Publications
2021
Scholarly publications
Haber, E. A., Santos, M. J., Leitão, P. J., Schwieder, M., Ketner, P., Ernst, J., Rietkerk, M., Wassen, M. J., & Eppinga, M. B. (2021). High spatial resolution mapping identifies habitat characteristics of the invasive vine Antigonon leptopus on St. Eustatius (Lesser Antilles). Biotropica. https://doi.org/10.1111/btp.12939
von Keyserlingk, J., de Hoop, M., Mayor, A. G., Dekker, S. C., Rietkerk, M., & Foerster, S. (2021). Resilience of vegetation to drought: Studying the effect of grazing in a Mediterranean rangeland using satellite time series. Remote Sensing of Environment, 255, [112270]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2020.112270
Neijnens, F. K., Siteur, K., van de Koppel, J., & Rietkerk, M. (2021). Early Warning Signals for Rate-induced Critical Transitions in Salt Marsh Ecosystems. Ecosystems. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-021-00610-2
2020
Scholarly publications
Banerjee, S., Saha, B., Rietkerk, M., Baudena, M., & Chattopadhyay, J. (2020). Chemical contamination mediated regime shifts in planktonic systems. arXiv.org. https://arxiv.org/abs/2012.03072v1
van der Kaaden, A-S., van Oevelen, D., Rietkerk, M., Soetaert, K., & van de Koppel, J. (2020). Spatial Self-Organization as a New Perspective on Cold-Water Coral Mound Development. Frontiers in Marine Science, 7, [631]. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.00631
Banerjee, S., Saha, B., Rietkerk, M. G., Baudena, M., & Chattopadhyay, J. (2020). Chemical contamination mediated regime shifts in planctonic systems. Abstract from Society for Mathematical Biology (SMB) 2020 Annual Meeting, .
Eppinga, M. B., Baudena, M., Haber, E. A., Rietkerk, M., Wassen, M. J., & Santos, M. J. (Accepted/In press). Spatially explicit removal strategies increase the efficiency of invasive plant species control. Ecological Applications, [e2257]. https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.2257
van den Elsen, E., Stringer, L. C., de Ita, C., Hessel, R., Kefi, S., Schneider, F., Bautista, S., Garcia Mayor, A., Baudena, M., Rietkerk, M. G., Valdecantos, A., Vallejo, V. R., Geeson, N., Brandt, J., Fleskens, L., Hemerik, L., Panagos, P., Valente, S., Keizer, J. J., ... de Ruiter, P. C. (2020). Advances in understanding and managing catastrophic shifts in Mediterranean ecosystems. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2020.561101
Berghuis, P., Garcia Mayor, A., Rietkerk, M. G., & Baudena, M. (2020). More is not necessarily better: The role of cover and spatial organization of resource sinks in the restoration of patchy drylands. Journal of Arid Environments, 183, [104282]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaridenv.2020.104282
Garcia Mayor, A., Berghuis, P., Rietkerk, M., & Baudena, M. (2020). The role of cover and pattern of installed resource sinks in the recovery of degraded patchy drylands. Abstract from EGU General Assembly 2020, . https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-18985
Bastiaansen, R., Doelman, A., Eppinga, M. B., & Rietkerk, M. (2020). The effect of climate change on the resilience of ecosystems with adaptive spatial pattern formation. Ecology Letters, 23(3), 414-429. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13449
Baudena, M., Santana, V., Jaime Baeza, M., Bautista, S., Eppinga, M. B., Hemerik, L., Garcia Mayor, A., Rodriguez, F., Valdecantos, A., Vallejo, R., Vasques, A., & Rietkerk, M. G. (2020). Increased aridity drives post-fire recovery of Mediterranean forests towards open shrublands. New Phytologist, 225(4), 1500-1515. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.16252
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/390827/Baudena_et_al_2020_New_Phytologist.pdf?sequence=1
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/390827/Baudena_et_al_2020_New_Phytologist.pdf?sequence=1
2019
Scholarly publications
van de Vijsel, R. C., van Belzen, J., Bouma, T. J., van der Wal, D., Cusseddu, V., Purkis, S. J., Rietkerk, M., & van de Koppel, J. (2020). Estuarine biofilm patterns: Modern analogues for Precambrian self-organization. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 45(5), 1141-1154. https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.4783
Malcorps, W., Kok, K., van der Land, M., Fritz, M., van Doren, D., Servin, K., Van der Heijden, P., Palmer, R., Auchterlonie, N. A., Rietkerk, M. G., Santos, M. J., & Davies, J. (2019). The sustainability conundrum of fishmeal substitution by plant ingredients in shrimp feeds. Abstract from VLIZ Marine Science Day 2019, Brenede, Belgium.
Malcorps, W., Kok, B., van't Land, M., Fritz, M., van Doren, D., Servin, K., van der Heijden, P., Palmer, R., Auchterlonie, N. A., Rietkerk, M., Santos, M. J., & Davies, S. J. (2019). The sustainability conundrum of fishmeal substitution by plant ingredients in Shrimp Feeds. Sustainability (Switzerland), 11(4), [1212]. https://doi.org/10.3390/SU11041212
Verwijmeren, M., Smit, C., Bautista, S., Wassen, M. J., & Rietkerk, M. (2019). Combined Grazing and Drought Stress Alter the Outcome of Nurse: Beneficiary Interactions in a Semi-arid Ecosystem. Ecosystems, 22(6), 1295–1307. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-019-00336-2
Siero, E., Siteur, K., Doelman, A., van de Koppel, J., Rietkerk, M., & Eppinga, M. B. (2019). Grazing away the resilience of patterned ecosystems. American Naturalist, 193(3), 472-479. https://doi.org/10.1086/701669
Popularising publications
Dekker, S. C., Driessen, P. P. J., van Egmond, N. D., Moors, E. H. M., Raven, R. P. J. M., Rietkerk, M. G., Worrell, E., van Dijk, J., Calisto Esquetini-Friant, P. M., Kraaijeveld, L. D., Mees, H. L. P., Vaas, J., Vermeulen, W. J. V., Vervoort, J. M., Verweij, P. A., Vijge, M. J., Wesseling, J. H., & Wojtynia, N. (2019). Klimaatakkoord: tijd voor politiek leiderschap! Dagblad Trouw.
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/391527/klimaatbrief.pdf?sequence=1
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/391527/klimaatbrief.pdf?sequence=1
2018
Scholarly publications
Bastiaansen, R., Jaïbi, O., Deblauwe, V., Eppinga, M. B., Siteur, K., Siero, E., Mermoz, S., Bouvet, A., Doelman, A., & Rietkerk, M. (2018). Multistability of model and real dryland ecosystems through spatial self-organization. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 115(44), 11526-11261. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1804771115
Rodríguez, F., Mayor, Á. G., Rietkerk, M., & Bautista, S. (2018). A null model for assessing the cover-independent role of bare soil connectivity as indicator of dryland functioning and dynamics. Ecological Indicators, 94(part 1), 512-519. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2017.10.023
Other output
Baudena, M., Santana, V. M., Jaime Baeza, M., Bautista, S., Eppinga, M. B., Hemerick, L., Garcia Mayor, A., Rodriguez, F., Valdecantos, A., Vallejo, R., Vasques, A., & Rietkerk, M. G. (2018). Predicted increase in aridity could drive post-fire recovery of Mediterranean forests towards open shrublands. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 20, [EGU2018-10201]. https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2018/EGU2018-10201.pdf
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/364265/Predicted.pdf?sequence=1
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/364265/Predicted.pdf?sequence=1
2017
Scholarly publications
Karssenberg, D., Bierkens, M. F. P., & Rietkerk, M. (2017). Catastrophic Shifts in Semiarid Vegetation-Soil Systems May Unfold Rapidly or Slowly. American Naturalist, 190(6), E145-E155. https://doi.org/10.1086/694413
Diaz Sierra, R., Verwijmeren, M., Rietkerk, M. G., Resco de Dios, V., & Baudena, M. (2017). A new family of standardized and symmetric indices for measuring the intensity and importance of plant neighbour effects. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 8(5), 580-591. https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.12706
Other output
Haber, E. A., Eppinga, M. B., Ferreira Dos Santos, M. J., Rietkerk, M. G., & Wassen, M. J. (2017). Predicting the spread of the invasive coral vine (Antigonon leptopus Hook & Arn.) using remote sensing and species distribution modeling. Abstract from EMAPI 14 - International Conference on Ecology and Management of Alien Plant Invasions, Lisboa, Portugal.
Haber, E. A., Berkowitz, B., Eppinga, M. B., Ferreira Dos Santos, M. J., Wassen, M. J., & Rietkerk, M. G. (2017). Comparing two methods to map the current distribution of the invasive vine (Antigonon leptopus, Hook & Arn.) on the Caribbean island of St. Eustatius. Poster session presented at Third Island Invasives Conferences, Dundee, United Kingdom. ftp://ftp.geog.uu.nl/pub/posters/2017/A_comparison_of_two_different_mapping_methods_for_identifying_the_current_distribution_of_the_invasive_vine_on_the_Caribbean_island_of_St._Eustatius-Haber_Berkowitz_Eppinga_Santos_Rietkerk_Wassen-July2017.pdf
Baudena, M., Santana, V., Baeza, J., Bautista, S., Eppinga, M. B., Garcia Mayor, A., Vasques, A., Valdecantos, A., Vallejo, R., & Rietkerk, M. G. (2017). Drought and fire could arrest old-field succession in Mediterranean forests. Abstract from Netherlands Annual Ecology Meeting (NAEM, Lunteren, Netherlands.
2016
Scholarly publications
Siteur, K., Eppinga, M. B., Doelman, A., Siero, E., & Rietkerk, M. (2016). Ecosystems off track: rate-induced critical transitions in ecological models. Oikos, 125(12), 1689-1699. https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.03112
Liu, Q. X., Rietkerk, M., Herman, P. M. J., Piersma, T., Fryxell, J. M., & van de Koppel, J. (2016). Bridging physics and biology: Reply to comments on “Phase separation driven by density-dependent movement: A novel mechanism for ecological patterns”. Physics of Life Reviews, 19, 142-146. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plrev.2016.11.006
Liu, Q-X., Rietkerk, M., Herman, P. M. J., Piersma, T., Fryxell, J. M., & van de Koppel, J. (2016). Phase separation driven by density-dependent movement: A novel mechanism for ecological patterns. Physics of Life Reviews, 19, 107-121. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plrev.2016.07.009
Siteur, K., Mao, J., Nierop, K. G. J., Rietkerk, M., Dekker, S. C., & Eppinga, M. B. (2016). Soil Water Repellency: A Potential Driver of Vegetation Dynamics in Coastal Dunes. Ecosystems, 19(7), 1210-1224. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-016-9995-9
Vincenot, C. E., Carteni, F., Mazzoleni, S., Rietkerk, M., & Giannino, F. (2016). Spatial self-organization of vegetation subject to climatic stress—insights from a system dynamics—individual-based hybrid model. Frontiers in Plant Science, 7(MAY2016), [636]. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2016.00636
Yin, Z., Dekker, S. C., Rietkerk, M., Hurk, B. J. J. M. V. D., & Dijkstra, H. A. (2016). Network based early warning indicators of vegetation changes in a land–atmosphere model. Ecological Complexity, 26, 68 - 78. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecocom.2016.02.004
van Loon, M. P., Rietkerk, M., Dekker, S. C., Hikosaka, K., Ueda, M. U., & Anten, N. P. R. (2016). Plant-plant interactions mediate the plastic and genotypic response of Plantago asiatica to CO2: an experiment with plant populations from naturally high CO2 areas. Annals of Botany, 117, 1197-1207. https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcw064
Mao, J., Nierop, K. G. J., Rietkerk, M., Sinninghe Damsté, J. S., & Dekker, S. C. (2016). The influence of vegetation on soil water repellency-markers and soil hydrophobicity. Science of the Total Environment, 566–567, 608-620. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.05.077
Other output
de Hoop, M., Garcia Mayor, A., Dekker, S., & Rietkerk, M. (2016). Connectivity affecting critical transitions in drylands: the role of microtopography. Poster session presented at Netherlands Annual Ecology Meeting 2016 (NAEM), Lunteren, Netherlands.
Baartman, J. E. M., Garcia Mayor, A., Temme, A., & Rietkerk, M. G. (2016). Can landscape memory affect vegetation recovery in drylands. Poster session presented at European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2016, Vienna, Austria, . http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2016/EGU2016-6065.pdf
Baudena, M., Sanchez, A., Georg, C-P., Ruiz-Benito, P., Rodriguez, M. A., Zavala, M. A., & Rietkerk, M. (2016). Revealing patterns of local species richness along environmental gradients with a novel network tool. Abstract from 2016 Conference on Complex Systems, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Vasques, A., Baudena, M., Kefi, S., Vallejo, R., Bautista, S., Baeza, J., Santana, V., Keizer, J. J., & Rietkerk, M. G. (2016). Regeneration capacity of early successional species modulates wildfire recurrence impact in Mediterranean pine forests. Poster session presented at International meeting FUEGORED 2016, Portugal.
Vaas, J., Haber, E., Eppinga, M. B., van Laerhoven, F. S. J., Rietkerk, M. G., Giezen, M., Driessen, P. P. J., & Wassen, M. J. (2016). The social and ecological contexts of invasive plant management in the Caribbean. Poster session presented at NWO launch 2nd Caribbean call, Leiden, Netherlands.
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/328055/PosterNWO18Februari.pdf?sequence=1
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/328055/PosterNWO18Februari.pdf?sequence=1
2015
Scholarly publications
van Loon, M. P., Dekker, S. C., Anten, N., Rietkerk, M. G., & de Arellano, J. V-G. (2015). Understanding the impact of plant competition on the coupling between vegetation and the atmosphere. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 120(11), 2212-2228. https://doi.org/10.1002/2015JG003108
Siero, E., Doelman, A., Eppinga, M., Rademacher, J. D. M., Rietkerk, M., & Siteur, K. (2015). Striped pattern selection by advective reaction-diffusion systems: Resilience of banded vegetation on slopes. Chaos, 25(3), [036411]. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4914450
Ruifrok, J. L., Janzen, T., Kuijper, D. P. J., Rietkerk, M., Olff, H., & Smit, C. (2015). Cyclical succession in grazed ecosystems: The importance of interactions between different-sized herbivores and different-sized predators. Theoretical Population Biology, 101, 31-39. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tpb.2015.02.001
Mao, J., Nierop, K. G. J., Rietkerk, M., & Dekker, S. C. (2015). Predicting soil water repellency using hydrophobic organic compounds and their vegetation origin. SOIL, 1(1), 411-425. https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-1-411-2015
Baudena, M., Sanchez, A., Georg, C-P., Ruiz-Benito, P., Zavala, M. A., Rodriguez, M. A., & Rietkerk, M. (2015). Revealing patterns of local species richness along environmental gradients with a novel network tool. Scientific Reports, 5, [11561]. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep11561
Baudena, M., Dekker, S. C., van Bodegom, P. M., Cuesta, B., Higgins, S. I., Lehsten, V., Reick, C. H., Rietkerk, M., Scheiter, S., Yin, Z., Zavala, M. A., & Brovkin, V. (2015). Forests, savannas and grasslands: bridging the knowledge gap between ecology and Dynamic Global Vegetation Models. Biogeosciences, 12, 1833-1848. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-1833-2015
Mazzoleni, S., Cartenì, F., Bonanomi, G., Senatore, M., Termolino, P., Giannino, F., Incerti, G., Rietkerk, M., Lanzotti, V., & Chiusano, M. L. (2015). Inhibitory effects of extracellular self-DNA: a general biological process? New Phytologist, 206(1), 127-132. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.13306
Mazzoleni, S., Bonanomi, G., Incerti, G., Chiusano, M. L., Termolino, P., Mingo, A., Senatore, M., Giannino, F., Cartenì, F., Rietkerk, M., & Lanzotti, V. (2015). Inhibitory and toxic effects of extracellular self-DNA in litter: A mechanism for negative plant-soil feedbacks? New Phytologist, 205(3), 1195-1210. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.13121
D'Onofrio, D., Baudena, M., D'Andrea, F., Rietkerk, M., & Provenzale, A. (2015). Tree-grass competition for soil water in arid and semiarid savannas: The role of rainfall intermittency. Water Resources Research, 51(1), 169–181. https://doi.org/10.1002/2014WR015515
Other output
Vasques, A., Baudena, M., Kefi, S., Vallejo, R., Bautista, S., Baeza, J., Santana, V., Coelho, C., Maia, P., Gonzalez-Pelayo, O., Keizer, J., & Rietkerk, M. G. (2015). Predicting tipping points in maritime pine stands due to recurrent wildfires. Poster session presented at Research Day University of Aveiro, Portugal, .
Verwijmeren, M., Smit, C., Wassen, M. J., & Rietkerk, M. G. (2015). Interspecific plant interactions in response to the combined effects of drought and grazing pressure. Abstract from NAEM 2015 (Netherlands Annual Ecology Meeting), Lunteren, Netherlands.
Mazzoleni, S., Bonanomi, G., Cartenì, F., Incerti, G., chiusano, M. L., Termolino, P., Senatore, M., Giannino, F., Rietkerk, M. G., Vincenot, C. E., & Lanzoti, V. (2015). The role of extracellular self-DNA in plant-soil negative feedback and autotoxicity.. Abstract from 100th ESA Annual Meeting, Baltimore, United States.
D'Onofrio, D., Baudena, M., Rietkerk, M. G., D'Andrea, F., & Provenzale, A. (2015). Rainfall intermittency and savanna dynamics. 214. Abstract from Ecology at the Interface, Rome, Italy. http://eefconference.unisalento.it/files/EEF_2015_BOOK_rev.pdf
de Hoop, M., Verwijmeren, M., Wassen, M. J., Garcia Mayor, A., Smit, C., & Rietkerk, M. G. (2015). Predicting sudden land degradation in response to overgrazing and climate change. Poster session presented at International Conference on Sustainability, UTRECHT, Netherlands. ftp://ftp.geog.uu.nl/pub/posters/2015/Predicting_sudden_land_degradation_in_response_to_overgrazing_and_climate_change-deHoop_Verwijmeren_Wassen_Garcia-Mayor_Smit_Dekker_Rietkerk-October2015.pdf
Vasques, A., Baudena, M., Kefi, S., Vallejo, R., Bautista, S., Baeza, J., Santana, V., Maia, P., Gonzalez-Pelayo, O., Keizer, J., & Rietkerk, M. (2015). How can we predict shifts in pine's plant community composition following repeated fires?. Poster session presented at NAEM 2015 (Netherlands Annual Ecology Meeting), Lunteren, Netherlands.
Baudena, M., Dekker, S., van Bodegom, P., Cuesta, B., Higgins, S., Lehsten, V., Reich, C., Rietkerk, M., Scheiter, S., Yin, Z., Zavala, M. A., & Brovkin, V. (2015). Savannas at the transition between forests and grasslands: modelling ecological processes at the continental scale.. Abstract from NAEM 2015 (Netherlands Annual Ecology Meeting), Lunteren, Netherlands.
Verwijmeren, M., Rietkerk, M., Wassen, M., & Smit, C. (2015). Positive plant interactions under drought and grazing stress. Poster session presented at Copernicus Institute Symposium, Netherlands.
Verwijmeren, M., Rietkerk, M., Wassen, M., Smit, C., & Bautista, S. (2015). Waning positive plant-plant interactions under combined stress by drought and grazing. Abstract from NAEM 2015 (Netherlands Annual Ecology Meeting), Lunteren, Netherlands.
Themistocleous, K., Agapiou, A., de Hoop, M., Garcia Mayor, A., Rietkerk, M., Dekker, S., & Hadjimitsis, D. G. (2015). The Use Of UAV To Document Sloping Landscapes to Produce Digital Elevation Models To Examine Environmental Degradation. Poster session presented at Third International Conference on Remote Sensing, Paphos, Cyprus.
van Loon, M., Rietkerk, M., Dekker, S., Hikosaka, K., Ueda, M. U., & Anten, N. P. R. (2015). Plant-plant interactions mediate the plastic and genotypic response of Plantago asiatica to CO2; an experiment with plant populations from naturally high CO2 areas.. Poster session presented at NAEM days, Netherlands.
van Loon, M., Schieving, F., Rietkerk, M., Dekker, S., Sterck, F. J., & Anten, N. P. R. (2015). How light competition between plants affects their response to climate change.. Abstract from Agriculture and Climate Change – Adapting Crops to Increased Uncertainty, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, .
2014
Scholarly publications
van Loon, M. P., Schieving, F., Rietkerk, M., Dekker, S. C., Sterck, F., & Anten, N. P. R. (2014). How light competition between plants affects their response to climate change. New Phytologist, 203(4), 1253-1265. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.12865
Tirabassi, G., Viebahn, J., Dakos, V., Dijkstra, H., Masoller, C., Rietkerk, M., & Dekker, S. (2014). Interaction network based early-warning indicators of vegetation transitions. Ecological Complexity, 19, 148–157. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecocom.2014.06.004
Siteur, K., Siero, E., Eppinga, M. B., Rademacher, J. D. M., Doelman, A., & Rietkerk, M. (2014). Beyond Turing: The response of patterned ecosystems to environmental change. Ecological Complexity, 20, 81-96. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecocom.2014.09.002
Mazzoleni, S., Cartenì, F., Bonanomi, G., Incerti, G., Chiusano, M. L., Termolino, P., Migliozzi, A., Senatore, M., Giannino, F., Rietkerk, M., Risitano, A., & Lanzotti, V. (2014). New perspectives on the use of nucleic acids in pharmacological applications: inhibitory action of extracellular self-DNA in biological systems. Phytochemistry Reviews, 13(4), 937-946. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11101-014-9386-9
Verwijmeren, M., Rietkerk, M., Bautista, S., Mayor, A. G., Wassen, M. J., & Smit, C. (2014). Drought and grazing combined: Contrasting shifts in plant interactions at species pair and community level. Journal of Arid Environments, 111, 53-60. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaridenv.2014.08.001
Siteur, K., Eppinga, M. B., Karssenberg, D., Baudena, M., Bierkens, M. F. P., & Rietkerk, M. (2014). How will increases in rainfall intensity affect semiarid ecosystems? Water Resources Research, 50(7), 5980-6001. https://doi.org/10.1002/2013WR014955
Baudena, M., Dekker, S. C., van Bodegom, P. M., Cuesta, B., Higgins, S. I., Lehsten, V., Reick, C. H., Rietkerk, M., Scheiter, S., Yin, Z., Zavala, M. A., & Brovkin, V. (2014). Forests, savannas and grasslands: bridging the knowledge gap between ecology and Dynamic Global Vegetation Models. Biogeosciences Discussions, 11(6), 9471-9510. https://doi.org/10.5194/bgd-11-9471-2014
van Loon, M. P., Schieving, F., Rietkerk, M., Dekker, S. C., Sterck, F. J., & Anten, N. P. R. (2014). How light competition between plants affects their response to climate change. New Phytologist, 203(4), 1253-1265. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.12865
Other output
D'Onofrio, D., Baudena, M., D'Andrea, D., Rietkerk, M., & Provenzale, A. (2014). Tree-grass competition for soil water in arid and semiarid savannas: the role of rainfall intermittency. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 16, [EGU2014-12813].
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/314539/13.pdf?sequence=1
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Mao, J., Dekker, S., Nierop, K., Rietkerk, M., & Sinninghe Damste, J. (2014). A sequential extraction and hydrolysis approach to understand the chemical nature of soil water repellency. Abstract from 12th Nederlands Aardwetenschappelijk Congres, Utrecht, .
Siero, E., Doelman, A., Eppinga, M., Rietkerk, M., & Siteur, K. (2014). Stripe pattern selection by advective reaction-diffusion systems: resilience of banded vegetation on slopes.. Poster session presented at Lorentz Centre Workshop Spatial Temporal Dynamics in Ecology, Netherlands.
Mao, J., Dekker, S., Nierop, K., Rietkerk, M., & Sinninghe Damsté, J. S. (2014). A sequential extraction and hydrolysis approach to understand the chemical nature of soil water repellency. Abstract from European Geosciences Union, General Assembly 2014, Vienna, Austria.
Siteur, K., Eppinga, M., Karssenberg, D., Baudena, M., Bierkens, M., & Rietkerk, M. (2014). How will increases in rainfall intensity affect semiarid ecosystems?. Abstract from General Assembly European Geosciences Union, Vienna, United Kingdom.
Siteur, K., Siero, E., Eppinga, M., Doelman, A., Rademacher, J. D. M., & Rietkerk, M. (2014). Beyond Turing: The response of patterned ecosystems to environmental change.
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/307590/14.pdf?sequence=1
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/307590/14.pdf?sequence=1
de Hoop, M., Garcia Mayor, A., Dekker, S., & Rietkerk, M. (2014). Connectivity affecting critical transitions in drylands: the role of microtopography. Poster session presented at COST ACTION ES1306: Connecting European Connectivity Research, Wageningen, United Kingdom.
Baudena, M., Sanchez, A., Georg, C-P., Ruiz-Benito, P., Zavala, M. A., Rodriguez, M. A., & Rietkerk, M. (2014). Revealing patterns of local species richness along environmental gradients with a novel network tool. Abstract from NAEM 2014 (Netherlands Annual Ecology Meeting), Lunteren, Netherlands.
Baudena, M., Dekker, S., van Bodegom, P. M., Cuesta, B., Higgins, S. I., Lehsten, V., Reick, C. H., Rietkerk, M., Scheiter, S., Yin, Z., Zavala, M. A., & Brovkin, V. (2014). Tropical Forests, Savannas and Grasslands: Bridging the Knowledge Gap Between Ecology and Dynamic Global Vegetation Models. Abstract from AGU 2014, San francisco, United Kingdom. https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm14/meetingapp.cgi#Paper/3757
van Loon, M., Schieving, F., Rietkerk, M., Dekker, S., Sterck, F. J., & Anten, N. P. R. (2014). How competition affects the response of plants to climate change. Poster session presented at NAEM days, United Kingdom.
van Loon, M., Schieving, F., Rietkerk, M., Dekker, S., Sterk, F., & Anten, N. P. R. (2014). How competition affects the response of plants to climate change. Abstract from NAEM meeting, United Kingdom.
2013
Scholarly publications
Realpe-Gomez, J., Baudena, M., Galla, T., McKane, A. J., & Rietkerk, M. (2013). Demographic noise and resilience in a semi-arid ecosystem model. Ecological Complexity, 15(september 2013), 97-108. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecocom.2013.04.002
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. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1222339110
Galla, T., Realpe-Gomez, J., Baudena, M., McKane, A. J., & Rietkerk, M. (2013). Statistical physics of piecewise deterministic dynamics: theory and application to the resilience of semi-arid ecosystems. In 25th IUPAP International Conference on Statistical Physics
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Mayor, A. G., Kefi, S., Bautista, S., Rodriguez, F., Carteni, F., & Rietkerk, M. (2013). Feedbacks between vegetation pattern and resource loss dramatically decrease ecosystem resilience and restoration potential in a simple dryland model. Landscape Ecology, 28(5), 931-942. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-013-9870-4
Verwijmeren, M., Rietkerk, M., Wassen, M. J., & Smit, C. (2013). Interspecific facilitation and critical transitions in arid ecosystems. Oikos, 122(3), 341-347. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0706.2012.00111.x
Baudena, M., & Rietkerk, M. (2013). Complexity and coexistence in a simple spatial model for arid savanna ecosystems. Theoretical Ecology, 6(2), 131-141. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12080-012-0165-1
Rietkerk, M., & Dekker, S. C. (2013). Vegetation-environment feedbacks from local to global scales. In International research workshop of the Israel Science Foundation: Eco-hydrology of semiarid environmentsConfronting mathematical models with ecosystem complexity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDbqKoNUQdE
Kefi, S., Dakos, V., Scheffer, M., van Nes, E. H., & Rietkerk, M. (2013). Early warning signals also precede non-catastrophic transitions. Oikos, 122(5), 641-648. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0706.2012.20838.x
Professional publications
Doelman, A., Rademacher, J., Siero, E., Eppinga, M., Rietkerk, M., Siteur, K., & Hek, G. M. (2013). Klimaatsverandering, verwoestijning en biljart. Nieuw archief voor wiskunde. Serie 5, 14(3), 200-204.
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/282632/Siteur_naw5-2013-14-3-200%2520%281%29.pdf?sequence=1
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/282632/Siteur_naw5-2013-14-3-200%2520%281%29.pdf?sequence=1
Other output
Siteur, K., Eppinga, M. B., Karssenberg, D. J., Bierkens, M. F. P., & Rietkerk, M. (2013). How will increases in rainfall intensity affect bistable patterned ecosystems?. 74-75. Abstract from International research workshop of the Israel Science Foundation, Israel.
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/314937/Abstracts_ecohyd_workshop_BGU.pdf?sequence=1
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Baudena, M., Sanchez, A., Georg, C-P., Ruiz Benito, P., Zavala, M. A., Rodriguez, M. A., & Rietkerk, M. (2013). Network analysis unravels patterns of species richness along a climatic gradient in Spanish forests.. Abstract from Presentation at the 98th ESA Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, USA, .
Siteur, K., Eppinga, M., Karssenberg, D., Baudena, M., Bierkens, M., & Rietkerk, M. (2013). How will increases in rainfall intensity affect bistable patterned arid ecosystems?.
Verwijmeren, M., Rietkerk, M., Wassen, M., & Smit, C. (2013). Interspecific facilitation, drought and grazing stress.. Abstract from GfOe Annual Meeting 2014, Potsdam, Germany.
Rietkerk, M., & Dekker, S. (2013). Vegetation-environment feedbacks from local to global scales.. Abstract from International workshop on: Eco-hydrology of semi-arid environments: Confronting mathematical models with ecosystem complexity, Beer Sheva, Israel.
Baudena, M., Sanchez, A., George, C., Ruiz-Benito, P., Zavala, M. A., Rodriguez, M. A., & Rietkerk, M. (2013). A network technique identifies the climate fingerprint behind woody species richness in Mediterranean forests. Poster session presented at Poster presentation at The Netherlands Annual Ecology Meeting (NAEM), Lunteren, The Netherlands, .
Verwijmeren, M., Rietkerk, M., Wassen, M. J., & Smit, C. (2013). Interspecific facilitation and critical transitions in arid ecosystems. Poster session presented at Poster presentation at the Netherlands Annual Ecology Meeting (NAEM) 2013, Lunteren, The Netherlands, .
Mayor, A. G., Kefi, S., Bautista, S., Rodriguez, F., Carteni, F., & Rietkerk, M. (2013). Feedbacks between vegetation pattern and resource loss dramatically decrease ecosystem resilience and restoration potential in a simple dryland model. Abstract from European Geophysical Union General Assembly 2013, Vienna, Autria, .
Mayor, A. G., Kefi, S., Bautista, S., Rodriguez, F., Carteni, F., & Rietkerk, M. (2013). Feedbacks between vegetation pattern and resource loss dramatically decrease ecosystem resilience and restoration potential in a simple dryland model. Poster session presented at Poster presentation at NAEM days, Lunteren, The Netherlands, .
2012
Scholarly publications
Weerman, E. J., van Belzen, J., Rietkerk, M., Temmerman, S., Kefi, S., Herman, P. M. J., & van de Koppel, J. (2012). Changes in diatom patch-size distribution and degradation in a spatially self-organized intertidal mudflat ecosystem. Ecology, 93(3), 608-618. https://doi.org/10.1890/11-0625.1
Carteni, F., Marasco, A., Bonanomi, G., Mazzoleni, S., Rietkerk, M., & Giannino, F. (2012). Negative plant soil feedback explaining ring formation in clonal plants. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 313(21 november 2012), 153-161. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtbi.2012.08.008
Professional publications
Rietkerk, M. (2012). On green deserts. KIJK, 12(december 2012).
Other output
Dekker, S. C., Konings, A. G., Rietkerk, M., & Katul, G. G. (2012). Effect of land surface-convective precipitation feedbacks on self-organized patterned vegetation. 1187. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2012EGUGA..14.1187D
Siteur, K., Rietkerk, M., Eppinga, M. B., Siero, E., Doelman, A., & Rademacher, J. D. M. (2012). Critical transitions and early-warning signals in spatial ecosystems. Poster session presented at Unknown event, .
Siteur, K., Rietkerk, M., Eppinga, M., Siero, E., Doelman, A., & Rademacher, J. (2012). Critical transitions and early-warnings signals in spatial ecosystems. Poster session presented at KNAW-NWO symposium Understanding and Managing Complex Systems, Netherlands.
2011
Scholarly publications
Kefi, S., Rietkerk, M. G., Roy, M., Franc, A., de Ruiter, P. C., & Pascual, M. (2011). Robust scaling in ecosystems and the meltdown of patch size distributions before extinction. Ecology Letters, 14(1), 29-35. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1461-0248.2010.01553.x
Asbjornsen, H., Goldsmith, G. R., Alvarado-Barrientos, M. S., Rebel, K. T., van Osch, F., Rietkerk, M. G., Chen, J., Gotsch, S., Tobon, C., Geissert, D. R., Gomez-Tagle, A., Vache, K., & Dawson, T. E. (2011). Ecohydrological advances and applications in plant-water relations research: a review. Plant Ecology, 4(1-2), 3-22. https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtr005
Rietkerk, M. G., Brovkin, V., van Bodegom, P. M., Claussen, M., Dekker, S. C., Dijkstra, H. A., Goryachkin, S. V., Kabat, P., van Nes, E. H., Neutel, A. M., Nicholson, S. E., Nobre, C., Petoukhov, V., Provenzale, A., Scheffer, M., & Seneviratne, S. I. (2011). Local ecosystem feedbacks and critical transitions in the climate. Ecological Complexity, 8(3), 223-228. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecocom.2011.03.001
Konings, A. G., Dekker, S. C., Rietkerk, M. G., & Katul, G. G. (2011). Drought sensitivity of patterned vegetation determined by rainfall-land surface feedbacks. Journal of Geophysical Research, 116(G04008). https://doi.org/10.1029/2011JG001748
Vincenot, C. E., Giannino, F., Rietkerk, M. G., Moriya, K., & Mazzoleni, S. (2011). Theoretical considerations on the combined use of System Dynamics and individual-based modeling in ecology. Ecological Modelling, 222(1), 210-218. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2010.09.029
Dakos, V., Kefi, S., Rietkerk, M. G., van Nes, E. H., & Scheffer, M. (2011). Slowing down in spatially patterned ecosystems at the brink of collapse vasilis. The American Naturalist, 177(6), E153-E166. https://doi.org/10.1086/659945
Other output
Konings, A. G., Dekker, S. C., Rietkerk, M., & Katul, G. G. (2011). Effect of land surface-convective precipitation feedbacks on drought sensitivity of patterned vegetation. 2. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011AGUFM.B13I..02K
Rietkerk, M. (2011). Complexe aarde en de toekomst: kantelpunten in ecosystemen en klimaat? Universiteit Utrecht.
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/209576/20110331oratie-Rietkerk.pdf?sequence=1
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/209576/20110331oratie-Rietkerk.pdf?sequence=1
2010
Scholarly publications
Dekker, S. C., de Boer, H. J., Brovkin, V., Fraedrich, K., Wassen, M. J., & Rietkerk, M. G. (2010). Biogeophysical feedbacks trigger shifts in the modelled vegetation-atmosphere system at multiple scales. Biogeosciences, 7(4), 1237-1245.
y Alados, C. L., Navarro, T., Komac, B., Pascual, V., & Rietkerk, M. G. (2010). Dispersal abilities and spatial patterns in fragmented landscapes. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 100(4), 935-947. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8312.2010.01465.x
Kefi, S., y Alados, C. L., Chaves, R. C. G., Pueyo, Y., & Rietkerk, M. G. (2010). Is the patch size distribution of vegetation a suitable indicator of desertification processes? Comment. Ecology, 91(12), 3739-3742. https://doi.org/10.1890/09-1915.1
Mazzoleni, S., Bonanomi, G., Giannino, F., Incerti, G., Dekker, S. C., & Rietkerk, M. G. (2010). Modelling the effects of litter decomposition on tree diversity patterns. Ecological Modelling, 221(23), 2784-2792. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2010.08.007
Kefi, S., Eppinga, M. B., de Ruiter, P. C., & Rietkerk, M. G. (2010). Bistability and regular spatial patterns in arid ecosystems. Theoretical Ecology, 3(4), 257-269. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12080-009-0067-z
Diaz-Sierra, R., Zavala, M. A., & Rietkerk, M. G. (2010). Positive interactions, discontinuous transitions and species coexistence in plant communities. Theoretical Population Biology, 77(2), 131-144. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tpb.2009.12.001
Eppinga, M. B., Rietkerk, M. G., Belyea, L. R., Nilsson, M. B., de Ruiter, P. C., & Wassen, M. J. (2010). Resource contrast in patterned peatlands increases along a climatic gradient. Ecology, 91(8), 2344-2355. https://doi.org/10.1890/09-1313.1
Pueyo, Y., Kefi, S., Diaz-Sierra, R., y Alados, C. L., & Rietkerk, M. G. (2010). The role of reproductive plant traits and biotic interactions in the dynamics of semi-arid plant communities. Theoretical Population Biology, 78(4), 289-297. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tpb.2010.09.001
2009
Scholarly publications
Eppinga, M. B., Rietkerk, M. G., Wassen, M. J., & de Ruiter, P. C. (2009). Linking habitat modification to catastrophic shifts and vegetation patterns in bogs. Plant Ecology, 200(1), 53-68. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11258-007-9309-6
Pueyo, Y., y Alados, C. L., Garcia-Avila, B., Kefi, S., Maestro, M., & Rietkerk, M. G. (2009). Comparing Direct Abiotic Amelioration and Facilitation as Tools for Restoration of Semiarid Grasslands. Restoration Ecology, 17(6), 908-916. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1526-100X.2008.00474.x
Scheffer, M., Bascompte, J., Brock, W. A., Brovkin, V., Carpenter, S. R., Dakos, V., den Held, H., van Nes, E. H., Rietkerk, M. G., & Sugihara, G. (2009). Early-warning signals for critical transitions. Nature, 461(3), 53-59. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature08227
Smit, C., Rietkerk, M. G., & Wassen, M. J. (2009). Inclusion of biotic stress (consumer pressure) alters predictions from the stress gradient hypothesis. Journal of Ecology, 97(6), 1215-1219. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2745.2009.01555.x
Eppinga, M. B., de Ruiter, P. C., Wassen, M. J., & Rietkerk, M. G. (2009). Nutrients and Hydrology Indicate the Driving Mechanisms of Peatland Surface Patterning. The American Naturalist, 173(6), 803-818. https://doi.org/10.1086/598487
Rietkerk, M. G., Brovkin, V., van Bodegom, P. M., Claussen, M., Dekker, S. C., Dijkstra, H. A., Goryachkin, S. V., Kabat, P., van Nes, E. H., Neutel, A. M., Nicholson, S. E., Nobre, C., Petoukhov, V., Provenzale, A., Scheffer, M., & Seneviratne, S. I. (2009). Local ecosystem feedbacks and critical transitions in the climate. Biogeosciences Discussions, 6(5), 10121-10136. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecocom.2011.03.001
Dekker, S. C., de Boer, H. J., Brovkin, V., Fraedrich, K., Wassen, M. J., & Rietkerk, M. G. (2009). Biogeophysical feedbacks trigger shifts in teh modelled climate stystem at multiple scales. Biogeosciences Discussions, 6, 10983-11004. http://www.biogeosciences-discuss.net/6/10983/2009/bgd-6-10983-2009.pdf
Other output
Rietkerk, M. G., Kefi, S., Eppinga, M. B., de Ruiter, P. C., & Wassen, M. J. (2009). Self-organized patchiness and catastrophic shifts in real and model ecosystems. Poster session presented at Poster presentation at Darwin Days of the Darwin Center for Biogeosciences, Veldhoven, the Netherlands, .
Rietkerk, M. G., & Kefi, S. (2009). Spatial vegetation patterns and desertification. Paper presented at Geophysical Research Abstracts Vol. 11, EGU 2009-1200. EGU General Assembly 2009, Vienna, Austria, . http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2009/EGU2009-1200.pdf
Sattari, S. Z., Eppinga, M. B., & Rietkerk, M. G. (2009). Effect of global warming on vegetation dynamics and carbon balance in peatlands. Paper presented at Geophysical Research Abstracts Vol. 11, EGU 2009-7615. EGU General Assembly 2009, Vienna, Austria, . http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2009/EGU2009-7615-1.pdf
Dekker, S. C., Rietkerk, M. G., & Bierkens, M. F. P. (2009). Climate-vegetation feedback. Poster session presented at Poster presentation at Darwin Days of the Darwin Center for Biogeosciences, Veldhoven, the Netherlands, .
Sattari, S. Z., Eppinga, M. B., & Rietkerk, M. G. (2009). Effect of global warming on vegetation dynamics and carbon balance in peatlands. Poster session presented at Poster presentation at EGU General Assembly 2009, Vienna, Austria, .
Pueyo, Y., Kefi, S., Diaz-Sierra, R., y Alados, C. L., & Rietkerk, M. G. (2009). The role of positive interactions and disperal strategies in the dynamics of semi-arid plant communities. Poster session presented at Poster presentation at BES Symposium "Facilitation in plant communities", University of Aberdeen, Scotland, .
Mazzoleni, S., Bonanomi, G., Giannino, F., Dekker, S. C., & Rietkerk, M. G. (2009). Litter decomposition as a driver of species diversity: a simple model for a complex problem. Poster session presented at Poster presentation at Italian Society of Ecology, Bolzano, Italy, .
Smit, C., Rietkerk, M. G., & Wassen, M. J. (2009). Inclusion of biotic stress (consumer pressure) alters predictions from stress gradient hypothesis. Poster session presented at Poster presentation at BES Symposium "Facilitation in plant communities", University of Aberdeen, Scotland, .
Dekker, S. C., de Boer, H. J., Rietkerk, M. G., & Wassen, M. J. (2009). Climate-Vegetation feedbacks at different scales. Paper presented at Geophysical Research Abstracts Vol. 11, EGU 2009-1196. EGU General Assembly 2009, Vienna, Austria, . http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2009/EGU2009-1196.pdf
2008
Scholarly publications
Pueyo, Y., Kefi, S., y Alados, C. L., & Rietkerk, M. G. (2008). Dispersal strategies and spatial organization of vegetation in arid ecosystems. Oikos, 117(10), 1522-1532. http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/fulltext/121372480/PDFSTART
Rietkerk, M. G., & van de Koppel, J. (2008). Regular pattern formation in real ecosystems. Trends in ecology & evolution, 23(3), 169-175. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=MImg&_imagekey=B6VJ1-4RS3TB1-1-9&_cdi=6081&_user=457046&_orig=browse&_coverDate=03%2F31%2F2008&_sk=999769996&view=c&wchp=dGLbVtb-zSkzS&md5=20e5b0017520b7f5c955d7045cb3655d&ie=/sdarticle.pdf
Rietkerk, M. G., Dekker, S. C., & van de Koppel, J. (2008). De eenvoudigste verklaring is het elegantst. Weerwoord. Landschap, 25(1), 48-49.
van de Koppel, J., Gascoigne, J. C., Theraulaz, G., Rietkerk, M. G., & Herman, P. M. J. (2008). Experimental evidence for spatial self-organization and its emergent effects in mussel bed ecosystems. Science, 322(5902), 739-742. http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/322/5902/739
Kefi, S., van Baalen, M., Rietkerk, M. G., & Loreau, M. (2008). Evolution of Local Facilitation in Arid Ecosystems. American Naturalist, 172(1), E1-E17. http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/pdf/10.1086/588066?cookieSet=1
Eppinga, M. B., Rietkerk, M. G., Borren, W., Lapshina, E. D., Bleuten, W., & Wassen, M. J. (2008). Regular Surface Patterning of Peatlands: Confronting Theory with Field Data. Ecosystems, 2008(11), 520-536.
Pueyo, Y., y Alados, C. L., Barrantes, O., Komac, B., & Rietkerk, M. G. (2008). Differences in gypsum plant communities associated with habitat fragmentation and livestock grazing. Ecological Applications, 18(4), 954-964. https://doi.org/10.1890/07-1770.1
Bonanomi, G., Rietkerk, M. G., Dekker, S. C., & Mazzoleni, S. (2008). Islands of fertility induce co-occurring negative and positive plant-soil feedbacks promoting coexistence. Plant Ecology, 197(2), 207-218. http://www.springerlink.com/content/8q02772181175lk6/fulltext.pdf
Bader, M. Y., Rietkerk, M. G., & Bregt, A. K. (2008). A Simple Spatial Model Exploring Positive Feedbacks at Tropical Alpine Treelines. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, 40(2), 269-278.
Kefi, S., Rietkerk, M. G., & Katul, G. G. (2008). Vegetation pattern shift as a result of rising atmospheric CO2 in arid ecosystems. Theoretical Population Biology, 74(4), 332-344.
Other output
Rietkerk, M. G. (2008). Spatial Ecology. Paper presented at Invited session convener and chair session at the annual meetin of the Netherlands Ecological Research Network, Lunteren, The Netherlands, .
Pueyo, Y., Kefi, S., y Alados, C. L., & Rietkerk, M. G. (2008, Feb 12). Dispersal strategies in plant populations of arid exosystems with plant-water feedbacks.
Rietkerk, M. G. (2008). Spatial vegetation patterns indicate imminent desertification. Paper presented at Conference on Drylands, Deserts and Desertification: an international conference co-sponsored by UNESCO and Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel, .
Rietkerk, M. G. (2008). Spatial self-organization, feedbacks and transitions in ecosystems. Paper presented at "Natural of Life" meeting for the Institute of Ecological Sciences, Free University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands, .
2007
Scholarly publications
Kefi, S., Rietkerk, M. G., van Baalen, M., & Loreau, M. (2007). Local facilitation, bistability and transitions in arid ecosystems. Theoretical Population Biology, 71, 367-379.
Bader, M. Y., van Geloof, I., & Rietkerk, M. G. (2007). High solar radiation hinders tree regeneration above the alpine treeline in northern Ecuador. Plant Ecology, 191(1), 33-45.
Bader, M. Y., Rietkerk, M. G., & Bregt, A. K. (2007). Vegetation structure and temperature regimes of tropical alpine treelines. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, 39(3), 353-364.
Dekker, S. C., Rietkerk, M. G., & Bierkens, M. F. P. (2007). Coupling microscale vegetation-soil water and macroscale vegetation-precipitation feedbacks in semiarid ecosystems. Global Change Biology, 34(LO2402), 671-678.
Rietkerk, M. G. (2007). Midterm report Vernieuwingsimpuls/Innovational Research Incentives Scheme VIDI. Universiteit Utrecht.
Dekker, S. C., van de Koppel, J., & Rietkerk, M. (2007). Landschapspatronen door zelf-organisatie. Landschap, 3, 127-134.
Kefi, S., Rietkerk, M. G., y Alados, C. L., Pueyo, Y., Papanastasis, V. P., ElAich, A., & de Ruiter, P. C. (2007). Spatial vegetation patterns and imminent desertification in Mediterranean arid ecosystems. Nature, 449, 213-217.
Kefi, S., Rietkerk, M. G., y Alados, C. L., Pueyo, Y., Papanastasis, V. P., El Aich, A., & de Ruiter, P. C. (2007). Investigating patchiness of spatially organized systems using field and simulated data. Nature Protocols, doi: 10.1038/nprot.2007.387.
Mazzoleni, S., Bonanomi, G., Giannino, F., Rietkerk, M., & Dekker, S. C. (2007). Is plant biodiversity driven by decomposition processes? An emerging new theory on plant diversity. Community Ecology, 8(1), 103-109.
Other output
Dekker, S. C., Rietkerk, M. G., & Bierkens, M. F. P. (2007). Climate-Vegetation Feedback. Poster session presented at Annual Conference Darwin Centre, posterabstract pp 42, Veldhoven, .
Rietkerk, M. G. (2007). Self-organized pattern formation at ecosystem and landscape scales. Paper presented at Organisation Thematic Topic session BES Annual Meeting, Glasgow University, .
Rietkerk, M. G., Eppinga, M. B., Kefi, S., de Ruiter, P. C., & Wassen, M. J. (2007). Self-organized patchiness and catastrophic shifts in real and model ecosystems.. Poster session presented at Darwin, Days, Annual conference Darwin Centre, posterabstract pp 44, Veldhoven, .
Dekker, S. C., Rietkerk, M. G., & Bierkens, M. F. P. (2007). Synergy of positive vegetation-water feedbacks at disperate scales: microscale water-vegetation feedback and macroscale land-atmosphere interaction. Abstract from European Geophysical Union 15-20 April 2007, Vienna-EGU, .
Rietkerk, M. G. (2007). Earth and Life Sciences.
2006
Scholarly publications
Eppinga, M. B., Rietkerk, M. G., Dekker, S. C., de Ruiter, P. C., & van der Putten, W. H. (2006). Accumulation of local pathogens: a new hypothesis to explain exotic plant invasion. Oikos, 114(1), 168-176.
Other output
Dekker, S. C., Rietkerk, M., & Bierkens, M. F. P. (2006). Synergy of positive vegetation-water feedbacks at disparate scales: Microscale water-vegetation feedback and macro-scale land-atmosphere interaction. Abstract from 2006 AGU Fall meeting, San Francisco, San Francisico, .
2005
Scholarly publications
van de Koppel, J., Bardgett, R. D., Bengtsson, J., Rodriguez-Barrueco, C., Rietkerk, M. G., Wassen, M. J., & Wolters, V. (2005). The effects of spatial scale on trophic interactions. Ecosystems, 8, 801-807.
Dekker, S. C., & Rietkerk, M. G. (2005). Comment on 'Multiple equilibrium states and the abrupt transtions in a dynamical system of soil water ineracting with vegetation' by X. Zeng et al. Geophysical Research Letters, 32, L09402.
Bonanomi, G., Rietkerk, M. G., Dekker, S. C., & Mazzoleni, S. (2005). Negative plant-soil feedback and positive species interaction in a herbaceous plant community. Plant Ecology, 181, 269-278.
van de Koppel, J., Rietkerk, M. G., Dankers, N., & Herman, P. (2005). Scale-dependent feedback and regular spatial patterns in young mussel beds. American Naturalist, 165(3), E66-E77.
2004
Scholarly publications
van de Koppel, J., & Rietkerk, M. G. (2004). Spatial interactions and resilience in arid ecosystems. American Naturalist, 163, 113-121.
Mayer, A., & Rietkerk, M. G. (2004). The dynamic regime concept for ecosystem management and restoration. BioScience, 54(11), 1013-1020.
Rietkerk, M. G., Dekker, S. C., de Ruiter, P. C., & van de Koppel, J. (2004). Self-organized patchiness and catastrophic shifts in ecosystems. Science, 305, 1926-1929.
Rietkerk, M. G., Dekker, S. C., Wassen, M. J., Verkroost, A. W. M., & Bierkens, M. F. P. (2004). A putative mechanism for Bog Patterning. American Naturalist, 163(5), 699-708.
Popularising publications
Rietkerk, M. G. (2004). Stippen vormen voorbode van catastrofe. BioNieuws.
Rietkerk, M. G. (2004). Vegetatiepatronen voorspellen instorten van een ecosysteem. NRC Handelsblad.
Rietkerk, M. G. (2004). Ecologische ramp te voorspellen. De Volkskrant.
Rietkerk, M. G. (2004). Vegetatiepatronen helpen voorspellen. Staatscourant.
Rietkerk, M. G. (2004). Gevaar: een steppe met zebrastrepen. Dagblad van het Noorden.
Rietkerk, M. G. (2004). Angst voor het instorten van ecosystemen. SPITS.
2003
Scholarly publications
van Langevelde, F., van de Vijver, C. A. D. M., Kumar, L., van de Koppel, J., de Ridder, N., van Andel, J., Skidmore, A. K., Hearne, J., Prof.dr.ir. Stroosnijder, L., Prins, H. H. T., & Rietkerk, M. G. (2003). Effects of fire and herbivory on the stability of savanna ecosystems. Ecology, 84, 337-350.
Popularising publications
Rietkerk, M. G. (2003). Kijken hoe vegetatie zich in de ruimte gedraagt. U blad : Utrechts universiteitsblad.
2002
Scholarly publications
Rietkerk, M. G. (2002). The Ecology of Scale, Ecological Modelling 149 (1-2). (149 ed.) Ecological Modelling.
Rietkerk, M. G., Boerlijst, M., van Langevelde, F., HillerisLambers, R., van de Koppel, J., Kumar, L., Prins, H. H. T., & de Roos, A. M. (2002). Self-organization of vegetation in arid ecosystems. American Naturalist, 160, 524-530.
Rietkerk, M. G., Ouedraogo, T., Kumar, L., Sanou, S., van Langevelde, F., Kiema, A., van de Koppel, J., van Andel, J., Hearne, J., Skidmore, A. K., de Ridder, N., Prof.dr.ir. Stroosnijder, L., & Prins, H. H. T. (2002). Fine-scale spatial distribution of plants and resources on a sandy soil in the Sahel. Plant and Soil, 239, 69-77.
van de Koppel, J., Rietkerk, M. G., van Langevelde, F., Kumar, L., Klausmeier, C. A., Fryxell, J. M., Hearne, J., van Andel, J., de Ridder, N., Skidmore, A. K., Prof.dr.ir. Stroosnijder, L., & Prins, H. H. T. (2002). Spatial heterogeneity and irreversible vegetation change in semi-arid grazing systems. American Naturalist, 159(2), 209-218.
Rietkerk, M. G., van de Koppel, J., Kumar, L., van Langevelde, F., & Prins, H. H. T. (2002). The ecology of scale. Ecological Modelling, 149, 1-4.
Popularising publications
Rietkerk, M. G. (2002). Vlekjes groen. Utrechts wiskundig model voorspelt vegetatiepatronen. NRC Handelsblad.
Other output
Rietkerk, M. G. (2002). Modelling natural and biotic resources in a changing planet. Paper presented at Member of the scientific committee of the World conference on Natural resource modelling of the Resource Modelling Association, Lesvos, Greece, .
2001
Scholarly publications
Rietkerk, M. G., & Ketner, P. (2001). Effect of grazing on vegetation in Sahelian villages. In L. Stroosnijder, & T. van Rheenen (Eds.), Agro-silvo-pastoral land use in Sahelian villages (pp. 287-296). (Advances in Geoecology; No. 33). Catena Verlag.
Boerlijst, M., Rietkerk, M. G., & de Roos, A. M. (2001). Spatial pattern formation in semi-arid vegetation. In Meeting of the NVTB Netherlands Association of Theoretical Biology.
HillerisLambers, R., Rietkerk, M. G., van den Bosch, F., Prins, H. H. T., & de Kroon, H. (2001). Vegetation pattern formation in semi-arid grazing systems. Ecology, 82, 50-61.
2000
Scholarly publications
Rietkerk, M. G. (2000). The Ecology of Scale; Meeting of the Resource Modelling Association. Book of Abstracts. Wageningen University.
van de Koppel, J., & Rietkerk, M. G. (2000). Herbivore regulation and irreversible vegetation change in semi-arid grazing systems. Oikos, 90, 253-261.
Rietkerk, M. G., Ketner, P., Burger, J., Hoorens, B., & Olff, H. (2000). Multiscale soil and vegetation patchiness along a gradient of herbivore impact in a semi-arid grazing system in West Africa. Plant Ecology, 148, 207-224.
Professional publications
van de Koppel, J., Vermaat, J., & Rietkerk, M. G. (2000). Zeegrasschade weegt niet op tegen kokkelwinst. BioNieuws, 18, 2.