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Wilco C. E. P. Verberk

Wilco C. E. P. Verberk

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
42
Citations
7305
World Ranking
5550
National Ranking
147

Wilco C. E. P. Verberk publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Wilco C. E. P. Verberk sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 123 publications — 35th percentile

35% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Wilco C. E. P. Verberk D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Wilco C. E. P. Verberk sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 42 D-Index — 35th percentile

35% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Overview

Wilco C. E. P. Verberk is affiliated with Radboud University in the Netherlands and specializes in Environmental Science with a strong focus on Ecology. Their research encompasses a broad range of subfields including Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Genetics, Oceanography, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

The scientist's work addresses several main topics, among which are:

  • Physiological and biochemical adaptations
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
  • Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
  • Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research

Notable recent publications by Wilco C. E. P. Verberk include:

  • "Shrinking body sizes in response to warming: explanations for the temperature-size rule with special emphasis on the role of oxygen", 2020, Biological Reviews/Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
  • "Energetics as a lens to understanding aquatic insect's responses to changing temperature, dissolved oxygen and salinity regimes", 2020, Current Opinion in Insect Science

Other significant papers connected to their research area but authored by collaborators include:

  • "Scientists' warning on climate change and insects", 2022, Ecological Monographs
  • "Oxygen limitation may affect the temperature and size dependence of metabolism in aquatic ectotherms", 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Impact of warming on aquatic body sizes explained by metabolic scaling from microbes to macrofauna", 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Wilco C. E. P. Verberk frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • Radboud Repository (Radboud University)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Journal of Experimental Biology
  • Functional Ecology
  • Global Change Biology

The scientist regularly collaborates with several co-authors, including:

  • H. Siepel
  • Félix P. Leiva
  • H. Arthur Woods
  • Enrico L. Rezende
  • Kévin Tougeron

Best Publications

  • Scientists' warning on climate change and insects

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  • Delivering on a promise: integrating species traits to transform descriptive community ecology into a predictive science

    W. C. E. P. Verberk;W. C. E. P. Verberk;C. G. E. van Noordwijk;C. G. E. van Noordwijk;A. G. Hildrew;A. G. Hildrew

  • Importance of shallow-water biotopes of a Caribbean bay for juvenile coral reef fishes: patterns in biotope association, community structure and spatial distribution

    I. Nagelkerken;M. Dorenbosch;W. C. E. P. Verberk;E. Cocheret de la Morinière

  • Oxygen supply in aquatic ectotherms: Partial pressure and solubility together explain biodiversity and size patterns

    Wilco C. E. P. Verberk;David T. Bilton;Piero Calosi;John I. Spicer

  • Thermal tolerance patterns across latitude and elevation.

    Jennifer Sunday;Joanne M Bennett;Piero Calosi;Susana Clusella-Trullas

  • Does oxygen limit thermal tolerance in arthropods? A critical review of current evidence.

    Wilco C.E.P. Verberk;Johannes Overgaard;Rasmus Ern;Mark Bayley

  • Shrinking body sizes in response to warming: explanations for the temperature-size rule with special emphasis on the role of oxygen.

    Wilco C.E.P. Verberk;David Atkinson;K. Natan Hoefnagel;K. Natan Hoefnagel;Andrew G. Hirst;Andrew G. Hirst

  • Day-night shifts of fishes between shallow-water biotopes of a Caribbean bay, with emphasis on the nocturnal feeding of Haemulidae and Lutjanidae

    I. Nagelkerken;M. Dorenbosch;W. C. E. P. Verberk;E. Cocheret de la Morinière

  • Life-history strategies in freshwater macroinvertebrates

    Wilco C. E. P. Verberk;Henk Siepel;Hans Esselink

  • Oxygen limitation may affect the temperature and size dependence of metabolism in aquatic ectotherms.

    Juan G Rubalcaba;Juan G Rubalcaba;Wilco C E P Verberk;A Jan Hendriks;Bart Saris

  • Explaining abundance–occupancy relationships in specialists and generalists: a case study on aquatic macroinvertebrates in standing waters

    Wilco C. E. P. Verberk;Gerard Van Der Velde;Gerard Van Der Velde;Hans Esselink

  • Influence of habitat configuration on connectivity between fish assemblages of Caribbean seagrass beds, mangroves and coral reefs

    M. Dorenbosch;W.C.E.P. Verberk;I. Nagelkerken;G. van der Velde

  • Respiratory control in aquatic insects dictates their vulnerability to global warming.

    Wilco C. E. P. Verberk;David T. Bilton

  • Field and laboratory studies reveal interacting effects of stream oxygenation and warming on aquatic ectotherms

    Wilco C.E.P. Verberk;Isabelle Durance;Ian Philip Vaughan;Stephen James Ormerod

  • Why polar gigantism and Palaeozoic gigantism are not equivalent: effects of oxygen and temperature on the body size of ectotherms

    Wilco C. E. P. Verberk;Wilco C. E. P. Verberk;David Atkinson

  • Can oxygen set thermal limits in an insect and drive gigantism

    Wilco C. E. P. Verberk;David T. Bilton

  • Scaling of thermal tolerance with body mass and genome size in ectotherms: a comparison between water- and air-breathers.

    Félix P. Leiva;Piero Calosi;Wilco C. E. P. Verberk

  • Functional Hypoxia in Insects: Definition, Assessment, and Consequences for Physiology, Ecology, and Evolution.

    Jon F. Harrison;Kendra J. Greenlee;Wilco C.E.P. Verberk

  • Do restoration measures rehabilitate fauna diversity in raised bogs? A comparative study on aquatic macroinvertebrates

    Gert-Jan A. van Duinen;Ankie M.T. Brock;Jan T. Kuper;Rob S.E.W. Leuven

  • Anaerobic Metabolism at Thermal Extremes: A Metabolomic Test of the Oxygen Limitation Hypothesis in an Aquatic Insect

    W. C. E. P. Verberk;U. Sommer;R. L. Davidson;M. R. Viant

  • Can respiratory physiology predict thermal niches

    Wilco C.E.P. Verberk;Fabrizio Bartolini;David J. Marshall;Hans‐O. Pörtner

  • Is the temperature-size rule mediated by oxygen in aquatic ectotherms?

    K. Natan Hoefnagel;Wilco C.E.P. Verberk

Frequent Co-Authors

Rob S. E. W. Leuven
Rob S. E. W. Leuven Radboud University
G. van der Velde
G. van der Velde Radboud University
Piero Calosi
Piero Calosi Université du Québec à Rimouski
David T. Bilton
David T. Bilton Plymouth University
John I. Spicer
John I. Spicer Plymouth University
Ivan Nagelkerken
Ivan Nagelkerken University of Adelaide
Elisabeth S. Bakker
Elisabeth S. Bakker Wageningen University & Research
Leon P. M. Lamers
Leon P. M. Lamers Radboud University
Theodore Garland
Theodore Garland University of California, Riverside
Gert Flik
Gert Flik Radboud University

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