Publicaties
2025
Wetenschappelijke publicaties
Lansu, E. M., Fischman, H. S., Angelini, C., Hijner, N., Geelen, L., Groenendijk, D., Höfer, S., Kooijman, A. M., Rietkerk, M., Tonkens, S., de Vries, S., Wassen, M., van Weerlee, E., Wille, D., Reijers, V., & van der Heide, T. (2025). How human infrastructure threatens biodiversity by squeezing sandy coasts. Current biology : CB, 35(21), 5210-5219. [DOI] [Portal]
Marin-Diaz, B., Reijers, V. C., Meijer, L., van der Wal, D., Olff, H., Bouma, T. J., & Govers, L. L. (2025). Quantifying Soil Resistance to Sheet and Lateral Erosion Across Different Habitats on a Managed Sandy Back-Barrier Island. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 130(6), Article e2024JF007950. [DOI] [Portal]
Reijers, V. C., van Rees, F., van der Heide, T., Oost, A. P., Ruessink, G., Koffijberg, K., Camphuysen, K. C. J., Penning, E., Hijner, N., & Govers, L. L. (2025). Corrigendum to "Birds influence vegetation coverage and structure on sandy biogeomorphic islands in the Dutch Wadden Sea" [Sci. Total Environ. 950 (2024) 175254]. Science of the Total Environment, 987, Article 179840. [DOI] [Portal]
2024
Wetenschappelijke publicaties
Geukes, H. H., Kettler, T. T., Lansu, E. M., Bax, V., Höfer, S., de Schipper, M. A., de Winter, R., Luijendijk, A. P., Reijers, V. C., van Bodegom, P. M., van de Lageweg, W. I., van der Heide, T., & van Oudenhoven, A. P. E. (2024). Sand nourishment for multifunctional coastal climate adaptation: three key implications for researchers. Nature-Based Solutions, 6, Article 100191. [DOI] [Portal]
Reijers, V. C., van Rees, F., van der Heide, T., Oost, A. P., Ruessink, G., Koffijberg, K., Camphuysen, K. C. J., Penning, E., Hijner, N., & Govers, L. L. (2024). Birds influence vegetation coverage and structure on sandy biogeomorphic islands in the Dutch Wadden Sea. Science of the Total Environment, 950, 1-13. Article 175254. [DOI] [Portal]
Lansu, E., Fischman, H. S., Angelini, C., Hijner, N., Geelen, L., Groenendijk, D., Höfer, S., Kooijman, A. M., Reijers, V., Rietkerk, M., Sonkens, S., de Vries, S., Wassen, M., van Weerlee, E., Wille, D., & van der Heide, T. (2024). Coastal squeeze threatens dune species richness. Abstract from Netherlands Annual Ecology Meeting (NAEM) 2024, Lunteren, Netherlands.
van de Ven, C. N., van der Heide, T., Bouma, T. J., van Ijzerloo, L., Lindhout, D. D., & Reijers, V. C. (2024). Co-occurring intertidal ecosystem engineers with opposing growth strategies show opposite responses to environmental gradients during establishment. Oikos, 2024(7), Article e10546. [DOI] [Portal]
Nauta, J., Meijer, K. J., de Groot, L. W., Reijers, V. C., Bouma, T. J., van der Wal, D., Olff, H., Holthuijsen, S. J., Bijleveld, A. I., van der Veer, H. W., Franken, O., & Govers, L. L. (2024). Mutual facilitation between foundation species Mytilus edulis and Lanice conchilega promotes habitat heterogeneity on tidal flats. Frontiers in marine science, 11, Article 1354009. [DOI] [Repository]
Lammers, C., Schmidt, A., van der Heide, T., & Reijers, V. C. (2024). Habitat modification by marram grass negatively affects recruitment of conspecifics. Oecologia, 204(3), 705–715. [DOI] [Repository]
Lansu, E. M., Reijers, V. C., Höfer, S., Luijendijk, A., Rietkerk, M., Wassen, M. J., Lammerts, E. J., & van der Heide, T. (2024). A global analysis of how human infrastructure squeezes sandy coasts. Nature Communications, 15(1), Article 432. [DOI] [Repository]
2023
Wetenschappelijke publicaties
van de Ven, C. N., Reijers, V. C., Lammers, C., van Belzen, J., Chung, Y., Bouma, T. J., & van Der Heide, T. (2023). Establishing cordgrass plants cluster their shoots to avoid ecosystem engineering. Functional Ecology, 37(5), 1339-1349. [DOI] [Repository]
Bakker, J. P., Berg, M. P., Grootjans, A. P., Olff, H., Schrama, M., Reijers, V. C., & Van der Heide, T. (2023). Biogeomorphological aspects of a model barrier island and its surroundings - Interactions between abiotic conditions and biota shaping the tidal and terrestrial landscape: A synthesis. Ocean & coastal management, 239, Article 106624. [DOI] [Repository]
Lammers, C., van de Ven, C. N. N., van der Heide, T., & Reijers, V. C. (2023). Are Ecosystem Engineering Traits Fixed or Flexible: A Study on Clonal Expansion Strategies in Co-occurring Dune Grasses. Ecosystems, 26(6), 1195-1208. [DOI] [Repository]
Lansu, E., Reijers, V., Höfer, S., Luijendijk, A., Rietkerk, M., Wassen, M., Lammerts, E. J., & van der Heide, T. (2023). A global analysis of how human infrastructure squeezes sandy coasts. 1-1. Abstract from European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2023, Vienna, Austria. [DOI] [Repository]
Nauta, J., Christianen, M. J. A., Temmink, R. J. M., Fivash, G. S. S., Marin-Diaz, B., Reijers, V. C., Didderen, K., Penning, E., Borst, A. C. W., Heusinkveld, J. H. T., Zwarts, M., Cruijsen, P. M. J. M., Hijner, N., Lengkeek, W., Lamers, L. P. M., van Der Heide, T., Bouma, T. J. J., van Der Wal, D., Olff, H., & Govers, L. L. L. (2023). Biodegradable artificial reefs enhance food web complexity and biodiversity in an intertidal soft-sediment ecosystem. Journal of Applied Ecology, 60(3), 541-552. [DOI] [Repository]
2022
Wetenschappelijke publicaties
Temmink, R. J. M., Fivash, G. S., Govers, L. L., Nauta, J., Marin-Diaz, B., Cruijsen, P. M. J. M., Didderen, K., Penning, E., Olff, H., Heusinkveld, J. H. T., Lengkeek, W., Christianen, M. J. A., Reijers, V. C., Bouma, T. J., & van der Heide, T. (2022). Initiating and upscaling mussel reef establishment with life cycle informed restoration: Successes and future challenges. Ecological Engineering, 175, 1-8. Article 106496. [DOI] [Repository]
Temmink, R. J. M., van den Akker, M., van Leeuwen, C. H. A., Thöle, Y., Olff, H., Reijers, V. C., Weideveld, S. T. J., Robroek, B. J. M., Lamers, L. P. M., & Bakker, E. S. (2022). Herbivore exclusion and active planting stimulate reed marsh development on a newly constructed archipelago. Ecological Engineering, 175, 1-8. Article 106474. [DOI] [Repository]
2021
Wetenschappelijke publicaties
Bonte, D., Batsleer, F., Provoost, S., Reijers, V., Vandegehuchte, M. L., Van De Walle, R., Dan, S., Matheve, H., Rauwoens, P., Strypsteen, G., Suzuki, T., Verwaest, T., & Hillaert, J. (2021). Biomorphogenic Feedbacks and the Spatial Organization of a Dominant Grass Steer Dune Development. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 9. [DOI] [Portal]
Bonte, D., Batsleer, F., Provoost, S., Reijers, V., Vandegehuchte, M. L., Walle, R. V. D., Dan, S., Matheve, H., Rauwoens, P., Strypsteen, G., Suzuki, T., Verwaest, T., & Hillaert, J. (2021). Biomorphogenic feedbacks and the spatial organisation of a dominant grass steer dune development. bioRxiv. [DOI] [Repository]
Marin-Diaz, B., Fivash, G. S., Nauta, J., Temmink, R. J. M., Hijner, N., Reijers, V. C., Cruijsen, P. P. M. J. M., Didderen, K., Heusinkveld, J. H. T., Penning, E., Maldonado-Garcia, G., van Belzen, J., de Smit, J. C., Christianen, M. J. A., van der Heide, T., van der Wal, D., Olff, H., Bouma, T. J., & Govers, L. L. (2021). On the use of large-scale biodegradable artificial reefs for intertidal foreshore stabilization. Ecological Engineering, 170, 1-9. Article 106354. [DOI] [Repository]
Populariserende publicaties
Govers, L. L., & Reijers, V. (2021). Griend: Een bewogen eiland. KNNV Uitgeverij.
2020
Wetenschappelijke publicaties
Reijers, V. C., Hoeks, S., Belzen van, J., Siteur, K., Rond de, A. J. A., Ven van de, C. N., Lammers, C., Koppel van de, J., & Heide van der, T. (2020). Sediment availability provokes a shift from Brownian to Lévy‐like clonal expansion in a dune building grass. Ecology Letters, 24(2), 258-268. Article ele.13638. [DOI] [Repository]
Reijers, V. C., Lammers, C., de Rond, A. J. A., Hoetjes, S. C. S., Lamers, L. P. M., & van der Heide, T. (2020). Resilience of beach grasses along a biogeomorphic successive gradient: resource availability vs. clonal integration. Oecologia, 192(1), 201-212. [DOI] [Repository]
Vakpublicaties
Govers, L. L., Reijers, V., van der Heide, T., Nauta, J., Marin-Diaz, B., Gräfnings, M., Temmink, R., Lamers, L. P. M., Christianen, M. J. A., Lengkeek, W., Penning, E., Fivash, G. S., Bouma, T., Smeele, Q., Erik, J., Heusinkveld, J. H. T., Zwarts, M., Hoeijmakers, D., Wiersema, H., ... van der Eijk, A. (2020). Luwte speelt sleutelrol voor zeegras en mosselbanken. De levende natuur, 121(5), 168-171. [Repository]
2019
Wetenschappelijke publicaties
Reijers, V., & Hoeks, S. (2019). Assessing the clonal expansion strategy of landscape-forming plants. Research Square. [DOI]
Reijers, V. C., Cruijsen, P. M. J. M., Hoetjes, S. C. S., van den Akker, M., Heusinkveld, J. H. T., van de Koppel, J., Lamers, L. P. M., Olff, H., & van der Heide, T. (2019). Loss of spatial structure after temporary herbivore absence in a high-productivity reed marsh. Journal of Applied Ecology, 56(7), 1817-1826. [DOI]
Reijers, V. C., van den Akker, M., Cruijsen, P. M. J. M., Lamers, L. P. M., & van der Heide, T. (2019). Intraspecific facilitation explains the persistence of Phragmites australis in modified coastal wetlands. Ecosphere, 10(8), Article e02842. [DOI]
Reijers, V. C., Siteur, K., Hoeks, S., van Belzen, J., Borst, A. C. W., Heusinkveld, J. H. T., Govers, L. L., Bouma, T. J., Lamers, L. P. M., van de Koppel, J., & van der Heide, T. (2019). A Lévy expansion strategy optimizes early dune building by beach grasses. Nature Communications, 10(1), Article 2656. [DOI] [Repository]
PhD thesis
V.C.Reijers (2019) A Song of Sand and Mud - how plant-mediated feedbacks dictate landscape formation and dynamics of barrier islands, PhD thesis, Radboud University