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Liesbeth  Bakker's picture

Prof. dr. Liesbeth Bakker

Researcher

Aquatic Ecology


Research expertise
  • Ecosystem functions
  • Macrophytes
  • Nutrient cycling
  • Plant-animal interactions
  • Restoration ecology
  • Rewilding
  • Wetland Ecology

  • Page last updated: 14-09-2020

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    PERSONAL INFORMATION

    • Name:                                                Elisabeth S. Bakker
    • Researcher unique identifier(s):         ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5900-9136
    •                                                            ResearcherID: http://www.researcherid.com/rid/B-7185-2008
    • Personal web site:                              https://nioo.knaw.nl/en/employees/liesbeth-bakker                 

     

    EDUCATION

    • PhD: 23/9/2003, Wageningen University, The Netherlands. Promotores: Prof. F. Berendse, Prof. H. Olff. Thesis: Herbivores as mediators of their environment: the impact of large and small species on vegetation dynamics
    • MSc: 27/8/1997, University of Groningen, The Netherlands, Biology, track Ecology, graduated cum laude.

     

    CURRENT POSITION

    2015 – present:            Senior Scientist, Dept. Aquatic Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), Wageningen, The Netherlands.

     

    PREVIOUS POSITIONS

    • 2009 – 2015:   Tenure track, Dept. of Aquatic Ecology, NIOO-KNAW, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
    • 2007 – 2009:   Postdoc, Dept. of Plant-Animal Interactions, NIOO-KNAW, Nieuwersluis, The Netherlands. NWO-VENI personal grant: Causes and consequences of plant palatability along a gradient of resource availability.
    • 2005 – 2007:   Postdoc, Dept. Plant-Animal Interactions, NIOO-KNAW, Nieuwersluis, The Netherlands.
    • 2004 – 2005:   Postdoc, Dept. Biological Sciences, University of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. NWO-Talent Stipendium personal grant: Foraging behaviour in small mammalian herbivores.
    • 2003 – 2004 :  Postdoc, Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska, Nebraska, USA. Project: Herbivore impact on grassland plant diversity and nitrogen cycling along a productivity gradient.

     

    FELLOWSHIPS AND GRANTS

    • 2017           Grant Gieskes-Strijbis Fund (480 k€); 2 PhD students on rewilding site Marker Wadden
    • 2017           Grant NIOO-KNAW (83 k€); 1 postdoc vertebrate grazing in a globally experimental network
    • 2014-2017  Hosting talented PhD students and Postdocs with personal grants in my group (~ 395 k€); 1 postdoc EU Marie Curie grant; 2 full PhDs, 1 visiting PhD with CSC grants Chinese Research Council; 1 full PhD with                               Brazilian Science Without Borders CAPES grant on wetland ecology
    • 2012-2017  Grants Waterboards/ Ministry of Economic affairs, Agriculture & Innovation/NIOO-KNAW (230 k€) for 1 PhD student to study the impact of aquatic plant management
    • 2011           Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) Biodiversity works program (253 k€) for 1 PhD student to study ecosystem functions of invasive aquatic plants
    • 2010           Grant Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs, Agriculture & Innovation (415 k€); 4 postdocs and 2 technicians to study the impact of water level fluctuations on wetlands
    • 2010           Scientific Stimulation Prize for Biodiversity Conservation and Innovation Research (25  k€)
    • 2009           Grant NIOO-KNAW (208 k€); 1 postdoc to study consumer diversity across ecosystems
    • 2006           NWO-VENI personal grant (240 k€) Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research
    • 2004           NWO-Talent Stipendium personal grant (30.5 k€) Netherl. Org. for Scientific Research

     

    SUPERVISION OF GRADUATE STUDENTS AND POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS

    • Ongoing:  2 Postdocs, 4 PhD students, 1 visiting PhD student, 2 external PhD students, 2 Master students
    • Previous:  6 Postdocs, 3 PhD students (graduated), 2 technicians, 1 junior researcher, 35 Master Students

     

    TEACHING ACTIVITIES

    • 2009 – 2018: Guest lectures (30) on the role of herbivores in ecosystems at Utrecht and Wageningen Universities in courses: Restoration Ecology, Functional Biodiversity, Landscape Ecology, Aquatic Ecology, Environmental                            Change: Past and Present, Cutting Edge Ecology.
    • 2018:             Organiser PhD course: Robustness and resilience of aquatic ecosystems
    • 2004 – 2005: Lecturer course Plant-Animal Interactions, University of Alberta, Canada
    • 2002 – 2003: Lecturer course Vegetation and Landscape Ecology, Wageningen University

     

    ORGANISATION OF SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS, organiser of:

    • 2018  (in August) Session “Macrophyte vegetations of the future”, 34rd SIL Congress, Nanjing, China
    • 2018  Session “Ecosystem response and restoration” Aquatic Plant Symposium, Queenstown, New Zealand
    • 2017  Thematic Topic Session “Rewilding as a contemporary conservation strategy” BES, Ghent, Belgium
    • 2016  Symposium: “Wat te doen aan Exotische Waterplanten? Samen naar efficiënte en effectieve bestrijdingsmethoden”, with Bureau Waardenburg and NVWA, Wageningen, The Netherlands
    • 2016  Symposium: “From Wadden Sea to Marker Wadden: the functioning and restoration of large aquatic systems”, CWE, Groningen, The Netherlands
    • 2016  Symposium: “Rewilding with large herbivores: challenges and opportunities for science and practice”, the Netherlands-Flanders Ecology Society (NecoV), Wageningen, The Netherlands
    • 2016 Session “Natural and anthropogenic influences on ecology of macrophyte beds”, 33rd SIL, Turin, IT
    • 2016  Symposium “The good, the bad or a bit of both? The role of exotic species in aquatic ecosystems”, CWE, Wageningen, The Netherlands
    • 2015  Session “Trophic interactions in macrophyte beds” Aquatic Plant Symposium, Edinburgh, Scotland
    • 2015  Session “Trophic interactions”, NERN meeting, Lunteren, The Netherlands
    • 2011  Session “Processes and patterns of herbivory in aquatic and terrestrial systems”, Gfö, Oldenburg, DE
    • 2011  Session “From water to land: ecology across borders”, NERN meeting, Lunteren, The Netherlands

     

    INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

    • 2017 – present   Theme leader “Restoration Ecology”, NIOO-KNAW.
    • 2010 – present      Organizing the weekly seminar series at NIOO-KNAW; Chair of Seminar Comm. (2017 –).
    • 2016                      Organizer Bi-annual Science Days NIOO-KNAW – science symposium and team building.

     

    COMMISSIONS OF TRUST

    • PhD thesis committees 19 committees 2009-2017: 14 divided over four Dutch Universities; Ghent University (1), Free University Brussels (2), Belgium; Griffith University, Australia (1); Swedish Agricultural University (1).
    • Tenure track committees at the Resource Ecology Group, Wageningen University (2; 2011 – 2014; 2017) and at the Freshwater and Marine Ecology Group, University of Amsterdam (1; 2017)
    • Chairs Chairperson Center of Wetland Ecology (CWE, https://www.wetland-ecology.nl/), a platform of 19 Dutch and Flemish academic aquatic groups and institutions (2015 – present); Chair of the Macrophyte Working Group of the International Limnological Society (SIL; 2015 – present).
    • Scientific and Advisory Boards Member of the Scientific Board of the International Symposium on Aquatic Plants, Poland (2012), Scotland (2015), New Zealand (2018); Advisory Board Watermozaïek STOWA (Foundation for Applied Water Research) (2016 – present); Advisory Board of the Knowledge Network for Development and Management of Nature quality (OBN; 2011 – 2016).
    • Editorial Board member Ecology, (ESA), USA, (2017 –  present); Aquatic Ecology (2010 –  2013)
    • Special Issue editor of 4 special issues: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society London B (Trophic Rewilding - Consequences for Ecosystems under Global Change; appears fall 2018); Frontiers in Plant Science (Conservation Ecology of Aquatic Plants; appears spring 2018); Aquatic Invasions (Invasive Species in Inland Waters; December 2017); Hydrobiologia (Plants in Aquatic Systems – a 21st Century Perspective; appears spring 2018)
    • Grant panel member Netherlands Org. for Scientific Research NWO-ALW open competition (2015;2017)
    • Grant proposals reviewed National Science Foundation (NSF, USA), European Union (EU COFUND), French National Research Agency (ANR), Wageningen Institute for Environmental Research (Wimek, NL), Hungarian Research Fund (OTKA), Polish Research Foundation (Kolumb FNP), Research Foundation Flanders (FWO, Belgium), Israel Science Foundation (ISF, Israel).
    • Manuscripts reviewed for 47 international science journals incl. Nature Comm., Ecology Letters.

     

    MEMBERSHIPS OF SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES

    Member of the global Research Network “The Nutrient Network” (http://www.nutnet.umn.edu/); Ecological Society of America (ESA), British Ecology Society (BES), International Limnological Society (SIL), Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO), Dutch-Flemish Society for Ecology (NecoV), Dutch Graduate School Production Ecology and Resource Conservation (PE&RC)

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      2020

    • Petruzzella, A., van Leeuwen, C. H. A., van Donk, E., & Bakker, E. S. (2020). Direct and indirect effects of native plants and herbivores on biotic resistance to alien aquatic plant invasions. Journal of Ecology, Online. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13380
    • Zhang, P., van Leeuwen, C. H. A., Bogers, D., Poelman, M., Xu, J., & Bakker, E. S. (2020). Ectothermic omnivores increase herbivory in response to rising temperature. Oikos, Online. https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.07082
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    • Villar, N., Paz, C., Zipparro, V., Nazareth, S., Bulascoschi, L., Bakker, E. S., & Galetti, M. (Accepted/In press). Frugivory underpins the nitrogen cycle. Functional Ecology, in press. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.13707
    • 2020

    • Zhu, Y., Veen, G. F. C., Wang, D., Wang, L., Zhong, Z., Ma, Q., Li, H., Li, X., Pan, D., & Bakker, E. S. (2020). Herbivore phenology can predict response to changes in plant quality by livestock grazing. Oikos, 129(6), 811-819. https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.07008
    • Zhang, P., Kuramae, A., van Leeuwen, C. H. A., Velthuis, M., van Donk, E., Xu, J., & Bakker, E. S. (2020). Interactive effects of rising temperature and nutrient enrichment on aquatic plant growth, stoichiometry and palatability. Frontiers in Plant Science, 11, [00058]. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2020.00058
    • Nutrient Network, Sitters, J., Wubs, E. R. J., Bakker, E. S., Crowther, T. W., Adler, P. B., Bagchi, S., Bakker, J. D., Biederman, L., Borer, E. T., Cleland, E. E., Eisenhauer, N., Firn, J., Gherardi, L., Hagenah, N., Hautier, Y., Hobbie, S., Knops, J. M. H., MacDougall, A. S.,... Veen, G. F. (2020). Nutrient availability controls the impact of mammalian herbivores on soil carbon and nitrogen pools in grasslands. Global Change Biology, Onlline. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15023
    • Hofstra, D., Schoelynck, J., Ferrell, J., Coetzee, J., de Winton, M., Bickel, T., Champion, P., Madsen, J., Bakker, E. S., Hilt, S., Matheson, F., Netherland, M., & Gross, E. M. (2020). On the move: New insights on the ecology and management of native and alien macrophytes. Aquatic Botany, 162, [ 103190]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquabot.2019.103190
    • James, R. K., Christianen, M. J. A., van Katwijk, M. M., de Smit, J. C., Bakker, E. S., Herman, P. M. J., & Bouma, T. J. (2020). Seagrass coastal protection services reduced by invasive species expansion and megaherbivore grazing. Journal of Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13411
    • Petruzzella, A., da S. S. R. Rodrigues, T. A., van Leeuwen, C. H. A., de Assis Esteves, F., Figueiredo-Barros, M. P., & Bakker, E. S. (2020). Species identity and diversity effects on invasion resistance of tropical freshwater plant communities. Scientific Reports, 10, [5626]. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-62660-1
    • 2019

    • Verhofstad, M. J. J. M., & Bakker, E. S. (2019). Classifying nuisance submerged vegetation depending on ecosystem services. Limnology, 20(1), 55-68. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10201-017-0525-z
    • He, L., Bakker, E. S., Alirangues Nunez, M. M., & Hilt, S. (2019). Combined effects of shading and clipping on the invasive alien macrophyte Elodea nuttallii. Aquatic Botany, 154, 24-27. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquabot.2018.11.014
    • Zhang, P., Grutters, B. M. C., van Leeuwen, C. H. A., Xu, J., Petruzzella, A., van den Berg, R. F., & Bakker, E. S. (2019). Effects of Rising Temperature on the Growth, Stoichiometry, and Palatability of Aquatic Plants. Frontiers in Plant Science, 9, [1947]. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2018.01947
    • Borer, E. T., Lind, E., Firn, J., Seabloom, E. W., Anderson, T. M., Bakker, E. S., Biederman, L., LaPierre, K. J., MacDougall, A. S., Moore, J. L., Risch, A. C., Schütz, M., & Stevens, C. J. (2019). More salt, please: global patterns, responses, and impact of foliar sodium in grasslands. Ecology Letters, 22(7), 1136-1144. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13270
    • van Zuidam, J. P., van Leeuwen, C., Bakker, E. S., Verhoeven, J. T. A., Ijff, S., Peeters, E. T. H. M., van Zuidam, B. G., & Soons, M. B. (2019). Plant functional diversity and nutrient availability can improve restoration of floating fens via facilitation, complementarity and selection effects. Journal of Applied Ecology, 56(1), 235-245. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.13256
    • Janssen, A. B. G., van Wijk, D., van Gerven, L. P. A., Bakker, E. S., Brederveld, R. J., DeAngelis, D. L., Janse, J. H., & Mooij, W. M. (2019). Success of lake restoration depends on spatial aspects of nutrient loading and hydrology. Science of the Total Environment, 679(20 August 2019), 248-259. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.04.443
    • 2018

    • Zhang, P., van den Berg, R. F., van Leeuwen, C. H. A., Blonk, B. A., & Bakker, E. S. (2018). Aquatic omnivores shift their trophic position towards increased plant consumption as plant stoichiometry becomes more similar to their body stoichiometry. PLoS One, 13(9), [e0204116]. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0204116
    • Koerner, S. E., Smith, M. D., Burkepile, D. E., Hanan, N. P., Avolio, M. L., Collins, S. L., Knapp, A. K., Lemoine, N. P., Forrestel, E. J., Eby, S., Thompson, D. I., Aguado-Santacruz, G. A., Anderson, J. P., Anderson, T. M., Angassa, A., Bagchi, S., Bakker, E. S., Bastin, G., Baur, L. E.,... Zelikova, T. J. (2018). Change in dominance determines herbivore effects on plant biodiversity. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 2, 1925-1932. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-018-0696-y
    • Bakker, E. S., Veen, G. F., Ter Heerdt, G., Huig, N., & Sarneel, J. M. (2018). High grazing pressure of geese threatens conservation and restoration of reed belts. Frontiers in Plant Science, 9, [01649]. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2018.01649
    • Teurlincx, S., Verhofstad, M. J. J. M., Bakker, E. S., & Declerck, S. A. J. (2018). Managing Successional Stage Heterogeneity to Maximize Landscape-Wide Biodiversity of Aquatic Vegetation in Ditch Networks. Frontiers in Plant Science. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2018.01013
    • Petruzzella, A., Manschot, J., van Leeuwen, C., Grutters, B. M. C., & Bakker, E. S. (2018). Mechanisms of invasion resistance of aquatic plant communities. Frontiers in Plant Science, 9, [134]. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2018.00134
    • O’Hare, M. T., Aguiar, F. C., Asaeda, T., Bakker, E. S., Chambers, P. A., Clayton, J. S., Elger, A., Ferreira, T. M., Gross, E. M., Gunn, I. D. M., Gurnell, A. M., Hellsten, S., Hofstra, D. E., Li, W., Mohr, S., Puijalon, S., Szoszkiewicz, K., Willby, N. J., & Wood, K. A. (2018). Plants in aquatic ecosystems: current trends and future directions. Hydrobiologia, 812(1), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-017-3190-7
    • Hilt, S., Alirangues Nuñez, M. M., Bakker, E. S., Blindow, I., Davidson, T. A., Gillefalk, M., Hansson, L-A., Janse, J. H., Janssen, A. B. G., Jeppesen, E., Kabus, T., Kelly, A., Köhler, J., Lauridsen, T. L., Mooij, W. M., Noordhuis, R., Phillips, G., Rücker, J., Schuster, H-H.,... Sayer, C. D. (2018). Response of Submerged Macrophyte Communities to External and Internal Restoration Measures in North Temperate Shallow Lakes. Frontiers in Plant Science, 9, [194]. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2018.00194
    • Zhang, P., Blonk, B., van den Berg, R., & Bakker, E. S. (2018). The effect of temperature on herbivory by the omnivorous ectotherm snail Lymnaea stagnalis. Hydrobiologia, 812(1), 147-155. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-016-2891-7
    • Bakker, E. S., & Svenning, J-C. (2018). Trophic rewilding: impact on ecosystems under global change: Introduction. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 373(1761), [0432]. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2017.0432
    • Velthuis, M., Kosten, S., Aben, R. C., Kazanjian, G., Hilt, S., Peeters, E. THM., van Donk, E., & Bakker, E. S. (2018). Warming enhances sedimentation and decomposition of organic carbon in shallow macrophyte-dominated systems with zero net effect on carbon burial. Global Change Biology, 24(11), 5231-5242. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14387
    • 2017

    • Verhofstad, M. J. J. M., Poelen, M. D. M., Van Kempen, M. M. L., Bakker, E. S., & Smolders, A. J. P. (2017). Finding the harvesting frequency to maximize nutrient removal in a constructed wetland dominated by submerged aquatic plants. Ecological Engineering, 106, Part A, 423-430. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2017.06.012
    • Grutters, B. M. C., Saccomanno, B., Gross, E. M., Van de Waal, D. B., van Donk, E., & Bakker, E. S. (2017). Growth strategy, phylogeny and stoichiometry determine the allelopathic potential of native and non-native plants. Oikos, 126(12). https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.03956
    • Alberti, J., Bakker, E. S., van Klink, R., Olff, H., & Smit, C. (2017). Herbivore exclusion promotes a more stochastic plant community assembly in a natural grassland. Ecology, 98(4), 961-970. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.1741
    • Bakker, E. S. (2017). Herbivore size matters for productivity-richness relationships in African savannas: Commentary on Burkepile et al. (2017). Journal of Ecology, 105(3), 687-689. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.12745
    • Grutters, B. M. C., Aben, R. C., Kosten, S., & Bakker, E. S. (2017). Impact of native and non-native aquatic plants on methane emission and phytoplankton growth. Aquatic Invasions, 12(3), 371-383. https://doi.org/10.3391/ai.2017.12.3.10
    • Velthuis, M., van Deelen, E., van Donk, E., Zhang, P., & Bakker, E. S. (2017). Impact of temperature and nutrients on carbon:nutrient tissue stoichiometry of submerged aquatic plants: an experiment and meta-analysis. Frontiers in Plant Science, 8, [655]. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2017.00655
    • Leuven, R. S. E. W., Boggero, A., Bakker, E. S., Elgin, A., & Verreycken, H. (2017). Invasive species in inland waters: from early detection to innovative management approaches. Aquatic Invasions, 12(3), 269-273. https://doi.org/10.3391/ai.2017.12.3.01
    • Hussner, A., Stiers, I., Verhofstad, M. J. J. M., Bakker, E. S., Grutters, B. M. C., Haury, J., van Valkenburg, J. L. C. H., Brundu, G., Newman, J., Clayton, J. S., Anderson, L. W. J., & Hofstra, D. (2017). Management and control methods of invasive alien freshwater aquatic plants: a review. Aquatic Botany, 136(January), 112-137. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquabot.2016.08.002
    • Verhofstad, M. J. J. M., Alirangues, M. M., Reichman, E., van Donk, E., Lamers, L. P. M., & Bakker, E. S. (2017). Mass development of monospecific submerged macrophyte vegetation after the restoration of shallow lakes: roles of light, sediment nutrient levels, and propagule density. Aquatic Botany, 141(July), 29-38. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquabot.2017.04.004
    • Kuiper, J. J., Verhofstad, M. J. J. M., Louwers, E., Bakker, E. S., Brederveld, R. J., van Gerven, L. P. A., Janssen, A. B. G., de Klein, J. J. M., & Mooij, W. M. (2017). Mowing Submerged Macrophytes in Shallow Lakes with Alternative Stable States: Battling the Good Guys? Environmental Management, 59(4), 619-634. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-016-0811-2
    • Grutters, B. M. C., Gross, E. M., van Donk, E., & Bakker, E. S. (2017). Periphyton density is similar on native and non-native plant species. Freshwater Biology, 62(5), 906-915. https://doi.org/10.1111/fwb.12911
    • Grutters, B. M. C., Roijendijk, Y., Verberk, W. C. E. P., & Bakker, E. S. (2017). Plant traits and plant biogeography control the biotic resistance provided by generalist herbivores. Functional Ecology, 31(`6), 1184-1192. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.12835
    • Petruzzella, A., Grutters, B. M. C., Thomaz, S. M., & Bakker, E. S. (2017). Potential for biotic resistance from herbivores to tropical and subtropical plant invasions in aquatic ecosystems. Aquatic Invasions, 12(3), 343-353. https://doi.org/10.3391/ai.2017.12.3.08
    • Sitters, J., Bakker, E. S., Veldhuis, M., Veen, G. F., Venterink, H. O., & Vanni, M. J. (2017). The stoichiometry of nutrient release by terrestrial herbivores and its ecosystem consequences. Frontiers of Earth Science, 5, [feart.2017.00032]. https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2017.00032
    • 2016

    • Bakker, E. S., Pagès, J. F., Arthur, R., & Alcoverro, T. (2016). Assessing the role of large herbivores in the structuring and functioning of freshwater and marine angiosperm ecosystems. Ecography, 39(2), 162-179. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.01651
    • Bakker, E. S., Gill, J. L., Johnson, C. N., Vera, F. W. M., Sandom, C. J., Asner, G. P. A., & Svenning, J. C. (2016). Combining paleo-data and modern exclosure experiments to assess the impact of megafauna extinctions on woody vegetation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 113(4), 847-855. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1502545112
    • Zhang, P., Bakker, E. S., Zhang, M., & Xu, J. (2016). Effects of warming on Potamogeton crispus growth and tissue stoichiometry in the growing season. Aquatic Botany, 128(January), 13-17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquabot.2015.08.004
    • Doughty, C. E., Roman, J., Faurby, S., Wolf, A., Haque, A., Bakker, E. S., Malhi, Y., Dunning, J., & Svenning, J. C. (2016). Global nutrient transport in a world of giants. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 113(4), 868-873. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1502549112
    • Bakker, E. S., Wood, K. A., Pagès, J. F., Veen, G. F., Christianen, M. J. A., Santamaría, L., Nolet, B. A., & Hilt, S. (2016). Herbivory on freshwater and marine macrophytes: a review and perspective. Aquatic Botany, 135, 18-36. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquabot.2016.04.008
    • Bakker, E. S., & Hilt, S. (2016). Impact of water level fluctuations on cyanobacterial blooms: Options for management. Aquatic Ecology, 50(3), 485-498. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10452-015-9556-x
    • Grutters, B. M. C., Gross, E. M., & Bakker, E. S. (2016). Insect herbivory on native and exotic aquatic plants: phosphorus and nitrogen drive insect growth and nutrient release. Hydrobiologia, 778(September), 209-220. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-015-2448-1
    • Bakker, E. S., van Donk, E., & Immers, A. (2016). Lake restoration by in-lake iron addition: A synopsis of iron impact on aquatic organisms and shallow lake ecosystems. Aquatic Ecology, 50(1), 121-135. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10452-015-9552-1
    • van Leeuwen, C. H. A., Beukeboom, R., Nolet, B. A., Bakker, E. S., & Pollux, B. J. A. (2016). Locomotion during digestion changes current estimates of seed dispersal kernels by fish. Functional Ecology, 30, 215-225. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.12485
    • Hidding, B., Bakker, E. S., Hootsmans, M. J. M., & Hilt, S. (2016). Synergy between shading and herbivory triggers macrophyte loss and regime shifts in aquatic systems. Oikos, 125(10), 1489-1495. https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.03104
    • van Altena, C., Bakker, E. S., Kuiper, J. J., & Mooij, W. M. (2016). The impact of bird herbivory on macrophytes and the resilience of the clear-water state in shallow lakes: a model study. Hydrobiologia, 777(September), 197-207. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-016-2779-6
    • 2015

    • Immers, A., Bakker, E. S., Van Donk, E., Ter Heerdt, G., Geurts, J. J. M., & Declerck, S. A. J. (2015). Fighting internal phosphorus loading: An evaluation of the large scale application of gradual Fe-addition to a shallow peat lake. Ecological Engineering, 83, 78-89. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2015.05.034
    • Grutters, B., Pollux, B. J. A., Verberk, W. C. E. P., & Bakker, E. S. (2015). Native and non-native plants provide similar refuge to invertebrate prey, but less than artificial plants. PLoS One, 10(4), [e0124455]. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0124455
    • 2014

    • Bakker, E. S., & Nolet, B. A. (2014). Experimental evidence for enhanced top-down control of freshwater macrophytes with nutrient enrichment. Oecologia, 176(3), 825-836. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-014-3047-y
    • Hidding, B., Sarneel, J. M., & Bakker, E. S. (2014). Flooding tolerance and horizontal expansion of wetland plants: facilitation by floating mats? Aquatic Botany, 113(February), 83-89. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquabot.2013.11.003
    • Veen, G. F., De Vries, S., Bakker, E. S., Van der Putten, W. H., & Olff, H. (2014). Grazing-induced changes in plant–soil feedback alter plant biomass allocation. Oikos, 123(7), 800-806. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0706.2013.01077.x
    • Sarneel, J. M., Huig, N., Veen, G. F., Rip, W., & Bakker, E. S. (2014). Herbivores enforce sharp boundaries between terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. Ecosystems, 17(8), 1426-1438. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-014-9805-1
    • Van Leeuwen, C. H. A., Sarneel, J. M., van Paassen, J., Rip, W. J., & Bakker, E. S. (2014). Hydrology, shore morphology and species traits affect seed dispersal, germination and community assembly in shoreline plant communities. Journal of Ecology, 102(4), 998-1007. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.12250
    • Immers, A., Vendrig, K., Ibelings, B. W., Van Donk, E., Ter Heerdt, G., Geurts, J. J. M., & Bakker, E. S. (2014). Iron addition as a measure to restore water quality: Implications for macrophyte growth. Aquatic Botany, 116, 44-52. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquabot.2014.01.007
    • Sarneel, J. M., Janssen, R. H., Rip, W. J., Bender, I., & Bakker, E. S. (2014). Windows of opportunity for germination of riparian species after restoring water level fluctuations: a field experiment with controlled seed banks. Journal of Applied Ecology, 51(4), 1006-1014. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.12288
    • 2013

    • Bukovinszky, T., Helmsing, N. R., Grau, R. A., Bakker, E. S., Bezemer, T. M., Vos, M., Uittenhout, H., & Verschoor, A. M. (2013). A device to study the behavioral responses of zooplankton to food quality and quantity. Journal of Insect Behavior, 26(4), 453-465. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10905-012-9366-0
    • Schrama, M., Veen, G. F., Bakker, E. S., Ruifrok, J. L., Bakker, J. P., & Olff, H. (2013). An integrated perspective to explain nitrogen mineralization in grazed ecosystems. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics, 15(1), 32-44. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ppees.2012.12.001
    • Veen, G. F., Sarneel, J. M., Ravensbergen, L., Huig, N., van Paassen, J., Rip, W., & Bakker, E. S. (2013). Aquatic grazers reduce the establishment and growth of riparian plants along an environmental gradient. Freshwater Biology, 58(9), 1794-1803. https://doi.org/10.1111/fwb.12168
    • Van der Wal, J. E. M., Dorenbosch, M., Immers, A., Vidal Forteza, C., Geurts, J. J. M., Peeters, E. T. H. M., Koese, B., & Bakker, E. S. (2013). Invasive crayfish threaten the development of submerged macrophytes in lake restoration. PLoS One, 8(10), [e78579]. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0078579
    • Immers, A., Van der Sande, M. T., Van der Zande, R. M., Geurts, J. J. M., Van Donk, E., & Bakker, E. S. (2013). Iron addition as a shallow lake restoration measure: impacts on charophyte growth. Hydrobiologia, 710(1), 241-251. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-011-0995-7
    • Bakker, E. S., Sarneel, J. M., Gulati, R. D., Liu, Z., & Van Donk, E. (2013). Restoring macrophyte diversity in shallow temperate lakes: biotic versus abiotic constraints. Hydrobiologia, 710(1), 23-37. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-012-1142-9
    • Bakker, E. S., Dobrescu, I., Straile, D., & Holmgren, M. (2013). Testing the Stress Gradient Hypothesis in herbivore communities: facilitation peaks at intermediate nutrient levels. Ecology, 94(8), 1776-1784. https://doi.org/10.1890/12-1175.1
    • 2012

    • Dorenbosch, M., & Bakker, E. S. (2012). Effects of contrasting omnivorous fish on submerged macrophyte biomass in temperate lakes: a mesocosm experiment. Freshwater Biology, 57(7), 1360-1372. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2427.2012.02790.x
    • Bukovinszky, T., Bakker, E. S., Raaijmakers, C. E., Verschoor, A. M., & Bezemer, T. M. (2012). Host location success of root-feeding nematodes in patches that differ in size and quality: A belowground release-recapture experiment. Basic and Applied Ecology, 13(3), 221-231. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2012.03.002
    • Bukovinszky, T., Verschoor, A. M., Helmsing, N. R., Bezemer, T. M., Bakker, E. S., Vos, M., & De Senerpont Domis, L. N. (2012). The Good, the Bad and the Plenty: Interactive Effects of Food Quality and Quantity on the Growth of Different Daphnia Species. PLoS One, 7(9), [e42966]. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0042966
    • Gross, E. M., & Bakker, E. S. (2012). The role of plant secondary metabolites in freshwater macrophyte-herbivore interactions: limited or unexplored chemical defences? In G. R. Iason, & M. Dicke [Eds.], The Ecology of Plant Secondary Metabolites: From Genes to Global Processes (pp. 154-169). [Chap 8] (Ecological Reviews). Cambridge University Press.
    • 2011

    • Dingemans, B. J. J., Bakker, E. S., & Bodelier, P. L. E. (2011). Aquatic herbivores facilitate the emission of methane from wetlands. Ecology, 92(5), 1166-1173. https://doi.org/10.1890/10-1297.1
    • Declerck, S. A. J., Bakker, E. S., van Lith, B., Kersbergen, A. P., & Van Donk, E. (2011). Effects of nutrient additions and macrophyte composition on invertebrate community assembly and diversity in experimental ponds. Basic and Applied Ecology, 12(5), 466-475. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2011.05.001
    • Dorenbosch, M., & Bakker, E. S. (2011). Herbivory in omnivorous fishes: effect of presence of plant secondary metabolites and prey stoichiometry. Freshwater Biology, 56(9), 1783-1797. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2427.2011.02618.x
    • 2010

    • Hidding, B., Bakker, E. S., Keuper, F., De Boer, T., De Vries, P. P., & Nolet, B. A. (2010). Differences in tolerance of pondweeds and charophytes to vertebrate herbivores in a shallow Baltic estuary. Aquatic Botany, 93(2), 123-128. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquabot.2010.04.002
    • Bakker, E. S., Van Donk, E., Declerck, S. A. J., Helmsing, N. R., Hidding, B., & Nolet, B. A. (2010). Effect of macrophyte community composition and nutrient enrichment on plant biomass and algal blooms. Basic and Applied Ecology, 11(5), 432-439. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2010.06.005
    • Smit, C., Bakker, E. S., Apol, M. E. F., & Olff, H. (2010). Effects of cattle and rabbit grazing on clonal expansion of spiny shrubs in wood-pastures. Basic and Applied Ecology, 11(8), 685-692. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2010.08.010
    • 2009

    • Bakker, E. S., Olff, H., & Gleichman, J. M. (2009). Contrasting effects of large herbivore grazing on smaller herbivores. Basic and Applied Ecology, 10(2), 141-150. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2007.10.009
    • Bakker, E. S., Knops, J. M. H., Milchunas, D. G., Ritchie, M. E., & Olff, H. (2009). Cross-site comparison of herbivore impact on nitrogen availability in grasslands: the role of plant nitrogen concentration. Oikos, 118(11), 1613-1622. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0706.2009.17199.x
    • 2006

    • Bakker, E. S., Ritchie, M. E., Olff, H., Milchunas, D. G., & Knops, J. M. H. (2006). Herbivore impact on grassland plant diversity depends on habitat productivity and herbivore size. Ecology Letters, 9(7), 780-788. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1461-0248.2006.00925.x
    • 2005

    • Bakker, E. S., Reiffers, R. C., Olff, H., & Gleichman, J. M. (2005). Experimental manipulation of predation risk and food quality: effect on grazing behaviour in a central-place foraging herbivore. Oecologia, 146(1), 157-167. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-005-0180-7
    • 2004

    • Bakker, E. S., Olff, H., Vandenberghe, C., De Maeyer, K., Smit, R., Gleichman, J. M., & Vera, F. W. M. (2004). Ecological anachronisms in the recruitment of temperate light-demanding tree species in wooded pastures. Journal of Applied Ecology, 41(3), 571-582. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0021-8901.2004.00908.x
    • Bakker, E. S., Olff, H., Boekhoff, M., Gleichman, J. M., & Berendse, F. (2004). Impact of herbivores on nitrogen cycling: contrasting effects of small and large species. Oecologia, 138(1), 91-101. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-003-1402-5
    • Louda, S. M., Parkhurst, A. M., Bradley, K. L., Bakker, E. S., Knops, J., Damschen, E. I., & Young, L. M. (2004). Spatial heterogeneity, not visitation bias, dominates variation in herbivory: Reply. Ecology, 85(10), 2906-2910.
    • 2003

    • Bakker, E. S., & Olff, H. (2003). Impact of different-sized herbivores on recruitment opportunities for subordinate herbs in grasslands. Journal of Vegetation Science, 14(4), 465-474. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1654-1103.2003.tb02173.x
    • 1999

    • Bakker, L., van der Wal, R., Esselink, P., & Siepel, A. (1999). Exploitation of a new staging area in the Dutch Wadden Sea by Greylag Geese Anser anser: the importance of food-plant dynamics. Ardea, 87(1), 1-13.
    • Olff, H., Vera, F. W. M., Bokdam, J., Bakker, E. S., Gleichman, J. M., de Maeyer, K., & Smit, R. (1999). Shifting mosaics in grazed woodlands driven by the alternation of plant facilitation and competition. Plant Biology, 1(2), 127-137. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-2007-978499
    • 1996

    • Bakker, J. P., Bakker, E. S., Rosen, E., Verweij, G. L., & Bekker, R. M. (1996). Soil seed bank composition along a gradient from dry alvar grassland to Juniperus shrubland. Journal of Vegetation Science, 7(2), 165-176. https://doi.org/10.2307/3236316

      2020

    • NIOO-KNAW, & Bakker, E. S. (2020). Stevige band tussen wetenschap en praktijk kan impact rewilding vergroten. Nature Today. https://www.naturetoday.com/nl/nl/nature-reports/message/?msg=27091
    • Bakker, E. S. (2020). Wildere natuur in Nederland en Europa. Weblog (wur). https://weblog.wur.nl/uitgelicht/wildere-natuur/amp/
    • 2019

    • Velthuis, M., Kosten, S., Hilt, S., & Bakker, E. S. (2019). Kunnen wateren met veel ondergedoken waterplanten CO2 uit de atmosfeer vastleggen? H2O.
    • 2018

    • Teurlincx, S., Pot, R., Bakker, E. S., & de Senerpont Domis, L. (2018). Ecologische sleutelfactor Verwijdering. STOWA. https://www.stowa.nl/sites/default/files/assets/PUBLICATIES/Publicaties%202018/STOWA%202018-26%20Rapportage%20ESF%20Verwijdering.pdf
    • Bakker, E. S. (2018). Rewilding Nederland. In Natuur in Nederland : Beheren, behouden of beheersen? (Cahier 4 ed., Vol. 37). (Cahiers Biowetenschappen en Maatschappij; Vol. 37, No. Cahier 4). Stichting Biowetenschappen en Maatschappij. https://www.biomaatschappij.nl/product/natuur-in-nederland/
    • 2017

    • Grutters, B. M. C., Verberk, W. C. E. P., & Bakker, E. S. (2017). Belemmeren exotische waterplanten het functioneren van laagveenwateren? De Levende Natuur, 118(4).
    • Bakker, E. S., Grutters, B. M. C., Declerck, S. A. J., Teurlincx, S., Bezemer, T. M. B., & Wubs, E. R. J. (2017). Samen werken aan Biodiversiteit: Resultaten uit het 'Onderzoeksprogramma Biodiversiteit werkt' in de praktijk. In Samen werken aan Biodiversiteit Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (NWO).
    • Grutters, B. M. C., Roijendijk, Y., Verberk, W. C. E. P., & Bakker, E. S. (2017). Temperate and tropical snails share an appetite for native and non-native temperate aquatic plants: Lay summary. (Functional Ecology; No. 20170631). https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/hub/journal/13652435/features/laysummaries3106
    • 2016

    • Grutters, B. M. C., Bakker, E. S., & Verberk, W. C. E. P. (2016). Effecten en beheer van uitheemse waterplanten in Nederlandse wateren. Landschap, 33(1), 59-61. http://edepot.wur.nl/378001
    • Dorenbosch, M., Bak, A., de Senerpont Domis, L., Bakker, E. S., Loeb, R., Smolders, A. J. P., Temmink, R., & van der Heijde, T. (2016). Oorzaken van beperkte ontwikkeling submerse waterplanten in twee laagveenplassen: Integraal veldexperiment in Terra Nova en Stichts Ankeveense Plassen (beheergebied Waternet) . Waternet.
    • 2015

    • Boudewijn, T. J., Smit, C., Emond, D., Liefveld, W. M., & Bakker, E. S. (2015). Grote grazers voor veiligheid en natuur in rivieruiterwaarden: Fase 1. (VBNE rapport nr 2015/OBN202-RI). VBNE. http://dt.natuurkennis.nl/uploads/OBN202_RI_Grote_grazers_voor_natuur_en_veiligheid_in_rivieruiterwaarden_2.pdf
    • de Senerpont Domis, L., & Bakker, E. S. (2015). MEMO:Ontwikkeling van waterplanten in Reeuwijkseplassen: Wat is de rol van de aanwezigheid van begrazing en bodemwoelende vis. AKWA.
    • de Senerpont Domis, L., & Bakker, E. S. (2015). Ontwikkeling van waterplanten in Westeinderplassen en Nieuwe Meer: Wat is de rol van de aanwezigheid van een zaadbank en begrazing? AKWA.
    • Loeb, R., Geurts, J., van Dijk, G., Weijs, W., van Belle, J., Bakker, E. S., Lamers, L., Rip, W., van Leeuwen, R., van Diggelen, J., Cusell, C., Kooijman, A., van Geel, B., Smolders, A., & Roelofs, J. (2015). Verlanding in laagveenpetgaten: Speerpunt voor natuurherstel in laagvenen. B-Ware Research Centre.
    • 2014

    • Grutters, B., & Bakker, L. E. S. (2014). Ecosystem functions of invasive aquatic plants. Nieuwsbrief Onderzoeksprogramma Biodiversiteit Werkt, 2014, 9-11. http://www.nwo.nl/onderzoek-en-resultaten/programmas/onderzoeksprogramma+biodiversiteit+werkt/Nieuwsbrief?r19_r1_r1_r1:u_u_i_d=c47dc799-8193-441d-b609-3cd3865cf315
    • Penning, W. E., Rutjes, C., Bakker, E. S., Genseberger, M., & de Lucas Pardo, M. (2014). Troebel Water verhelderd. Visionair, 8(31), 20-23. http://www.sportvisserijnederland.nl/files/troebel-water_8223.pdf
    • Geurts, J., Loeb, R., van Dijk, G., van Diggelen, J., Cusell, C., Bakker, E. S., van Belle, J., van Altenburg, W., Grootjans, A., van Geel, B., Faber, A., Kooijman, A., Weijs, W., van Leeuwen, R., Smolders, A., Roelofs, J., & Lamers, L. (2014). Verlanding in laagveenpetgaten: Speerpunt voor natuurherstel in laagvenen: Tussenrapportage OBN 2013-49-LZ (2e onderzoeksjaar). VBNE.
    • 2013

    • Grutters, B. M. C., & Bakker, E. S. (2013). Ecosystem functions of invasive aquatic plants. Nieuwsbrief Onderzoeksprogramma Biodiversiteit Werkt, 16-18. http://www.nwo.nl/onderzoek-en-resultaten/programmas/onderzoeksprogramma+biodiversiteit+werkt/Nieuwsbrief
    • 2012

    • Sarneel, J. M., Hidding, B., Van Leeuwen, C. H. A., Veen, G. F., van Paassen, J., Huig, N., & Bakker, E. S. (2012). Effecten van waterpeilfluctuatie op vegetatie. (Flexibel Peil: van denken naar doen, 2010-2012). NIOO. http://watermozaiek.stowa.nl/upload/publicaties/Deelrapport%20Flexpeil.%20Effecten%20van%20waterpeilfluctuatie%20op%20vegetatie.pdf
    • Bakker, E. S. (2012). Het effect van Grauwe ganzen op Riet en andere oeverplanten. Limosa, 85, 91-92.
    • 2011

    • Bodelier, P. L. E., & Bakker, E. S. (2011). Nieuw broeikasgaslek ontdekt: ganzenvraat in wetlands en het broeikaseffect. Mens en Vogel, 49, 32-41.
    • 2010

    • Dorenbosch, M., & Bakker, L. (2010). De functie van rietvoorn als herbivoor: verslag experimenten “Actief Visstandbeheer in Lijnvormige Wateren” 2009. NIOO-KNAW.
    • Bakker, E. S. (2010). Effect van zomerbegrazing door Grauwe ganzen op de uitbreiding van waterriet. De Levende Natuur, 111, 57-59.
    • Bakker, E. S. (2010). Geen wereld van verschil. In Als water je lief is Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen [KNAW].
    • Bakker, L., & Dorenbosch, M. (2010). Het effect van invasieve rivierkreeften op de ondergedoken waterplanten in Loenderveen-Oost, Terra Nova en de Waterleidingplas. NIOO-KNAW.
    • Lamers, L. P. M., Sarneel, J. M., Geurts, J., Dionisio Pires, L. M., Remke, E., Van Kleef, H., Christianen, M., Bakker, E. S., Mulderij, G., Schouwenaars, J., Klinge, M., Jaarsma, N., Van der Wielen, S., Soons, M., Verhoeven, J. T. A., Ibelings, B. W., Van Donk, E., Verberk, W. C. E. P., Esselink, H., & Roelofs, J. (2010). Onderzoek ten behoeve van het herstel en beheer van Nederlandse laagveenwateren. Eindrapportage 2006-2009 (Fase 2). Directie Kennis en Innovatie, Ministerie van Landbouw, Natuur en Voedselkwaliteit.

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