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Arjen Biere's picture

Dr. Arjen Biere

Researcher

Terrestrial Ecology


Research expertise
  • Evolutionary ecology
  • Multitrophic interactions
  • Plant defense


    • Page last updated: 05-01-2021
    • CV
    • Groups
    • Peer-reviewed publications
    • Popular-scientific publications
    • Ancillary positions

    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.

     

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      Acce

    • Qu, L., Wang, M., & Biere, A. (Accepted/In press). Interactive effects of Mycorrhizae, Soil Phosphorus and Light on Growth and Induction and Priming of Defense in Plantago lanceolata. Frontiers in Plant Science, In press. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2021.647372

      • 2021

    • Thakur, M. P., Künne, T., Unsicker, S. B., Biere, A., Ferlian, O., Pruschitzki, U., Thouvenot, L., Türke, M., & Eisenhauer, N. (2021). Invasive earthworms reduce chemical defense and increase herbivory and pathogen infection in native trees. Journal of Ecology, 109(2), 763-775. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13504

      • 2020

    • Yang, Q., Biere, A., Harvey, J. A., Ding, J., & Siemann, E. (2020). Antagonistic interactions between above- and belowground biota reduce their negative effects on a tree species. Plant and Soil, 454(1), 379-393. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-020-04642-w
    • Heinen, R., Steinauer, K., De Long, J., Jongen, R., Biere, A., Harvey, J. A., & Bezemer, T. M. (2020). Exogenous application of plant hormones in the field alters aboveground plant–insect responses and belowground nutrient availability, but does not lead to differences in plant–soil feedbacks. Arthropod-Plant Interactions, 14, 559-570. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11829-020-09775-4
    • Gruden, K., Lidoy, J., Petek, M., Podpečan, V., Flors, V., Papadopoulou, K. K., Pappas, M. L., Martinez-Medina, A., Bejarano, E., Biere, A., & Pozo, M. J. (2020). Ménage à Trois: Unraveling the Mechanisms Regulating Plant–Microbe–Arthropod Interactions. Trends in Plant Science, 25(12), 1215-1226. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2020.07.008
    • Heinen, R., Biere, A., & Bezemer, T. M. (2020). Plant traits shape soil legacy effects on individual plant-insect interactions. Oikos, 129(2), 261-273. https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.06812
    • Boom, M. P., Spoelstra, K., Biere, A., Knop, E., & Visser, M. E. (2020). Pollination and fruit infestation under artificial light at night: light colour matters. Scientific Reports, 10, 1-6. [18389]. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-75471-1

      • 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
    • 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., Hause, B., Herrmann, S., Krajinski-Barth, F., Meier, I. C., Pozo, M. J., Rasmann, S., Rillig, M. C., Tarkka, M. T., van Dam, N. M., Wagg, C., & 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., Kos, M., Kleijn, D., & 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 der Putten, W. H., Biere, A., & 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., Van Dam, N. M., & 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., Gols, R., Verhoeven, K. J. F., Vogel, H., Macel, M., Heidel-Fischer, H., Schramm, K., & 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., Giraud, T., Hood, M. E., Marais, G. A. B., McCauley, D., Pannell, J. R., Shykoff, J. A., Vyskot, B., Wolfe, L. M., & 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., McIntyre, L. M., Tamis, W. L. M., & 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). 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). 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). SPB Academic Publishing.

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