Dr. Valerie Reijers

Assistant Professor
Earth Surface Processes
v.c.reijers@uu.nl

Publications

2023

Scholarly publications

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. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.14302
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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2023.106624
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. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-023-00826-4
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. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu23-67
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. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14348

2022

Scholarly publications

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. [106496]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2021.106496
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. [106474]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2021.106474

2021

Scholarly publications

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. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2021.761336
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. https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.08.02.454713
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. [106354]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2021.106354

Popularising publications

Govers, L. L., & Reijers, V. (2021). Griend: Een bewogen eiland. KNNV Uitgeverij.

2020

Scholarly publications

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. [ele.13638]. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13638
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. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-019-04568-w

Professional publications

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.

2019

Scholarly publications

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. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.13394
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), e02842. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.2842
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), [2656]. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-10699-8

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