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Jean-Pierre Maelfait

Jean-Pierre Maelfait

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
37
Citations
6713
World Ranking
6807
National Ranking
86

Overview

Jean-Pierre Maelfait was affiliated with Ghent University in Belgium. Their research primarily contributed to the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology.

The scientist focused on several subfields, including Genetics, Insect Science, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Their work covered main topics related to Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior, Insect-Plant Interactions and Control, and broader Plant and Animal Studies.

Jean-Pierre Maelfait's publications appeared predominantly in the Österreichische Gesellschaft für Entomofaunistik (OEGEF), a venue where they had at least one paper published.

One recent paper authored by Maelfait was titled Lasius platythorax Seifert, 1991 as a host of several Chthonolasius species, with remarks on the colony foundation of the parasites (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), published in 2024 in the Österreichische Gesellschaft für Entomofaunistik (OEGEF). This paper has been cited five times.

Throughout their career, Maelfait frequently collaborated with several co-authors, including:

  • Wouter Dekoninck
  • P. J. den Boer
  • Gemene Bos

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

  • Carabid beetles : ecology and evolution

    Konjev Desender;Marc Dufrêne;Michel Loreau;M.-L. Luff

  • Beach nourishment: an ecologically sound coastal defence alternative? A review

    Jeroen Speybroeck;Dries Bonte;Wouter Courtens;Tom Gheskiere

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

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

  • Low propensity for aerial dispersal in specialist spiders from fragmented landscapes.

    Dries Bonte;Nele Vandenbroecke;Luc Lens;Jean-Pierre Maelfait

  • SPIDER ASSEMBLAGE STRUCTURE AND STABILITY IN A HETEROGENEOUS COASTAL DUNE SYSTEM (BELGIUM)

    Dries Bonte;Leon Baert;Jean-Pierre Maelfait

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

    Oliver Schweiger;Martin Musche;Debra Bailey;Regula Billeter

  • Understanding the impact of flooding on trait-displacements and shifts in assemblage structure of predatory arthropods on river banks

    Kevin Lambeets;Martijn L. Vandegehuchte;Jean-Pierre Maelfait;Jean-Pierre Maelfait;Dries Bonte

  • Geographical variation in wolf spider dispersal behaviour is related to landscape structure

    Dries Bonte;Jeroen Vanden Borre;Luc Lens;Jean-Pierre Maelfait

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

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

  • Long term dynamics of carabid beetles in Belgium: a preliminary analysis on the influence of changing climate and land use by means of a database covering more than a century

    Konjev Desender;Marc Dufrêne;Jean-Pierre Maelfait

  • Diversity and conservation of terrestrial arthropods in tidal marshes along the River Schelde: a gradient analysis

    Konjev Desender;Jean-Pierre Maelfait

  • 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

  • Een gedocumenteerde rode lijst van de zandloopkevers en loopkevers van Vlaanderen

    Konjev Desender;D Maes;Jean-Pierre Maelfait;M Van Kerckvoorde

  • 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

  • Patch quality and connectivity influence spatial dynamics in a dune wolfspider.

    Dries Bonte;Luc Lens;Jean-Pierre Maelfait;Maurice Hoffmann

  • The border zone of an intensively grazed pasture as a corridor for spiders araneae

    Jean-Pierre Maelfait;Ronny De Keer

Frequent Co-Authors

Dries Bonte
Dries Bonte Ghent University
Frederik Hendrickx
Frederik Hendrickx Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences
Luc Lens
Luc Lens Ghent University
Filip Tack
Filip Tack Ghent University
Marc Verloo
Marc Verloo Ghent University
Steven Degraer
Steven Degraer Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences
Thierry Backeljau
Thierry Backeljau Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences
Koen Sabbe
Koen Sabbe Ghent University
Oliver Schweiger
Oliver Schweiger Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Jaan Liira
Jaan Liira University of Tartu

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