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95
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37329
World Ranking
352
National Ranking
27

Overview

Luc De Meester is affiliated with Freie Universität Berlin in Germany, focusing primarily on Environmental Science. Their research spans multiple subfields including Ecology, Genetics, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Environmental Chemistry, and Global and Planetary Change.

The scientist's work covers diverse topics, with particular emphasis on Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics, Evolution and Genetic Dynamics, Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Plant and Animal Studies, and Aquatic Ecosystems and Biodiversity.

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by Luc De Meester are:

  • "Set ambitious goals for biodiversity and sustainability" (2020, Science)
  • "A process-based metacommunity framework linking local and regional scale community ecology" (2020, Ecology Letters)
  • "Impact of the Russia-Ukraine armed conflict on water resources and water infrastructure" (2023, Nature Sustainability)
  • "A global agenda for advancing freshwater biodiversity research" (2021, Ecology Letters)
  • "Socio-eco-evolutionary dynamics in cities" (2020, Evolutionary Applications)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Luc De Meester include Pieter Lemmens, Lynn Govaert, Robby Stoks, Kristien I. Brans, and Mark C. Urban. Their collaborations reveal ongoing work in ecological and evolutionary research topics.

The scientist commonly publishes in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Ecology Letters, Oikos, Hydrobiologia, and Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. These venues highlight the interdisciplinary nature of their research, often addressing fundamental and applied ecological questions.

Best Publications

  • The broad footprint of climate change from genes to biomes to people

    Brett R. Scheffers;Luc De Meester;Tom C. L. Bridge;Tom C. L. Bridge;Ary A. Hoffmann

  • Improving the forecast for biodiversity under climate change

    Mark C Urban;G Bocedi;A P Hendry;J-B Mihoub;J-B Mihoub

  • Determinants of community structure in the global plankton interactome

    Gipsi Lima-Mendez;Karoline Faust;Nicolas Henry;Johan Decelle

  • Warmer climates boost cyanobacterial dominance in shallow lakes

    Sarian Kosten;Sarian Kosten;Vera L. M. Huszar;Eloy Bécares;Luciana S. Costa

  • The Monopolization Hypothesis and the dispersal–gene flow paradox in aquatic organisms

    Luc De Meester;Africa Gómez;Beth Okamura;Klaus Schwenk

  • Body size and dispersal mode as key traits determining metacommunity structure of aquatic organisms

    T. De Bie;L. De Meester;Luc Brendonck;K. Martens;K. Martens

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

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

  • Egg banks in freshwater zooplankton: evolutionary and ecological archives in the sediment

    Luc Brendonck;Luc De Meester

  • Genomics and the challenging translation into conservation practice

    Aaron B. A. Shafer;Jochen B. W. Wolf;Paulo C. Alves;Linnea Bergstrom

  • Impacts of climate warming on lake fish community structure and potential effects on ecosystem function

    Erik Jeppesen;Mariana Meerhoff;Mariana Meerhoff;Kerstin Holmgren;Ivan González-Bergonzoni

  • Ponds and pools as model systems in conservation biology, ecology and evolutionary biology

    Luc De Meester;Steven Declerck;Robby Stoks;Gerald Louette

  • Drivers of population genetic differentiation in the wild: isolation by dispersal limitation, isolation by adaptation and isolation by colonization

    Luisa Orsini;Joost Vanoverbeke;Ine Swillen;Joachim Mergeay;Joachim Mergeay

  • Small habitat size and isolation can promote species richness: second-order effects on biodiversity in shallow lakes and ponds

    M. Scheffer;G.J. Van Geest;K. Zimmer;E. Jeppesen

  • The power of species sorting: Local factors drive bacterial community composition over a wide range of spatial scales

    Katleen Van der Gucht;Karl Cottenie;Koenraad Muylaert;Nele Vloemans

  • ZOOPLANKTON METACOMMUNITY STRUCTURE: REGIONAL VS. LOCAL PROCESSES IN HIGHLY INTERCONNECTED PONDS

    Karl Cottenie;Erik Michels;Nele Nuytten;Luc De Meester

  • Rapid, local adaptation of zooplankton behavior to changes in predation pressure in the absence of neutral genetic changes

    C Cousyn;L De Meester;JK Colbourne;L Brendonck

  • Ecosystem tipping points in an evolving world.

    Vasilis Dakos;Blake Matthews;Andrew P. Hendry;Jonathan Levine

  • Linking genes to communities and ecosystems: Daphnia as an ecogenomic model.

    Brooks E. Miner;Luc De Meester;Michael E. Pfrender;Winfried Lampert

  • Predator-mediated plasticity in morphology, life history, and behavior of Daphnia: the uncoupling of responses

    Maarten Boersma;Piet Spaak;Luc De Meester

  • Die Haplopoda und Cladocera (ohne Bosminidae) Mitteleuropas

    Luc De Meester;L. Forro;L. Schwenk;Luc Brendonck

  • The evolutionary ecology of metacommunities.

    Mark C. Urban;Mathew A. Leibold;Priyanga Amarasekare;Luc De Meester

Frequent Co-Authors

Robby Stoks
Robby Stoks KU Leuven
Luc Brendonck
Luc Brendonck KU Leuven
Joachim Mergeay
Joachim Mergeay Research Institute for Nature and Forest
Wim Vyverman
Wim Vyverman Ghent University
Erik Jeppesen
Erik Jeppesen Aarhus University
Karl Cottenie
Karl Cottenie University of Guelph
Koen Martens
Koen Martens Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences

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