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Joost A. M. Raeymaekers

Joost A. M. Raeymaekers

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
32
Citations
3516
World Ranking
8133
National Ranking
140

Overview

Joost A. M. Raeymaekers is affiliated with Nord University in Norway. Their research focus spans Environmental Science and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions to subfields including Ecology, Genetics, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change, and Molecular Biology.

Their work covers a range of topics closely related to genetic diversity and population dynamics, with key interests in Genetic diversity and population structure, Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Aquatic Ecosystems and Biodiversity, Marine and fisheries research, Fish Biology and Ecology Studies, and Evolution and Genetic Dynamics.

Raeymaekers has contributed to multiple publication venues, frequently publishing in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Evolutionary Applications
  • Belgian journal of zoology
  • Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • BMC Ecology and Evolution

Their recent papers demonstrate a broad ecological and evolutionary scope, such as:

  • "Extensive standing genetic variation from a small number of founders enables rapid adaptation in Daphnia," 2021, Nature Communications
  • "The application gap: Genomics for biodiversity and ecosystem service management," 2023, Biological Conservation
  • "Monitoring of species' genetic diversity in Europe varies greatly and overlooks potential climate change impacts," 2024, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • "Weak population structure and recent demographic expansion of the monogenean parasite Kapentagyrus spp. infecting clupeid fishes of Lake Tanganyika, East Africa," 2020, International Journal for Parasitology
  • "Local perceptions on the state of the pelagic fisheries and fisheries management in Uvira, Lake Tanganyika, DR Congo," 2020, Journal of Great Lakes Research

Raeymaekers collaborates regularly with several researchers including:

  • Leona J.M. Milec
  • Federico C. F. Calboli
  • Filip Volckaert
  • Maarten P. M. Vanhove
  • Io Deflem

Best Publications

  • Host–parasite ‘Red Queen’ dynamics archived in pond sediment

    Ellen Decaestecker;Sabrina Gaba;Sabrina Gaba;Joost A. M. Raeymaekers;Robby Stoks

  • Eco‐evolutionary feedbacks—Theoretical models and perspectives

    Lynn Govaert;Lynn Govaert;Lynn Govaert;Emanuel A. Fronhofer;Sébastien Lion;Christophe Eizaguirre

  • The catadromous European eel Anguilla anguilla (L.) as a model for freshwater evolutionary ecotoxicology: Relationship between heavy metal bioaccumulation, condition and genetic variability

    G Maes;J. A. M Raeymaekers;C Pampoulie;A Seynaeve

  • Divergent selection as revealed by P(ST) and QTL-based F(ST) in three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) populations along a coastal-inland gradient.

    Joost A. M. Raeymaekers;Jeroen K. J. Van Houdt;Maarten H. D. Larmuseau;Sarah Geldof

  • Genomic variation at the tips of the adaptive radiation of Darwin's finches.

    Jaime A. Chaves;Jaime A. Chaves;Elizabeth A. Cooper;Elizabeth A. Cooper;Andrew P. Hendry;Jeffrey Podos

  • Modeling genetic connectivity in sticklebacks as a guideline for river restoration

    Joost A. M. Raeymaekers;Gregory E. Maes;Sarah Geldof;Ingrid Hontis

  • Hidden biodiversity in an ancient lake: phylogenetic congruence between Lake Tanganyika tropheine cichlids and their monogenean flatworm parasites

    Maarten Pieterjan Vanhove;Antoine Pariselle;Antoine Pariselle;Maarten Van Steenberge;Maarten Van Steenberge;Maarten Van Steenberge;Joost A.M. Raeymaekers

  • Detecting Holocene divergence in the anadromous–freshwater three‐spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) system

    Joost Raeymaekers;Gregory Maes;E Audenaert;Filip Volckaert

  • Guidelines for restoring connectivity around water mills: a population genetic approach to the management of riverine fish

    Joost A. M. Raeymaekers;Dries Raeymaekers;Itsuro Koizumi;Sarah Geldof

  • Cichlids: A Host of Opportunities for Evolutionary Parasitology.

    Maarten Pieterjan Vanhove;Maarten Pieterjan Vanhove;Maarten Pieterjan Vanhove;Pascal Hablutzel;Antoine Pariselle;Andrea Vetešníková Šimková

  • Mito-nuclear discordance in the degree of population differentiation in a marine goby

    M H D Larmuseau;J A M Raeymaekers;B Hellemans;J K J Van Houdt;J K J Van Houdt

  • Exploring possible human influences on the evolution of Darwin's finches.

    Luis Fernando De León;Luis Fernando De León;Joost A.M. Raeymaekers;Eldredge Bermingham;Jeffrey Podos

  • To see in different seas: spatial variation in the rhodopsin gene of the sand goby (Pomatoschistus minutus)

    Maarten H. D. Larmuseau;Joost A. M. Raeymaekers;Kevin G. Ruddick;Jeroen K. J. Van Houdt

  • Quantitative genetic inheritance of morphological divergence in a lake–stream stickleback ecotype pair: implications for reproductive isolation

    D. Berner;R. Kaeuffer;A.-C. Grandchamp;J. A. M. Raeymaekers

  • Testing for mating isolation between ecotypes: laboratory experiments with lake, stream and hybrid stickleback

    J. A. M. Raeymaekers;J. A. M. Raeymaekers;M. Boisjoly;L. Delaire;D. Berner

  • Extensive standing genetic variation from a small number of founders enables rapid adaptation in Daphnia.

    Anurag Chaturvedi;Anurag Chaturvedi;Anurag Chaturvedi;Jiarui Zhou;Joost A. M. Raeymaekers;Joost A. M. Raeymaekers;Till Czypionka

  • Urbanization erodes niche segregation in Darwin's finches.

    Luis F. De León;Diana M. T. Sharpe;Kiyoko M. Gotanda;Kiyoko M. Gotanda;Joost A. M. Raeymaekers;Joost A. M. Raeymaekers

  • Adaptive and non-adaptive divergence in a common landscape

    Joost A. M. Raeymaekers;Joost A. M. Raeymaekers;Joost A. M. Raeymaekers;Anurag Chaturvedi;Pascal I. Hablützel;Pascal I. Hablützel;Io Verdonck

  • The diversity of eco-evolutionary dynamics: Comparing the feedbacks between ecology and evolution across scales

    Franziska S. Brunner;Jacques A. Deere;Martijn Egas;Christophe Eizaguirre

  • Differential modes of selection on the rhodopsin gene in coastal Baltic and North Sea populations of the sand goby, Pomatoschistus minutus.

    Maarten H. D. Larmuseau;Kim Vancampenhout;Joost A. M. Raeymaekers;Jeroen K. J. Van Houdt;Jeroen K. J. Van Houdt

  • Contrasting parasite communities among allopatric colour morphs of the Lake Tanganyika cichlid Tropheus.

    Joost A M Raeymaekers;Joost A M Raeymaekers;Pascal I Hablützel;Arnout F Grégoir;Jolien Bamps

  • Regional environmental pressure influences population differentiation in turbot (Scophthalmus maximus)

    Sara Vandamme;Gregory Maes;Gregory Maes;Joost Raeymaekers;Joost Raeymaekers;K Cottenie;K Cottenie

Frequent Co-Authors

Maarten P.M. Vanhove
Maarten P.M. Vanhove Hasselt University
Tine Huyse
Tine Huyse KU Leuven
Andrew P. Hendry
Andrew P. Hendry McGill University
Luc De Meester
Luc De Meester Freie Universität Berlin
Stephan Koblmüller
Stephan Koblmüller University of Graz
Milan Gelnar
Milan Gelnar Masaryk University
Jeffrey Podos
Jeffrey Podos University of Massachusetts Amherst
Katja Räsänen
Katja Räsänen Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology

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