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Martin J. Wassen

Martin J. Wassen

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
54
Citations
9631
World Ranking
3175
National Ranking
89

Overview

Martin J. Wassen is affiliated with Utrecht University in the Netherlands. Their research spans various domains within Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a substantive focus on ecology and related fields.

The main fields of study for Martin J. Wassen include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Subfields of study cover:

  • Ecology
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Plant Science

Key topics of Wassen's work comprise:

  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Indigenous Studies and Ecology
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics

Frequent co-authors in Wassen's collaborations include:

  • Jerry van Dijk
  • Max Rietkerk
  • Eva Lansu
  • Valérie C. Reijers
  • Solveig Höfer

Common publication venues where Wassen has contributed include:

  • AMBIO
  • Plant Ecology
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Agricultural Systems
  • Sustainability Science

Recent papers published by Martin J. Wassen feature a range of topics linked to environmental systems and ecology:

  • Five mechanisms blocking the transition towards 'nature-inclusive' agriculture: A systemic analysis of Dutch dairy farming, 2021, Agricultural Systems
  • A diagnostic tool for supporting policymaking on urban resilience, 2020, Cities
  • Contrasting adaptive strategies by Caragana korshinskii and Salix psammophila in a semiarid revegetated ecosystem, 2021, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
  • Mapping canopy nitrogen in European forests using remote sensing and environmental variables with the random forests method, 2020, Remote Sensing of Environment
  • A global analysis of how human infrastructure squeezes sandy coasts, 2024, Nature Communications

Best Publications

  • Endangered plants persist under phosphorus limitation

    Martin J. Wassen;Harry Olde Venterink;Elena D. Lapshina;Franziska Tanneberger

  • SPECIES RICHNESS–PRODUCTIVITY PATTERNS DIFFER BETWEEN N-, P-, AND K-LIMITED WETLANDS

    H. Olde Venterink;M. J. Wassen;A. W. M. Verkroost;P. C. De Ruiter

  • Calibrating Ellenberg indicator values for moisture, acidity, nutrient availability and salinity in the Netherlands

    A. C. D. Ertsen;J. R. M. Alkemade;M. J. Wassen

  • Trophic interactions in a changing world

    W.H. Van der Putten;P.C. de Ruiter;T.M. Bezemer;J.A. Harvey

  • Nutrient concentrations in mire vegetation as a measure of nutrient limitation in mire ecosystems

    Martin J. Wassen;Harry G.M. Olde Venterink;Evalyne O.A.M. de Swart

  • Low investment in sexual reproduction threatens plants adapted to phosphorus limitation

    Yuki Fujita;Harry Olde Venterink;Peter M. Van Bodegom;Jacob C. Douma

  • Fens and floodplains of the temperate zone : Present status, threats, conservation and restoration

    Rudy van Diggelen;Beth Middleton;Jan Bakker;Albert Grootjans

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

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

  • The contribution of nitrogen deposition to the photosynthetic capacity of forests.

    K. Fleischer;K. T. Rebel;M. K. van der Molen;J. W. Erisman

  • Climate forcing due to optimization of maximal leaf conductance in subtropical vegetation under rising CO2.

    Hugo Jan de Boer;Emmy I. Lammertsma;Friederike Wagner-Cremer;David L. Dilcher

  • A putative mechanism for bog patterning.

    M. Rietkerk;S. C. Dekker;M. J. Wassen;A. W. M. Verkroost

  • Patterns in vegetation, hydrology, and nutrient availability in an undisturbed river floodplain in Poland

    Martin J. Wassen;Wilma H.M. Peeters;Harry Olde Venterink

  • The relationship between fen vegetation gradients groundwater flow and flooding in an undrained valley mire at biebrza, Poland

    M. J. Wassen;A. Barendregt;A. Palczynski;J. T. de Smidt

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

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

  • Inclusion of biotic stress (consumer pressure) alters predictions from the stress gradient hypothesis

    Christian Smit;Christian Smit;Max Rietkerk;Martin J. Wassen

  • 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

  • N, P, AND K BUDGETS ALONG NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY AND PRODUCTIVITY GRADIENTS IN WETLANDS

    H. Olde Venterink;N. M. Pieterse;J. D. M. Belgers;M. J. Wassen

  • Increased N affects P uptake of eight grassland species: the role of root surface phosphatase activity

    Y. Fujita;B.J.M. Robroek;P.C. de Ruiter;G.W. Heil

  • Nutrient limitation along a productivity gradient in wet meadows

    H. Olde Venterink;R.E. van der Vliet;M.J. Wassen

Frequent Co-Authors

Stefan C. Dekker
Stefan C. Dekker Utrecht University
Jasper Griffioen
Jasper Griffioen Utrecht University
Max Rietkerk
Max Rietkerk Utrecht University
Marc F. P. Bierkens
Marc F. P. Bierkens Utrecht University
Maarten B. Eppinga
Maarten B. Eppinga University of Zurich
Peter P.J. Driessen
Peter P.J. Driessen Utrecht University
Harry Olde Venterink
Harry Olde Venterink Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Okke Batelaan
Okke Batelaan Flinders University
Peter C. de Ruiter
Peter C. de Ruiter University of Amsterdam
Jan Willem Erisman
Jan Willem Erisman Leiden University

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