Dr. M. (Monique) de Jager

Dr. M. (Monique) de Jager

Researcher
Ecology and Biodiversity
+31 30 253 2550
m.dejager@uu.nl

Key publications:

  • M. de Jager, F. J. Weissing, P. M. J. Herman, B. A. Nolet, J. van de Koppel (2011). Lévy Walks Evolve Through Interaction Between Movement and Environmental Complexity. Science 332, 1551-1554.
  • M. de Jager, F. J. Weissing, P. M. J. Herman, B. A. Nolet, J. van de Koppel (2012). Response to Comment on “Lévy Walks Evolve Through Interaction Between Movement and Environmental Complexity”. Science 335, 918.
  • M. de Jager, F. Bartumeus, A. Kölzsch, F. J. Weissing, G. M. Hengeveld, B. A. Nolet, P. M. J. Herman, J. van de Koppel (2014). How superdiffusion gets arrested: ecological encounters explain shift from Lévy to Brownian movement. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 281, 20132605.
  • A. Kölzsch, A. Alzate, F. Bartumeus, M. de Jager, E.J. Weerman, G.M. Hengeveld, M. Naguib, B.A. Nolet, J. van de Koppel (2015). Experimental evidence for inherent Lévy search behaviour in foraging animals. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 282, 20150424.
  • M. B. Soons, G. A. de Groot, M. T. Cuesta Ramirez, R. G. A. Fraaije, J. T. A. Verhoeven, M. de Jager (2016). Directed dispersal by an abiotic vector: Wetland plants disperse their seeds selectively to suitable sites along the hydrological gradient via water. Functional Ecology DOI 1365-2435.12771. 

Publications

2023

Scholarly publications

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), [e10147]. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.10147

2022

Scholarly publications

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. [e12699]. https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.12699

2021

Scholarly publications

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. [4]. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40462-020-00239-1

2019

Scholarly publications

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. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13054

2018

Scholarly publications

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. https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.04430

2017

Scholarly publications

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. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10682-017-9888-1
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. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.12738
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. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.12771

2015

Scholarly publications

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), [20150424]. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2015.0424

2014

Scholarly publications

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), [20132605]. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2013.2605

2013

Scholarly publications

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

2012

Scholarly publications

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). https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1215903

2011

Scholarly publications

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. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1201187

Full list of publications

  • N. H. Buitendijk, M. de Jager, M. Hornman, H. Kruckenberg, A. Koelzsch, S. Moonen, B. A. Nolet (2022). More grazing, more damage? Assessed yield loss on agricultural grassland relates nonlinearly to goose grazing pressure. Journal of Applied Ecology. doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.14306

  • M. van Kuijk, M. de Jager, M. van Oosterhout, L. de Leander, M. Parahoe (2022). Local abundances of terrestrial mammal and bird species around indigenous villages in Suriname. Conservation Science and Practice e12699. doi: 10.1111/csp2.12699

  • I. Zardi, K.N. Nicastro, C.D. McQuaid, M. de Jager, J. van de Koppel, L. Seuront (2021). Density-dependent and species specific effects on self-organization modulate the resistance of mussel bed ecosystems to hydrodynamic stress. The American Naturalist. doi: 10.1086/713738.

  • J. Treep, M. de Jager, F. Bartumeus, M.B. Soons (2021). Seed dispersal as a search strategy: dynamic and fragmented landscapes select for multi-scale movement strategies in plants. Movement Ecology 9, 4. doi: 10.1186/s40462-020-00239-1
  • M. de Jager, J. van de Koppel, E. J. Weerman, F. J. Weissing (2020). Patterning in mussel beds explained by the interplay of multi-level selection and spatial self-organization. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 8:7. doi: 10.3389/fevo.2020.00007

  • M. de Jager, G. M. Hengeveld, W. M. Mooij, E. Slooten (2019). Modelling the spatial dynamics of Maui dolphins using individual-based models. Ecological Modelling 402, 59-65 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2019.04.009).
  • M. de Jager, B. Kaphingst, E. L. Janse, R. Buisman, S. G. T. Rinzema, M. B. Soons (2018). Seed size regulates plant dispersal distances in flowing water. Journal of Ecology (DOI 10.1111/1365-2745.13054).
  • H. J. Treep., M. de Jager, L. S. Kuiper, T. Duman, G. G. Katul, M. B. Soons (2018). Costs and benefits of non-random seed release for long-distance dispersal in wind-dispersed plant species. Oikos (DOI 10.1111/oik.04430).
  • M. de Jager, F. J. Weissing, J. van de Koppel (2017). Why mussels stick together: spatial self-organization affects the evolution of cooperation. Evolutionary Ecology  31(4), 547-558 (DOI 10.1007/s10682-017-9888-1).
  • E. Kleyheeg, H. J. Treep, M. de Jager, B. A. Nolet, M. B. Soons (2017). Seed dispersal distributions resulting from landscape-dependent daily movement behaviour of a key vector species. Journal of Ecology 105(5), 1279-1289 (DOI 10.1111/1365-2745.12738).  
  • M. B. Soons, G. A. de Groot, M. T. Cuesta Ramirez, R. G. A. Fraaije, J. T. A. Verhoeven, M. de Jager (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 1365-2435.12771).
  • A. Kölzsch, A. Alzate, F. Bartumeus, M. de Jager, E.J. Weerman, G.M. Hengeveld, M. Naguib, B.A. Nolet, J. van de Koppel (2015). Experimental evidence for inherent Lévy search behaviour in foraging animals. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 282, 20150424.
  • M. de Jager, F. Bartumeus, A. Kölzsch, F. J. Weissing, G. M. Hengeveld, B. A. Nolet, P. M. J. Herman, J. van de Koppel (2014). How superdiffusion gets arrested: ecological encounters explain shift from Lévy to Brownian movement. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 281, 20132605.
  • Q.X. Liu, A. Doelman, V. Rottschäfer, M. de Jager, P. M. J. Herman, M. Rietkerk, J. van de Koppel (2013). Phase separation explains a new class of self-organized spatial patterns in ecological systems. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 110, 11905-11910.
  • M. de Jager, F. J. Weissing, P. M. J. Herman, B. A. Nolet, J. van de Koppel (2012). Response to Comment on “Lévy Walks Evolve Through Interaction Between Movement and Environmental Complexity”. Science 335, 918.
  • M. de Jager, F. J. Weissing, P. M. J. Herman, B. A. Nolet, J. van de Koppel (2011). Lévy Walks Evolve Through Interaction Between Movement and Environmental Complexity. Science 332, 1551-1554.

 

PhD thesis

  • M. de Jager (2015). Eco-evolutionary feedbacks in self-organized ecosystems. PhD Thesis, University of Groningen.