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Jasper van Ruijven is affiliated with Wageningen University & Research in the Netherlands. Their research contributions focus primarily on agricultural and biological sciences, as well as environmental science, with significant work in plant science, nature and landscape conservation, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, global and planetary change, and soil science.

The main topics addressed in their research include ecology and vegetation dynamics studies, mycorrhizal fungi and plant interactions, plant and animal studies, plant nutrient uptake and metabolism, soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics, plant pathogens and fungal diseases, and legume nitrogen fixing symbiosis.

Jasper van Ruijven has published in several frequently encountered venues, notably:

  • New Phytologist
  • Journal of Ecology
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Global Ecology and Biogeography
  • Nature Ecology & Evolution

Their recent published papers include:

  • "The fungal collaboration gradient dominates the root economics space in plants" (2020, Science Advances)
  • "An integrated framework of plant form and function: the belowground perspective" (2021, New Phytologist)
  • "Global root traits (GRooT) database" (2020, Global Ecology and Biogeography)
  • "Root traits explain plant species distributions along climatic gradients yet challenge the nature of ecological trade-offs" (2021, Nature Ecology & Evolution)
  • "Plant-Soil Feedbacks and Temporal Dynamics of Plant Diversity-Productivity Relationships" (2021, Trends in Ecology & Evolution)

Frequent co-authors in van Ruijven's work include:

  • Liesje Mommer
  • Alexandra Weigelt
  • Helge Bruelheide
  • Fons van der Plas
  • Thomas W. Kuyper

Best Publications

  • High plant diversity is needed to maintain ecosystem services

    Forest Isbell;Vincent Calcagno;Andy Hector;John Connolly

  • The fungal collaboration gradient dominates the root economics space in plants.

    Joana Bergmann;Alexandra Weigelt;Fons van der Plas;Daniel C. Laughlin

  • Multiple facets of biodiversity drive the diversity–stability relationship

    Dylan Craven;Nico Eisenhauer;William D. Pearse;Yann Hautier

  • Plant species identity and diversity effects on different trophic levels of nematodes in the soil food web

    Gerlinde B. De Deyn;Ciska E. Raaijmakers;Jasper van Ruijven;Frank Berendse

  • An integrated framework of plant form and function: The belowground perspective

    Alexandra Weigelt;Liesje Mommer;Karl Andraczek;Colleen M. Iversen

  • Plant species richness promotes soil carbon and nitrogen stocks in grasslands without legumes

    Wen‐Feng Cong;Jasper van Ruijven;Liesje Mommer;Gerlinde B. De Deyn

  • Loss of Plant Species Diversity Reduces Soil Erosion Resistance

    F. Berendse;J. van Ruijven;E. Jongejans;S.D. Keesstra

  • Root–Root Interactions: Towards A Rhizosphere Framework

    Liesje Mommer;John Kirkegaard;Jasper van Ruijven

  • Lost in diversity: the interactions between soil-borne fungi, biodiversity and plant productivity.

    Liesje Mommer;T. E. Anne Cotton;T. E. Anne Cotton;Jos M. Raaijmakers;Aad J. Termorshuizen

  • Positive effects of plant species diversity on productivity in the absence of legumes

    Jasper Van Ruijven;Frank Berendse

  • Diversity reduces invasibility in experimental plant communities the role of plant species

    Jasper van Ruijven;Gerlinde B. De Deyn;Frank Berendse

  • Environmental changes drive the temporal stability of semi-arid natural grasslands through altering species asynchrony

    Zhuwen Xu;Zhuwen Xu;Haiyan Ren;Mai-He Li;Jasper van Ruijven

  • Global root traits (GRooT) database

    Nathaly R. Guerrero-Ramírez;Liesje Mommer;Grégoire T. Freschet;Colleen M. Iversen

  • Species richness, but not phylogenetic diversity, influences community biomass production and temporal stability in a re-examination of 16 grassland biodiversity studies

    Patrick Venail;Patrick Venail;Kevin Gross;Todd H. Oakley;Anita Narwani;Anita Narwani

  • Interactive effects of nutrient heterogeneity and competition: implications for root foraging theory?

    Liesje Mommer;Liesje Mommer;Jasper van Ruijven;Corien Jansen;Harry M. van de Steeg

  • The Cooling Capacity of Mosses: Controls on Water and Energy Fluxes in a Siberian Tundra Site

    Daan Blok;M.M.P.D. Heijmans;G. Schaepman-Strub;J. van Ruijven

  • Artificial light at night causes diapause inhibition and sex-specific life history changes in a moth.

    Koert G van Geffen;Roy H A van Grunsven;Jasper van Ruijven;Frank Berendse

  • Root traits explain plant species distributions along climatic gradients yet challenge the nature of ecological trade-offs

    Daniel C. Laughlin;Liesje Mommer;Francesco Maria Sabatini;Helge Bruelheide

  • Plant–Soil Feedbacks and Temporal Dynamics of Plant Diversity–Productivity Relationships

    Madhav P. Thakur;Wim H. van der Putten;Rutger A. Wilschut;G.F. (Ciska) Veen

  • Diversity-dependent temporal divergence of ecosystem functioning in experimental ecosystems.

    Nathaly R Guerrero-Ramirez;Dylan Craven;Peter B Reich;Peter B Reich;John J Ewel

  • Contrasting root behaviour in two grass species: A test of functionality in dynamic heterogeneous conditions

    Liesje Mommer;Eric J. W. Visser;Jasper van Ruijven;Hannie de Caluwe

  • Long-term persistence of a positive plant diversity-productivity relationship in the absence of legumes

    Jasper Van Ruijven;Frank Berendse

  • The effects of long-term fertilization on the temporal stability of alpine meadow communities

    Zhongling Yang;Jasper van Ruijven;Guozhen Du

Frequent Co-Authors

Liesje Mommer
Liesje Mommer Wageningen University & Research
Peter B. Reich
Peter B. Reich University of Minnesota
Frank Berendse
Frank Berendse Wageningen University & Research
Alexandra Weigelt
Alexandra Weigelt Leipzig University
David Tilman
David Tilman University of Minnesota
Hans de Kroon
Hans de Kroon Radboud University
Trofim C. Maximov
Trofim C. Maximov Russian Academy of Sciences
Jens Kattge
Jens Kattge Max Planck Society
Michael Scherer-Lorenzen
Michael Scherer-Lorenzen University of Freiburg
Hendrik Poorter
Hendrik Poorter Forschungszentrum Jülich

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