Publicaties
2026
Wetenschappelijke publicaties
de Jager, M., & Pos, E. T. (2026). Variation in species' dispersal capacities amplifies effects of habitat loss and fragmentation on biodiversity loss. Ecosphere, 17(1), Article e70516. [DOI] [Repository]
de Jager, M., van Kuijk, M., Zwerts, J. A., & Jansen, P. A. (2026). OPTIMIZING sampling interval length in species abundance comparison using the royle-nichols occupancy model. Global Ecology and Conservation, 66, Article e04065. [DOI] [Repository]
de Jager, M., Buitendijk, N. H., Baveco, J. M., Hornman, M., Kruckenberg, H., Kolzsch, A., Madsen, J., Moonen, S., Schreven, K. H. T., & Nolet, B. A. (2026). Correction: A multi-species model for goose management: Competition and facilitation drive space use of foraging geese (Nov, 10.1007/s13280-025-02279-6, 2025). Ambio, 55(2), 465-466. [DOI] [Repository]
de Jager, M., Buitendijk, N. H., (Hans) Baveco, J. M., Hornman, M., Kruckenberg, H., Kolzsch, A., Moonen, S., & Nolet, B. A. (2026). A multi-species model for goose management: Competition and facilitation drive space use of foraging geese. Ambio, 55(2), 450-464. [DOI] [Repository]
2025
Wetenschappelijke publicaties
Wijburg, S. R., de Cock, M. P., Raaijmakers, E. F., van Belkom, J., de Boer, F., Dijkhuis, L. R., Haye, M. L., de Jager, M., Maas, M., Mol, R. R., van Norren, E., Sprong, H., Westra, S. A., & Jansen, P. A. (2025). The interplay between urban greenspace, cats and the occurrence of rats and mice in private gardens in the Netherlands. Urban Ecosystems, 28(1), 1-14. [DOI] [Repository]
2024
Wetenschappelijke publicaties
de Jager, M., & Pos, E. T. (2024). Solving the SLoSS debate: Scale-dependent effects of habitat fragmentation on biodiversity loss. bioRxiv. [DOI] [Repository]
de Jager, M., Buitendijk, N. H., Wiegers, J. N., Baveco, J. M., & Nolet, B. A. (2024). More management, less damage? With increasing population size, economic costs of managing geese to minimize yield losses may outweigh benefits. Journal of Environmental Management, 351, Article 119949. [DOI] [Repository]
2023
Wetenschappelijke publicaties
de Jager, M., Buitendijk, N. H., Baveco, J. M., van Els, P., & Nolet, B. A. (2023). Limiting scaring activities reduces economic costs associated with foraging barnacle geese: Results from an individual-based model. Journal of Applied Ecology, 60(9), 1790-1802. [DOI] [Repository]
de Jager, M., & Soons, M. (2023). Critical transitions and evolutionary hysteresis in movement: Habitat fragmentation can cause abrupt shifts in dispersal that are difficult to revert. Ecology and Evolution, 13(5), Article e10147. [DOI] [Repository]
2022
Wetenschappelijke publicaties
Buitendijk, N. H., de Jager, M., Hornman, M., Kruckenberg, H., Kölzsch, A., Moonen, S., & Nolet, B. A. (2022). More grazing, more damage? Assessed yield loss on agricultural grassland relates nonlinearly to goose grazing pressure. Journal of Applied Ecology, 59(12), 2878-2889. [DOI]
Van Kuijk, M., De Jager, M., Van Oosterhout, M., De Laender, L., & Parahoe, M. (2022). Local abundances of terrestrial mammal and bird species around indigenous villages in Suriname. Conservation Science and Practice, 4(6), 1-14. Article e12699. [DOI] [Repository]
2021
Wetenschappelijke publicaties
Zardi, G. I., Nicastro, K. R., McQuaid, C. D., de Jager, M., van de Koppel, J., & Seuront, L. (2021). Density-dependent and species-specific effects on self-organization modulate the resistance of mussel bed ecosystems to hydrodynamic stress. American Naturalist, 197(5), 615-623. [DOI]
Treep, J., de Jager, M., Bartumeus, F., & Soons, M. B. (2021). Seed dispersal as a search strategy: dynamic and fragmented landscapes select for multi-scale movement strategies in plants. Movement Ecology, 9(1), 1-14. Article 4. [DOI] [Repository]
2020
Wetenschappelijke publicaties
de Jager, M., van de Koppel, J., Weerman, E. J., & Weissing, F. J. (2020). Patterning in Mussel Beds Explained by the Interplay of Multi-Level Selection and Spatial Self-Organization. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 8, Article 7. [DOI]
2019
Wetenschappelijke publicaties
de Jager, M., Hengeveld, G. M., Mooij, W. M., & Slooten, E. (2019). Modelling the spatial dynamics of Maui dolphins using individual-based models. Ecological Modelling, 402, 59-65. [DOI]
de Jager, M., Kaphingst, B., Janse, E. L., Buisman, R., Rinzema, S. G. T., & Soons, M. B. (2019). Seed size regulates plant dispersal distances in flowing water. Journal of Ecology, 107(1), 307-317. [DOI] [Repository]
2018
Wetenschappelijke publicaties
Treep, J., de Jager, M., Kuiper, L. S., Duman, T., Katul, G. G., & Soons, M. B. (2018). Costs and benefits of non-random seed release for long-distance dispersal in wind-dispersed plant species. Oikos, 127(9), 1330-1343. [DOI] [Repository]
2017
Wetenschappelijke publicaties
de Jager, M., Weissing, F. J., & van de Koppel, J. (2017). Why mussels stick together: spatial self-organization affects the evolution of cooperation. Evolutionary Ecology, 31(4), 547-558. [DOI] [Repository]
Kleyheeg, E., Treep, J., de Jager, M., Nolet, B. A., & Soons, M. B. (2017). Seed dispersal distributions resulting from landscape-dependent daily movement behaviour of a key vector species, Anas platyrhynchos. Journal of Ecology, 105(5), 1279-1289. [DOI] [Repository]
Soons, M. B., de Groot, G. A., Cuesta Ramirez, M. T., Fraaije, R. G. A., Verhoeven, J., & de Jager, M. (2017). Directed dispersal by an abiotic vector: wetland plants disperse their seeds selectively to suitable sites along the hydrological gradient via water. Functional Ecology, 31(2), 499-508. [DOI] [Repository]
2015
Wetenschappelijke publicaties
Kolzsch, A., Alzate, A., Bartumeus, F., de Jager, M., Weerman, E. J., Hengeveld, G. M., Naguib, M., Nolet, B. A., & van de Koppel, J. (2015). Experimental evidence for inherent Levy search behaviour in foraging animals. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 282(1807), Article 20150424. [DOI] [Repository]
2014
Wetenschappelijke publicaties
de Jager, M., Bartumeus, F., Kolzsch, A., Weissing, F. J., Hengeveld, G. M., Nolet, B. A., Herman, P. M. J., & de Koppel, J. V. (2014). How superdiffusion gets arrested: ecological encounters explain shift from Levy to Brownian movement. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 281(1774), Article 20132605. [DOI]
2013
Wetenschappelijke publicaties
Liu, Q.-X., Doelman, A., Rottschafer, V., de Jager, M., Herman, P. M. J., Rietkerk, M., & van de Koppel, J. (2013). Phase separation explains a new class of self-organized spatial patterns in ecological systems. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 110(29), 11905-11910. [DOI]
2012
Wetenschappelijke publicaties
de Jager, M., Weissing, F. J., Herman, P. M. J., Nolet, B. A., & van de Koppel, J. (2012). Response to Comment on "Levy Walks Evolve Through Interaction Between Movement and Environmental Complexity". Science, 335(6071). [DOI]
2011
Wetenschappelijke publicaties
de Jager, M., Weissing, F. J., Herman, P. M. J., Nolet, B. A., & van de Koppel, J. (2011). Levy walks evolve through interaction between movement and environmental complexity (vol 332, pg 1551, 2011). Science, 334(6063), 1639-1639.
de Jager, M., Weissing, F. J., Herman, P. M. J., Nolet, B. A., & van de Koppel, J. (2011). Levy Walks Evolve Through Interaction Between Movement and Environmental Complexity. Science, 332(6037), 1551-1553. [DOI]