Dr. Arjen Biere

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