Fons van der Plas

Wageningen University & Research — Netherlands

Environmental Science · Physical Sciences

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Research Topics

Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies(85), Plant and animal studies(33), Land Use and Ecosystem Services(26), Forest Management and Policy(25), Species Distribution and Climate Change(20)

Publications131 total

Sodium constraints on megaherbivore communities in Africa
Nature Ecology & Evolution·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Nature-inclusive farming results in higher arthropod abundance, without compromising agricultural productivity
Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Rooting for function: community‐level fine‐root traits relate to many ecosystem functions
New Phytologist·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Old growth attributes by chain saw: how between-patch heterogeneity changes the metacommunities of beetles in temperate forests
2025Open Access
Enhancing structural heterogeneity in managed forest landscapes promotes gamma but not beta diversity in understorey plant communities
2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Old growth attributes by chain saw: how between-patch heterogeneity changes the metacommunities of beetles in temperate forests
2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Evolutionary age correlates with range size across plants and animals
Nature Communications·2025· 4 citedOpen Access
Vegetation transition in the central Brazilian Cerrado is better explained by structure than tree composition differences
Plant Ecology·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
Tree growth is better explained by absorptive fine root traits than by transport fine root traits
Communications Biology·2025· 9 citedOpen Access
Arthropod abundance is most strongly driven by crop and semi-natural habitat type rather than management in an intensive agricultural landscape in the Netherlands
Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment·2024· 14 citedOpen Access
Weak reciprocal relationships between productivity and plant biodiversity in managed grasslands
Journal of Ecology·2024· 6 citedOpen Access
Rocky outcrops form islands of high and unique tree biodiversity within an ocean of grass in Serengeti National Park
African Journal of Ecology·2024· 1 citedOpen Access
Atmospheric nitrogen deposition is related to plant biodiversity loss at multiple spatial scales
Global Change Biology·2024· 16 citedOpen Access
Author response for "Weak reciprocal relationships between productivity and plant biodiversity in managed grasslands"
2024
Author response for "Weak reciprocal relationships between productivity and plant biodiversity in managed grasslands"
2024
Vegetation types in the Central Brazilian Cerrado can be classified based on vegetation structural differences, but not on tree compositional differences
Research Square (Research Square)·2024Open Access
Contrasting mechanisms of non‐vascular and vascular plants on spatial turnover in multifunctionality in the Antarctic continent
Journal of Ecology·2024· 6 citedOpen Access
Biodiversité et stabilité des écosystèmes : analyses observationnelles
2024
Author response for "Contrasting mechanisms of non‐vascular and vascular plants on spatial turnover in multifunctionality in the Antarctic continent"
2024
Exploring the motivation and challenges for land-users engaged in sustainable grazing in Europe
Land Use Policy·2024· 11 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Markus Fischer(16), Peter Manning(14), Eric Allan(14), Helge Bruelheide(13), Alexandra Weigelt(12), Jens Kattge(12), Michael Scherer‐Lorenzen(12), Wolfgang W. Weisser(10), Christian Wirth(10), Liesje Mommer(9), Bastien Castagneyrol(8), Daniel Prati(8), Kris Verheyen(8), Stephan Hättenschwiler(8), Hervé Jactel(8), Bart Muys(8), Luc Barbaro(7), Grégoire T. Freschet(7), Jasper van Ruijven(7), Steffen Boch(7)