Plant Ecology and Nature Conservation Group

The Plant Ecology and Nature Conservation Group (PEN) studies and teaches the processes and underlying mechanisms that link biodiversity, ecosystem functioning and service delivery and aims to implement these insights in the design of effective biodiversity conservation strategies.

Chair holder

prof.dr.ir. D (David) Kleijn Chair Plant Ecology and Nature Conservation

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News

Capita selecta: perceptions of Nature
Importance of biodiversity for farmers larger than expected

Our Research

Research at the Plant Ecology and Nature Conservation Group examines the impact of land-use change and climate change on biodiversity and the links between biodiversity, ecosystem functioning and the delivery of ecosystem services and public goods.

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Recent PhD theses

Towards ecological intensification : the relative importance of wild pollinators as an agricultural input in seed production
Fijen, Thijs P.M. (2019)
Games on the checkerboard : How soil heterogeneity influences plant species coexistence
Xue, Wei (2018)
The positive effect of biodiversity : Using root traits to understand effects of plant diversity and drought on grassland productivity
Bakker, Lisette Marleen (2018)
Shades of sublime : a design for landscape experiences as an instrument in the making of meaning
Roncken, Paul A. (2018)

Recent publications

Comparing diel activity patterns of wildlife across latitudes and seasons: Time transformations using day length
Vazquez, Carmen , Rowcliffe, Marcus , Spoelstra, Kamiel , Jansen, Patrick A. (2019)
Making them visible and usable — vegetation-plot observations from Fennoscandia based on historical species-quantity scales
Pätsch, Ricarda , Jašková, Anni , Chytrý, Milan , Kucherov, Ilya B. , Schaminée, Joop H.J. , Bergmeier, Erwin , Janssen, John A.M. (2019)
A global synthesis reveals biodiversity-mediated benefits for crop production
Dainese, Matteo , Martin, Emily A. , Aizen, Marcelo A. , Albrecht, Matthias , Bartomeus, Ignasi , Bommarco, Riccardo , Carvalheiro, Luisa G. , Chaplin-Kramer, Rebecca , Gagic, Vesna , Garibaldi, Lucas A. , Ghazoul, Jaboury , Grab, Heather , Jonsson, Mattias , Karp, Daniel S. , Kennedy, Christina M. , Kleijn, David , Kremen, Claire , Landis, Douglas A. , Letourneau, Deborah K. , Marini, Lorenzo , Poveda, Katja , Rader, Romina , Smith, Henrik G. , Tscharntke, Teja , Andersson, Georg K.S. , Badenhausser, Isabelle , Baensch, Svenja , Bezerra, Antonio D.M. , Bianchi, Felix J.J.A. , Boreux, Virginie , Bretagnolle, Vincent , Caballero-Lopez, Berta , Cavigliasso, Pablo , Ćetković, Aleksandar , Chacoff, Natacha P. , Classen, Alice , Cusser, Sarah , Silva E Silva, Felipe D. Da , Groot, A. de , Dudenhöffer, Jan H. , Ekroos, Johan , Fijen, Thijs , Franck, Pierre , Freitas, Breno M. , Garratt, Michael P.D. , Gratton, Claudio , Hipólito, Juliana , Holzschuh, Andrea , Hunt, Lauren , Iverson, Aaron L. , Jha, Shalene , Keasar, Tamar , Kim, Tania N. , Kishinevsky, Miriam , Klatt, Björn K. , Klein, Alexandra Maria , Krewenka, Kristin M. , Krishnan, Smitha , Larsen, Ashley E. , Lavigne, Claire , Liere, Heidi , Maas, Bea , Mallinger, Rachel E. , Pachon, Eliana Martinez , Martínez-Salinas, Alejandra , Meehan, Timothy D. , Mitchell, Matthew G.E. , Molina, Gonzalo A.R. , Nesper, Maike , Nilsson, Lovisa , O'Rourke, Megan E. , Peters, Marcell K. , Plećaš, Milan , Potts, Simon G. , L. Ramos, Davi de , Rosenheim, Jay A. , Rundlöf, Maj , Rusch, Adrien , Sáez, Agustín , Scheper, Jeroen , Schleuning, Matthias , Schmack, Julia M. , Sciligo, Amber R. , Seymour, Colleen , Stanley, Dara A. , Stewart, Rebecca , Stout, Jane C. , Sutter, Louis , Takada, Mayura B. , Taki, Hisatomo , Tamburini, Giovanni , Tschumi, Matthias , Viana, Blandina F. , Westphal, Catrin , Willcox, Bryony K. , Wratten, Stephen D. , Yoshioka, Akira , Zaragoza-Trello, Carlos , Zhang, Wei , Zou, Yi , Steffan-Dewenter, Ingolf (2019)

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