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Roland Bobbink is affiliated with Radboud University in the Netherlands and has contributed extensively to the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their research primarily addresses ecological and environmental dynamics, with a notable focus on nitrogen deposition, biodiversity, and soil ecology.

The scientist's work spans several subfields, including Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Plant Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Global and Planetary Change. These areas illustrate a broad engagement with both the biotic and abiotic factors influencing ecosystems.

The recent papers authored or coauthored by Roland Bobbink demonstrate contributions to understanding nitrogen impacts, biodiversity loss, and ecological restoration. Notable publications include:

  • Towards a mechanistic understanding of the impacts of nitrogen deposition on producer-consumer interactions (2023, Biological Reviews/Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society)
  • Explanations for nitrogen decline (2022, Science)
  • Atmospheric nitrogen deposition is related to plant biodiversity loss at multiple spatial scales (2024, Global Change Biology)
  • How to Restore Invertebrate Diversity of Degraded Heathlands? A Case Study on the Reproductive Performance of the Field Cricket Gryllus campestris (L.) (2021, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution)
  • Soil fauna development during heathland restoration from arable land: Role of soil modification and material transplant (2022, Ecological Engineering)

Roland Bobbink has frequently collaborated with several researchers, forming coauthor relationships that include:

  • G.W.W. Wamelink
  • Joost J. Vogels
  • H. Siepel
  • Maaike Weijters
  • Rudy van Diggelen

Their work has been published in a range of venues, which include:

  • Biological Reviews/Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
  • Global Change Biology
  • Science
  • Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  • Ecological Engineering

Research topics addressed by Roland Bobbink prominently cover:

  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Fire effects on ecosystems
  • Plant responses to elevated CO2
  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change

Best Publications

  • Global assessment of nitrogen deposition effects on terrestrial plant diversity: a synthesis.

    R. Bobbink;K. Hicks;J. Galloway;T. Spranger

  • The effects of air‐borne nitrogen pollutants on species diversity in natural and semi‐natural European vegetation

    Roland Bobbink;Michael Hornung;Jan G. M. Roelofs

  • Changes in species richness and composition in European acidic grasslands over the past 70 years: the contribution of cumulative atmospheric nitrogen deposition

    Cecilia Duprè;Carly J. Stevens;Carly J. Stevens;Traute Ranke;Albert Bleeker

  • Effects of nitrogen deposition and empirical nitrogen critical loads for ecoregions of the United States

    Linda H. Pardo;Mike E. Fenn;Christine L. Goodale;Linda. H. Geiser

  • Nitrogen deposition threatens species richness of grasslands across Europe

    Carly J. Stevens;Cecilia Duprè;Edu Dorland;Cassandre Gaudnik

  • Nitrous oxide emission and denitrification in chronically nitrate-loaded riparian buffer zones.

    Mariet M. Hefting;Roland Bobbink;Hannie de Caluwe

  • Working group report

    J. Strengbom;H.V. Andersen;K. Aazem;E.B. Adema

  • Natural nitrogen filter fails in polluted raised bogs

    Leon P. M. Lamers;Roland Bobbink;Jan G. M. Roelofs

  • Increasing dominance of Brachypodium pinnatum (L.) Beauv in chalk grasslands: a threat to a species-rich ecosystem

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  • How nitrate leaching from agricultural lands provokes phosphate eutrophication in groundwater fed wetlands: The sulphur bridge

    Alfons J. P. Smolders;Esther C. H. E. T. Lucassen;Roland Bobbink;Roland Bobbink;Jan G. M. Roelofs

  • Nitrogen as a threat to European terrestrial biodiversity

    Nancy B. Dise;Mike Ashmore;Salim Belyazid;Albert Bleeker

  • Decline of acid-sensitive plant species in heathland can be attributed to ammonium toxicity in combination with low pH.

    Leon J. L. Van Den Berg;Edu Dorland;Philippine Vergeer;Miron A. C. Hart

  • Nitrogen critical loads for natural and semi-natural ecosystems: The empirical approach

    Roland Bobbink;Jan G. M. Roelofs

  • Differential effects of ammonium and nitrate on three heathland species.

    Maaike C. C. de Graaf;Roland Bobbink;Jan G. M. Roelofs;Peter J. M. Verbeek

  • Atmospheric deposition and canopy exchange processes in heathland ecosystems

    Roland Bobbink;Gerrit W. Heil;Marc B.A.G. Raessen

  • Soil phosphorus constrains biodiversity across European grasslands

    Tobias Ceulemans;Carly J. Stevens;Luc Duchateau;Hans Jacquemyn

  • Nitrogen effects on plant species richness in herbaceous communities are more widespread and stronger than those of phosphorus

    Merel B. Soons;Mariet M. Hefting;Edu Dorland;Leon P.M. Lamers

  • A comparative study on nutrient cycling in wet heathland ecosystems : II. Litter decomposition and nutrient mineralization.

    Frank Berendse;Roland Bobbink;Gerrit Rouwenhorst

  • Restoration management of abandoned chalk grassland in the Netherlands

    Roland Bobbink;J. H. Willems

  • Wetlands: Functioning, biodiversity conservation, and restoration

    Roland Bobbink;Boudewijn Beltman;Jos T. A. Verhoeven;Dennis F. Whigham

  • Use of dynamic soil-vegetation models to assess impacts of nitrogen deposition on plant species composition: an overview

    W. de Vries;G. W. W. Wamelink;H. van Dobben;J. Kros

  • Wetlands and Natural Resource Management

    Jos T. A. Verhoeven;Boudewijn Beltman;Roland Bobbink;Dennis F. Whigham

  • Nitrogen as a threat to European terrestrial biodiversity - Chapter 20

    N.B. Dise;M. Ashmore;S. Belyazid;A. Bleeker

Frequent Co-Authors

Jan G. M. Roelofs
Jan G. M. Roelofs Radboud University
Carly J. Stevens
Carly J. Stevens Lancaster University
Nancy B. Dise
Nancy B. Dise Manchester Metropolitan University
Albert Bleeker
Albert Bleeker Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands
Didier Alard
Didier Alard University of Bordeaux
Jos T. A. Verhoeven
Jos T. A. Verhoeven Utrecht University
Martin Diekmann
Martin Diekmann University of Bremen
David J. G. Gowing
David J. G. Gowing The Open University
Vigdis Vandvik
Vigdis Vandvik University of Bergen
Mariet M. Hefting
Mariet M. Hefting Utrecht University

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