Dr. Arjen Biere

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I am an evolutionary ecologist with a strong interest in the ecology and evolution of plant-pathogen and plant-herbivore interactions. I graduated at the University of Groningen in 1991 on an ecological-genetic analysis of phenotypic variation in life-history traits in Lychnis flos-cuculi. During a one-year post-doc period in the lab of Prof. J. Antonovics (USA) I studied aspects of the maintenance of disease-resistance polymorphisms using both theoretical models and field experiments. From 1991 to 2005 I worked at the Department of Plant Population Biology, the last three years as Head of Department. In 2005 I moved to the Department of Multitrophic interactions, now renamed to Terrestrial Ecology. My research interests include the evolution of plant defenses in a multitrophic context, effects of plant chemical defense on natural enemies of herbivores, induced cross-resistance between plant pathogens and mutualists (mycorrhizae) to insect herbivores and vice versa, evolutionary ecology of nursery pollination systems, and ecological and evolutionary consequences of altered biotic interactions during plant invasions.

NIOO Publications:

2014

Bukovinszky, T., Gols, R., Agrawal, A. A., Roge, C., Bezemer, T. M., Biere, A., & Harvey, J. A. (2014). Reciprocal interactions between native and introduced populations of common milkweed, Asclepias syriaca, and the specialist aphid, Aphis nerii. Basic and Applied Ecology, 15 (5), 444-452. doi:10.1016/j.baae.2014.07.004
Wang, M., Biere, A., Van der Putten, W. H., & Bezemer, T. M. (2014). Sequential effects of root and foliar herbivory on aboveground and belowground induced plant defense responses and insect performance. Oecologia, 175 (1), 187-198. doi:10.1007/s00442-014-2885-y

2013

Biere, A., & Bennett, A. E. (2013). Three-way interactions between plants, microbes and insects. Functional Ecology, 27 (3), 567-573. doi:10.1111/1365-2435.12100
Biere, A., & Tack, A. J. M. (2013). Evolutionary adaptation in three-way interactions between plants, microbes and arthropods. Functional Ecology, 27 (3), 646-660. doi:10.1111/1365-2435.12096
Hol, W. H. G., Bezemer, T. M., & Biere, A. (2013). Getting the ecology into the interactions between plants and the plant-growth promoting bacterium Pseudomonas fluorescens. Frontiers in Plant Science, 4 (81). doi:10.3389/fpls.2013.00081
Reudler, J. H., Honders, S. C., Turin, H., & Biere, A. (2013). Trade-offs between chemical defence and regrowth capacity in Plantago lanceolata. Evolutionary Ecology, 27 (5), 883-898. doi:10.1007/s10682-012-9609-8
Tytgat, T., Verhoeven, K. J. F., Jansen, J. J., Raaijmakers, C. E., Bakx-Schotman, J. M. T., McIntyre, L. M., ... Van Dam, N. M. (2013). Plants Know Where It Hurts: Root and Shoot Jasmonic Acid Induction Elicit Differential Responses in Brassica oleracea. PLoS One, 8 (6), 65502. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0065502
Verhoeven, K. J. F., & Biere, A. (2013). Geographic parthenogenesis and plant-enemy interactions in the common dandelion. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 13, 23. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-13-23

2012

Biere, A., Van Andel, J., & Van de Koppel, J. (2012). Populations: ecology and genetics. In J. van Andel, & J. Aronson (Eds.), Restoration Ecology: The New Frontier, 2nd edition. (pp. 73-86). Wiley-Blackwell.
Kabouw, P., Van Dam, N. M., Van der Putten, W. H., & Biere, A. (2012). How genetic modification of roots affects rhizosphere processes and plant performance. Journal of Experimental Botany, 63 (9), 3475-3483. doi:10.1093/jxb/err399
Van de Koppel, J., Van Andel, J., & Biere, A. (2012). Ecology of ecosystems and biotic communities. In J. Van Andel, & J. Aronson (Eds.), Restoration Ecology: The New Frontier, 2nd edition. (pp. 59-72). Wiley-Blackwell.
van Nouhuys, S., Reudler, J. H., Biere, A., & Harvey, J. A. (2012). Performance of secondary parasitoids on chemically defended and undefended hosts. Basic and Applied Ecology, 13 (3), 241-249. doi:10.1016/j.baae.2012.03.006

2011

Kabouw, P., Kos, M., Kleine, S., Vockenhuber, E. A., van Loon, J. J. A., Van der Putten, W. H., ... Biere, A. (2011). Effects of soil organisms on aboveground multitrophic interactions are consistent between plant genotypes mediating the interaction. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, 139 (3), 197-206. doi:10.1111/j.1570-7458.2011.01123.x
Reudler Talsma, J. H., Biere, A., Harvey, J. A., & van Nouhuys, S. (2011). Differential performance of a specialist and two generalist herbivores and their parasitoids on Plantago lanceolata. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 37 (7), 765-778. doi:10.1007/s10886-011-9983-7
Verhoeven, K. J. F., Macel, M., Wolfe, L. M., & Biere, A. (2011). Population admixture, biological invasions and the balance between local adaptation and inbreeding depression. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 278 (1702), 2-8. doi:10.1098/rspb.2010.1272

2010

Harvey, J. A., Biere, A., Fortuna, T., Vet, L. E. M., Engelkes, T., Morriën, W. E., ... Van der Putten, W. H. (2010). Ecological fits, mis-fits and lotteries involving insect herbivores on the invasive plant, Bunias orientalis. Biological Invasions, 12 (9), 3045-3059. doi:10.1007/s10530-010-9696-9
Kabouw, P., Biere, A., Van der Putten, W. H., & Van Dam, N. M. (2010). Intra-specific differences in root and shoot glucosinolate profiles among white cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. capitata) cultivars. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 58 (1), 411-417. doi:10.1021/jf902835k
Kabouw, P., Van der Putten, W. H., Van Dam, N. M., & Biere, A. (2010). Effects of intraspecific variation in white cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. capitata) on soil organisms. Plant and Soil, 336 (1-2), 509-518. doi:10.1007/s11104-010-0507-y
Verhoeven, K. J. F., Van Dijk, P. J., & Biere, A. (2010). Changes in genomic methylation patterns during the formation of triploid asexual dandelion lineages. Molecular Ecology, 19 (2), 315-324. doi:10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04460.x
Verhoeven, K. J. F., Jansen, J. J., Van Dijk, P. J., & Biere, A. (2010). Stress-induced DNA methylation changes and their heritability in asexual dandelions. New Phytologist, 185 (4), 1108-1118. doi:10.1111/j.1469-8137.2009.03121.x
Wurst, S., Wagenaar, R., Biere, A., & Van der Putten, W. H. (2010). Microorganisms and nematodes increase levels of secondary metabolites in roots and root exudates of Plantago lanceolata. Plant and Soil, 329 (1-2), 117-126. doi:10.1007/s11104-009-0139-2

2009

Bernasconi, G., Antonovics, J., Biere, A., Charlesworth, D., Delph, L. F., Filatov, D.,... Widmer, A. (2009). Silene as a model system in ecology and evolution. Heredity, 103 (1), 5-14. doi:10.1038/hdy.2009.34
De Deyn, G. B., Biere, A., Van der Putten, W. H., Wagenaar, R., & Klironomos, J. N. (2009). Chemical defense, mycorrhizal colonization and growth responses in Plantago lanceolata L. Oecologia, 160 (3), 433-442. doi:10.1007/s00442-009-1312-2
Dötterl, S., Jürgens, A., Wolfe, L. M., & Biere, A. (2009). Disease status and population origin effects on floral scent: potential consequences for oviposition and fruit predation in a complex interaction between a plant, fungus, and noctuid moth. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 35 (3), 307-319. doi:10.1007/s10886-009-9601-0
Verhoeven, K. J. F., Biere, A., Harvey, J. A., & Van der Putten, W. H. (2009). Plant invaders and their novel natural enemies: who is naive?. Ecology Letters, 12 (2), 107-117. doi:10.1111/j.1461-0248.2008.01248.x

2008

Biere, A., & Verhoeven, K. J. F. (2008). Local adaptation and the consequences of being dislocated from coevolved enemies. New Phytologist, 180 (2), 265-268. doi:10.1111/j.1469-8137.2008.02632.x
Engelkes, T., Morriën, W. E., Verhoeven, K. J. F., Bezemer, T. M., Biere, A., Harvey, J. A., ... Van der Putten, W. H. (2008). Successful range-expanding plants experience less above-ground and below-ground enemy impact. Nature, 456 (7224), 946-948. doi:10.1038/nature07474
Reudler Talsma, J. H., Biere, A., Harvey, J. A., & van Nouhuys, S. (2008). Oviposition cues for a specialist butterfly: plant chemistry and size. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 34 (9), 1202-1212. doi:10.1007/s10886-008-9519-y
Verhoeven, K. J. F., Poorter, H., Nevo, E., & Biere, A. (2008). Habitat-specific natural selection at a flowering time QTL is a main driver of local adaptation in two wild barley populations. Molecular Ecology, 17 (14), 3416-3424. doi:10.1111/j.1365-294X.2008.03847.x
Wurst, S., Van Dam, N. M., Monroy, F., Biere, A., & Van der Putten, W. H. (2008). Intraspecific Variation in Plant Defense Alters Effects of Root Herbivores on Leaf Chemistry and Aboveground Herbivore Damage. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 34 (10), 1360-1367. doi:10.1007/s10886-008-9537-9

2007

Elzinga, J. A., Atlan, A., Biere, A., Gigord, L., Weis, A. E., & Bernasconi, G. (2007). Time after time: flowering phenology and biotic interactions. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 22 (8), 432-439. doi:10.1016/j.tree.2007.05.006
Elzinga, J. A., Zwakhals, K., Harvey, J. A., & Biere, A. (2007). The parasitoid complex associated with the herbivore Hadena bicruris (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) on Silene latifolia (Caryophyllaceae) in the Netherlands. Journal of Natural History, 41 (1-4), 101-123. doi:10.1080/00222930601121668
Elzinga, J. A., van Nouhuys, S., Van Leeuwen, D. J., & Biere, A. (2007). Distribution and colonisation ability of three parasitoids and their herbivorous host in a fragmented landscape. Basic and Applied Ecology, 8 (1), 75-88. doi:10.1016/j.baae.2006.04.003
Reudler Talsma, J. H., Elzinga, J. A., Harvey, J. A., & Biere, A. (2007). Optimum and maximum host size at parasitism for the endoparasitoid Hyposoter didymator (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) differ greatly between two host species. Environmental Entomology, 36 (5), 1048-1053. doi:10.1603/0046-225X(2007)36[1048:OAMHSA]2.0.CO;2
Van Putten, W. F., Elzinga, J. A., & Biere, A. (2007). Host fidelity of the pollinator guilds of Silene dioica and S. latifolia: possible consequences for sympatric host race differentiation of a vectored plant disease. International Journal of Plant Sciences, 168 (4), 421-434. doi:10.1086/511050

2006

Biere, A., & Honders, S. C. (2006). Coping with third parties in a nursery pollination mutualism: Hadena bicruris avoids oviposition on pathogen-infected, less rewarding Silene latifolia. New Phytologist, 169 (4), 719-727. doi:10.1111/j.1469-8137.2005.01511.x

2005

Elzinga, J. A., Harvey, J. A., & Biere, A. (2005). Age-dependent clutch size in a koinobiont parasitoid. Ecological Entomology, 30 (1), 17-27. doi:10.1111/j.0307-6946.2005.00672.x
Elzinga, J. A., Turin, H., Van Damme, J. M. M., & Biere, A. (2005). Plant population size and isolation affect herbivory of Silene latifolia by the specialist herbivore Hadena bicruris and parasitism of the herbivore by parasitoids. Oecologia, 144 (3), 416-426. doi:10.1007/s00442-005-0096-2
Harvey, J. A., van Nouhuys, S., & Biere, A. (2005). Effects of quantitative variation in allelochemicals in Plantago lanceolata on development of a generalist and a specialist herbivore and their endoparasitoids. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 31 (2), 287-302. doi:10.1007/s10886-005-1341-1
Hoffmeister, T. S., Vet, L. E. M., Biere, A., Holsinger, K., & Filser, J. (2005). Ecological and evolutionary consequences of biological invasions and habitat fragmentation. Ecosystems, 8 (6), 657-667. doi:10.1007/s10021-003-0138-8
Van Putten, W. F., Biere, A., & Van Damme, J. M. M. (2005). Host-related genetic differentiation in the anther smut fungus Microbotryum violaceum in sympatric, parapatric and allopatric populations of two host species Silene latifolia and S. dioica. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 18 (1), 203-212. doi:10.1111/j.1420-9101.2004.00771.x
Zavodna, M., Compton, S. G., Biere, A., Gilmartin, P. M., & Van Damme, J. M. M. (2005). Putting your sons in the right place: the spatial distribution of fig wasp offspring inside figs. Ecological Entomology, 30 (2), 210-219. doi:10.1111/j.0307-6946.2005.00674.x

2004

Biere, A., Marak, H. B., & Van Damme, J. M. M. (2004). Plant chemical defense against herbivores and pathogens: generalized defense or trade-offs?. Oecologia, 140 (3), 430-441. doi:10.1007/s00442-004-1603-6
Verhoeven, K. J. F., Vanhala, T. K., Biere, A., Nevo, E., & Van Damme, J. M. M. (2004). The genetic basis of adaptive population differentiation: a quantitative trait locus analysis of fitness traits in two wild barley populations from contrasting habitats. Evolution, 58 (2), 270-283. doi:10.1554/03-033
Verhoeven, K. J. F., Biere, A., Nevo, E., & Van Damme, J. M. M. (2004). Can a genetic correlation with seed mass constrain adaptive evolution of seedling desiccation tolerance in wild barley?. International Journal of Plant Sciences, 165 (2), 281-288. doi:10.1086/382800
Verhoeven, K. J. F., Biere, A., Nevo, E., & Van Damme, J. M. M. (2004). Differential selection of growth rate-related traits in wild barley, Hordeum spontaneum, in contrasting greenhouse nutrient environments. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 17 (1), 184-196. doi:10.1046/j.1420-9101.2003.00636.x
Wolfe, L. M., Elzinga, J. A., & Biere, A. (2004). Increased susceptibility to enemies following introduction in the invasive plant Silene latifolia. Ecology Letters, 7 (9), 813-820. doi:10.1111/j.1461-0248.2004.00649.x

2003

Elzinga, J. A., Harvey, J. A., & Biere, A. (2003). The effects of host weight at parasitism on fitness correlates of the gregarious koinobiont parasitoid Microplitis tristis and consequences for food consumption by its host, Hadena bicruris. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, 108 (2), 95-106. doi:10.1046/j.1570-7458.2003.00072.x
Marak, H. B., Biere, A., & Van Damme, J. M. M. (2003). Fitness costs of chemical defense in Plantago lanceolata L.: effects of nutrient and competition stress. Evolution, 57 (11), 2519-2530. doi:10.1111/j.0014-3820.2003.tb01496.x
Ouborg, N. J., & Biere, A. (2003). The relationship Between Plant-Pathogen and Plant-Herbivore Interactions and Plant Population Persistence in a Fragmented Landscape. In C. A. Brigham, & M. W. Schwartz (Eds.), Population Viability in Plants. (pp. 99-116). Berlin: Springer.
Van Putten, W. F., Biere, A., & Van Damme, J. M. M. (2003). Intraspecific competition and mating between fungal strains of the anther smut Microbotryum violaceum from the host plants Silene latifolia and S-dioica. Evolution, 57 (4), 766-776. doi:10.1111/j.0014-3820.2003.tb00288.x

2002

Biere, A., Elzinga, J. A., Honders, S. C., & Harvey, J. A. (2002). A plant pathogen reduces the enemy-free space of an insect herbivore on a shared host plant. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 269 (1506), 2197-2204. doi:10.1098/rspb.2002.2147
Marak, H. B., Biere, A., & Van Damme, J. M. M. (2002). Systemic, genotype-specific induction of two herbivore-deterrent iridoid glycosides in Plantago lanceolata L. in response to fungal infection by Diaporthe adunca (Rob.) Niessel. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 28 (12), 2429-2448. doi:10.1023/A:1021475800765
Marak, H. B., Biere, A., & Van Damme, J. M. M. (2002). Two herbivore-deterrent iridoid glycosides reduce the in-vitro growth of a specialist but not of a generalist pathogenic fungus of Plantago lanceolata L. Chemoecology, 12 (4), 185-192. doi:10.1007/PL00012667

2000

Marak, H. B., Biere, A., & Van Damme, J. M. M. (2000). Direct and correlated responses to selection on iridoid glycosides in Plantago lanceolata L. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 13 (6), 985-996. doi:10.1046/j.1420-9101.2000.00233.x
Ouborg, N. J., Biere, A., & Mudde, C. L. (2000). Inbreeding effects on resistance and transmission-related traits in the Silene-Microbotryum pathosystem. Ecology, 81 (2), 520-531. doi:10.1890/0012-9658(2000)081[0520:IEORAT]2.0.CO;2

1998

Biere, A., & Honders, S. C. (1998). Anther smut transmission in Silene latifolia and Silene dioica: Impact of host traits, disease frequency, and host density. International Journal of Plant Sciences, 159 (2), 228-235. doi:10.1086/297543

1996

Biere, A., & Antonovics, J. (1996). Sex-specific costs of resistance to the fungal pathogen Ustilago violacea (Microbotryum violaceum) in Silene alba. Evolution, 50 (3), 1098-1110. doi:10.2307/2410650
Biere, A., & Honders, S. C. (1996). Host adaptation in the anther smut fungus Ustilago violacea (Microbotryum violaceum): Infection success, spore production and alteration of floral traits on two host species and their F1-hybrid. Oecologia, 107 (3), 307-320. doi:10.1007/BF00328447
Biere, A., & Honders, S. C. (1996). Impact of flowering phenology of Silene alba and S-dioica on susceptibility to fungal infection and seed predation. Oikos, 77 (3), 467-480. doi:10.2307/3545936
Biere, A. (1996). Intra-specific variation in relative growth rate: impact on competitive ability and performance of Lychnis flos-cuculi in habitats differing in soil fertility. Plant and Soil, 182 (2), 313-327. doi:10.1007/BF00029062

1995

Biere, A. (1995). Genotypic and Plastic Variation in Plant Size - Effects on Fecundity and Allocation Patterns in Lychnis-Flos-Cuculi Along a Gradient of Natural Soil Fertility. Journal of Ecology, 83 (4), 629-642. doi:10.2307/2261631
Thrall, P. H., Biere, A., & Uyenoyama, M. K. (1995). Frequency-Dependent Disease Transmission and the Dynamics of the Silene-Ustilago Host-Pathogen System. American Naturalist, 145 (1), 43-62. doi:10.1086/285727

1993

Thrall, P. H., Biere, A., & Antonovics, J. (1993). Plant life-history and disease susceptibility - the occurrence of Ustilago violacea on different species within the Caryophyllaceae. Journal of Ecology, 81 (3), 489-498. doi:10.2307/2261527

1991

Biere, A. (1991). Phenotypic variation in Lychnis floscuculi (PhD Thesis)
Biere, A. (1991). Parental effects in Lychnis flos-cuculi. II: Selection on time of emergence and seedling performance in the field. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 4 (3), 467-486. doi:10.1046/j.1420-9101.1991.4030467.x
Biere, A. (1991). Parental effects in Lychnis flos-cuculi I: Seed size, germination and seedling performance in a controlled environment. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 4 (3), 447-465. doi:10.1046/j.1420-9101.1991.4030447.x

Other Publications:

Thrall PH, Biere A , Antonovics J 1993
Plant life-history and disease susceptibility: the occurrence of Ustilago violacea on different species within the Caryophyllaceae.
J. Ecol. 81: 489-498.

De Nooij MP, Biere A, Linders EGA 1992
Interaction of pests and pathogens through host predisposition.
In: PG Ayres (ed.) Pests and Pathogens. Plant responses to foliar attack. Bios Sci. Publ. Oxford, pp. 143-160.

Biere A 1991
Parental effects in Lychnis flos-cuculi L. II. Selection on time of emergence and seedling performance in the field.
J. evol. Biol. 3: 467-486.

Biere A 1991
Parental effects in Lychnis flos-cuculi L. I. Seed size, germination and seedling performance in the field.
J. evol. Biol. 3: 447-465.

Biere A 1991
Phenotypic variation in Lychnis flos-cuculi: an ecological genetic analysis.
Thesis Univ. of Groningen, The Netherlands.

Van Andel J, Biere A 1989
Ecological significance of variability in growth rate and plant productivity.
In: Lambers H, Cambridge ML, Konings H & Pons TL (eds.) Causes and Consequences of Variation in Growth Rate and Productivity of Higher Plants. SPB Academic Publ. Comp. Amsterdam, pp. 257-268.

Biere A, Cappers R, Van Andel J 1989
Quantitative and qualitative aspects of fecundity in Lychnis flos-cuculi L.
Acta Bot. Neerl. 38: 203-218.

Biere A 1987
Ecological significance of size variation within populations.
In: Van Andel J, Bakker JP & Snaydon RW (eds.) Disturbance in Grasslands. Causes, Effects and Processes. Junk, Dordrecht, NL, pp. 253-263.

2019

Chen, C., Gols, R., Biere, A., & Harvey, J. A. (2019). Differential effects of climate warming on reproduction and functional responses on insects in the fourth trophic level. Functional Ecology, 33(4), 693-702. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.13277
Thakur, M. P., Quast, V., van Dam, N. M., Eisenhauer, N., Roscher, C., Biere, A., & Martinez-Medina, A. (2019). Interactions between functionally diverse fungal mutualists inconsistently affect plant performance and competition. Oikos, 128(8), 1136-1146. https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.06138
Heinen, R., Biere, A., & Bezemer, T. M. (2019). Plant traits shape soil legacy effects on individual plant-insect interactions. Oikos, Online. https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.06812
Chen, C., Harvey, J. A., Biere, A., & Gols, R. (2019). Rain downpours affect survival and development of insect herbivores: the specter of climate change? Ecology, 100(11), [e02819]. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.2819
Chen, C., Donner, S. H., Biere, A., Gols, R., & Harvey, J. A. (2019). Simulated heatwave conditions associated with global warming affect development and competition between hyperparasitoids. Oikos, 128(12), 1783-1792. https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.06538

2018

Rosa, E., Woestmann, L., Biere, A., & Saastamoinen, M. (2018). A plant pathogen modulates the effects of secondary metabolites on the performance and immune function of an insect herbivore. Oikos, 127(10), 1539-1549. https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.05437
Heinen, R., Biere, A., Harvey, J. A., & Bezemer, T. M. (2018). Effects of soil organisms on aboveground plant-insect interactions in the field: patterns, mechanisms and the role of methodology. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, [106]. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2018.00106
Ferlian, O., Biere, A., Bonfante, P., Buscot, F., Eisenhauer, N., Fernandez, I.,... Martinez-Medina, A. (2018). Growing Research Networks on Mycorrhizae for Mutual Benefits. Trends in Plant Science, 23(11), 975-984. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2018.08.008
Preite, V., Oplaat, C., Biere, A., Kirschner, J., van der Putten, W. H., & Verhoeven, K. J. F. (2018). Increased transgenerational epigenetic variation, but not predictable epigenetic variants, after environmental exposure in two apomictic dandelion lineages. Ecology and Evolution, 8(5), 3047-3059. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.3871
Heinen, R., van der Sluijs, M., Biere, A., Harvey, J. A., & Bezemer, T. M. (2018). Plant community composition but not plant traits determine the outcome of soil legacy effects on plants and insects. Journal of Ecology, 106(3), 1217-1229. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.12907
Wang, M., Bezemer, T. M., van der Putten, W. H., Brinkman, P., & Biere, A. (2018). Plant responses to variable timing of aboveground clipping and belowground herbivory depend on plant age. Journal of Plant Ecology, 11(5), 696-708. [rtx043]. https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtx043
Chen, C., Biere, A., Gols, R., Halfwerk, W., van Oers, K., & Harvey, JA. (2018). Responses of insect herbivores and their food plants to wind exposure and the importance of predation risk. Journal of Animal Ecology, 87(4), 1046-1057. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.12835
Zhu, F., Heinen, R., van der Sluijs, M., Raaijmakers, C. E., Biere, A., & Bezemer, T. M. (2018). Species-specific plant soil feedbacks affect herbivore-induced gene expression and defense chemistry in Plantago lanceolata. Oecologia, 188(3), 801-811. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-018-4245-9

2017

Rasmann, S., Bennett, A. E., Biere, A., Karley, A., & Guerrieri, E. (2017). Root symbionts: Powerful drivers of plant above- and belowground indirect defenses. Insect Science, 24(6), 947-960. https://doi.org/10.1111/1744-7917.12464
van Gils, S., Tamburini, G., Lorenzo, M., Biere, A., Van Agtmaal, M., Tyc, O.,... van der Putten, W. H. (2017). Soil pathogen-aphid interactions under differences in soil organic matter and mineral fertilizer. PLoS One, 12(8), [0179695]. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0179695
Simon, J-C., Biere, A., & Sugio, A. (2017). The promises and challenges of research on plant–insect–microbe interactions: Preface. Insect Science, 24(6), 904-909. https://doi.org/10.1111/1744-7917.12536
Wang, M., Biere, A., van der Putten, W. H., Bezemer, T. M., & Brinkman, E. P. (2017). Timing of simulated aboveground herbivory influences population dynamics of root-feeding nematodes. Plant and Soil, 415(1-2), 215-228. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-016-3149-x

2016

Qu, L., Huang, Y., Ma, K., Zhang, Y., & Biere, A. (2016). Effects of plant cover on properties of rhizosphere and inter-plant soil in a semiarid valley, SW China. Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 94, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2015.11.004
Biere, A., & Goverse, A. (2016). Plant-mediated systemic interactions between pathogens, parasitic nematodes, and herbivores above- and belowground. Annual Review of Phytopathology, 54 , 499-527. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-phyto-080615-100245

2015

Wang, M., Bezemer, T. M., Van der Putten, W. H., & Biere, A. (2015). Effects of the Timing of Herbivory on Plant Defense Induction and Insect Performance in Ribwort Plantain (Plantago lanceolata L.) Depend on Plant Mycorrhizal Status. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 41(11), 1006-1017. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-015-0644-0
Preite, V., Snoek, L. B., Oplaat, C., Biere, A., Van der Putten, W. H., & Verhoeven, K. J. F. (2015). The epigenetic footprint of poleward range-expanding plants in apomictic dandelions. Molecular Ecology, 24(17), 4406-4418. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.13329

2014

Bukovinszky, T., Gols, R., Agrawal, A. A., Roge, C., Bezemer, T. M., Biere, A., & Harvey, J. A. (2014). Reciprocal interactions between native and introduced populations of common milkweed, Asclepias syriaca, and the specialist aphid, Aphis nerii. Basic and Applied Ecology, 15(5), 444-452. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2014.07.004
Wang, M., Biere, A., Van der Putten, W. H., & Bezemer, T. M. (2014). Sequential effects of root and foliar herbivory on aboveground and belowground induced plant defense responses and insect performance. Oecologia, 175(1), 187-198. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-014-2885-y

2013

Biere, A., & Tack, A. J. M. (2013). Evolutionary adaptation in three-way interactions between plants, microbes and arthropods. Functional Ecology, 27(3), 646-660. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.12096
Verhoeven, K. J. F., & Biere, A. (2013). Geographic parthenogenesis and plant-enemy interactions in the common dandelion. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 13, 23. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-13-23
Hol, W. H. G., Bezemer, T. M., & Biere, A. (2013). Getting the ecology into the interactions between plants and the plant-growth promoting bacterium Pseudomonas fluorescens. Frontiers in Plant Science, 4(81). https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2013.00081
Tytgat, T., Verhoeven, K. J. F., Jansen, J. J., Raaijmakers, C. E., Bakx-Schotman, J. M. T., McIntyre, L. M.,... Van Dam, N. M. (2013). Plants Know Where It Hurts: Root and Shoot Jasmonic Acid Induction Elicit Differential Responses in Brassica oleracea. PLoS One, 8(6), [e65502]. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0065502
Biere, A., & Bennett, A. E. (2013). Three-way interactions between plants, microbes and insects. Functional Ecology, 27(3), 567-573. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.12100
Reudler, J. H., Honders, S. C., Turin, H., & Biere, A. (2013). Trade-offs between chemical defence and regrowth capacity in Plantago lanceolata. Evolutionary Ecology, 27(5), 883-898. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10682-012-9609-8

2012

Van de Koppel, J., Van Andel, J., & Biere, A. (2012). Ecology of ecosystems and biotic communities. In J. Van Andel, & J. Aronson [Eds.], Restoration Ecology: The New Frontier, 2nd edition (pp. 59-72). [Chap 5] Wiley-Blackwell.
Kabouw, P., Van Dam, N. M., Van der Putten, W. H., & Biere, A. (2012). How genetic modification of roots affects rhizosphere processes and plant performance. Journal of Experimental Botany, 63(9), 3475-3483. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/err399
van Nouhuys, S., Reudler, J. H., Biere, A., & Harvey, J. A. (2012). Performance of secondary parasitoids on chemically defended and undefended hosts. Basic and Applied Ecology, 13(3), 241-249. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2012.03.006
Biere, A., Van Andel, J., & Van de Koppel, J. (2012). Populations: ecology and genetics. In J. van Andel, & J. Aronson [Eds.], Restoration Ecology: The New Frontier, 2nd edition (pp. 73-86). [Chap 7] Wiley-Blackwell.

2011

Reudler Talsma, J. H., Biere, A., Harvey, J. A., & van Nouhuys, S. (2011). Differential performance of a specialist and two generalist herbivores and their parasitoids on Plantago lanceolata. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 37(7), 765-778. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-011-9983-7
Kabouw, P., Kos, M., Kleine, S., Vockenhuber, E. A., van Loon, J. J. A., Van der Putten, W. H.,... Biere, A. (2011). Effects of soil organisms on aboveground multitrophic interactions are consistent between plant genotypes mediating the interaction. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, 139(3), 197-206. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1570-7458.2011.01123.x
Verhoeven, K. J. F., Macel, M., Wolfe, L. M., & Biere, A. (2011). Population admixture, biological invasions and the balance between local adaptation and inbreeding depression. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 278(1702), 2-8. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2010.1272

2010

Verhoeven, K. J. F., Van Dijk, P. J., & Biere, A. (2010). Changes in genomic methylation patterns during the formation of triploid asexual dandelion lineages. Molecular Ecology, 19(2), 315-324. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04460.x
Harvey, J. A., Biere, A., Fortuna, T., Vet, L. E. M., Engelkes, T., Morriën, W. E.,... Van der Putten, W. H. (2010). Ecological fits, mis-fits and lotteries involving insect herbivores on the invasive plant, Bunias orientalis. Biological Invasions, 12(9), 3045-3059. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-010-9696-9
Kabouw, P., Van der Putten, W. H., Van Dam, N. M., & Biere, A. (2010). Effects of intraspecific variation in white cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. capitata) on soil organisms. Plant and Soil, 336(1-2), 509-518. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-010-0507-y
Kabouw, P., Biere, A., Van der Putten, W. H., & Van Dam, N. M. (2010). Intra-specific differences in root and shoot glucosinolate profiles among white cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. capitata) cultivars. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 58(1), 411-417. https://doi.org/10.1021/jf902835k
Wurst, S., Wagenaar, R., Biere, A., & Van der Putten, W. H. (2010). Microorganisms and nematodes increase levels of secondary metabolites in roots and root exudates of Plantago lanceolata. Plant and Soil, 329(1-2), 117-126. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-009-0139-2
Verhoeven, K. J. F., Jansen, J. J., Van Dijk, P. J., & Biere, A. (2010). Stress-induced DNA methylation changes and their heritability in asexual dandelions. New Phytologist, 185(4), 1108-1118. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8137.2009.03121.x

2009

De Deyn, G. B., Biere, A., Van der Putten, W. H., Wagenaar, R., & Klironomos, J. N. (2009). Chemical defense, mycorrhizal colonization and growth responses in Plantago lanceolata L. Oecologia, 160(3), 433-442. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-009-1312-2
Dötterl, S., Jürgens, A., Wolfe, L. M., & Biere, A. (2009). Disease status and population origin effects on floral scent: potential consequences for oviposition and fruit predation in a complex interaction between a plant, fungus, and noctuid moth. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 35(3), 307-319. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-009-9601-0
Verhoeven, K. J. F., Biere, A., Harvey, J. A., & Van der Putten, W. H. (2009). Plant invaders and their novel natural enemies: who is naive? Ecology Letters, 12(2), 107-117. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1461-0248.2008.01248.x
Bernasconi, G., Antonovics, J., Biere, A., Charlesworth, D., Delph, L. F., Filatov, D.,... Widmer, A. (2009). Silene as a model system in ecology and evolution. Heredity, 103(1), 5-14. https://doi.org/10.1038/hdy.2009.34

2008

Verhoeven, K. J. F., Poorter, H., Nevo, E., & Biere, A. (2008). Habitat-specific natural selection at a flowering time QTL is a main driver of local adaptation in two wild barley populations. Molecular Ecology, 17(14), 3416-3424. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2008.03847.x
Wurst, S., Van Dam, N. M., Monroy, F., Biere, A., & Van der Putten, W. H. (2008). Intraspecific Variation in Plant Defense Alters Effects of Root Herbivores on Leaf Chemistry and Aboveground Herbivore Damage. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 34(10), 1360-1367. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-008-9537-9
Biere, A., & Verhoeven, K. J. F. (2008). Local adaptation and the consequences of being dislocated from coevolved enemies. New Phytologist, 180(2), 265-268. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8137.2008.02632.x
Reudler Talsma, J. H., Biere, A., Harvey, J. A., & van Nouhuys, S. (2008). Oviposition cues for a specialist butterfly: plant chemistry and size. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 34(9), 1202-1212. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-008-9519-y
Engelkes, T., Morriën, W. E., Verhoeven, K. J. F., Bezemer, T. M., Biere, A., Harvey, J. A.,... Van der Putten, W. H. (2008). Successful range-expanding plants experience less above-ground and below-ground enemy impact. Nature, 456(7224), 946-948. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature07474

2007

Elzinga, J. A., van Nouhuys, S., Van Leeuwen, D. J., & Biere, A. (2007). Distribution and colonisation ability of three parasitoids and their herbivorous host in a fragmented landscape. Basic and Applied Ecology, 8(1), 75-88. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2006.04.003
Van Putten, W. F., Elzinga, J. A., & Biere, A. (2007). Host fidelity of the pollinator guilds of Silene dioica and S. latifolia: possible consequences for sympatric host race differentiation of a vectored plant disease. International Journal of Plant Sciences, 168(4), 421-434. https://doi.org/10.1086/511050
Reudler Talsma, J. H., Elzinga, J. A., Harvey, J. A., & Biere, A. (2007). Optimum and maximum host size at parasitism for the endoparasitoid Hyposoter didymator (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) differ greatly between two host species. Environmental Entomology, 36(5), 1048-1053. https://doi.org/10.1603/0046-225X(2007)36[1048:OAMHSA]2.0.CO;2
Elzinga, J. A., Zwakhals, K., Harvey, J. A., & Biere, A. (2007). The parasitoid complex associated with the herbivore Hadena bicruris (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) on Silene latifolia (Caryophyllaceae) in the Netherlands. Journal of Natural History, 41(1-4), 101-123. https://doi.org/10.1080/00222930601121668
Elzinga, J. A., Atlan, A., Biere, A., Gigord, L., Weis, A. E., & Bernasconi, G. (2007). Time after time: flowering phenology and biotic interactions. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 22(8), 432-439. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2007.05.006

2006

Biere, A., & Honders, S. C. (2006). Coping with third parties in a nursery pollination mutualism: Hadena bicruris avoids oviposition on pathogen-infected, less rewarding Silene latifolia. New Phytologist, 169(4), 719-727. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8137.2005.01511.x

2005

Elzinga, J. A., Harvey, J. A., & Biere, A. (2005). Age-dependent clutch size in a koinobiont parasitoid. Ecological Entomology, 30(1), 17-27. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0307-6946.2005.00672.x
Hoffmeister, T. S., Vet, L. E. M., Biere, A., Holsinger, K., & Filser, J. (2005). Ecological and evolutionary consequences of biological invasions and habitat fragmentation. Ecosystems, 8(6), 657-667. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-003-0138-8
Harvey, J. A., van Nouhuys, S., & Biere, A. (2005). Effects of quantitative variation in allelochemicals in Plantago lanceolata on development of a generalist and a specialist herbivore and their endoparasitoids. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 31(2), 287-302. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-005-1341-1
Van Putten, W. F., Biere, A., & Van Damme, J. M. M. (2005). Host-related genetic differentiation in the anther smut fungus Microbotryum violaceum in sympatric, parapatric and allopatric populations of two host species Silene latifolia and S. dioica. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 18(1), 203-212. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1420-9101.2004.00771.x
Elzinga, J. A., Turin, H., Van Damme, J. M. M., & Biere, A. (2005). Plant population size and isolation affect herbivory of Silene latifolia by the specialist herbivore Hadena bicruris and parasitism of the herbivore by parasitoids. Oecologia, 144(3), 416-426. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-005-0096-2
Zavodna, M., Compton, S. G., Biere, A., Gilmartin, P. M., & Van Damme, J. M. M. (2005). Putting your sons in the right place: the spatial distribution of fig wasp offspring inside figs. Ecological Entomology, 30(2), 210-219. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0307-6946.2005.00674.x

2004

Verhoeven, K. J. F., Biere, A., Nevo, E., & Van Damme, J. M. M. (2004). Can a genetic correlation with seed mass constrain adaptive evolution of seedling desiccation tolerance in wild barley? International Journal of Plant Sciences, 165(2), 281-288. https://doi.org/10.1086/382800
Verhoeven, K. J. F., Biere, A., Nevo, E., & Van Damme, J. M. M. (2004). Differential selection of growth rate-related traits in wild barley, Hordeum spontaneum, in contrasting greenhouse nutrient environments. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 17(1), 184-196. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1420-9101.2003.00636.x
Wolfe, L. M., Elzinga, J. A., & Biere, A. (2004). Increased susceptibility to enemies following introduction in the invasive plant Silene latifolia. Ecology Letters, 7(9), 813-820. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1461-0248.2004.00649.x
Biere, A., Marak, H. B., & Van Damme, J. M. M. (2004). Plant chemical defense against herbivores and pathogens: generalized defense or trade-offs? Oecologia, 140(3), 430-441. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-004-1603-6
Verhoeven, K. J. F., Vanhala, T. K., Biere, A., Nevo, E., & Van Damme, J. M. M. (2004). The genetic basis of adaptive population differentiation: a quantitative trait locus analysis of fitness traits in two wild barley populations from contrasting habitats. Evolution, 58(2), 270-283. https://doi.org/10.1554/03-033

2003

Marak, H. B., Biere, A., & Van Damme, J. M. M. (2003). Fitness costs of chemical defense in Plantago lanceolata L.: effects of nutrient and competition stress. Evolution, 57(11), 2519-2530. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0014-3820.2003.tb01496.x
Van Putten, W. F., Biere, A., & Van Damme, J. M. M. (2003). Intraspecific competition and mating between fungal strains of the anther smut Microbotryum violaceum from the host plants Silene latifolia and S-dioica. Evolution, 57(4), 766-776. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0014-3820.2003.tb00288.x
Elzinga, J. A., Harvey, J. A., & Biere, A. (2003). The effects of host weight at parasitism on fitness correlates of the gregarious koinobiont parasitoid Microplitis tristis and consequences for food consumption by its host, Hadena bicruris. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, 108(2), 95-106. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1570-7458.2003.00072.x
Ouborg, N. J., & Biere, A. (2003). The relationship Between Plant-Pathogen and Plant-Herbivore Interactions and Plant Population Persistence in a Fragmented Landscape. In C. A. Brigham, & M. W. Schwartz [Eds.], Population Viability in Plants (pp. 99-116). Berlin: Springer.

2002

Biere, A., Elzinga, J. A., Honders, S. C., & Harvey, J. A. (2002). A plant pathogen reduces the enemy-free space of an insect herbivore on a shared host plant. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 269(1506), 2197-2204. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2002.2147
Marak, H. B., Biere, A., & Van Damme, J. M. M. (2002). Systemic, genotype-specific induction of two herbivore-deterrent iridoid glycosides in Plantago lanceolata L. in response to fungal infection by Diaporthe adunca (Rob.) Niessel. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 28(12), 2429-2448. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1021475800765
Marak, H. B., Biere, A., & Van Damme, J. M. M. (2002). Two herbivore-deterrent iridoid glycosides reduce the in-vitro growth of a specialist but not of a generalist pathogenic fungus of Plantago lanceolata L. Chemoecology, 12(4), 185-192. https://doi.org/10.1007/PL00012667

2000

Marak, H. B., Biere, A., & Van Damme, J. M. M. (2000). Direct and correlated responses to selection on iridoid glycosides in Plantago lanceolata L. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 13(6), 985-996. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1420-9101.2000.00233.x
Ouborg, N. J., Biere, A., & Mudde, C. L. (2000). Inbreeding effects on resistance and transmission-related traits in the Silene-Microbotryum pathosystem. Ecology, 81(2), 520-531. https://doi.org/10.1890/0012-9658(2000)081[0520:IEORAT]2.0.CO;2

1998

Biere, A., & Honders, S. C. (1998). Anther smut transmission in Silene latifolia and Silene dioica: Impact of host traits, disease frequency, and host density. International Journal of Plant Sciences, 159(2), 228-235. https://doi.org/10.1086/297543

1996

Biere, A., & Honders, S. C. (1996). Host adaptation in the anther smut fungus Ustilago violacea (Microbotryum violaceum): Infection success, spore production and alteration of floral traits on two host species and their F1-hybrid. Oecologia, 107(3), 307-320. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00328447
Biere, A., & Honders, S. C. (1996). Impact of flowering phenology of Silene alba and S-dioica on susceptibility to fungal infection and seed predation. Oikos, 77(3), 467-480. https://doi.org/10.2307/3545936
Biere, A. (1996). Intra-specific variation in relative growth rate: impact on competitive ability and performance of Lychnis flos-cuculi in habitats differing in soil fertility. Plant and Soil, 182(2), 313-327. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00029062
Biere, A., & Antonovics, J. (1996). Sex-specific costs of resistance to the fungal pathogen Ustilago violacea (Microbotryum violaceum) in Silene alba. Evolution, 50(3), 1098-1110. https://doi.org/10.2307/2410650

1995

Thrall, P. H., Biere, A., & Uyenoyama, M. K. (1995). Frequency-Dependent Disease Transmission and the Dynamics of the Silene-Ustilago Host-Pathogen System. American Naturalist, 145(1), 43-62. https://doi.org/10.1086/285727
Biere, A. (1995). Genotypic and Plastic Variation in Plant Size - Effects on Fecundity and Allocation Patterns in Lychnis-Flos-Cuculi Along a Gradient of Natural Soil Fertility. Journal of Ecology, 83(4), 629-642. https://doi.org/10.2307/2261631

1993

Thrall, P. H., Biere, A., & Antonovics, J. (1993). Plant life-history and disease susceptibility - the occurrence of Ustilago violacea on different species within the Caryophyllaceae. Journal of Ecology, 81(3), 489-498. https://doi.org/10.2307/2261527

1991

Biere, A. (1991). Parental effects in Lychnis flos-cuculi. II: Selection on time of emergence and seedling performance in the field. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 4(3), 467-486. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1420-9101.1991.4030467.x
Biere, A. (1991). Parental effects in Lychnis flos-cuculi I: Seed size, germination and seedling performance in a controlled environment. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 4(3), 447-465. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1420-9101.1991.4030447.x
Biere, A. (1991). Phenotypic variation in Lychnis floscuculi (PhD Thesis). Groningen: Rijksuniversiteit Groningen.

2010

Kabouw, P., Van der Putten, W. H., & Biere, A. (2010). Effekten van koolvarieteiten met verschillende glucosinolaatgehaltes op planten-parasitaire nematoden en ondergrondse niet-doel organismen. Gewasbescherming, 41, 191.

1990

Van Andel, J., & Biere, A. (1990). Ecological significance of variability in growth rate and plant productivity. In H. Lambers, M. L. Cambridge, H. Konings, & T. I. Pons [Eds.], Causes and consequences of variation in growth rate and productivity of higher plants (pp. 257-268). The Hague: SPB Academic Publishing.

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