Department of Terrestrial Ecology
Biological invasions, biodiversity loss or changing land use? The department of Terrestrial Ecology knows what that can do to plants and all other life forms below- and aboveground.
| Van der Putten Group | My main research interest is on how interactions between belowground and aboveground species influence community dynamics and ecosystem processes. I |
| Vet Group | Research of the Vet-group deals with the ecology and evolution of multitrophic systems of plants, herbivore insects and their natural enemies. Being |
| Bezemer Group | The research in the Bezemer-group focuses on aboveground and belowground multitrophic communities of grasslands. We aim to understand how aboveground and |
| Geisen Junior Group | The research in the Geisen Junior Group focuses on the importance and interactions of soil biodiversity on plant performance with particular focus on protists |
| Veen Junior Group | The research in the Veen Junior Group focuses on how soil communities drive fundamental ecosystem functions. Our research focusses on the role of |
| Biere Group | Research in the Biere Group focuses on the ecology and evolution of interactions between plants and their natural enemies and mutualists. We aim to |
| Harvey Group | A range of anthropogenic stresses are threatening biodiversity across large swathes of the biosphere, and these are having negative effects on the |
| Verhoeven Group | Research in the Verhoeven group focuses on plant microevolution and adaptation. We combine tools from genetics, genomics and ecological research to |
