Dr. M. (Marijke) van Kuijk

Hugo R. Kruytgebouw
Padualaan 8
Kamer N305
3584 CH Utrecht

Dr. M. (Marijke) van Kuijk

Universitair hoofddocent
Wildlife Ecology
m.vankuijk@uu.nl

‪Marijke van Kuijk‬ - ‪Google Scholar‬

  • Robert Timmers, Marina C Côrtes, Marijke van Kuijk, Guilherme G Canassa, Romano Staneke, Fabiana SO Rosin, Maud PJ van Hooff, Jorn JH Knuit, Mathias M Pires, Merel B Soons, 2025. Landscape-scale forest cover shapes the complexity of seed-dispersal networks in regenerating forest fragments. Biological Conservation. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2025.111312

  • Valentino Koloski, Marijke van Kuijk, Muhammad Ali Imron, Hero Marhaento, Indah Sartika Sari, Fenky Wirada, Joeri A Zwerts, 2025. Orangutan population monitoring methods: Strengths, challenges, and opportunities. Biological Conservation. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2025.111320

  • Ana Patricia Sandoval‐Calderon, Maarten JJ Meijer, Shaopeng Wang, Marijke van Kuijk, Pita Verweij, Yann Hautier, 2025. Andean grassland stability across spatial scales increases with camelid grazing intensity despite biotic homogenization. Journal of Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.70012

  • JN Wiegers, Cecile Richard-Hansen, JE Blok, R van der Kuil, M Gradoz, M van Kuijk, 2024. Can we count you: validating density estimation methods for unmarked wildlife with camera traps. Biodiversity Conservation 34, 255–270. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-024-02969-9

  • Joeri A Zwerts, EHM Sterck, Pita A Verweij, Fiona Maisels, Jaap van der Waarde, Emma AM Geelen, Georges Belmond Tchoumba, Hermann Frankie Donfouet Zebaze, Marijke van Kuijk, 2024. FSC-certified forest management benefits large mammals compared to non-FSC. Nature 628, 563–568. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-07257-8

  • Iago Ferreiro‐Arias, Luca Santini, HS Sathya Chandra Sagar, Cécile Richard‐Hansen, Eric Guilbert, Pierre‐Michel Forget, Marijke van Kuijk, Andressa B Scabin, Carlos A Peres, Eloy Revilla, Ana Benítez‐López, 2024. Drivers and spatial patterns of avian defaunation in tropical forests. Diversity and Distributions e13855. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ddi.13855

  • Van Schaik, T., Van Kuijk, M. and Sterck, E.H.M., 2024. Understanding mesopredator responses to changes in apex predator populations in Europe: implications for the mesopredator release hypothesis. Mammal review. https://doi.org/10.1111/mam.12357

  • Monique de Jager, Marijke van Kuijk, Joeri A. Zwerts, Patrick A. Jansen, 2024. Optimizing segmentation in occupancy modelling of camera-trap data. BioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.06.11.598409

  • Yann Hautier, Kathryn Barry, Mariet Hefting, Marijke van Kuijk, Edwin Pos, Betty Verduyn, Rola Johannes, George Kowalchuk, Merel Soons, 2024. The biodiversity and climate variability experiment (bioclive): quantifying the role of biodiversity in buffering ecosystems against climatic variability. Research Ideas and Outcomes 10. https://doi.org/10.3897/rio.10.e133454

  • Ana Patricia Sandoval Calderon, Marijke Van Kuijk, Yann Hautier, Humber Alberto, Pita Verweij, 2024. Mining expansion may reduce livestock but facilitate vicunas recovery in tropical Puna of South America. Frontiers in Conservation Science 5. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcosc.2024.1405392

  • Ana P Sandoval-Calderon, Merel B Soons, Marijke van Kuijk, Pita A Verweij, Kathryn E Barry, Yann Hautier, 2024. Camelid herding may homogenize Andean grassland communities. Ecological Indicators 167. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2024.112590

  • Ana Patricia Sandoval‐Calderon, Nerea Rubio Echazarra, Marijke van Kuijk, Pita A Verweij, Merel Soons, Yann Hautier, 2024. The effect of livestock grazing on plant diversity and productivity of mountainous grasslands in South America – A meta-analysis. Ecology and Evolution 14(4). https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.1107

  • Rens W Vaessen, Klaske van Wijngaarden, Laura Boeschoten, Ronja Knippers, Livia Durazzo, Loes Verkuil, Marijke van Kuijk, 2023. Fruit and seed traits and vertebrate–fruit interactions of tree species occurring in Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana. Ecology 104(11). https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.4165

  • Van Kuijk, M., De Jager, M., Van Oosterhout, M., De Leander, L., Parahoe, M., 2022. Local abundances of terrestrial mammal and bird species around indigenous villages in Suriname. Conservation Science and Practice 4(6). https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.12699

  • Rens W Vaessen, Patrick A Jansen, Cécile Richard‐Hansen, René GA Boot, Thomas Denis, Géraldine Derroire, Pascal Petronelli, Jesse S de Vries, Kathryn E Barry, Hans Ter Steege, Marijke van Kuijk, 2022. Defaunation changes leaf trait composition of recruit communities in tropical forests in French Guiana. Ecology 104(1). https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3872

  • SM Stas, BD Spracklen, PD Willetts, TC Le, HD Tran, TT Le, DT Ngo, AV Le, HT Le, E Rutishauser, J Schwendike, JH Marsham, M van Kuijk, EKK Jew, OL Phillips, DV Spracklen, 2022. Implications of tropical cyclones on damage and potential recovery and restoration of logged forests in Vietnam. Phil trans B. 378. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2021.0081

  • Robert Timmers, Marijke van Kuijk, Pita A Verweij, Jaboury Ghazoul, Yann Hautier, William F Laurance, Stefan L Arriaga‐Weiss, Robert A Askins, Corrado Battisti, Åke Berg, Gretchen C Daily, Cristián F Estades, Beatrice Frank, Reiko Kurosawa, Rosamund A Pojar, John CZ Woinarski, Merel B Soons, 2022. Conservation of birds in fragmented landscapes requires protected areas. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 20(6), 361-369. https://doi.org/10.1002/fee.2485

  • Joeri A Zwerts, JN Yannick Wiegers, EHM Sterck, Marijke van Kuijk, 2022. Exploring spatio-temporal variation in soundscape saturation of an African tropical forest landscape. Ecological indicators 137. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2022.108712

  • Joeri A Zwerts, PJ Stephenson, Fiona Maisels, Marcus Rowcliffe, Christos Astaras, Patrick A Jansen, Jaap van Der Waarde, Liesbeth EHM Sterck, Pita A Verweij, Tom Bruce, Stephanie Brittain, Marijke van Kuijk, 2021. Methods for wildlife monitoring in tropical forests: Comparing human observations, camera traps, and passive acoustic sensors. Conservation Science and Practice 568, 3(12). https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.568

  • Juan Ignacio Ramirez*, Joeri A Zwerts*, Marijke van Kuijk, Palma Iacobelli, Xuqing Li, Natalie Herdoiza, Patrick A Jansen, 2021. Density dependence of daily activity in three ungulate species. Ecology & Evolution 11(12): 7390-7398. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.7570 *shared 1st authorship

  • Schweizer, D., Van Kuijk, M. and Ghazoul, J., 2021. Perceptions from non-governmental actors on forest and landscape restoration, challenges and strategies for successful implementation across Asia, Africa and Latin America. Journal of Environmental Management 286. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.112251

  • Ghazoul J. and Schweizer D., 2021. Forests for the future: Restoration success at landscape scale - what will it take and what have we learned? Prince Bernhard Chair Reports (issue 1). Series editors Almond, R.E.A., Grooten, M. and Van Kuijk, WWF-Netherlands, Zeist and Utrecht University, Netherlands. Prince Bernard Chair Restoration report_LR_spreads.pdf (uu.nl)

  • Scheper, A., Verweij, P. and Van Kuijk, M., 2021. Post-fire forest restoration in the humid tropics: A synthesis of available strategies and knowledge gaps for effective restoration. Science of the Total Environment 77. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.144647

  • Suzanne M Stas, Tinh Cong Le, Hieu Dang Tran, Thi Thai Hoa Hoang, Marijke Van Kuijk, An Van Le, Duc Tung Ngo, Ad Van Oostrum, Oliver L Phillips, Ervan Rutishauser, Benedict D Spracklen, Tuyet Thi Anh Tran, Trai Trong Le, Dominick V Spracklen, 2020. Logging intensity drives variability in carbon stocks in lowland forests in Vietnam. Forest Ecology and Management 460. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2020.117863

  • Schweizer, D. Van Kuijk, M., Meli, P., Bernardini, L., Ghazoul, J. 2019. Narratives across scales on barriers and strategies for upscaling forest restoration. Forests 10(7), https://doi.org/10.3390/f10070530

  • Rene Verburg, Eric Rahn, Pita Verweij, Marijke van Kuijk, Jaboury Ghazoul, 2019. An innovation perspective to climate change adaptation in coffee systems. Environmental Science and Policy 97: 16-24. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2019.03.017

  • Agni K Boedhihartono, Frans Bongers, Rene GA Boot, Jerry van Dijk, Helen Jeans, Marijke van Kuijk, Harko Koster, James Reed, Jeffrey Sayer, Terry Sunderland, Esther Turnhout, Josh van Vianen, Pieter A Zuidema, 2018. Conservation science and practice must engage with the realities of complex tropical landscapes. Tropical Conservation Science 11: 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1177/1940082918779571

  • VT Nam, NPR Anten and M van Kuijk, 2018. Biomass dynamics in a logged forest: the role of wood density. Journal of Plant Research 131, 611-621. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10265-018-1042-9

  • VT Nam, M van Kuijk and NPR Anten, 2016. Allometric equations for aboveground and belowground biomass estimations in an evergreen forest in Vietnam. PLOS ONE 11(6). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0156827

  • WF Laurance, A Peletier-Jellema, B Geenen, H Koster, P Verweij, P van Dijck, TE  Lovejoy, J Schleicher, and M van Kuijk2015. Reducing the global environmental impacts of rapid infrastructure expansion. Current Biology 25(7), 259-262. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2015.02.050

  • Van Kuijk, M., Anten, N.P.R., Oomen, R.J. & Schieving, F. 2014. Stimulating seedling growth in early stages of secondary forest succession: a modelling approach to guide tree liberation. Front. Plant Sci. 5:345. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2014.00345

  • Van Kuijk, M., Zagt, R. & Putz, F.E. 2009. Effects of forest certification on biodiversity. Tropenbos International Wageningen. Research report. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/235704788_Effects_of_Forest_Certification_on_Biodiversity

  • Van Kuijk, M., Anten, N.P.R., Van Bentum, D.W., Oomen, R.J. &  Werger, M.J.A. 2008. The limited importance of size-asymmetric light competition and growth of pioneer species in early secondary forest succession in Vietnam. Oecologia 157, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-008-1048-4

  • Van Kuijk, M. & Anten, N.P.R. 2008. Whole-canopy nitrogen-use efficiency of pioneer species in early secondary forest succession in Vietnam. Ecological Research 24, 811-820. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11284-008-0554-5

  • Van Kuijk, M, 2008. Forest regeneration and restoration in Vietnam. PhD-thesis, ISBN 978-90-393-4814-7.