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Plant Science and Agronomy
Netherlands
2025

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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
83
Citations
27045
World Ranking
370
National Ranking
12

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
86
Citations
28354
World Ranking
588
National Ranking
21

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Netherlands Leader Award

Overview

Jan P. Bakker is affiliated with the University of Groningen in the Netherlands and specializes primarily in Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research spans several subfields, including Ecology, Earth-Surface Processes, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Atmospheric Science, and Plant Science.

Their work covers a range of topics related to coastal and marine environments. Key areas of focus include:

  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
  • Coastal and Marine Dynamics
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Aeolian processes and effects
  • Plant Parasitism and Resistance
  • Marine and coastal plant biology
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research

Bakker has published multiple papers on these themes, with recent contributions such as:

  • Long-term cross-scale comparison of grazing and mowing on plant diversity and community composition in a salt-marsh system (2021, Journal of Ecology)
  • Salt Marsh Accretion With and Without Deep Soil Subsidence as a Proxy for Sea-Level Rise (2022, Estuaries and Coasts)
  • A Diachronic Triangular Perspective on Landscapes: a Conceptual Tool for Research and Management Applied to Wadden Sea Salt Marshes (2021, MAST. Maritime studies/Maritime studies)
  • Long-term management is needed for conserving plant diversity in a Wadden Sea salt marsh (2020, Biodiversity and Conservation)
  • Temporal and Spatial Accretion Patterns and the Impact of Livestock Grazing in a Restored Coastal Salt Marsh (2021, Estuaries and Coasts)

The principal publication venues for Bakker's work include:

  • Estuaries and Coasts
  • Journal of Ecology
  • MAST. Maritime studies/Maritime studies
  • Biodiversity and Conservation
  • Ocean & Coastal Management

Frequent collaborators include Christian Smit, Han Olff, Qingqing Chen, Juan Alberti, and Marinka van Puijenbroek, reflecting ongoing cooperative research efforts.

Best Publications

  • TRY plant trait database : Enhanced coverage and open access

    Jens Kattge;Gerhard Bönisch;Sandra Díaz;Sandra Lavorel

  • The LEDA Traitbase: A database of life-history traits of the Northwest European flora

    M Kleyer;RM Bekker;RM Bekker;IC Knevel;IC Knevel;JP Bakker

  • The Soil Seed Banks of North West Europe: Methodology, Density and Longevity

    Ken Thompson;Jan Pouwel Bakker;Renée M. Bekker

  • Constraints in the restoration of ecological diversity in grassland and heathland communities

    Jan P. Bakker;Frank Berendse

  • Nature Management by Grazing and Cutting: On the ecological significance of grazing and cutting regimes applied to restore former species-rich grassland communities in the Netherlands

    Jan Pouwel Bakker

  • Seed banks and seed dispersal: important topics in restoration ecology

    J. P. Bakker;P. Poschlod;R. J. Strykstra;R. M. Bekker

  • An improved method for seed-bank analysis: Seedling emergence after removing the soil by sieving

    G.N.J. ter Heerdt;R.M. Bekker;J.P. Bakker;G.L. Verweij

  • Seed size, shape and vertical distribution in the soil: Indicators of seed longevity

    R. M. Bekker;J. P. Bakker;U. Grandin;R. Kalamees

  • Relationship between soil chemical factors and grassland diversity

    Frédéric Janssens;Alain Peeters;Jrb Tallowin;JP Bakker

  • Why do we need permanent plots in the study of long-term vegetation dynamics?

    Jan Bakker;Han Olff;JH Willems;M Zobel

  • Ecological correlates of seed persistence in soil in the north-west European flora

    Ken Thompson;Jan P. Bakker;Renée M. Bekker;John G. Hodgson

  • Changing land use and its impact on biodiversity

    P. Poschlod;J.P. Bakker;S. Kahmen

  • Soil seed banks in European grasslands: does land use affect regeneration perspectives?

    Renee Bekker;G.L. Verweij;R.E.N. Smith;R. Reine

  • Self‐Organization and Vegetation Collapse in Salt Marsh Ecosystems

    van de Johan Koppel;D van der Wal;Jan Bakker;Pmj Herman

  • Vegetation succession and herbivory in a salt marsh: changes induced by sea level rise and silt deposition along an elevational gradient

    Han Olff;J De Leeuw;Jan Bakker;RJ Platerink

  • Salt-marsh restoration: evaluating the success of de-embankments in north-west Europe

    Mineke Wolters;Angus Garbutt;Jan P. Bakker

  • Dispersal phenology of hydrochorous plants in relation to discharge, seed release time and buoyancy of seeds: the flood pulse concept supported

    Ger Boedeltje;Ger Boedeltje;Jan P. Bakker;Albert Ten Brinke;Jan M. Van Groenendael

  • Dispersal failure contributes to plant losses in NW Europe.

    Wim A. Ozinga;Wim A. Ozinga;Christine Römermann;Renée M. Bekker;Andreas Prinzing

  • Predictability of plant species composition from environmental conditions is constrained by dispersal limitation

    W.A. Ozinga;J.H.J. Schaminée;R.M. Bekker;S. Bonn

  • Plant dispersal in a lowland stream in relation to occurrence and three specific life‐history traits of the species in the species pool

    Ger Boedeltje;Ger Boedeltje;Jan P. Bakker;Renée M. Bekker;Jan M. Van Groenendael

  • The Soil Seed Banks of North West Europe.

    A. R. Watkinson;K. Thompson;J. P. Bakker;R. M. Bekker

Frequent Co-Authors

Renée M. Bekker
Renée M. Bekker University of Groningen
Albert Grootjans
Albert Grootjans University of Groningen
Wim A. Ozinga
Wim A. Ozinga Wageningen University & Research
Peter Poschlod
Peter Poschlod University of Regensburg
Han Olff
Han Olff University of Groningen
Ken Thompson
Ken Thompson University of Sheffield
Joost M. Tinbergen
Joost M. Tinbergen University of Groningen
Michiel F. WallisDeVries
Michiel F. WallisDeVries Wageningen University & Research
Tjeerd J. Bouma
Tjeerd J. Bouma Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research
Bruno J. Ens
Bruno J. Ens University of Groningen

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