mesocosms

    Gurbir S. Bhullar;Peter J. Edwards;Harry Olde Venterink

  • Effects of herbivory, fire and N-2-fixation on nutrient limitation in a humid African savanna

    Patrick G. Cech;Thomas Kuster;Peter J. Edwards;Harry Olde Venterink

  • Invasive forbs differ functionally from native graminoids, but are similar to native forbs.

    Deborah Scharfy;Andrea Funk;Harry Olde Venterink;Sabine Güsewell

  • Long-term effects of drainage and hay-removal on nutrient dynamics and limitation in the Biebrza mires, Poland

    Harry Olde Venterink;Ignacy Kardel;Wiktor Kotowski;Wilma H.m. Peeters

  • Negative effects of cattle on soil carbon and nutrient pools reversed by megaherbivores

    Judith Sitters;Duncan M. Kimuyu;Truman P. Young;Philippe Claeys

  • A comparison of six models predicting vegetation response to hydrological habitat change.

    Harry Olde Venterink;Martin J. Wassen

  • Role of active floodplains for nutrient retention in the river Rhine.

    H. Olde Venterink;F. Wiegman;G. E. M. Van der Lee;J. E. Vermaat

  • Importance of sediment deposition and denitrification for plant productivity and nutrient retention in various floodplain wetlands

    H. Olde Venterink;M. Pronk;F. Wiegman;G.E.M. van der Lee

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin J. Wassen
Martin J. Wassen Utrecht University
Anu Eskelinen
Anu Eskelinen University of Oulu
Eric W. Seabloom
Eric W. Seabloom University of Minnesota
Elizabeth T. Borer
Elizabeth T. Borer University of Minnesota
Peter M. van Bodegom
Peter M. van Bodegom Leiden University
Johannes M. H. Knops
Johannes M. H. Knops Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University
Edward A. D. Mitchell
Edward A. D. Mitchell University of Neuchâtel
Mercedes M. C. Bustamante
Mercedes M. C. Bustamante University of Brasília
Rienk H. Smittenberg
Rienk H. Smittenberg Stockholm University

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