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Maarten B. Eppinga

Maarten B. Eppinga

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
32
Citations
3974
World Ranking
8087
National Ranking
146

Overview

Maarten B. Eppinga is affiliated with the University of Zurich in Switzerland and has contributed extensively to the field of environmental science, with a focus on global and planetary change, nature and landscape conservation, environmental engineering, ecology, evolution, behavior, and systematics.

The scientist's recent publications illustrate a broad engagement with ecological and environmental dynamics. Selected papers include:

  • "The effect of climate change on the resilience of ecosystems with adaptive spatial pattern formation," 2020, Ecology Letters
  • "The role of land use and land cover change in climate change vulnerability assessments of biodiversity: a systematic review," 2021, Landscape Ecology
  • "Phosphorus fertilization is eradicating the niche of northern Eurasia's threatened plant species," 2020, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • "Dilution of specialist pathogens drives productivity benefits from diversity in plant mixtures," 2023, Nature Communications
  • "The relationship between ecosystem services and human modification displays decoupling across global delta systems," 2022, Communications Earth & Environment

The research by Maarten B. Eppinga encompasses a range of topics, notably:

  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Ecosystem dynamics and resilience
  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services
  • Sustainability and Ecological Systems Analysis
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
  • Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Maria J. Santos
  • Max Rietkerk
  • Mara Baudena
  • Martin O. Reader
  • James D. Bever

Maarten B. Eppinga's work has been published in various scientific venues, with multiple contributions to:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Communications Earth & Environment
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Ecology Letters
  • Landscape Ecology

The scientist's research spans core subfields including global and planetary change, nature and landscape conservation, environmental engineering, and ecology. This multidisciplinary approach underlines a focus on understanding and addressing complex interactions within natural systems and their responses to environmental pressures.

Best Publications

  • Accumulation of local pathogens: a new hypothesis to explain exotic plant invasions

    Maarten B. Eppinga;Max Rietkerk;Stefan C. Dekker;Peter C. De Ruiter

  • When and where plant-soil feedback may promote plant coexistence: a meta-analysis.

    Kerri M. Crawford;Jonathan T. Bauer;Liza S. Comita;Maarten B. Eppinga

  • Empirical and theoretical challenges in aboveground-belowground ecology

    Wim H. van der Putten;R. D. Bardgett;P. C. de Ruiter;W. H. G. Hol

  • Beyond Turing: The response of patterned ecosystems to environmental change

    Koen Siteur;Eric Siero;Maarten B. Eppinga;Jens D.M. Rademacher

  • Nutrients and hydrology indicate the driving mechanisms of peatland surface patterning.

    Maarten B. Eppinga;Peter C. de Ruiter;Martin J. Wassen;Max Rietkerk

  • A critical transition in leaf evolution facilitated the Cretaceous angiosperm revolution.

    Hugo Jan de Boer;Maarten B. Eppinga;Martin J. Wassen;Stefan C. Dekker

  • Regular Surface Patterning of Peatlands: Confronting Theory with Field Data

    Maarten B. Eppinga;Max Rietkerk;Wiebe Borren;Elena D. Lapshina

  • Linking habitat modification to catastrophic shifts and vegetation patterns in bogs.

    Maarten B. Eppinga;Max Rietkerk;Martin J. Wassen;Peter C. De Ruiter;Peter C. De Ruiter

  • Spatial Self‐Organization on Intertidal Mudflats through Biophysical Stress Divergence

    Ellen J. Weerman;Johan van de Koppel;Maarten B. Eppinga;Francesc Montserrat

  • Bistability and regular spatial patterns in arid ecosystems.

    Sonia Kéfi;Sonia Kéfi;Maarten B. Eppinga;Maarten B. Eppinga;Peter C. de Ruiter;Max Rietkerk

  • Multistability of model and real dryland ecosystems through spatial self-organization.

    Robbin Bastiaansen;Olfa Jaïbi;Vincent Deblauwe;Vincent Deblauwe;Maarten B Eppinga

  • The effect of climate change on the resilience of ecosystems with adaptive spatial pattern formation

    Robbin Bastiaansen;Arjen Doelman;Maarten B. Eppinga;Max Rietkerk

  • Increased aridity drives post-fire recovery of Mediterranean forests towards open shrublands.

    Mara Baudena;Victor M. Santana;Victor M. Santana;M. Jaime Baeza;Susana Bautista

  • Frequency-dependent feedback constrains plant community coexistence

    Maarten B Eppinga;Mara Baudena;Daniel J Johnson;Jiang Jiang

  • Litter feedbacks, evolutionary change and exotic plant invasion

    Maarten B. Eppinga;Maarten B. Eppinga;Matthew A. Kaproth;Alexandra R. Collins;Alexandra R. Collins;Jane Molofsky

  • Ecosystems off track: rate‐induced critical transitions in ecological models

    Koen Siteur;Maarten B. Eppinga;Arjen Doelman;Eric Siero

  • The role of land use and land cover change in climate change vulnerability assessments of biodiversity: a systematic review

    Maria J. Santos;Maria J. Santos;Adam B. Smith;Adam B. Smith;Stefan C. Dekker;Maarten B. Eppinga

  • Resource contrast in patterned peatlands increases along a climatic gradient

    Maarten B. Eppinga;Maarten B. Eppinga;Max Rietkerk;Lisa R. Belyea;Mats B. Nilsson

  • Appropriate complexity landscape modeling

    Laurel G. Larsen;Maarten B. Eppinga;Paola Passalacqua;Wayne M. Getz;Wayne M. Getz

  • Plant–soil feedbacks and the coexistence of competing plants

    Tomás A. Revilla;Tomás A. Revilla;Tomás A. Revilla;G. F. (Ciska) Veen;G. F. (Ciska) Veen;Maarten B. Eppinga;Franz J. Weissing

Frequent Co-Authors

Max Rietkerk
Max Rietkerk Utrecht University
Martin J. Wassen
Martin J. Wassen Utrecht University
Arjen Doelman
Arjen Doelman Leiden University
Peter C. de Ruiter
Peter C. de Ruiter University of Amsterdam
Stefan C. Dekker
Stefan C. Dekker Utrecht University
James D. Bever
James D. Bever University of Kansas
Sonia Kéfi
Sonia Kéfi University of Montpellier
Wayne M. Getz
Wayne M. Getz University of California, Berkeley
Wim A. Ozinga
Wim A. Ozinga Wageningen University & Research
Marc F. P. Bierkens
Marc F. P. Bierkens Utrecht University

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