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Wim A. Ozinga is affiliated with Wageningen University & Research in the Netherlands. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with significant contributions in related subfields such as Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Atmospheric Science, and Plant Science.

The researcher's main topics of study include:

  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Climate change and permafrost

Wim A. Ozinga's work appears in several scientific venues, with multiple publications in Global Ecology and Biogeography and SSRN Electronic Journal, as well as contributions to Nature Ecology & Evolution, Nature Communications, and Vegetation Classification and Survey.

Notable recent publications include:

  • Root traits explain plant species distributions along climatic gradients yet challenge the nature of ecological trade-offs, 2021, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Global plant trait relationships extend to the climatic extremes of the tundra biome, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Ecological Indicator Values for Europe (EIVE) 1.0, 2023, Vegetation Classification and Survey
  • Traits of dominant plant species drive normalized difference vegetation index in grasslands globally, 2023, Global Ecology and Biogeography
  • Effects of field-level strip and mixed cropping on aerial arthropod and arable flora communities, 2023, Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment

Wim A. Ozinga frequently collaborates with several researchers in the field, including Milan Chytrý, Jürgen Dengler, Ülo Niinemets, Josep Peñuelas, and Francesco María Sabatini. These collaborations have contributed to advancing various aspects of ecology, plant traits, and environmental dynamics.

Best Publications

  • TRY - a global database of plant traits

    J. Kattge;S. Díaz;S. Lavorel;I. C. Prentice

  • TRY plant trait database : Enhanced coverage and open access

    Jens Kattge;Gerhard Bönisch;Sandra Díaz;Sandra Lavorel

  • The LEDA Traitbase: A database of life-history traits of the Northwest European flora

    M Kleyer;RM Bekker;RM Bekker;IC Knevel;IC Knevel;JP Bakker

  • Plant functional trait change across a warming tundra biome

    Anne D. Bjorkman;Anne D. Bjorkman;Isla H. Myers-Smith;Sarah C. Elmendorf;Sarah C. Elmendorf;Sarah C. Elmendorf;Signe Normand

  • Global trait–environment relationships of plant communities

    Helge Bruelheide;Jürgen Dengler;Jürgen Dengler;Oliver Purschke;Jonathan Lenoir

  • Museum specimens reveal loss of pollen host plants as key factor driving wild bee decline in The Netherlands.

    Jeroen Scheper;Menno Reemer;Ruud van Kats;Wim A. Ozinga;Wim A. Ozinga

  • Dispersal failure contributes to plant losses in NW Europe.

    Wim A. Ozinga;Wim A. Ozinga;Christine Römermann;Renée M. Bekker;Andreas Prinzing

  • Predictability of plant species composition from environmental conditions is constrained by dispersal limitation

    W.A. Ozinga;J.H.J. Schaminée;R.M. Bekker;S. Bonn

  • The global spectrum of plant form and function: enhanced species-level trait dataset

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  • Dispersal potential in plant communities depends on environmental conditions

    Wim A. Ozinga;Wim A. Ozinga;Renée M. Bekker;Joop H. J. Schaminée;Jan M. Van Groenendael

  • sPlot – A new tool for global vegetation analyses

    Helge Bruelheide;Jürgen Dengler;Jürgen Dengler;Borja Jiménez-Alfaro;Borja Jiménez-Alfaro;Oliver Purschke

  • Selecting traits that explain species–environment relationships: a generalized linear mixed model approach

    Tahira Jamil;Tahira Jamil;Wim A. Ozinga;Wim A. Ozinga;Michael Kleyer;Cajo J.F. ter Braak

  • Less lineages – more trait variation: phylogenetically clustered plant communities are functionally more diverse

    Andreas Prinzing;Reineke Reiffers;Wim G. Braakhekke;Stephan M. Hennekens

  • Standaardlijst van de Nederlandse flora 2003

    W.L.M. Tamis;R. van der Meijden;J. Runhaar;R.M. Bekker

  • Importance of regional species pools and functional traits in colonization processes: predicting re-colonization after large-scale destruction of ecosystems

    Anita Kirmer;Sabine Tischew;Wim A. Ozinga;Wim A. Ozinga;Maud Von Lampe

  • How important is long‐distance seed dispersal for the regional survival of plant species?

    Merel B. Soons;Wim A. Ozinga;Wim A. Ozinga

  • Root traits explain plant species distributions along climatic gradients yet challenge the nature of ecological trade-offs

    Daniel C. Laughlin;Liesje Mommer;Francesco Maria Sabatini;Helge Bruelheide

  • Do plant traits retrieved from a database accurately predict on-site measurements?

    Verena Cordlandwehr;Verena Cordlandwehr;Rebecca L. Meredith;Wim A. Ozinga;Wim A. Ozinga;Renée M. Bekker

  • Spatial patterns and climate relationships of major plant traits in the New World differ between woody and herbaceous species

    Irena Šímová;Cyrille Violle;Jens Christian Svenning;Jens Kattge

  • Is biofuel policy harming biodiversity in Europe

    Jeannette Eggers;Katja Tröltzsch;Alessandra Falcucci;Luigi Maiorano

  • Niche differentiation and expansion of plant species are associated with mycorrhizal symbiosis.

    Maret Gerz;C. Guillermo Bueno;Wim A. Ozinga;Wim A. Ozinga;Martin Zobel

Frequent Co-Authors

Joop H.J. Schaminée
Joop H.J. Schaminée Wageningen University & Research
Andreas Prinzing
Andreas Prinzing University of Rennes
Renée M. Bekker
Renée M. Bekker University of Groningen
Benjamin Blonder
Benjamin Blonder University of California, Berkeley
Ingolf Kühn
Ingolf Kühn Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Peter Poschlod
Peter Poschlod University of Regensburg
Peter B. Reich
Peter B. Reich University of Minnesota
Jan P. Bakker
Jan P. Bakker University of Groningen
Jens Kattge
Jens Kattge Max Planck Society
Anne D. Bjorkman
Anne D. Bjorkman University of Gothenburg

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