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Thomas W. Kuyper is affiliated with Wageningen University & Research in the Netherlands. Their research primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science, with a notable focus on subfields such as Plant Science, Soil Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Global and Planetary Change.

The scientist's work encompasses several main topics, including:

  • Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
  • Plant Parasitism and Resistance
  • Plant and animal studies

Among recent publications, notable papers include:

  • The fungal collaboration gradient dominates the root economics space in plants, 2020, Science Advances
  • Syndromes of production in intercropping impact yield gains, 2020, Nature Plants
  • An integrated framework of plant form and function: the belowground perspective, 2021, New Phytologist
  • Eco-functionality of organic matter in soils, 2020, Plant and Soil
  • Global root traits (GRooT) database, 2020, Global Ecology and Biogeography

Frequent co-authors with multiple joint publications include Liesje Mommer, Joana Bergmann, Alexandra Weigelt, Jasper van Ruijven, and Fons van der Plas.

Frequent venues for publication reflect the scientist's research interests and include Plant and Soil, New Phytologist, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), SSRN Electronic Journal, and Scientific Reports.

Best Publications

  • Soil quality – A critical review

    Else K. Bünemann;Giulia Bongiorno;Giulia Bongiorno;Zhanguo Bai;Rachel E. Creamer

  • Mycorrhizal responses to biochar in soil – concepts and mechanisms

    Daniel D. Warnock;Johannes Lehmann;Thomas W. Kuyper;Matthias C. Rillig;Matthias C. Rillig

  • The fungal collaboration gradient dominates the root economics space in plants.

    Joana Bergmann;Alexandra Weigelt;Fons van der Plas;Daniel C. Laughlin

  • Linking plants to rocks: ectomycorrhizal fungi mobilize nutrients from minerals.

    Renske Landeweert;Ellis Hoffland;Roger D. Finlay;Thom W. Kuyper

  • Towards a multidimensional root trait framework: a tree root review

    Monique Weemstra;Liesje Mommer;Eric J. W. Visser;Jasper van Ruijven

  • Mycorrhizas and tropical soil fertility

    Irene M. Cardoso;Thomas W. Kuyper

  • Are the rates of photosynthesis stimulated by the carbon sink strength of rhizobial and arbuscular mycorrhizal symbioses

    Glaciela Kaschuk;Glaciela Kaschuk;Thomas W. Kuyper;Peter A. Leffelaar;Mariangela Hungria

  • Syndromes of production in intercropping impact yield gains.

    Chunjie Li;Chunjie Li;Ellis Hoffland;Thomas W. Kuyper;Yang Yu

  • Ectomycorrhizal fungal diversity: separating the wheat from the chaff

    Andrea Rinaldi;Ornella Comandini;TW Kuyper

  • An innovation systems approach to institutional change: Smallholder development in West Africa

    Dominique Hounkonnou;Dansou Kossou;Thomas W. Kuyper;Cees Leeuwis

  • Ectomycorrhizal fungal diversity: seperating the wheat from the chaff

    A.C. Rinaldi;O. Comandini;T.W. Kuyper

  • Sustainable intensification in agriculture: the richer shade of green. A review

    Paul C. Struik;Thomas W. Kuyper

  • An integrated framework of plant form and function: The belowground perspective

    Alexandra Weigelt;Liesje Mommer;Karl Andraczek;Colleen M. Iversen

  • Vertical distribution of ectomycorrhizal fungal taxa in a podzol soil profile

    A. Rosling;R. Landeweert;B. D. Lindahl;K.‐H. Larsson

  • The role of fungi in weathering

    Ellis Hoffland;Thomas W Kuyper;Håkan Wallander;Claude Plassard

  • Molecular Identification of Ectomycorrhizal Mycelium in Soil Horizons

    Renske Landeweert;Paula Leeflang;Thom W. Kuyper;Ellis Hoffland

  • A thready affair: linking fungal diversity and community dynamics to terrestrial decomposition processes

    Annemieke van der Wal;Thomas D. Geydan;Thomas W. Kuyper;Wietse de Boer

  • Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi enhance photosynthesis, water use efficiency, and growth of frankincense seedlings under pulsed water availability conditions

    Emiru Birhane;Frank J. Sterck;Masresha Fetene;Frans Bongers

  • Eco-functionality of organic matter in soils

    E. Hoffland;T.W.M. Kuijper;R.N.J. Comans;Rachel Creamer

  • The way forward in biochar research: targeting trade‐offs between the potential wins

    Simon Jeffery;T. Martijn Bezemer;Gerard Cornelissen;Thomas W. Kuyper

  • Preserving accuracy in GenBank

    Thomas D. Bruns;Meredith Blackwell;Ivan Edwards;Andy F.S. Taylor

  • Rock-eating mycorrhizas: their role in plant nutrition and biogeochemical cycles

    Laura van Schöll;Thomas W. Kuyper;Mark M. Smits;Renske Landeweert

  • Atmospheric nitrogen deposition impacts on the structure and function of forest mycorrhizal communities: A review.

    Erik A. Lilleskov;Thomas W. Kuyper;Martin I. Bidartondo;Martin I. Bidartondo;Erik A. Hobbie

  • Loss of secondary-forest resilience by land-use intensification in the Amazon

    Catarina C. Jakovac;Catarina C. Jakovac;Marielos Peña‐Claros;Thomas W. Kuyper;Frans Bongers

  • Global root traits (GRooT) database

    Nathaly R. Guerrero-Ramírez;Liesje Mommer;Grégoire T. Freschet;Colleen M. Iversen

  • Taking mycocentrism seriously: mycorrhizal fungal and plant responses to elevated CO2

    Odair Alberton;Thomas W. Kuyper;Antonie Gorissen

  • Preserving accuracy in GenBank

    M. I. Bidartondo;Thomas D. Bruns;Meredith Blackwell;Ivan Edwards

Frequent Co-Authors

Ellis Hoffland
Ellis Hoffland Wageningen University & Research
Ulf Büntgen
Ulf Büntgen University of Cambridge
Claus Bässler
Claus Bässler Goethe University Frankfurt
Ken E. Giller
Ken E. Giller Wageningen University & Research
Liesje Mommer
Liesje Mommer Wageningen University & Research
Cees Leeuwis
Cees Leeuwis Wageningen University & Research
Håvard Kauserud
Håvard Kauserud University of Oslo
Alan C. Gange
Alan C. Gange Royal Holloway University of London
Einar Heegaard
Einar Heegaard Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research
Lynne Boddy
Lynne Boddy Cardiff University

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