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Overview

Menno Schilthuizen is affiliated with the Naturalis Biodiversity Center in the Netherlands. Their research primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science, with a significant focus on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior, and Systematics.

The subfields of their work include Ecology, Insect Science, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their research topics cover a variety of areas such as Mollusks and Parasites Studies, Plant and Animal Studies, Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior, Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior, Forest Insect Ecology and Management, and Animal and Plant Science Education.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Menno Schilthuizen are:

  • Iva Njunjić
  • Auke-Florian Hiemstra
  • Barbara Gravendeel
  • Michiel Jan Dirk Hooykaas
  • Ionica Smeets

Menno Schilthuizen has published regularly in several scientific journals. Some of the frequent publication venues include:

  • Biodiversity Data Journal
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • PLoS ONE
  • Journal of Molluscan Studies
  • Contributions to Zoology

Recent publications by Menno Schilthuizen include:

  • "The effects of COVID-19 litter on animal life" (2021), published in Animal Biology
  • "Evo-devo of shell colour in gastropods and bivalves" (2020), published in Current Opinion in Genetics & Development
  • "The draft genome sequence of the grove snail Cepaea nemoralis" (2021), published in G3 Genes Genomes Genetics
  • "Species identification skills predict in-depth knowledge about species" (2022), published in PLoS ONE
  • "Environmental DNA metabarcoding reveals comparable responses to agricultural stressors on different trophic levels of a freshwater community" (2021), published in Molecular Ecology

Best Publications

  • Limestone Karsts of Southeast Asia: Imperiled Arks of Biodiversity

    Reuben Clements;Navjot S. Sodhi;Menno Schilthuizen;Peter K. L. Ng

  • What do we need to know about speciation

    Roger Butlin;Allan Debelle;Claudius Kerth;Rhonda R. Snook

  • Evolution of endemism on a young tropical mountain.

    Vincent S F T Merckx;Vincent S F T Merckx;Kasper P Hendriks;Kevin K Beentjes;Constantijn B Mennes

  • The database of the PREDICTS (Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems) project

    Lawrence N. Hudson;Tim Newbold;Tim Newbold;Sara Contu;Samantha L.L. Hill;Samantha L.L. Hill

  • Comparative genomics of the nonlegume Parasponia reveals insights into evolution of nitrogen-fixing rhizobium symbioses.

    Robin van Velzen;Rens Holmer;Fengjiao Bu;Luuk Rutten

  • Horizontal transmission of parthenogenesis–inducing microbes in Trichogramma wasps

    Menno O. Schilthuizen;Richard Stouthamer

  • Haldane's rule in the 21st century

    M. Schilthuizen;M. C. W. G. Giesbers;L. W. Beukeboom

  • Impacts of rain forest fragmentation on butterflies in northern Borneo: species richness, turnover and the value of small fragments

    S. Benedick;S. Benedick;J. K. Hill;N. Mustaffa;N. Mustaffa;V. K. Chey

  • Citizen science reveals unexpected continental-scale evolutionary change in a model organism

    Jonathan Silvertown;Laurence Cook;Robert Cameron;Mike Dodd

  • Ecotone: speciation-prone.

    Menno Schilthuizen

  • The convoluted evolution of snail chirality

    Menno Schilthuizen;A. Davison

  • A Rapid and Accurate MinION-Based Workflow for Tracking Species Biodiversity in the Field.

    Simone Maestri;Emanuela Cosentino;Marta Paterno;Hendrik Freitag

  • POPULATION STRUCTURE AND LEVELS OF GENE FLOW IN THE MEDITERRANEAN LAND SNAIL ALBINARIA CORRUGATA (PULMONATA: CLAUSILIIDAE).

    Menno Schilthuizen;Marcel Lombaerts

  • Effects of karst forest degradation on pulmonate and prosobranch land snail communities in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo

    Menno Schilthuizen;Thor-Seng Liew;Berjaya Bin Elahan;Isabelle Lackman-Ancrenaz

  • Selfish genetic elements and speciation

    Gregory D D Hurst;Menno Schilthuizen

  • Identification skills in biodiversity professionals and laypeople: A gap in species literacy

    Michiel J.D. Hooykaas;Menno Schilthuizen;Menno Schilthuizen;Cathelijn Aten;Elisabeth M. Hemelaar

  • Using biogeographical patterns of endemic land snails to improve conservation planning for limestone karsts

    Reuben Clements;Peter K.L. Ng;Xi Xi Lu;Stephen Ambu

  • The effects of COVID-19 litter on animal life

    Auke-Florian Hiemstra;Auke-Florian Hiemstra;Liselotte Rambonnet;Barbara Gravendeel;Barbara Gravendeel;Menno Schilthuizen;Menno Schilthuizen

  • A review and meta-analysis of the enemy release hypothesis in plant-herbivorous insect systems.

    Kim Meijer;Menno Schilthuizen;Leo Beukeboom;Christian Smit

  • LAND SNAIL DIVERSITY IN A SQUARE KILOMETRE OF TROPICAL RAINFORST INSABAH, MALAYSIAN BORNEO

    Menno Schilthuizen;Hendrikus A. Rutjes

  • Contemporary climate change and terrestrial invertebrates: evolutionary versus plastic changes.

    Menno Schilthuizen;Menno Schilthuizen;Menno Schilthuizen;Vanessa Kellermann

Frequent Co-Authors

Barbara Gravendeel
Barbara Gravendeel Leiden University
Tom M. Fayle
Tom M. Fayle Queen Mary University of London
Martin Haase
Martin Haase University of Greifswald
Eleanor M. Slade
Eleanor M. Slade Nanyang Technological University
Matt W. Hayward
Matt W. Hayward University of Newcastle Australia
Alain Dejean
Alain Dejean Paul Sabatier University
József Geml
József Geml Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Tim Diekötter
Tim Diekötter Kiel University
Frederick H. Sheldon
Frederick H. Sheldon Louisiana State University
Jérémy Bouyer
Jérémy Bouyer INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement

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